Leave Well Enough Alone or Seek the Impossible Better

by Skorky

Back from their Fiji honeymoon, Shawn &Katy get the biggest surprise of their lives, but before they're ready to become parents, Katy loses the only mother she's known and a shock about her own birth while Shawn refuses to consider anything good re seeking out his own actual mother but Maya has other ideas. Some Joshaya. Slight retcon and AU. Please read& review.

18. Feenys' Ultimate Gifts

The Feenys' Ultimate Gifts (Chapter Eighteen)

Friday,March 31,2017- Philadelphia, George and Lila Feenys' Living Room. 3 PM.

The Feenys and Elder Matthews were all seated around the main coffee table.

"Alan, don't undo that tie!" Amy (in a full-length emerald green satin evening gown with an emerald green wrap and emerald ear-rings with green open-toed high-heeled sandals while carrying an emerald green clutch bag) snapped her fingers,pointed then sighed as she saw Alan's fingers clutching the base of his neck and fingering the tie.

"Amy, George and Lila have seen me plenty of times without a tie on and it won't be hours until . ."Alan (in a black and white tuxedo and black patent leather shoes) groaned.

"George, it took me quite some time to get that collar stud of yours in. You'd better NOT try to take it out until it's all over," Lila (in a full-length indigo satin evening gown with an indigo wrap, a tourquoise necklace with indigo high heeled pumps) scoffed while carrying an indigo clutch bag.

"And if I do, need I remind you, I'm the guest of honor," Mr. Feeny smirked.

"Well, need I remind you that I'm your wife and you don't want to chance having to live with the aftermath of others blaming me for your disheveled appearance, "Lila snapped.

"She gets me every time with that," Mr. Feeny sighed.

"Just got a new text. Our ride should be here momentarily,"Amy exclaimed as she took out her Smartphone from her emerald green clutch bag.

"You think the limo won't be distracted by that noise?" Alan asked as the sound of helicopter blades soon became quite noticeable.

"I'll get the door," Lila exclaimed as she heard the front doorbell ring.

"It can't be any of the boys. They never used the front door," Amy laughed as she opened the Feeny Front Door.

"Mr. Minkus, what are you here with. ..?" Mr. Feeny asked as he saw Minkus in the doorway(also in a black tux and black patent leather shoes) accompanied by two unexpected companions.

"Mr. and Mrs. Feeny, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, I am here to momentarily transport you to our intended venue, "Minkus explained.

"In a helicopter?! But the steps and. . " Mr. Feeny sputtered.

"No worries. The Minkus Turbo Copter's ramp is fully automated with secure railings to ensure Mrs. Feeny's and your safety," Minkus bragged.

"Stuart, do you know who these. ..?" Alan gulped as he and Amy pointed to Minkus's associates.

"Of course I do. My Head of Security, Francis Albert Stecchino and his 2nd in command Joseph T. R. Epstein, "Minkus beamed as Frankie and Joey (also in tuxes and black patent leather shoes but with headsets, bulletproof vests and waist holsters) nodded.

"But they. .." Alan gulped.

"Mr. Matthews, I know all my employees' histories better than their own mothers do. I've made the best possible use of their talents for the good of my organization!" Minkus explained.

"Frankie, it looks like you've transferred your old belly onto your arms," Alan laughed.

"Thank you, Mr. Matthews! I can bench press 400 pounds!" Frankie bragged.

"400 pounds? Wow! That's quite impressive!" Alan exclaimed.

"Thank you, Mr. Matthews. It's nice to know that some folks are still impressed by that,"Frankie exclaimed while looking at Minkus who rolled his eyes.

"So you and Joey now work for Minkus International?" Amy asked.

"Yes, Mrs. Matthews. We are here to serve and protect those Mr. Minkus deems as needing our services," Frankie proclaimed as he flexed his biceps inside his tux sleeves.

"Yeah, yeah! We're real deemers! Heh! Heh!Heh!" Joey nervously laughed.

" Mr. Epstein, I must say I'm impressed by your being suited even if you've been unsuccessful in locating a barber in the last two decades ," Mr. Feeny sniffed.

"So, now that that's settled, we five will be departing," Minkus insisted -as he put out his arms to escort Lila and Amy to the helicopter.

"Wait, Mr. Minkus! Are you certain our talents and abilities aren't better suited for the venue instead of. ..?" Frankie gulped.

"Yeah! Yeah! Nothing's happening here but lots of folks in tuxes, evening gowns with jewels and platinum cards up there needing protection. Heh!Heh!Heh!" Joey added- as he pointed what he believed to be a northeastern direction.

"Stecchino, Epstein! How many times must I explain? With Farkle and myself now each able to take out legions of armed thugs, you'd be extraneous deadweights at best at the fete. Here you have the vital task of ensuring the Feenys' and Matthewses' properties stay protected and intact until their return," Minkus explained.

"Both our homes have electronic security monitors," Alan added.

"Security monitors? What a joke! Heh!Heh!Heh!" Joey nervously laughed.

" My security team knows how frivolous and useless electronic monitors are against the most determined of thieves and vandals," Minkus gloated.

"But, Mr. Minkus, it's not our fault that we're now but frail and fragile shadows compared to your and Master Minkus's infinite robustness. PLEASE!" Frankie broke down and sobbed while falling to his knees.

"On your feet, Stecchino! I didn't carry on like that when you, Joey and Harley sent my protractor on a one-way guided tour through the John Adams High sewage outflow- and that had been a Christmas present from my grandmother!" Minkus snapped- as he singlehandedly lifted Frankie from his kneeled position with his right hand entirely off the ground into the air with his arm fully extended before throwing Frankie six feet across the yard back on his own feet.

"Yes, sir, Mr. Minkus," Frankie sniffed.

"That's better! Now, what are you to do until your host families' return?"Minkus asked.

"We are to patrol the properties' exteriors except for mandatory meal and bathroom breaks and sleep inside only if the weather turns inclement- being assured to always rotate said breaks instead of taking any together. Report any trespassing or vandalism attempts to law enforcement while taking the perps out. Order take out for meals and have it put on the company account. And, if so much as a thimble or cheese curl goes missing or a pebble gets damaged from either residence, it will be the Minkus Phantom Zone for both of us!" Frankie and Joey droned in unison as Minkus nodded before Alan and Mr. Feeny handed over their house keys to Frankie and Joey.

"That's more like it! ," Minkus smirked.

"Stuart, don't you think you might have been slightly harsh on. .?" Amy asked.

"Mrs. Matthews, I pay my employees double the going rate," Minkus exclaimed.

"I've fully paid for my son's undergraduate Harvard education from this salary. Heh! Heh! Heh!" Joey added.

"Never would have seen that coming," Mr. Feeny half-laughed.

