Girl Meets Father of the Bride

Hello, my fellow readers. Guess what time it is. No, it's not Hump Day. LOL. It's update time! Last time in this wonderful story, Cory had a dream about looking for Riley but instead he was wrestling with a bloodthirsty tiger. Later, Cory gets a phone call from Eric and tells him the news about Riley and Lucas. And Shawn drops by to visit Cory and Topanga. Today, Cory and Topanga meets Lucas' parents. Let's see how that turns out. So here it is, chapter four. Enjoy.

Chapter Four

Meet the Friars

(Cory's POV)

I was sitting on the couch watching RoboCop on 5 Star Max with Josh and Auggie while Topanga was fixing dinner and Riley and Maya sit the plates on the table. Tonight, we're going to meet Lucas' parents. Well, Riley met Lucas' mother and she told us about his parents. Lucas' parents are separated and his father stayed in Texas to help out with the ranch while Lucas and his mother moved to New York. His father is flying in from Texas to visit Lucas and meet Riley.

"Cory, why aren't you helping us? And why is Auggie watching that movie with you? It's a violent movie and I don't want him to be exposed by that stuff." Topanga said as she pulls the pot roast from out of the oven.

"Oh, come on. Dad let me watch RoboCop. It's not like I'm letting Auggie watch Face/Off just to laugh at some of the cagiest Nicolas Cage moments." I said.

"I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!" Auggie yelled.

"Great, now you had him watch Vampire's Kiss. You need to stop watching Nicolas Cage movies." Topanga said. Riley and Maya both laugh at Auggie and me. Boy, that pot roast smells good. It's making my mouth water. Topanga stirs the gravy for the mashed potatoes and places it on the table along with the mashed potatoes and the parker house rolls.

"I can't wait till you two meet Lucas' parents. They're both really nice people. His father works at the Heartland ranch by healing abused and neglected horses and other animals too." Riley said.

"What about his mother?" I asked.

"His mother is a pastry chef. She's bringing over a chocolate crème pie that is the best." Riley replied.

"She made dessert? But I already made a cherry cheesecake." Topanga pouts.

"Really, Mrs. Matthews? You bought a New York-style cherry cheesecake from the store. Nobody would ever believe that you made that." Maya said.

"She's right." I said as Topanga threw a knife at the coffee table. Auggie, Josh, Maya and I fell out of our seats. "Are you crazy?! This isn't Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

"Next time, I won't miss." Topanga said right when we heard the buzzer. Riley walks over to speakerbox to see who it is.

"Who is it?" Riley asked.

"It's your handsome fiancé." Lucas said. Riley buzzes him up and helps Josh up from the floor. Auggie turned off the television and stood next to Topanga, while Josh and Maya sat next to each other on the couch. Lucas knocks on the door as Riley lets him in. Lucas enters the apartment with two other people. One was a woman with long blonde hair and she was wearing a pink sweater, khaki pants and black flats. The other was a man with brown hair and he was wearing a blue jean jacket, a red plaid shirt, blue jeans and black shoes. The two were revealed to be Lucas' parents.

"Hi, Riles." Lucas said.

"Hey, Lucas." Riley smiles as she removes his letterman jacket off of him. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Friar. Mom, dad. This is Lucas' parents, Ty and Amy Friar. Ty and Amy, this is Cory and Topanga Matthews. My parents. This is my best friend Maya Hart, my uncle Josh Matthews and my little brother Auggie Matthews."

"Nice to meet you." I said as I shook Ty's hand.

"Nice to meet you too." Ty said.

"Lucas has told us a lot about you." Amy said.

"Yeah. So, your name is Amy? My mom's name is also Amy and my daughter's middle name is Amy." I said.

"Dad." Riley said in an embarrassed tone.

"What? It's interesting stuff." I said.

"I brought a pie for dessert." Amy said.

"That's good. I made a cherry cheesecake for dessert." Topanga said as Maya chuckles at her. Lucas, Amy and Ty walked over to the table and placed the pie on the table and sat down along with us while. "We're having pot roast for dinner. I hope that's okay."

"It's fine. I love pot roast. It's my favorite." Ty said.

"That's great. Would you like anything to drink?" Topanga asked.

"I'll have an iced tea." Amy said.

"I'll have a root beer." Lucas said.

"I'll have the same." Ty said as Topanga gets their drinks. "I don't know if they told you, but I was in Italy with Amy. We were rekindling our relationship and she was thinking about moving to Texas to help out with the ranch and then ran into Lucas in the coffee shop. So we got to spend a few days with Riley."

"We just fell in love with her immediately. She's so adorable. We're so happy for them when we heard the news about their engagement." Amy said.

"So, how did you take the news Cory?" Ty asked.

"Me?" I asked after I took a sip of iced tea. "Well, I was…"

"He was surprised to hear about the news. After all, they're young but weren't we all." Topanga said.

"And Riley's just finishing up school." I said.

"Lucas and Riley are in love with each other and they want to get married. Sooner or later, you just have to let your kids go and hope you brought 'em up right. Ty said. I cannot believe that he said that. I ought to jump over the table and beat up that cowboy. He was making too much sense for me. I began to feel my shirt collar trying to strangle me.

"To Cory and Topanga and a future of wonderful memories." Amy said. Yeah, the wedding of our children and the moments that we'll share for watching their lives and later on…oh, dear….grandchildren. My baby will have a baby from Lucas. I feel like I'm going to get sick. We'll go to our grandchild's birthday party and seeing them at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Not to mention, graduation and their kid's girlfriend proposes to him during graduation. They're going to be like us. You know something, I need a drink. Give me a bourbon on the rocks. No, no, no. No, I don't want a drink. I remember the last time I drank alcohol and I don't want to go into detail about it.

"Now you know, the groom's family also has to pay for the wedding." Ty said.

"Yeah, we know." I said as Topanga places the pot roast on the table and serves it to us and began eating.

"Your cooking is wonderful, Mrs. Matthews." Lucas said.

"Thank you, Lucas. Call me, Topanga or mom." Topanga said.

"Yeah. Hopalong like it." Maya said.

"Missy, Lucas has told us about the names that you called him like Hopalong, Ranger Rick, Huckleberry, Sundance, Heehaw, Bucky McBoingBoing and Moral Compass. Is it because he's Texan?" Amy asked.

"Well…I, uh…he likes being called those names. Is it getting hot in here or is it just me? Maybe I should just continue eat. When will we eat dessert?" Maya asked.

"After you finished your meal. Those are mom's rules." Josh said.

"For you, I will." Maya said in a flirty tone while Riley and Auggie roll their eyes at her. Okay, if Maya and Josh get married too then there's no way in heck that there's going to be two weddings. Well, it'll be a lot of money and it will be a really expensive wedding. But for right now, I just want to get dinner finished and this night to be over with.

So, that was chapter four. Next time, Cory and Topanga talk about arrangements for the wedding and Cory has another crazy dream. Don't forget to review this story (No Bad Reviews) and I'll see you next time. Till next time, my fellow readers.