Cory came into his bedroom and saw Topanga on the phone. She ended the call and then turned around to see Cory.

"What's going on?" he asked her.

"Riley just called. She apologized," Topanga said, walking toward her husband.

"She apologized?" Cory asked, impressed.

Topanga reached him and put her arm around his waist. "Yeah. So who was right?" she grinned.

Cory rolled his eyes. "You are, darling."

"Thank you," Topanga grinned. She leaned up and kissed him.

"So what else did she say?" he asked.

"She wants us to pick up the cake on the way to the party. She said we should get there a half hour early."

"Okay. Did my parents call yet?" he asked.

"Nope. Did Shawn?"

"Nope."

"His plane will land in about an hour, so he'll probably call then," Topanga said.

"Yeah, I'm sure he will. He might call Katy first, though."

"Really?" Topanga asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah," Cory said with a grin.

"That's pretty good," she said. "His priorities are rearranging."

"Every married man has to rearrange his priorities," Cory said. "Remember when he called me whipped because I did that? And now look at him," he said with a smirk.

Topanga smiled up at him, adoringly. She leaned her head on his shoulder and he kissed the top of her head.

"And look at me," Cory continued. "Now I'm married to the most wonderful, beautiful woman on the planet and I've got three wonderful children," he said, looking around at the pictures decorating their room.

Then he looked down at Topanga. She looked up at him.

"Thanks for changing my priorities, Topanga," he said, smiling his crooked smile.

She didn't say anything, but she smiled and pulled his chin down for a long and meaningful kiss.

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At Maya's house, the girls were sitting on the ground with a deck of cards, waiting for people to arrive at the party.

"Your turn, Maya."

Maya picked a card up and looked at her hand for a second, concentrating on her cards. Then she pulled a card out of her hand and placed it in the discard pile.

"Well," Maya said, standing up. "I gotta pee."

Riley gave her a look. "You know you don't have to say that every time. You can just say 'I have to go to the bathroom.'"

"Yeah, but then I wouldn't get a reaction out of you. What fun is that?" Maya smirked, putting her cards on the counter.

Riley rolled her eyes and Maya walked into the hallway and shut the door of the bathroom.

Riley looked down at her hand and tried to think of how she was going to win the round. Then there was a knock on the door.

She stood up and placed her cards on the coffee table. She walked to the door and looked through the peep hole. It was Lucas.

She opened the door.

"Hey, Lucas," she greeted him.

"Hey, Riley," he said, kissing her cheek.

Riley nearly blushed, but was able to contain her giggles.

Lucas grabbed her hand. "So can I come in?" he asked.

"Oh, yeah," Riley said, gesturing inside.

Lucas walked in and saw the cards on the ground. "You guys are playing something?"

"Yeah, rummy," Riley said. "We can deal you in if you want."

"Yeah, that'd be great," Lucas answered. "Where's Maya?"

"She's in the bathroom. She'll be out in a few minutes."

"Oh. So until then, we have the apartment to ourselves?" Lucas asked, raising an eyebrow playfully.

"Technically," Riley said, smirking.

"Mm," Lucas answered. He looked at the kitchen, pretending to think, and then dashed forward.

Riley screamed playfully and started running around the living room, grinning and laughing. Lucas laughed and chased after her, holding his arms out.

Finally Lucas caught her and he grabbed around her waist and lifted her sideways into the air. He gently tossed her onto the couch and she giggled. He jumped onto the couch to sit next to her and she looked up at him, still grinning.

He sat her up and kissed her forehead, and she smiled up at him.

Then the door opened and Maya walked out. She crossed her arms, raised her eyebrows, and stood in front of Riley and Lucas. They looked up at her.

Then they realized how they were sitting. Lucas was sitting on his knees, leaning toward Riley, and his hand held Riley's small face. She had her hand on his thigh and was leaning toward him.

They quickly released their semi-compromising position and sat back against the couch.

"I see I missed quite a lot when I went to the bathroom. Riley, you've got to learn to be away from him for a few hours. You just gotta," Maya smirked.

"It's not as bad as it looks," Riley said, looking at Lucas. She couldn't stop a smile from spreading across her face and he felt that her smile was contagious, so he smiled back.

Maya rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she said jokingly. "You wanna play, Sundance?" Maya asked, gesturing toward the cards.

Lucas looked at her for a second, debating in his mind whether to say anything about the name. "Sure," he said, deciding not to address it.

Maya sat down in her spot and pulled her cards off the counter. Riley moved over to Maya and took hers off the coffee table.