"I'll be sure to convey your best regards to Harley and any others inquiring of your absences from the fete while you're carrying out your duties!" Minkus exclaimed as he patted Frankie and Joey on the right facial cheeks with his right hand.

"Is there anything else we should know?" Lila asked.

"Not at this time, Mrs. Feeny. So shall we?" Minkus asked as he put his arms out to Amy and Lila then led the way to the helicopter while Alan and Mr. Feeny exited the Feeny house and Frankie locked the door behind them.

"Thanks, Stuart!" Lila beamed- from Minkus's right side.

" Stuart, I think you should know that I DID call your mother at your urging when Cory, Shawn and Ellis marched you up to Cory's room with them in the 6th grade around the time of the geography bee," Amy noted- from Minkus's left side.

"And what was her reaction, Mrs. Matthews?" Minkus asked.

" Just one word: 'So?' before hanging up," Amy sighed.

"Not surprising," Minkus sighed as he, Amy and Lila rode up the ramp to the helicopter interior.

" So how soon should we reach John Adams High from here?" Mr. Feeny asked as he and Alan rode up the ramp behind them.

"Oh, we'll arrive at our destination in twenty to thirty minutes at the maximum," Minkus explained as he settled into the pilot's seat.

"Why do I have the feeling this is going to be outside the Greater Philadephia Metropolitan Area?" Alan asked.

"Very good observation, Mr. Matthews," Minkus exclaimed as he pressed a button and shut the helicopter door behind them then the Minkus Turbo-Copter took off.

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"There the well-heeled go to have their fun with our onetime punching bag who's now the strongest if not richest man in the galaxy while we feeble plebes do mere drudgery," Frankie sighed while starting their first perimeter patrol of the Matthews' and Feenys' yards.

" Cheer up, Frankie! Mr. Minkus is now paying us to do what we used to get sentenced for doing , our kids are all going to the best universities and in another decade we'll be able to retire to those beachside cottages on Devil's Island! Heh! Heh! Heh!" Joey replied.

"Yes, it does have its compensations," Frankie admitted.

"So, Frankie, when Mr. Feeny noted my inability to locate barbers' establishments, do you think he was being sympathetic or could he have extended a right-elbowed commitment?" Joey asked.

. .

. .Manhattan at the Warehouse. .

Everything was freshly painted and scrubbed with a red carpet leading from the street to the Elephant Door with spotlights beaming on the path and with a small podium directly next to the red carpet. Above the Elephant Door exterior was a cloth hanging atop the stonework archway concealing the establishment's new name until the right time. Tuxedoed valet parkers directly from Minkus Vehicular Leases and Rentals were at the ready to take each and every invited guest's vehicle to a secure parking facility armed with facial recognition each vehicle's occupant. Virtually all the men and boy guests were in tuxedos and black, patent leather shoes. Virtually all the women and girl guests were in evening gowns, with matching wraps, high heeled pumps/sandals and clutch bags.

At the streetside podium the black tuxedoed, Joshua Matthews was the announcer- announcing each and every invited guest upon entry. Usually he kept to the guests' mundane, formal titles but he wasn't entirely above playing favorites. .

"Presenting Senator Eric Matthews, Mrs. Rachel Friar, Mr. Thomas Jonathan Murphy, Ms. Nell Custis, Mr. Jasper LaChance and Reverend Lydia Bolling. Senator Matthews of the Great State of New York is your Announcer's Diligent and .. Unique-Minded Eldest Brother," Joshua exclaimed as they exited their large minivan and handed the keys to the valet.

"That's really cool. Thanks, Joshers!" Eric (in his black tuxedo and black patent leather shoes) shouted as he walked the red carpet and gave a thumbs-up.

"Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Cory Matthews and their offspring, Riley and August. Master August Matthews is Your Announcer's Nephew- New York's Coolest 7-year-old, while his father Mr. Cory Matthews is your Announcer's Earnest if not as Visually Appealing Elder Brother,"Joshua exclaimed.

"Thanks, Uncle Joshie!" Auggie (in his own black tuxedo and black leather shoes) exclaimed.

"Josh ,getting smug about your looks makes you ugly!" Cory (in his own black tuxedo and patent leather shoes) fumed as he walked the red carpet.

"And why didn't you make any special notes about me or Riley- or even say my name!," Topanga (in her turquoise colored satin evening gown with matching high heeled sandals, wrap and clutch bag) fumed as she and Riley (in a blue satin evening gown but with flat heeled matching sandals, wrap and clutch bag also made their entrance.

"Presenting Mr. Jack Hunter and his date Ms. Morgan Matthews- your Announcer's Favorite Sister!" Joshua exclaimed.

" I'm not his date. Stop the shipping! We're business colleagues and I'm your ONLY sister!" Morgan (in gold colored satin evening gown with matching high heeled sandals, wrap and clutch bag) groaned.

"That's what she says!" Jack laughed in his black tuxedo, black patent leather shoes.

"Presenting the stunning, feisty, intelligent and talented, Ms. Maya Hunter and her too strict parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Hunter but it sure looks like Mr. Hunter was NOT stodgy with Mrs. Hunter about eight months ago. Heh! Heh! Heh!" Joshua laughed.

"Thanks for the compliments, Boing!" Maya (in a sky blue satin evening hown with matching high heeled sandals, wrap and clutch bag) laughed as she walked in.

" Don't forget, when you were days old, I gave you my blessing when I technically could have crushed you and I'm STILL capable of doing both these things!" Shawn (in black tuxedo and black patent leather shoes)warned while supporting the 8-months pregnant with twins Katy who barely was able to squeeze out of their car's shotgun seat.

"Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Alan Matthews, your Announcer's late-in-life, albeit cool parents!" Joshua exclaimed.

"Watch your lip if you want us to keep up your tuition while we're trying to put together our retirement package! " Alan fumed.

"And the evening is still young, everyone! " Joshua laughed.

"You won't be forever!" Amy fumed.

"Now it is my privilege to present tonight's Guests of Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Feeny for whom we're here to celebrate his 90th Birthday! Let's hear it for them!" Joshua exclaimed.

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..

In the back and center of the Great Hall was Main Table with the Feenys in the center next to the podium with a microphone with the Feeny, Bolander, Hunter and Minkus families on one side and the extended Matthews Family on the other side on the dais set slightly above all the other tables in the Great Hall of the former Warehouse. Each table was covered with a white linen tablecloth with white bone china plates, laser cut Waterford crystal drinking glasses, and freshly polished sterling silverware.

"How much longer before the meal and ceremony start?" Maya asked as they sat down at their sets of plateware, eating utensils and drinking glasses.

"Another thirty minutes. We need to make sure all the guests get settled at their tables," Shawn explained.

" I hope I can hold out that long," Katy (in a rather large magenta evening gown with matching accessories but with flat ballet slippers) groaned as she patted her hugely expanded abdomen.

