Chapter 3
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2:00 PM, Matthews' Living Room
After Maya had had breakfast, she'd gone back to bed for a little more sleep until Riley woke up and wouldn't leave her be. Something that got a pillow to the head over and leading to a pillow fight between the two. Afterwards, the two got ready for the day while Maya filled her best friend in on the fact that Amy had promised Josh he wouldn't be bothered while he rested. Riley had been understandably concerned over that but respected the need to leave things be for the time being for once. Auggie had been put out over it but Eric had thankfully managed to distract him enough to take his mind off it. A few snowmen would get built too after Eric, the girls, and Auggie decided to go outside for a little fun.
Eric even had a different kind of fun when they went over to the side of the house and got to witness the questionably crazy man do the legendary Feeny Call. Of course it hadn't been either Lila or George who'd come out but his niece Jessica instead. Who had only gotten even more beautiful over the years in Eric's eyes and had pretty much gone mushy over her. She had nicely enough still remembered him and the two flirted some until Lila had called her inside for lunch. But Jessica did promise that their reunion would continue later, making for a very happy Eric Matthews who got some teasing from Maya over it. He got her back good though when he made the remark that at least he doesn't call his crush cutesy little names and got a snowball to the face over it in return.
He'd wound up being chased for a little bit by Riley, Maya, and Auggie until Jack and TJ got in on the fun. Those two for whatever reason had been carrying a net that they quickly used on him, leaving for a very open target for snow balls. Something that would have been prime gossip material were they in New York then. Course its not like it would have been anything scandalous considering the nature of the whole thing. Farkle eventually showed up around one o'clock and got his own opportunity to speak to Mr. Feeny. Who found the young man to be a delightfully smart individual who was truly like his father in a lot of ways. Something Farkle was proud to hear of from the man.
And when Wendy showed up to the Matthews' without Lucas along, Maya had quickly asked where Hop-A-Long was as she was quite shocked he wasn't following her like a little puppy. Something Wendy didn't take offense to as she was well used to Maya's way of things where her son was concerned. "Let's just say I had to leave him at my parents' due to too much sugar." Really, did her mother have to use THAT much sugar!?
"Sugar rush huh? Fun but such a downer in the end." Remarked Eric with a shake of the head.
"Something like that." Replied Wendy somewhat vaguely.
Jansen Household
One Lucas Friar could be seen strapped into a recliner while also wearing a straight jacket. Why the Jansens had that was anyone's guess since it wasn't a well known fact they had it. His grandparents were watching the whole thing with frowns on their faces as Lucas turned his head this way and that way while giggling like a nut and rambling on. "Yesss…. The Sugar is soooo good! So much sweetness, so little time! How can one handle such a thing!? And the cookies! Oh the cookies! Should always be Cookie Time! For happiness abounds! Hee hee hee!"
Marty Jansen looked towards his wife of many, many years with that frown still on his face. "You just had to use too much sugar didn't you!?" He groused at the woman and felt bad for the boy as he was gonna have one heck of a headache!
"Don't sass me Marty!" Snapped the woman and pointed at a corner for him to go too for speaking out of line.
Marty's shoulders sagged in defeat as once again the power the Jansen women had came into play. Lord knows he wished things were more balanced! Maybe he should speak to that son-in-law of his? Could have a few ideas for him and the other Jansen men to try!
"COOKIE TIME!"
Back at the Matthews'
"Well I hope it won't be too much of a downer for him." Piped up Riley with a smile.
Wendy gave her a smile in return. "Thank you Riley, that is very sweet of you."
"I'm sure your parents will take good care of him Wendy." Added Cory who had a pretty odd idea as to how that would go but kept his mouth shut since he still remembered how much power the women in the Jansen family had over the men.
Noises could be heard from Maya's pet ferret named Ginger. "Aww, I'm sorry honey but I guess you'll have to wait for Ranger Rick to show up." She told her baby soothingly while giving it a little rub.
