As soon as Lucas left, Riley panicked. She stood up from the couch and put her hand to her head, trying to remember what happened. Then it all came flooding back.

They were tired, the movie was calming, and it was late- too late to walk around in New York. So when she had told herself that Lucas needed to go home, it was easy to convince herself that it didn't matter. He could stay. It would be okay.

Except it wasn't. She knew that as soon as her mom was done talking with her dad, he would come and yell at her.

Then she remembered how Maya had told her to have Lucas spend the night. She had told Maya no, that she didn't want the drama that came with it. She didn't intend for it to happen.

And now, because she was careless, she let it happen. And now her dad was going to kill her. And Lucas.

Riley looked at the clock and noticed it was about time to get ready for school, so she walked into the hallway to go to her room.

She heard noise coming from behind her parents' door, so she hurried past it and quietly shut the door once she got in her room.

She saw her phone sitting on her dresser, where she'd put it last night to charge. She picked it up and her shaking hands scrolled through the contacts until she got to Peaches. She clicked the name and pressed dial.

It rang for a few seconds, then, to Riley's great relief, she heard, "Hello?"

"Maya! I need help!"

"Oh, no," Maya said. "What happened now?"

"Remember how you told me to have Lucas stay over?"

"Yeah?"

"And how I said I didn't want the drama?"

"Yeah?" Maya said, excitement growing in her voice.

"Well…it kind of happened."

"What?!" Maya screamed into the phone. "What happened exactly?" she asked.

"Nothing!" Riley said quickly. "We just accidentally fell asleep on the couch."

"Ooh!" Maya taunted.

"No, Maya! It wasn't like that! We watched a movie and fell asleep. Then my dad came out and-"

"Your dad saw you?!" Maya interrupted.

"Yeah," Riley said, upset.

"What did he do?"

"He almost screamed at me, but he yelled for my mom. Then she came and took him away."

"Seriously?" Maya asked incredulously.

"Yeah! Maya, he almost had a heart attack. It was really bad."

"No, that's not why I said seriously."

"Then why did you say it?" Riley asked, confused.

"Because you still haven't reached the breaking point," Maya said.

"Yes I have!" Riley said. "Didn't you hear me? My dad almost had a heart attack!"

"But then your mom came and made him stop. She fixed the situation. She didn't want the test to be over yet. In her mind, this wasn't the worst you could do. You didn't get to the breaking point."

"But Maya!" Riley complained. "I can't go any further with this! I'm just going to come clean and let my father know what's going on."

"No, Riley! You can't give in! You can't let them win!"

"Maya, I said I wouldn't go this far, and I didn't mean to. And I'm not going to let it go any more. It's done."

"Riley, just wait," Maya said.

"On what?"

"It'll happen."

"When?" Riley asked.

"I don't know, Pumpkin. But do you want to be so controlled by your father for the rest of your life? Or do you finally want to take a stand? To say that this is your life and you can live it how you want to?"

"Maya…I really want to do that, but I can't."

Maya sighed.

"I have to get ready for school. I'll see you in a few minutes."

"Okay," Maya said.

"Bye," Riley said.

"Bye," Maya replied.

They ended their phone call.

Riley sighed and sat down on her bed.

Then there was a knock at the door and it opened immediately.

Cory poked his head in the door and Riley nearly jumped.

"Riley, can I come in please?" he asked.

Riley was shocked at how calm he was.

"Yeah," she said, still keeping her distance.

Cory walked in the room and shut the door softly. Then he went to Riley and sat next to her.

Riley waited for him to say the first thing, scared that anything she'd say would anger him.

"So, can we talk about what just happened?" Cory asked.

Here it goes, Riley thought.

"Yeah," she said.

"I just wanted to apologize for freaking out on you," Cory said.

Inside, Riley was freaking out. What is this? she thought. How is he not yelling at me right now?!

"Apologize to me?" Riley asked.

"Yeah," Cory said. "I shouldn't have yelled like that. I should trust you more. It's clear that…nothing happened."

"Really?" Riley asked.

Cory nodded.

Riley's conscience was instantly yelling at her. She knew she needed to apologize too.

Cory kissed her head and then stood up and opened the door.

"Wait, Dad," Riley said.

He turned around.

"I need to apologize to you, too."

"You don't need to apologize to me, Riley," Cory said, smiling at her.

"Yes, I do. See, you don't know the whole story," Riley said.