"You don't mean. .." Shawn gulped as he stood up in place at the table.

"No, Gorgeous! I'm not having any kind of contractions or labor pains but ,these days with my two babies inside being as acrobatic as you despite the limited space AND my bladder being pressed down, bathrooms need revolving doors," Katy groaned.

"Shawn, Katy, Maya! It's great seeing you again! Look at you, Girlfriend!How are you?" Angela Moore Crenshaw (in a maroon evening gown with matching accessories ) laughed as she came up to the table from behind and gave Katy a hug.

"These flats are the only shoes I can fit in, this is my first time away from bedrest in a week and my bladder seems as big as a pea but it's not for much longer," Katy half-laughed.

"I didn't expect you to accept our invitation seeing that you're living in Paris," Shawn exclaimed.

" Oh, I couldn't miss Mr. Feeny's 90th Birthday Party, Jared's folks live in Delaware AND ,since I'm going to open my house to Maya and her friends next month, I think I'd better get to know them a little bit in person so I have a better idea what's in store before hosting them!" Angela laughed.

"Thanks, Mrs. Crenshaw," Maya replied.

At that moment a tall African-American/Asian man with café au lait pigmentation with black, wavy hair and somewhat slanted eyes about 40 years of age in a formal dress uniform walked up.

"Angela, is this your onetime boyfriend Shawn Hunter and his family?" General Jared Crenshaw asked.

"Yes, Jerad. I'd like everyone to meet my husband, General Jared Crenshaw!" Angela exclaimed as she kissed him on the lips.

"Great to finally connect faces with names. Have you told them our news?" General Crenshaw asked.

"Oh, in another six months, we're having our OWN baby! " Angela squealed as she patted her abdomen.

"That's wonderful news!" Katy exclaimed as she turned around hugged Angela who leaned down.

"Isn't it? But I guess I have stuff to look forward to," Angela half-laughed as she patted Katy on the shoulder.

"Shawn, I want to thank you for your pep talk to Angela almost two years ago! She needed your boost to give her that extra confidence!" General Crenshaw proclaimed as he shook Shawn's right hand with his own.

"Thank you, General," Shawn gulped.

"Please, I consider you a friend and I'd like all my adult friends to call me 'Jared'," General Crenshaw insisted.

"I'll try but it's not every day I meet a general- at least not since I've quit being a teen juvie!" Shawn laughed.

"Riley, Farkle, Lucas, Zay and Smackle, could you all come up here to meet our hosts in Paris?" Maya asked.

In a few moments all the above were at the Main Table and introduced themselves.

"This place is quite impressive. Your parents and friends sure put a great deal of work into it,"General Crenshaw proclaimed a few minutes later.

"We hope it's the ideal place for those homeless children! " Riley proclaimed.

"Would you like a tour, General?" Lucas asked.

"I'd be honored. We can catch up some more after the Ceremony! I'll meet you back at our own table, Angela," General Crenshaw insisted as he kissed her on the lips before he started to walk away.

"General Crenshaw, we're honored with your presence. Stuart Minkus, Farkle's father," Minkus proclaimed as he approached the table then saluted then put his hand to gently touch the exterior of the general's.

"Hmm, you're the first person I've seen who looks younger than their magazine cover shots and web pages," General Crenshaw noted.

" I get that a lot!" Minkus smirked then walked off while Shawn and Katy rolled their eyes.

"Well, my future guests have offered to give me a guided tour and I can't turn them down so you'll have to excuse me, ladies, Shawn," General Crenshaw insisted as he tipped his cap and started to walk off.

"We understand," Katy replied.

General Crenshaw stepped back and approached Shawn.

"Stuart and Farkle Minkus seem nice enough but I've never encountered limper handshakes," General Crenshaw whispered to Shawn.

"Jared, that's because if either of them attempted to actually shake your hand, you'd have an unrecognizable meat paw at the end of your wrist. Trust me on this, " Shawn whispered back as General Crenshaw left the table with Maya and her friends.

"Oh,no! I left my Smartphone with Mama," Katy sighed as she started to stand up while Shawn helped lift her.

" I can get it, Babe!" Shawn declared.

"She's just at the other end of the Main Table with Agent LaChance, Tommy, Nell, Eric and Rachel, I've got it. You're welcome to sit in my seat until I get back, Angela," Katy insisted as she started to walk towards the other end of the Main Table.

"Shawn, Rachel introduced me your lovely mother Miss Lydia! I'm glad you two have found each other," Angela proclaimed as she sat down.

"Yes, it's been an awesome four months despite her gentility and my ferality," Shawn laughed.

"I hope you don't cut your toenails at the table when eating at her place like you did at mine and at the Matthewses, "Angela noted.

"Of course not! I respect Mama's refinement so I always trim them before I pad my way to the table, "Shawn laughed.

"You know, since Jared and I have gotten the news about our impending little one, I've been wondering how my own mother could have carried me and then given me up," Angela pondered.

" I imagine so. The thought crossed my mind more than once after Katy and I found out our news but I never imagined that I'd gain a mother who's better than the mother I used to wish Virna would be, a great friend to Katy and an excellent instant Nana to Maya, " Shawn reflected.

"You and Katy wrote me that it was Maya who sought her out and reunited you two," Angela reflected.

"True ! She had more guts in taking a chance on what kind of mother Mama would be than me! You want Maya to seek out your own mother?" Shawn half-laughed.

"No, I just want to know if you think it would be better for my baby to have my mother in his or her life or whether you think I should protect my baby from someone who left Dad and me and not even seek her out," Angela sighed.

" That's something you and Jared will need to decide but I can tell you that I wasted too many years being afraid to seek out the truth about Mama so I could cling to some positive illusions about my Dad," Shawn sighed.

" I miss mine so much!" Angela sniffed.

"I know. Sometimes, I miss the illusions of mine and the few genuinely positive times and actions he did but, in the end ,it's been far better that I faced the cold, hard truth than to keep clinging to the fanciest lies," Shawn proclaimed.

"Do you think my Dad could have . . lied about . ..her?" Angela asked.

" I have no idea but I do know that you'd have a better chance to picture of the full truth if you at least listen to her side of what happened and weigh that against the late Colonel Moore's account. You and your future baby deserve nothing less than the truth! " Shawn proclaimed as he clutched her hand.

"Thank you, Shawn. Jared said about the same thing but Jared's parents Marvin and Nagako have always been in his life . You and I didn't have that growing up so that's why I needed your boost on this, too," Angela insisted as she stood up then hugged Shawn's shoulders.

"Thanks. Not that it matters or that it's any of my business but isn't Nagako a Japanese name?" Shawn asked.

"Yes! Jared's father Marvin was an Army man from Delaware on an assignment to Japan so he and Nagako met while they were both touring the Osaka Castle," Angela explained.