"Lucky for you we just started this hand," Maya said. She took seven cards from the deck and handed them to Lucas.

"Thanks," Lucas said.

"Whatever, Ranger Rick."

The kids continued playing their card game until there was another knock on the door.

Maya got up and opened the door to find Cory, Topanga, Auggie, and Serenity. Topanga was holding the cake and Cory was holding the baby. Auggie held the mashed potatoes in a blue bowl.

"Hey, guys," Maya said.

"Hey, Maya," Topanga greeted her.

"Hi, Maya," Cory said.

Auggie grinned up at Maya.

"Come in," Maya said.

The Matthews walked in and Topanga set the cake on the counter. She took the potatoes from Auggie and set them on the counter as well.

"Hey, honey," Topanga said to Riley.

"Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad," Riley replied.

"Hello, Riley," Cory said pleasantly. "Hi, Lucas," Cory said, his voice sounding somewhat pleasant but somewhat strained as well.

"Hello, Mr. Matthews," he said, standing. "Mrs. Matthews," he nodded to Topanga.

"What about the brother?" Auggie asked.

"Hi, Auggie," Lucas said.

"What about the sister?" Auggie asked, sounding impatient.

Lucas walked over to Serenity, who was still in Cory's arms.

Cory wanted to pull his baby daughter away and run to the other room, but he took one look at Topanga's face and knew he had to stay there.

Lucas smiled at Serenity and took her hand.

"Hello, little Serenity," he said.

Riley smiled at the exchange.

"Ooh, the cake looks awesome!" Maya said, leaning over the counter to look at it.

"I know!" Topanga said. "I was pretty impressed."

The door opened and Katy walked in, surprised to see the group already there.

"Well, hi, everybody," Katy said cheerily.

"Hey, Mom," Maya said. She walked over to her and hugged her.

"Are ya'll ready to party?" Katy asked, smiling excitedly. She put her purse on the hook and put her keys on a hook next to it.

"Ready if you are," Cory said. "Have you heard from Shawn?"

"Yeah, he said his plane landed about fifteen minutes ago. So he should be here in about an hour," Katy said.

Cory and Topanga looked at each other and smiled, realizing that he'd called Katy and hadn't even called Cory yet.

"Is there anything we can help with?" Topanga asked.

"Um," Katy said, looking around. "Why don't you ask Maya. I've got to go get changed. I'll be right back," she said, hurrying into the hallway and into her bedroom.

Cory put Serenity down next to the couch so she could experiment with walking a little. Then he went to his wife and put his arm around her.

"So what can we do?" Cory asked Maya.

"Well, there's not much left to do," she replied. "Although I don't know how to do any food. Except the green beans. Could you get them out of the fridge for me, Mrs. Matthews?" she asked, since she was next to it.

Topanga nodded and reached to open the refrigerator door. She looked around and then noticed a six-pack of beer. She looked up at Cory and he looked back at her, having noticed it at the same time she did.

"Is something wrong?" Maya asked.

Topanga looked at Maya and then back up at Cory.

"Is that for the party?" Topanga asked, pointing to the beer.

"Yeah," Maya admitted. "My mom thought all the adults could have it."

"Oh, honey," Topanga said, concern filling her face. "None of us drink."

"Well I'm sure you could forget about that for Shawn's sake," Maya said, trying to brush it off.

"No, he doesn't drink either," Cory said.

"Why not?" Maya asked, confused.

Cory and Topanga looked at each other, unsure of how to proceed.

"He's had bad experience with alcohol and he makes it a point to not drink," Topanga said.

"Oh," Maya said, her eyes growing wide. "Well we'll have to get rid of it."

"No," Topanga said, shaking her head. "We'll just tell your mom so she doesn't put it out for the party."

"Okay," Maya said. "I still need the green beans though."

"Right," Topanga said. She reached into the fridge and pulled the bowl out. She handed them to Maya and closed the door. Maya went on with the green beans and Topanga looked up at Cory. He smiled at her as if to say it'd be alright. Then he kissed her forehead and she leaned on his shoulder.

Riley, having watched the conversation, was very curious.

I wonder what happened, she thought. Maybe they'll tell me later.

Alright, chapter 10! What'd you guys think? I liked writing this chapter because of all the Corpanga! We can never get enough of them…

Do you all remember Shawn's bad experiences with alcohol? Why do you think Cory and Topanga are so concerned?

Also, I think everyone should be arriving at the party in the next chapter! At least, as far as I think right now.

Thanks for reading and please review! :)