She never could understand why her baby loved the guy so much but seeing the two interact was always really sweet to watch. Those in the living room found the scene to be adorably cute and one would be likely to think of it as a Kodak moment too. Her mom being able to get Ginger for her when she did had always been one of the best things ever for Maya in her opinion. The artist still found it amusing anytime she thought about Riley's words about her cat being possessed into a ferret. Which hadn't really made much sense but that was Riles for ya!
7:00 PM, Dinner Time in the Kitchen
Seven arrived and it was dinner time for those at the house. Cory and Topanga had gone off for a little alone time somewhere and Jack, TJ, and Maya were also gone too. Though Alan had the belief it was to spy on Eric and George's niece while they were on their date. Farkle and Auggie had kept Ginger company and it'd been pretty fun for the two to have the chance to play with him. And it'd certainly been enough to tire the little fella out to the point Katy was able to put him in his carrier to sleep without much protesting. Wendy had eventually gone back to her parents' house for awhile and Katy helped Amy cook tonight's dinner. Which would be steak, peas, and mashed potatoes.
After setting the table that would also include a spot for Farkle since he hadn't left just yet, Amy sent Riley to go and let Josh know it was time for dinner. Who had yet to make an appearance since earlier that morning. Once Riley got to her uncle's bedroom door she knocked on it several times and then waited for him to open it up. "Uncle Josh! Its dinner time!" She called out through the door.
Waiting a beat and still hearing no answer, Riley knocked on his door and was elated when the door knob turned and the door opened somewhat. Though she could barely see her uncle under the covers he had himself wrapped in. "Not… Hungry Riles… Thanks anyways." He told her while sounding hoarse too.
Something that worried the girl a lot. "Uncle Josh, you really don't sound okay."
"No worries… Just a lil… Under The… Weather is all." Her uncle tried to sound upbeat while telling her that but he wasn't quite succeeding.
"Okay… Well you just get plenty of rest and I'll see if Grandma can make something for you that'll help."
"You're… The best." She smiled at his compliment and then went back downstairs after he closed his door.
Seeing that Riley was without Josh, the girl quickly explained why he hadn't come down and definitely didn't miss the worried looks exchanged between her grandparents. "You can make some chicken soup for him right? That's bound to help him out a lot right?"
"Of course sweetheart, why don't you and I get started on that right away?"
Riley nodded happily at that and she and her grandmother got to it then and there while everyone else ate while feeling some worry for Josh and hoping whatever was bothering him wouldn't be around for long. Once the two Matthews women got it ready to go, Riley would be the one to take it up to her uncle and he'd take it from her at the door with a smile and a thank you. And while she'd been up there, Lucas and his momma showed up and the poor kid had one heck of a headache too!
Something Maya would happily annoy him about once she, Jack, and TJ came back to the house after getting caught by Eric and Jessica. Riley had gotten poor Lucas an ice pack and some Tylenol since she didn't want him to be stuck with an awful headache. But Wendy had interfered and only let the ice pack be used by saying that her son needed to learn from his actions. Needless to say, the bubbly ball of Sunshine known as Riley Matthews wasn't too happy but listened to Wendy regardless. Ginger however got to give a little affection to Lucas and for the young Friar, that made the whole thing worth it.
Author's Notes: I thought it'd be nice to bring back Jessica Feeny since we only ever really saw her once as far as I can remember. Once I thought to include her, I started to think of what all I could do with the character to have her around in some capacity instead of going back into Limbo Land. And to be honest, I had completely forgotten about Maya's pet Ferret until the recent shots of Girl Meets Money started floating around. Which makes me wonder why the little fella (boy or girl?) hasn't even been seen since the first Halloween episode.
So I decided to bring the little guy into this fic and hopefully its believable too considering I didn't mention him in the previous two chapters. Look forward to your thoughts! Especially where the Cookie Time thing is concerned!