"That's a beautiful,cool place. That baby is going to have so many fascinating stories about his or her ancestors," Shawn laughed.

"Maybe even some from his or her maternal grandmother,"Angela pondered.

"Possibly so, "Shawn replied.

"Before I go. There's something I've needed to do for a long time," Angela sighed.

"What is it?"Shawn asked.

"Remember when I heard that poem you wrote declaring your love for me after we'd broken up that time?" Angela sighed.

"I still feel the sting of that encounter when thinking about it," Shawn groaned.

"Well, I'm here to say that I'm SO sorry that I ever slapped you. You may have deserved me to verbally chew you out but you did NOT deserve me getting violent towards you," Angela groaned.

"I accept your apology and have long since forgiven you, Angela," Shawn insisted.

"That was one thing I worried I might do if I became a mother but I've learned to channel my anger in non-violent ways," Angela reflected.

"As have I- especially since I have hated having shoved you against Jack's door when you were just trying to help me with that drunken episode," Shawn confessed.

" As long as we've learned to treat our loved ones better since then than how we treated each other back then, that's what really counts. By the way, you never told me what Virna Cordini Hunter said in that letter to you beyond fessing that she wasn't your actual mother," Angela pondered.

"Angela, I just couldn't share that with you. It was so hateful and mean!" Shawn groaned.

" Shawn, judging from how quickly you tore it up, avoided my gaze then and how quickly you initially tried to search for your actual birth mother , I think I have an idea," Angela sighed.

" Angela, I just couldn't burden you with the fact that she refused to give you a chance because … " Shawn gulped.

" Shawn, you were never like Chet, Virna or any of the other Hunters- not even Jack. I loved you for who YOU were. I admit it would have hurt to have known that back then but I wouldn't have held her closemindedness against you since you don't have that, "Angela insisted.

"Thank you for that! I wish you and Jared luck in your parenthood journey,too!" Shawn exclaimed as he hugged her.

"I'll catch up a bit with Cory and Topanga. Great seeing you again, Katy!" Angela pondered as she left.

Katy came up from behind then hugged and kissed him.

"What was that for?" Shawn asked.

"You said what needed to be said to Angela and I'm so proud of you, Gorgeous!" Katy laughed then, with Shawn bracing her, sat back down.

"Well, she's been there for us through all our baby and mother twists and turns these past six months!" Shawn insisted.

"And now she and her husband are going to be hosting six teens in their Parisian townhouse. What are they thinking?" Katy laughed.

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. .

"Jonathan! Glad you could make it! Please sit down in Maya's spot while she's giving the Crenshaws the grand tour!" Shawn proclaimed as he stood up and hugged Mr. Turner (in a black tuxedo with black patent leather shoes)

"And miss a Feeny Roast? Fat Chance!" Mr. Turner laughed as he sat down.

"It's NOT that kind of party.. ." Katy explained.

" I know and he does deserve a salute after what virtually every one of us in this room has put him through," Mr. Turner half-laughed.

" Where's Laura? I was hoping to introduce her to Katy," Shawn asked.

"I'm afraid she's sidelined with severe morning sickness that's lasting all day. Her sister's with her. They insisted I be here, though," Mr. Turner explained.

"Katy, Laura and Angela all having babies. You think there could be something in the water?" Shawn asked.

"On two continents?" Mr. Turner laughed.

"Do you think your little one might be more like you instead of like. ..?" Shawn asked.

"You?! Truth be told, Hunter. I wasn't much different from you when I was a teen with a chip on my shoulder -even with a fancy suburban home and an intact two-parent family," Mr. Turner shrugged.

"As long as you're here, there's something I need to tell you,Jonathan" Shawn gulped.

" I've seen your bad side, Hunter. There's nothing that can shake me from you!" Mr. Turner insisted.

"I didn't find this out until just before Thanksgiving. .."Shawn started to say.

"You mean about your long-lost mother Miss Lydia being far better than you were led to believe? We talked about that over Thanksgiving. Remember?" Mr. Turner shrugged.

"No, it's not that but, believe it or not, I learned it on the very same day when I found Mama," Shawn sighed.

"What is it, Shawn?" Turner asked.

" Well, the evening after you tried to talk me into dropping the Centre, your motorcycle . .." Shawn gulped.

" I was comatose for seven months after that, then had to learn to walk, talk and the whole nine hundred yards and I'll be needing Physical Therapy the rest of my life. I do recall that one, Hunter," Mr. Turner sighed.

"Well, remember Sherri Acosta? Witness Protection has resettled her 'somewhere in the lower 48' with a new name but, before that, I met her by chance on the day before Thanksgiving at Dandelion Fields and she told me virtually all the nasty, horrible stuff that went down with the Centre - including Phillip Mack having had your Harley sabotaged," Shawn groaned.

"When I finally awoke, the cops told me it had been messed with and, last summer, the F.B.I. filled me on the late Phillip Mack's role," Mr. Turner sighed.

" I am so SORRY that that happened. If only I hadn't gone there. ." Shawn sobbed.

"Aw, Gorgeous!" Katy gasped as she hugged Shawn.

"Shawn, it's NOT your fault. Phillip Mack and I had had words before he ever tried to ensnare you. You weren't the first student in my class he did that to," Mr. Turner explained.

"You mean, you were trying to save Sherri?" Shawn gulped.

"Yeah. Oh, I knew she really had no home to return to but anything had to be better than that Centre," Mr. Turner sighed.

" So you were going to try to confront him again over me?" Shawn gulped.

"You're damned right I was but . ." Mr. Turner fumed.

" But I failed you just, like I failed in protecting Mr. Feeny's house from Denny and his thugs the year before. I'm worried I won't be able to protect. .." Shawn sniffed.

"Gorgeous! You WILL do so! You've learned!" Katy insisted.

"Shawn, you came into my hospital room and talked to me- not just that horrible first night but almost every single night for that whole time when everyone else wrote me off as a hopeless vegetable . I couldn't say anything but I could hear every word you said while grasping your hand! You did NOT fail me when it mattered and you won't fail your family either! " Mr. Turner proclaimed as he hugged Shawn.

"You really think so?" Shawn asked.

" You may drive them crazy like you always have me but you won't fail your family!" Mr. Turner insisted.

"Looking back, I don't know what I was thinking telling you about my problems with Jack and my drunken time. That must have been torture!" Shawn sighed.

"No more than usual but it gave me something to fight my way back for," Mr. Turner proclaimed.

"One thing I didn't tell you is that the night of your accident. . I . .I brought Mr. Mack to the hospital wanting to think he could somehow help…" Shawn groaned.

"You did WHAT?! If I'd known that I'd have fought my way back and DECKED him right then and there! No, seriously, I'm glad you didn't tell me he was anywhere near you, the Matthewses, Mr. Feeny or Topanga back then," Mr. Turner sighed.

