Hi guys. I just wanted to remind my fellow writers and readers that these are one shots of possible events that happened to the Matthews' family after "Boy Meets World" ends and before "Girl Meets World" begins. So pretty please give me story ideas, which I love to get and most likely will write in a timely fashion when given, based on those requirements. Thank you. This is a story request based on the idea from Girlmeetsworld1876. Enjoy and review. The girls are 8 in this story. May not be too much Topanga\Cory romance cause I want to focus on Riley and Maya.
" Sweetheart, what happened? Why is my Riley not so smiley? Did something bad happen at school today? Talk to mommy." Topanga said with concern in her voice and eyes as she scooped up her tear streaked, puppy pouted, trembling rosebud lips, crying little girl where Riley clung to her legs and rained kisses on her plumb cheeks. Riley continued to whimper in her mom's arms as her little mind tried to put together the words to describe the today's events that lead to her little heart hurting.
"Mommy... it...was...horrible. This...little...girl... said... mean... things... about... me... and.. I... tried..to..tell..her..she...was... emptying... my bucket... with her... words... but she.. just.. kept.. doing.. it." Riley hiccupped as she tried to calm herself down with deep breaths but she kept on crying a little as she spoke, burying her face into her mommy's shoulder and maybe using Topanga's sweater as a Kleenex to wipe her nose.
Topanga tried to look towards Maya for the answer to her unanswered question only to find the spot where her daughter's best friend as well as hers and Cory's adopted daughter usually stood was empty. Without noticing her mom's curious look cause her face was still buried, Riley piped up: "Maya is in the office with Mrs Hoedemen. She will need some of your "mommying" when she gets out cause she is in trouble."
So the duo went to the office to collect Maya who hopefully wasn't in too much trouble for whatever had happened ; she was known to be a sassy little girl who speaks her mind most often then not. If a little girl had said or did anything mean to Riley, Maya would have most definitely done something about it to stand up for her best friend therefore earning her little butt a visit to the principal.
"Mrs Matthews, thank you for coming in. I was unable to get a hold of Ms Hart to talk about the fact that her daughter had verbally attacked a girl unprovoked by saying some not nice things about her character. Mrs Stern is only asking for Maya to apologize which Maya refuses to do but won't tell me why. Maybe you can get her to talk so we can put this unfortunate circumstance behind us and move on." Mrs Hoedemen said before leaving Topanga alone in her room with the two little girls.
"It is not true. It is not true. That girl is lying on me and is going to get away with it. I was just protecting my best friend was all I was doing. She did not like me saying mean words to her so she should not do it to my friend. I am getting in trouble for no reason other then being a good friend.
No teacher or principal will not listening to my side, all adults go "blah blah blah" when I try to talk or say "I don't want to hear it Maya" but no one cares about my side. Brooklyn is such a princess!" Maya protested, little arms crossed and "life is not fair" pout on her little face, from her chair.
"Well this adult is listening to you, every word of what you have to say. So you are coming home with me to stay overnight cause your mommy is working late tonight. Mr Cory, me and you are going to sit down and talk about what happened and how a big girl like you can handle this kind of thing the next time it happens. That way you won't land in the office in trouble. Ok?"
Topanga wanted to hear the whole story, not the revised version so that Brooklyn, who Cory and her had heard stories daily about how selfish and spoiled the little girl was as well as mean to her fellow classmates, looked like the victim of bullying herself not the one who started it, and hopefully help her two little sweeties learn to deal with one of life's trials the best they could. Once outside the school, Maya became her usual energetic, talkative whirlwind of energy self pulling Riley to one spot to another pointing out the different types of people that she met while riding the subway to the Matthews' house when her mom couldn't drive her because of an early shift.
"Sorry to disturb your girls' play but it is time to talk. Ok Maya, Topanga and I are listening; what happened today with that girl? What did she say to Riley to make her sad? What did you say to get yourself in trouble?" Cory and Topanga sat on Riley's bed with Riley on her mommy's lap, Maya in the middle with each adult holding onto one of Maya's hands, giving her their undivided attention, support and unconditional love.
* Flashback*
"My best friend is coming over to my house tonight! I am so excited!. I worked on my "fun-genda" all last night and it has oddles and oddles of fun and games in it. Once mommy or daddy put Auggie to bed, we will have to have quiet fun time but it still will be fun cause we are besties having fun together, the two of us together forever." Riley squealed with glee and excitement as she and Maya got their snacks out of their backpacks and went back to their table to eat it.
No matter the amount of hours Riley and Maya spent together, it was never enough. These two little girls were the bestest of friends. They had been since the first day of kindergarten when a shy and timid Riley was sitting on the edge of the sharing circle, too scared to join in, was taken by the hand by Maya who dragged her onto the rug and declared that they were friends now. Because of this friendship, or should we say more like sisters relationship, whatever hours, no matter how long or short they spent together was treasured by both girls. They were both fixtures at the other's houses and considered family by both families.
