Girl Meets World: Reckless Spontaneity
Chapter 1: Bonding Time
Author's Note: This will be my sort-of alternate version of GIRL MEETS WORLD, meaning that certain events and scenes play out a little differently than what we see on television.
It's also a sequel to the other story I posted back in 2014, but with all the time that's passed since then, and the lack of updating, I had to make this and the following chapters that happened in between the first story, the other GMW episodes, and the show's 3rd season into its own story.
If it sounds confusing, I understand... but I really hope you enjoy the story, and also, Disney is the rightful owner of GMW
Takes place during and shortly after the end of "Girl Meets Upstate"
''I love your daughter," said Shawn, looking right into Katy's eyes. "And… I'm in love… with you."
Before Katy could speak, Shawn added, "I want us to take care of each other forever."
Except for Cory, everyone else became surprised as the photographer got down onto his knees while withdrawing a small red box from his jacket.
While a smiling Maya tried her best to keep tears from falling down her face, a shocked Katy also got on her knees, not taking her eyes off of her boyfriend.
"Do you wanna get married?" asked Shawn, who was also surprised that he was finally having that come out of his mouth.
Topanga went over to Cory, the two of them both feeling proud of Shawn for finally getting his "moment" with a special someone.
As for Katy, the only answer she could give to Shawn was, "Yes."
With that, Shawn grinned, and the two of them began to kiss.
Well, guess my master plan worked, thought Riley, sharing a quick look with her father, who gave her a wink.
It actually came true, thought Maya, referring to the birthday wish she had made so long ago after seeing Shawn with her mom.
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For some reason, even though Shawn had offered to walk Katy back to her apartment, Topanga decided that she would be taking her home.
"Yes! More time with Shawnie," exclaimed a gleeful Cory.
Before they walked out the door, Katy looked at Topanga. "Anything I don't know yet?"
"Just hope nothing happens at the wedding," replied Cory's wife.
Once the girls were gone (except for Maya and Riley), Cory said, "Ok, Shawn, as your best man, I have to know where you want to get married at, what the date will be, what color tuxedo you want, where do you plan on going to - no, wait, actually, I know just the perfect-"
"Cory!" Shawn exclaimed. "Just hold it, ok, we aren't gonna rush into anything.
"Besides, I never said YOU were gonna be my best man."
Cory gasped, staring in shock at his best friend. "Shawn…"
"What?"
The high school teacher shook his head. "I am so disappointed in you… who else could be your best man?"
Shawn began using his fingers to count the other people. "Well, there's Jack, Mr. Turner…"
Cory could not believe it. "You would pick them over me, Shawnie?"
Maya looked over at Riley, and asked, "What's wrong with your dad?"
"He and Uncle Shawn have a… 'special' relationship."
Shawn sighed, and said, "Cor, come on, remember what happened last time when I was your best man?"
"Oh, pbbbbhhhtt…" Cory said. "Nothing that bad happened."
[Flashback]
Shawn could not take it anymore. "You know what? I shouldn't have even come here, have a wonderful life, jerk!"
"You too, trailer-trash!" yelled Cory, gritting his teeth in anger.
Shawn stopped in his tracks while Eric laughed. "Shawn's poor!"
The young man turned around, facing Cory, and the two of them began to tackle each other down to the ground.
Once they were brought back up, Shawn exclaimed, "He doesn't care that we're not gonna be friends anymore!"
"Why do you keep saying that, huh?" cried Cory. "Why do you keep bringing that up?"
"Cause you won't talk about it!"
"I don't wanna talk about it, why do you think I've been sending you everywhere?"
Shawn was on the verge of tears. "We HAVE to talk about it!"
The same went for Cory. "I don't want to…"
"We have to!"
"Now?!" Cory exclaimed, referring to his wedding.
[Present]
"Why didn't you want to talk about it?" cried Shawn.
Cory exclaimed, "We did talk about it!"
"But I don't want that happening on my wedding!"
Cory shook his head. "It's not gonna happen at your wedding!"
"We're doing it NOW, Cory!"
All of a sudden, Cory stopped, and realized what was happening.
He noticed Riley and Maya, both speechless about what was going on in front of them.
"Oh…" Cory shrugged his shoulders. "Whoops!"
Shawn just shook his head, laughing, while Maya turned to tell Riley, "Please tell me we aren't gonna end up like that."
"I really hope we don't, Maya," replied Riley.
Shawn took another look at Maya, and asked, "Um, Cor? Have I ever covered myself in paint yet?"
Cory shook his head. "Nope, can't remember, but I could help you do it if you wanted!"
"Do that, and I'll un-curl your hair again."
Cory gasped, and touched the top of his head. "You wouldn't dare!"
Shawn just laughed again, and said, "Just take me home, Cor."
But before he was about to leave, Maya said, "Uh, Shawn?"