"You gave me the strength I needed to throw him off even though it meant I had to leave my stuff behind and never go near the Centre again!" Shawn proclaimed.

"Did you miss any of your stuff?" Katy asked.

"No, it was just socks and underwear but I did take Dad's collectable Billy Beer can along- and, believe it or not, when I told Dad about what had happened, Dad asked me why I didn't at least fetch that Billy Beer can from there before I left," Shawn sighed.

" I wish I could say I was surprised," Mr. Turner groaned.

" You know, until Sherri told me the whole nitty gritty in November, I used to wonder whatever became of that beer can when everyone in the Centre 'disappeared'," Shawn half-laughed.

"So, the plan is for us to have the Chicken Kiev/ Beef Burgundy/ Indian Vegetarian dinners we've picked then the cake then the speeches then the …?" Mr. Turner asked.

"Yeah, that's it!" Shawn replied.

"Mr. Turner! Glad you could make it! Let me show you the. .." Minkus insisted as returned to the table then started to reach for Mr. Turner's right arm.

"Stuart! DON'T grab Mr. Turner's arm! He's only got two of them!" Shawn pleaded.

"You're right! I almost forgot to be more careful," Minkus sighed.

"Guess I'm going where Stuart's guiding me. You Hunters must be Grand Central Station. Look who's here!" Mr. Turner exclaimed as he exited and a tall, blonde woman in her mid 30's (in a red satin evening gown with matching high heeled sandals, wrap and clutch bag) accompanied by a tall Latino man with graying temples (in a black tux, black patent leather shoes) approached Shawn and Katy's spot.

"Kimberly Sussman?!" Shawn gulped (as he recognized Kimberly who had thrown the new nose celebration party at her home where Shawn and Cory had gotten drunk off of Alan's stolen whiskey when they were teens and whose own parents had let her have that party unsupervised without them so much as greeting her guests)

"Yes, and in three more weeks, it will be Kimberly Sussman .. Alveira!" Kimberly insisted as she flashed a sapphire engagement ring.

"You mean that you're marrying. .." Katy gulped as she suddenly connected Kimberly's companion.

"Miguel Alveira of the Philadelphia based chain of dry cleaners," Miguel groaned.

"Now that we visited Cory and Topanga Matthews and their daughter Riley recalled your previous interaction, isn't there something you need to say to the Hunters, Miguel?" Kimberly insisted.

"Katy, I'm your Uncle Miguel, your late father Martin's kid brother and.." Miguel gulped.

"You're the one who said those awful things about my late grandmother-in-law Charlotte Lubotsky Daly Hart, my late mother-in-law Katharine Daly and my wife Katy( your own niece) to my daughter, your own great-niece Maya?!" Shawn boiled as he clenched his fists and stepped in front of Katy.

"Look, man! I'm SORRY! I didn't know who it was who called . ."Miguel gulped.

"That's NO excuse! You used vile terms about my original family and. .." Katy fumed.

"Yes, and I (as well as his sister Gloria )walked in on that conversation and let him have it but since it came from Riley Matthews's Smartphone, we didn't know that she was connected to our own family," Kimberly explained.

"Why would you not have wondered why a teen girl in NYC would call to ask you about a teen girl who'd died in '82," Katy asked.

"OK, now that I'm here. I just want you all to know that I know I said the worst things I could have said and made the worst first impression since Magellan landed in the Philippines and I'm SORRY. Can we do this again?" Miguel asked - about the time Maya came back to the table but having heard the main conversation.

"He's your uncle. What do you think, Maya, Katy?" Shawn asked.

"Well, Gorgeous, we wouldn't be here now with me ready to have your twins in a month, if we had dismissed you after YOUR first impressions you gave each of us," Katy pondered.

" I guess if the person's genuinely sorry, forgiveness isn't totally for suckers. Okay, Uncle Miguel, you've got a second chance," Maya weighed in.

"Good, after the dinner, I'd like to tell you about Martin and my folks and all about our ancestors back in Portugal. You have his eyes, Katy. . you have his cheeks, Maya, and I'll be interested to see if either of your new babies take anything after him," Miguel replied.

"That's cool , Uncle Miguel, but know that if you hurt any of my family again, there's no third chances and I won't let it pass," Shawn insisted.

"Got it, Man! Looks like Kimberly sees another one of her pals at one of the tables, I've got to get going," Miguel proclaimed.

"So Kimberly Sussman who was in Shawn's class is going to be my aunt," Katy laughed.

"Yeah, she's going to be a wonderful trophy wife- even though her parents are some of the dumbest folks I've ever met. I can't wait to see if our future kids get her cute little nose," Miguel proclaimed as he started to walk away.

" I wouldn't pin anything on them getting that nose," Shawn replied.

:

. . .

. .

The meals were then served then after the room sang 'Happy Birthday' to Mr. Feeny and cheered him having blown out the large Nine and Zero candles, the birthday cake(dark chocolate cake and icing with apricot jam filling which Mr. Feeny had requested back in September ) was sliced and served to the Main Table with precut slices to all the others. Once everyone had the chance to get started on their cake. .

"Attention Everyone! We're not just here to say 'Happy Birthday' to Mr. Feeny but to salute him and Mrs. Feeny so let me present Mr. Stuart Minkus who will start the proceedings!" Joshua Matthews proclaimed from the Table Podium next to Mr. Feeny's seat.

" Mr. Feeny, there's so much I could say about all your dedication to making the lives of young people better you've done down the decades but I can't let this evening pass without personally thanking you for being my one REAL parent from kindergarten on. If it weren't for you, not only would I have had no encouragement to make the best of my intellect and talents and .not only would there be no Farkle Minkus or Minkus International but also, I'd likely have wound up either in an asylum, a homeless derelict or dead by now. I LOVE you, Mr. Feeny!" Minkus choked as he hugged Mr. Feeny who choked up but hugged him back.

"And now we're bringing down a screen to project our dedicated photo and video slide show: 90 Years of the Feenys," Joshua proclaimed.

For the next 20 minutes to with the theme 'Home Movies' from the movie War Games playing on a loop, George and Lila Bolander Kincaid Feenys' lives were chronicled on a split screen from infancy then childhood onwards (in Boston and Wisconsin, respectively)with each photo/video's identifications captioned in bright yellow script below. They were quite moved seeing their late parents, sibs, friends, students and colleagues,etc. as the decades zoomed pass- many photos they had forgotten about or hadn't known existed. Both of them were especially moved seeing Mr. Feeny's 1st Wedding Photo with the late Lilian Endicott Feeny in 1960 and more pictures of her with each of them before her death in 1985 while Mr. Feeny was impressed by how stunning Lila looked in her wedding dress at her first marriage to Curtis Kincaid when she was 22 in 1951. There were slides of both their careers (including a picture from 1982 with Mr. Feeny with both of Katy Hart Hunter's late teenaged parents Martin Alveira and Katherine Daly at their prom and another picture of Lila with her arms around Charlotte Lubosky Daly Hart and the noticeably pregnant Katharine Daly later that year that both moved Katy, Shawn and Maya tremendously) with their many students down the decades until finally came the slide of their own wedding in 1999. Then the slideshow became pictures of the two of them together working together at Pennbrook until their joint retirement in 2006 and in their own private lives before a final one with them celebrating Alan and Amy Matthewses' 40th anniversary in 2016.