Riley and Maya were talking all about the many games and activities that were planned for their evening, hands and words flying as their excitement and anticipation increased with each word, when someone practically huffed in their ears. When the girls turned around, they saw Brooklyn aka the girl who all the other girls wanted to play with at recess, eat lunch with and be considered her "friend" scowling at them with her little hands on her hips.
"Oh for the love of Barbie, Riley Matthews shhhhhhhhhh! You talk too much. You go on and on about the most boring things. You like stupid stuff, no one but you likes that stuff which makes it and you stupid. You are a stupid head, Teacher's Pet and a daddy's girl. No one here likes you, you goodie goodie dumbie, your mommy and daddy don't love you anymore cause they had another baby to love so they didn't have to pretend to love you. Maya is your friend cause she is just as silly and a dumbie head as you and no one in the class likes her so no one wants to be her friend."
"Don't say that! That is not nice. You are dipping into my bucket and that is not a good thing. I am telling Mrs Stern that you are being mean to me. My mommy and daddy had my baby brother cause their hearts are big enough to love Auggie and me the same way. Parents do not lie so they are telling me the truth. They love me with all their hearts and that will never ever change." Riley said tearfully, tears coming into her eyes at the hurtful comments being hurled at her character. She was just being herself 100% just like her mommy and daddy had taught her to always be, no matter what happens.
"Yeah go away Brooklyn, you are not wanted here. It isn't Riley's fault that she is loved by her parents, Auggie and the teachers, she is just too lovable not to be. You are the dumbie here, people here don't really like you, they feel bad for you so they play with you to be nice. Now shoo before Mrs Stern has a "teacher talk" to you out in the hall." Maya said while standing up so she was almost nose to nose with Brooklyn, no one made her best friend cry and got away with it not with Maya Olivia Hart nearby.
"I am not scared of Mrs Stern, my mommy says she will always have a lot of cats and be "married" to her job for the rest of her life cause she will never have a man in her life. Kind of reminds me of your mom, Maya, so that makes you just as unloved and dumb as her. No wonder your daddy left you both, he was sad he got you as a daughter. My daddy taught me to always tell the truth, no matter who it hurts and that is what I am doing; don't get all huffy with me for telling you what you should know already." Brooklyn said in an "I'm superior to you so bow down to me mere mortals" tone as she defended herself against someone who was actually standing up to her with a poke to Maya's shoulder. No one stood up to a King and got off scot free, her family knew everything there was to know about anyone in New York and that made them better people.
"Stop acting like you are better then everyone cause guess what princess you aren't. You are just like me just with a different sort of life, that is what my mom and Riley's parents taught me, so you have no right to talk about my dad leaving or call Riley and me names. To be fair, your parents are nosy know-it-alls who need to wake up that they aren't as special as they think they are, hey you are just like them so yeah for you." Maya tried her hardest to pop the "superiority" bubble surrounding Brooklyn anyway she could.
Brooklyn threw her head back and howled-cried crocodile tears which instantly brought children over as well as Mrs Stern to the scene, worry and concern written all over their faces. "Maya.. said.. mean...things... to..me!" wailed Brooklyn throwing herself headfirst into Mrs Stern's body, using her dress as a Kleenex to wipe her "tears", as the little drama queen she was. Everyone glared at Maya like she was the evilest child who ever lived on Earth.
"She started it by saying mean things to Riley and me. I was only defending my best friend. Brooklyn is faking being sad, she wants everyone to feel sorry for her and make me the bad guy. " Maya tried to protest and state her case but no one listened to her. Mrs Stern just gave her the "you're in big trouble young lady" look as she marched Maya down by the arm to the principal office to get her punishment for her "bullying".
* Flashback*
"See I did nothing wrong and I got in trouble because of that spoiled brat. (notices that Cory and Topanga were looking at her with their mouths kind of open already to say "Maya, that is not a nice thing to say. Please think of another way to describe Brooklyn".) What? It is the truth, Brooklyn King is not a nice person, she thinks the whole world spins around her and I was the only person brave enough to stand up to her and I got in trouble for it." Maya said as she finished her story before collapsing onto Riley's shoulder as if re-telling the story took away all her energy.
"Ok Maya, thank you for telling us your side of the story. Now while it is a good thing that you stood up for yourself and Riley, it was wrong to say anything bad about someone else, even if they said something bad to you first.When someone is bullying you, the big girl thing to do is walk away, ignore them and tell the teacher what is being said to you so the teacher can handle it. Can you do that for us?" Cory said in his best "daddy-teacher" voice as he gently tugged at her hand so she would look him in the eye and understand he wasn't lecturing her but giving her a life lesson, like what Mr Feeny gave him growing up.
"I will try my hardest Mr Cory to do that next time Brooklyn is mean to me. It will be hard cause she pushes my buttons and makes me mad at her but I will try to make Riley and you happy with me." Maya agreed which lead to a nice, squishy, squeezy and loving group hug from everyone. It was a good way to end a day that started off pretty bad according to a 8 year old.