As Maya walked up to him, Riley went over to Cory, laying her head against his shoulder.
"Does this mean you're gonna be my dad now?"
Shawn gulped, and said, "Um… I, er…"
"She is the reason you believe that you could be a dad one day," said Riley.
"Not helping, Baby Cory," exclaimed Shawn.
Cory looked over at Riley, who said, "Long story, Dad… tell you later."
Turning back to the young and blonde teenager, Shawn sighed, and said, "To be honest, Maya… I would be honored to be your dad…"
Maya's eyes started to sparkle with held-in tears again.
"Huh… Even though sometimes I… sort of already felt like your dad."
Still trying not to cry, Maya gave Shawn a hug, which he returned.
Cory looked at Riley, and asked, "You think I'm a geeky dad?"
"Of course not," she replied.
Cory smiled. "Am I a cool dad?"
Riley chuckled. "Of course not."
Cory wrapped his arm around his daughter. "Then, what am I, Riley?"
Looking up at him, Riley answered, "You're the best dad I could ever have."
Cory smiled, and ruffled some of Riley's hair.
"Well, you are the sweetest and most wonderful girl in the whole world… and I'm proud to call my daughter."
A few moments later...
Opening the door, Shawn walked into his home, and started putting away his jacket.
Well, this was definitely not the way I thought my day would be, thought Shawn, a smile appearing on his face.
Then, as he walked over to the wall of "extra special" photos, Shawn's smile grew as he looked at the photos of him with Maya and her mother at Maya's 14th birthday, as well as the one of him and Katy on their first date.
Remembering what he'd said earlier about knowing what Maya had been wishing for, Shawn said, "Well, I guess we both got what we wanted..."
When he turned around, however, Shawn instantly went from being "happy" to being "shocked" as he saw that someone else was also in his house.
"Holy... Maya, what are you doing here?"
The 16-year-old teenage girl (no longer covered in purple paint) was standing in front of him, a duffel bag by her feet. "Spendin' the night."
"You're what?" Shawn exclaimed, surprised. "Ok, Maya, it's not that I don't want you here, but shouldn't you at least -"
"Already spoke to my mom," replied Maya. "She's cool with it."
Shawn said, "Okay, but that doesn't mean I am."
"But you just said that it's not that you don't want me here."
"I don't want... no, yes, I mean... I do like having you here, but next time, just please ask me so that I can at least prepare for your arrival."
Looking around Shawn's upstate home, Maya said, "Don't look like you have much if you exclude the trees and your little animal friend."
Shawn sighed, and said, "You know what I meant, all right, so..."
He paused his sentence, and looked confused. "How exactly did you get here?"
Maya gestured to his car outside. "I hid in your trunk, thought it'd be easier."
The photographer just chuckled, and said, "You know... I think you're close to finding yourself."
Shawn watched as she gave a big smile, and said, "Thanks, Shawn..."
Then, she walked over to the wall of photos. "Gonna put one up of you poppin' the question to my mom?"
"If I was able to, yeah," chuckled Shawn. "But I think I'll probably need a scrapbook or something for all the future photos that include... uh..."
Shawn noticed Maya, who (although smiling) was close to crying, so he said, "Well, include the future special moments to come."
Rolling her eyes, Maya walked over to the wall, and pointed at the one of him and her mom on their first date.
"So where did you guys go exactly?"
Shawn looked confused again. "Wait, she never told you what we did that day?"
Maya shook her head. "Nope... I was just glad to see her come home safe and happy... and it looks like you two went someplace nice."
Nodding his head, Shawn replied, "Yeah, we did. One of the best days of my life... even though to- oof!"
He stopped after Maya suddenly gave him another hug. "Um... what is this for exactly?"
"For everything you did for me today..." replied Maya. "And for making my mom really happy."
Shawn wrapped his arms, also, around his "soon to be" step-daughter, and said, "You're welcome, Maya... I hope to do stuff for you every day."
As Maya looked up at him, grinning widely, Shawn ruffled some of her hair, and said, "Well, let me just take a relaxing hot shower, and I'll come back in here to make us some dinner. That okay?"
"Sure thing," replied Maya. "As long as there's no tea or sugar cookies involved."
"Trust me, there won't be," agreed Shawn, heading inside his bedroom, and closing the door.
After waiting to make sure he was in the shower, Maya went over to her duffel bag, opened it up, and started searching for something she had brought.
"Come on, where did she put it at," grumbled Maya. "Honestly, Riley, you could've done a better - oh, wait, found it!"
She was holding a framed photo, which showed her, Riley, Cory, and Topanga smiling at Shawn and her mom, with the two of them kissing each other romantically.
"And now this can be an extra special picture, too," said Maya, speaking to herself as she hung up the photo onto Shawn's wall.
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Meanwhile, back at the Matthews' apartment
"Hey, Dad?" Riley asked, entering the living room before going to bed. "Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, sure, of course you can," nodded Cory. "What is it?"