Cory's eyes widened and his expression became serious. He closed the door carefully and then walked back to Riley.

"What do you mean?" he asked, scared to listen.

"I mean there was more to last night than you think," she said, looking down.

"Like what?" Cory asked, growing more anxious.

"See, I invited Lucas over late at night for a reason."

"Oh my gosh," Cory said, covering his mouth. He turned around and walked a few steps, running his hands over his face. "Why?" he asked, turned back to her.

"I wanted to have him over late and Maya told me maybe I should make him stay the night, and-"

"Maya did this?!" he yelled.

"No! I didn't mean to take her advice! It was an accident!" Riley yelled.

"How could that have been an accident?" Cory asked, getting mad.

"I didn't want to have Lucas stay the night, but we watched a movie and we both just fell asleep! There was nothing more to it! I didn't plan for that!"

"Why did you invite him over at nine o'clock?" he asked angrily.

"Because…you're testing me and I thought I needed to test you, too."

"What?" Cory asked, confused.

"I know that you're testing me, okay? That's why you told me I could do whatever I wanted. And I hated it! I wanted to know why you were doing this, and Maya said that I had to break the test, and that was the only way to end it. So that's what I tried to do. I tried to break the boundaries so I could stop the test," Riley said with a sigh.

"Wait, so you were testing us?" Cory asked.

"Yeah. You mad?"

Cory chuckled a little and sat back down.

"Now it makes a lot more sense," he said, shaking his head.

"What does?"

"You acting so weird. I knew it was weird that you invited him over so late. I just thought you were in your rebellious phase. Boy am I glad that's not the case!" he said, grinning and pulling his daughter into a hug.

"Well now that I've told you what my test was, can you tell me what yours was?" she asked.

"To tell you the truth, it wasn't really a test on you. Your mom was pulling a test on me."

Riley crinkled her eyebrows, trying to figure that out, but eventually said, "What?"

"Yeah. She said I didn't trust you and she wanted me to prove that I could," he said, chuckling.

"That's why you gave me free reign!" Riley said, understanding.

"Yes, that's why we gave you free reign."

"Dad, I hated that."

"So did I."

"Can we never give me free reign again?" Riley asked hopefully.

Cory laughed and said, "Music to my ears. Deal." He reached his hand out and shook her hand.

Riley sighed with relief. "I'm glad. Now I don't have to worry about this anymore."

"I'm glad too."

"Dad, you know what would work better?" Riley asked.

"What?"

"No more tests. Can't we just be honest with each other?"

Cory smiled. "We've taught you well. That's a great idea. No more tests. I can find other ways to see if you're responsible."

"Perfect," Riley said, smiling.

"Actually, I have an idea right now," he said.

"Okay."

"You girls got a lot of decorating done for Shawn's party, right?"

"Yeah," Riley said, not knowing where this was going.

"Good, because I need you to do something for me tonight."

"Oh, no," Riley said, not liking where it was going.

"You're going to babysit Auggie and Serenity so your mom and I can go out," Cory said with a grin.

Riley groaned. "At least it's better than tests," she said.

"Way better than tests," Cory agreed. Then he stood up.

"Wait, where are you going?" Riley asked.

"I've got to go tell your mother all the good news!" he exclaimed with a grin.

"But what am I going to do with Auggie and Serenity?" she asked.

Cory shrugged. "You're responsible enough. You can come up with something."

With that, Cory walked out the door and left Riley, sitting confused.

The testing is over! Now that Cory and Riley have made up, the second part of that story is coming into effect. So in the next chapter or two, there will be lots of Corpanga! And adventures in babysitting! (That was sort of a pun, considering Sabrina's doing a movie of that!)

Okay, Girl Meets Mr. Squirrels was amazing. I laughed so much and Will was so good! I hope you all helped trend #ProudofWill to show support.

I absolutely LOVED Pluto! It was so good! The Boy Meets World fan in me was practically crying with excitement and nostalgia! Loved seeing Feeny, loved Rider (he was so funny and serious all in the same episode) and same with Sabrina. Ben was also VERY funny. And the Corpanga was pretty sweet. Loved it. Thought I would be super mad about Lauren's letter, but I'm glad it was there for a good reason, not a bad one.

Anyways, I could rant forever about Pluto. Sorry for the long note!

Please review and let me know what you think of the chapter! Thank you for reading! :)