"And now I'd like to bring back Mr. Stuart Minkus, " Joshua declared as the screen rolled back up to the top of the ceiling.

"Thank you, Joshua Matthews! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Jessica Feeny Jurado, Lula Bolander Murray, Amy Cohen Matthews, Topanga Lawrence Matthews and Thomas Jonathan Murphy as well as the John Adams High and Pennbrook University Archives for their unearthing and providing us this photo and video record of the Feenys' lives and careers but this isn't a one-time salute. If we receive your express permission, we'd like these slides and videos to be permanently rotated and displayed to inspire future generations both in a shrine in this building AND on this building's website to inspire future generations. True, I provided the warehouse itself but this building, in its present glory, is a culmination of the efforts of many folks' hard work and dedication so with, no further ado, I'd like to turn this over to someone I now consider one of my best friends, Mr. Shawn Patrick Hunter who I must give full credit for having conceptualized and orchestrated tonight's fete for Mr. and Mrs. Feeny- including the still photo and video presentation we just viewed," Minus declared before Shawn walked up before the two hugged.

"Thank you, Stuart! For too many years, I wasted too much time obsessing about how I didn't have the ideal family life that others had but then after, I married Katy and became Maya's father, I came to realize that there was no point in doing that since I couldn't change my past . However, if I used that energy to fight for others, I COULD change others' future. That's why my wife Katy and I, as well as our daughter Maya, my newly found mother Reverend Lydia Bolling, my brother Jack Hunter, our friends Alan and Amy Matthews, our friends Cory and Topanga Matthews and their children Riley and August, our friend Senator Eric Matthews, our friend Ms. Morgan Matthews, our friend Joshua Matthews, our friend Thomas Jonathan Murphy, our friends Rachel McGwire Friar and her son Lucas Friar, our friends Stuart and Farkle Minkus, our friends Mr. and Mrs. Louis Babineaux and their son Isaiah, our friends Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Smackle and their daughter Isadora and so many others helped transform this building to give homeless children a chance for the best lives possible but I'm not saying this to blow any of our horns. I wouldn't have been able to do this- much less even have survived my childhood or teens had it not been for the tenacity of Mr. George Feeny . Moreover, even though I didn't personally experience more than a few instances of it at Pennbrook , I've come to also greatly admire all the hard work and dedication to bettering young folks' lives his wife Lila Bolander Feeny has done for decades -including my wife Katy's late mother Katharine Daly. I can't help but believe that each of you wanted to be parents but ,for whatever reasons this was not to be, yet you didn't give up on that dream. Instead you channeled it by each being parents to so many in your classrooms and elsewhere -especially to those of us not blessed with worthy parents growing up (and I'm so thankful your teachings have helped me worthy to be reunited with my real mother these past four months and for getting ready to parent my babies happening soon). Your legacy and this building are here because of YOU! Thank you and I LOVE you so much Mr. Feeny and Miss Lila! Now I must turn the podium over to Senator Eric Matthews!" Shawn concluded while choking tears (and it should be noted he said all this off the top of his head and NOT with any notes).

"Podium manners! Now more than ever! You can do it," T.J. said (in a black tuxedo and black patent leather shoes) under his breath while his girlfriend Nell (who was a 6 foot tall redhead in a scarlet evening gown) also nodded as Eric passed them by .

"OK, Tommy,Nelly Bean," Eric (in a black tuxedo, black patent leather shoes)gulped.

"You ready, Eric?" Shawn whispered to which Eric nodded.

"Thank you, Shawn! I could use this time to call him FE-HEE-HEE-NAY but there's a lot more to him than that. Some may say it was very little but Mr. Feeny HAS taught me almost everything I know - especially to be a good person who cares about people and what he taught me helped me survive so many tough years on my own and now I'm blessed to use these skills to help children and others who need help by the power of my elected office. We want everyone who ever sees this building from now on to be inspired by your and Mrs. Feeny's examples the way we all have been so that's why I'm pushing the Big Button to reveal its name: 'the George Hamilton and Lila Bolander Feeny Children's Sanctuary and Educational Foundation, Founded 2017!/ 'Believe in Yourself. Try. Dream. Do Good'- George Hamilton Feeny, 2000." Eric declared (also using no notes)as two curtains dropped to reveal the name and quote chiseled in the archway stonework above the Elephant Door on the exterior and the name and quote carved in the tall archway under the high ceiling above the Main Table.

"And since this building isn't just about the past but a home we dedicate for children's future, may we present our House Parents Mr. Harley Keiner and Ms. Claire Ferguson who will then introduce our permanent and guest children residents whose home this will be until their 18th birthdays," Josh proclaimed at the podium.

"Thank you Johnny Baboon's cub bro. There's a ton of stuff I ain't proud of what I did to Mr. Feeny and others at John Adams High back in the day but I'm here to make sure that these kids will know what its like to have a home where folks guide and look out for them as the Feenys would want and I'm very grateful for this opportunity to have a chance I never imagined I'd have during those bad times. And now I'd like to invite the kids' House Mother, Miss Claire who will be a boon to us all to say some words," Harley (in the full black tuxedo, black patent leather shoes but with his biker gloves) exclaimed.

" Thank you Harley. Back at John Adams High, all my friends thought just because my family was wealthy, I had all the privileges a girl could want but Shawn Hunter knew differently and gave me shelter from my violent, abusive male parent before he sent me to live with my aunt in Vermont. I can't help but think if it weren't for Mr. Feeny and the Matthewses' influences on Shawn, he would have only seen what he wanted like everyone else did but I've also gotten to know his newly reunited mother Reverend Lydia Bolling who has been my colleague and friend for some years now. As much as I hate to leave Dandelion Fields and all my friends there behind, I believe it's time for me to give to those children who also need the voice of someone willing to see past what they want to see. Lastly, though I avoided him like the plague back at John Adams High, I can't imagine a better House Father to co-parent these youngsters than Harley Keiner,"Claire Ferguson (in a green evening gown with matching accessories) declared.