Looking at her father, Riley asked, "How was it when you proposed to Mom? Was it like the way Shawn did it?"
Cory started to laugh. "Oh, no, no, no... your mom and I had our own special way of proposing."
"What do you mean exactly?"
The high school teacher smiled as he said, "Well, when me and Shawn and your mother were about to graduate high school, she had told me that there was a reason for her not to go to Yale -"
"Mom could've went to YALE?"
"Not the point here, Riley! Anyway, she asked me if I wanted to marry her... and we almost did, but we waited."
"How come?" Riley asked.
"Because she wanted my mom... t-to be..." Cory paused to take a deep breath.
Riley looked confused. "Uh, Dad? You okay?"
Cory nodded his head. "Uh-huh, just some emotional flashbacks, sweetie... phew... we all wanted our family and friends at our wedding."
"So, how long did you two wait?"
"Till our final year in college," replied Cory, smiling as he remembered that day as if it was yesterday.
Flashback
As she held the bouquet, Topanga said, "I wasn't sure this day would ever come, but you were. I wasn't sure love could survive everything we put it through, but you were. You were always strong and always sure. And now I know I want you to stand beside me for the rest of my life. That's what I'm sure of."
In front of her, Cory and Shawn - their arms around each other - were smiling happily at Cory's soon-to-be-wife.
Turning over to his best friend/man, Cory said, "I have to talk to her now, ok?"
Nodding his head, Shawn gave him a pat on the back. "Go ahead."
Once Shawn took his seat, Cory looked back at Topanga, and said, "Ever since I was young I never understood anything about the world, and I never understood anything that happened in my life. The only thing that ever made sense to me was you, and how I felt about you. That's all I've ever known and that's enough, that's enough for me, for the rest of my life. Topanga, are we gonna get married?"
"Yea, we are," replied Topanga.
"Good, cause, umm I have these rings..."
As his bride let out a chuckle, Cory simply smiled as he placed the ring on her finger, and said, "I love you, Topanga."
Trying her best not to cry, Topanga said the same. "I love you too, Cory."
Present
Riley smiled, and said, "So, how do you think it'll be for Shawn?"
"Well, I'm not exactly sure, honey," answered Cory. "But I do know that, with me as his best man..."
A smiling Riley shook her head. "Uncle Shawn said that-"
"Only I will be Shawn Hunter's best man at his wedding, no one else... anyway, with your mom as Katy's maid of honor, it'll be however Shawn wants it to be."
Remembering the joy on Shawn's face when he had selected the ring to give to Katy, Cory added, "It's going to be... whatever makes the two of them happy..."
Riley nodded, and gave him a hug, telling him goodnight before going to her bedroom to sleep.
Once she was gone, Cory turned on the television, wondering if his favorite baseball team was playing right now when his wife walked in.
"How's Katy?" asked Topanga.
"She couldn't be any happier," replied Topanga, as she sat down next to him. "You know, all of this stuff was making me remember our own wedding."
Cory chuckled. "Yeah, Riley just asked me how you and I proposed to each other."
"You didn't cry, did you?"
"No, I did not, thank you very much..."
Topanga laughed, and said, "Well, have you told her yet when you realized you were in love with me?"
"You mean when you had to move away? No, not yet..."
Cory's wife smiled, and laid back into his arms, saying, "You mind telling me again, please?"
Flashback
Mom, listen, I haven't been together with Topanga for twenty-two years, but we have been together for 16. That's a lot longer than most couples have been together. When we were born, you told me that we used to take walks in our strollers together in the park.
When we were two, we were best friends. I knew everything about this girl. I knew her favorite color. I knew her favorite food...
Then when I was 13, Mom, she put me up against my locker and she kissed me. She gave me my first kiss. She taught me how to dance. She was always talking about these crazy things and I never understood a word she said. All I understood was that she was the girl I sat up every night thinking about, and when I'm with her I feel happy to be alive ... So that's what I feel is love, Mom.
Present
"You ever wonder what would've happened if I hadn't kissed you that day?" asked Topanga.
Cory was silent for a moment before saying, "I did, actually... once... right around the time we moved here... but I knew that eventually, we'd kiss each other... because we're meant for each other, Topanga... I knew that since the first time I ever met you... even a little bit during the lost years..."
Topanga chuckled, and as Cory unwrapped his arms around her, she stood up, saying, "Don't stay up too late, okay?"
Nodding his head, Cory kissed his wife good-night, and as she walked away, Cory spoke quietly to himself.
"I wonder if I should tell her... nah, that time will come... yes, baseball time!"
Author's Note: Again, this is a sequel to my other GMW story, but pretty much almost all of what happened in between season 1 and (currently) 3 have happened already, even though I will eventually update and rearrange "They're Us" in order to avoid confusion.
Hope you enjoy this, and please review, if you can!