"Now it's time to introduce our 15 permanent residents who will call this place home until their 18th birthdays and 10 residents who are here until their own families are stable again to take them back but even after they leave, their House Parents and all the staff and Board Members will always be in their corners.. They range from 2 years old to 16 from a good variety of backgrounds and we're visiting them in THEIR brand-new home," Joshua started to explain as he introduced the children by name (who had eaten their meal at their own banquet table in the back of the room )in new suits, dresses and shoes to everyone else.

Then Joshua explained in detail how the $50 million endowment from Minkus Family Foundation had been used to purchase the warehouse, then how Shawn, Katy, Cory, Topanga and the others had helped to renovate it so each of the residents would have his/her own room with its own attached bathroom (and each room had either an original painting by Maya and/or an original photograph by Shawn and no two rooms looked the same). There was a full time cook who would cook the meals for all the children from scratch in the basement kitchen (and would provide cooking lessons for those residents who expressed interest). There was a full time nurse who had her own fully staffed infirmary near the Great Hall. There was a fully stocked library as well as a computer and audio-visual room (but each residential room had its own shelf of books of the appropriate reading/age range for the resident). There was a gymnasium with a part time gym teacher as well as a yoga studio. There was also an arts and crafts room as well as a small stage for those residents interested in considering performing arts.

"So, what will happen when it runs out?" Mr. Feeny asked after they concluded their tour given them by Shawn, Eric, Cory and Minkus.

"Oh, we haven't touched the principle! Stuart has put it in a trust and we're using the interest to fund things! Right now, we just want to establish the home for these few homeless children in this one building which we want them to consider their home instead of an overcrowded institution but we might want to one day expand to other buildings and cities in different parts of the nation," Shawn explained.

"And is there a Board of Directors?" Lila asked.

"Yes, Katy and I, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, Mama, Eric, Rachel, T.J. Murphy, Stuart, Jennifer, Jack, Cory and Topanga, Morgan, Joshua and Mr. Turner are all on the board and we have weekly meetings via Skype to discuss the administration issues and, yes, we have our disagreements but we have agreed to abide by simple majority rule. However, we unanimously decided that you and Mr. Feeny should be invited to join us either as permanent or honorary Board Members, " Shawn insisted.

"Well, we'll have to talk about that but that could be quite doable,"Mr. Feeny pondered while Lila nodded.

"And we'd also like to invite you to loan or bequeath whatever papers, documents, photos or videos from your own collection you'd like in our Shrine to you and Mrs. Feeny- as you can see we have them displayed behind unbreakable glass made by Minkus International," Cory added.

"I ..never expected ANY of this. I'm gratified to know that you HAVE dreamt and done good not just for yourself and your immediate family but for so many others in need- despite the major earlier setbacks. That's ALL I ever wanted for you," Mr. Feeny gulped as he and Lila hugged Shawn.

" I can't guarantee the next generation will take up your banner but we're going to keep it flying as long as we can," Shawn proclaimed.

"Folks, as much as we've enjoyed having you here as our guests,it's eight o'clock and this place better be spic and span in time for our kids' bedtime in another hour! So I bid youse farewell for now!" Harley proclaimed over the podium microphone while Claire Ferguson nodded at his side with quite a few of the formerly homeless children surrounding them.

" I can take you and Mr. and Mrs. Matthews back to Philly in plenty of time, "Minkus proclaimed.

"I'll round up Katy and Maya so we can get back home," Shawn insisted.

"Shawn. ..! Now, don't be alarmed. I've called 911!" Topanga proclaimed as she ran out of the ladies' room adjacent to the podium.

"How can you tell someone NOT to be alarmed then say you called 911?" Cory scoffed.

"It's Katy! Is she. ..?" Shawn gulped.

"She's fine but her water has broken and she's in labor Maya, Riley and Miss Lydia are all with her," Topanga explained.

"Oh, only eight months! Cory, what if one or both of the. ..?" Shawn shuddered.

"Don't worry about that just now! Just BE with her, Son! That's what she needs," Alan insisted..

. ..

At the maternity operating room of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan a few hours later.

"You're almost there, Katy! Just a few more pushes!" Dr. Bethany Lowenstein proclaimed as she looked on the other side of the sheet draped over the childbed where Katy was laying down.

" You're doing wonderful, Babe! " Shawn (now in scrubs and a surgical mask and cap) insisted as he kissed her hand.

"My grandbabies are almost there, Darlin'!" Lydia (also in scrubs and a surgical mask and cap- having changed out of her indigo blue evening gown with matching pumps and handbag)added.

"Oh, that belly dancing you taught me came in handy!"Katy gasped between pants.

"Belly dancing?"Shawn gulped.

"To ready the abdomen muscles for childbirth. I learned it from an Egyptian belly dancer named Fatima a few years before you were born!" Lydia half-laughed.

"You mean this is about it?"Katy gulped while covered in sweat with her upper body gowned and her head covered by a paper hair net.

"Yes, Katy!" Dr. Lowenstein said as she, Shawn and Lydia wiped the sweat from Katy's brow.

" I've got one request!" Katy insisted.

"Anything, Babe!" Shawn proclaimed.

. ..

.

"Dad, what do you think they'll name them if they're girls? " Riley asked while seated.

Also in the waiting room besides Riley's parents and brother was Maya, Josh, Alan,Amy, Eric, Rachel, Lucas,Morgan, Jack, T.J.(Tommy) Murphy,Nell Custis, Agent LaChance, Stuart and Farkle Minkus, Mr. Feeny, Lila and Mr. Turner.

"I'm hoping for Cora and Shawnna," Cory reflected while seated on the floor while cuddling a sleepy Auggie with Josh on the other side of his son doing the same.

"Why did you and Mom name me Riley, anyway?" Riley asked.

"You remember your great-grandmother Bernice Matthews?" Topanga asked.

"Not well except for the shrunken head she gave me but she died when I was about eight, right?" Riley asked

" That's right We wanted to name you for her but. ." Cory started to say.

"Wait, you were going to name me BERNICE?! UGH!" Riley cringed.

" Yes, we were but your Great-Grandma Matthews said she herself always hated her own name since she said it made her sound like 'an old lady canasta and bingo player' so we used her maiden name of Riley instead!" Topanga explained from her seat.

"She was quite the character, Riley, and golden in her own way! And,Auggie, we named you after your mother's Maltese great-grandfather Augusto Muscat who'd died a year before you were born at age 105!" Cory recalled while mussing his son's hair.

"105? Wow!" Auggie exclaimed.

"They've been in there for nearly three hours. How much longer, Aunt Topanga?" Maya asked in the waiting room.

Suddenly, the waiting room doors burst open from the surgical suite with Shawn out of breath.

"Is Katy okay? How are the twins?" Cory asked.

"There's not here just yet but Katy's made one request and I'm not about to turn her down. Come with me, Maya! And, if Cory and Topanga allow it, you,too, Riley!" Shawn insisted.

"What?!" Maya gulped from her chair.

"No, no! Not my baby girl! A delivery room is no place for my baby girl!" Cory gasped and started to hyperventilate.

"Cory, you fainted during BOTH our babies' births and, despite his own issues, Shawn DID stay with me my entire labor with Riley, "Topanga recalled.

"Daddy, do I have to?" Maya gulped.

"Your Mom believes you and Riley need to know EXACTLY what the end result of sex can be- even with all the boxes checked so you can think everything through before making any decisions you can't take back," Shawn insisted.

"Mom, Dad, that part of the sex education seemed so yucky and gross, I don't want to. .." Riley gulped.

"Mom needs us in there so I'm not letting her down," Maya insisted.

"You sure?" Joshua gulped as he awoke.

"Yeah, I'll get scrubbed. Uncle Cory and Riley, you know I love both of you but Aunt Topanga, see what you can do to get Riley to be tough like you in the next few minutes instead of cringing like Uncle Cory," Maya proclaimed as she went back to the maternity OR with Shawn.

"Riley, you have a very important decision to make,"Topanga insisted.

"I'm glad you're letting me make it without. ." Riley started to say.

" So if you ever decide to have a baby and want Maya or ME there with you during labor, it would be wise for you to decide to join Maya and Aunt Katy in there tonight," Topanga insisted.

"Yes, Mom," Riley groaned then started walking toward the delivery room before Topanga chased after her and gave her a quick kiss on the left facial cheek.

. ..

. .

"You heard Dr. Lowenstein, one more push, Babe! Grab my arm! " Shawn insisted.

"You can do it, Mom!" Maya (now in scrubs, a face mask and a paper hair net) insisted.

"You've got this, Aunt Katy," Riley (also in scrubs, face mask and paper hair net) gulped.

[SCREAAMM!] Katy screamed quite loudly.

"Another one!" Lydia insisted.

[SCREAMM!] Katy screamed.

"I see the first one's head crowning!" Dr. Lowenstein proclaimed.

"Oh, I'm so TIRED," Katy cried.

"I know but we're here to give you our energy as best we can, Babe!" Shawn insisted as he kissed her on the lips.

[SCREAM!] Katy screamed.

"OK, the head is out! Small pushes to get the rest of the body out!" Dr. Lowenstein insisted.

[SCREAM!] Katy screamed.

"It's out! He's out! " Dr. Lowenstein proclaimed as she held the newborn boy aloft while he gave a healthy cry even before she slapped him.

"It's a BOY! We have a son. Mama, you have a grandson!" Shawn cried with happy tears while Lydia nodded.

"I've got a brother," Maya gulped.

"Eww.. There's so much BLOOD!." Riley swooned.

"No you don't, Riles! If Mom has to stay awake through this whole thing, so do you!" Maya insisted as she slapped Riley several times to keep her awake and put an ammonia capsule under Riley's nose that one of the nurses handed her.

"He's healthy and hear that crying! He definitely takes after both our sides here!" Shawn laughed.

"Now, it's time for his brother or sister to follow. Another push, Katy!" Dr. Lowenstein insisted.

"Oh, I feel so wiped out as it is!" Katy gulped.

"Your vitals are fine and we've got plenty of fluids going into you, Katy," Dr. Lowenstein insisted.

"Just blow this thing and we can all go home!" Shawn insisted.

"Gorgeous? Come here," Katy gasped.

"Yes, Babe?" Shawn asked.

At that Katy lightly patted him on this right and left facial cheeks.

"Now is our Baby Boy's brother or sister inside you or me," Katy asked.

"Inside you, Babe," Shawn sighed.

"Then leave it to me," Katy insisted.

"Katy. .." Dr. Lowenstein started to say.

[SCREAM!] Katy screamed.

"Oh, I think this one has crowned," Dr. Lowenstein insisted.

" Just one more BIG push then. ." Shawn pleaded.

[SCREAM!] Katy screamed.

"Yeah, you got the head and now the rest of . .her is following! It's a girl!" Dr. Lowenstein proclaimed as Shawn kissed Katy, Lydia clutched Katy's right hand and Maya kissed Katy then hugged Riley.

"How's my Younger Baby Girl doing?" Katy asked while nodding at Maya.

"She's starting to cry even before I hold her up. Your newborn son and daughter are nice, pink and healthy even if they got here a little early," Dr. Lowenstein proclaimed as Shawn cut both their umbilical cords then the staff quickly bathed both babies before Dr. Lowenstein presented the freshly bathed babies to Shawn.

"Hey there, Babies! It's Daddy! Wait till I tell you what your names are going to be but first let me give you to your Nana who I didn't know existed when I first found out about you!" Shawn beamed as he held the two squirming, active and LOUD newborns a few minutes then handed them to Lydia.

"It's Nana, Darlins! You're so LUCKY you have parents who will be there for you. Not every baby is so blessed and now you two have blessed me by being so healthy and strong!" Lydia exclaimed then handed them to Maya.

"Is it okay for me to hold them, Nana, Daddy?" Maya gulped.

"No better time to learn then now, Maya!" Shawn laughed as Lydia handed them to Maya.

"It's your Big Sis Maya! I must be the world's biggest sucker right now because you two have given me so MUCH hope that I don't want to let go! You're wonderful and now it's time for you to meet our Mom," Maya cooed then handed them to Katy.

"A year ago, I barely thought I'd ever be anything more than just a bit player in your Big Sis's life much less ever have fallen so totally in love with your Daddy or become your Mom but now we're all in it together for the rest of our lives and you two are part of it. How I LOVE you little guys! " Katy happily though exhaustedly cried as she held her newborn twins on her bosom for the first time.

. .

.

.A few minutes later, Shawn came out into the waiting room and pulled down his surgical mask.

"Jack, you're now an uncle of a boy and another girl!" Shawn proclaimed.

"Man, that's awesome!" Jack yelled while hugging Shawn and everyone else awoke to cheer.

"So now you got two niches and a COUSIN!"Eric yelled.

"No, I've got. ." Jack tried to say.

"Just leave it, Jack," T.J. half-laughed.

" And Katy's okay?" Topanga asked while nudging a snoring Cory.

"Yeah, she's fine and so is Maya but. ." Shawn started to explain.

"She's not heavy, she's my bestie!" Maya laughed as she pushed the woozy Riley ahead of her in a wheelchair as they came into the waiting room.

"Oh, there was SO much blood and stuff," Riley gasped as she swooned and fainted again.

"You're your father's child, alright!" Topanga sighed while lightly tapping Riley's face.

"He's 6 pounds nine ounces while she's 6 pounds three ounces. He has my blue eyes but Katy's blond hair while she has my brown hair and Katy's brown eyes . They're both beautiful! They're both good, healthy, breathing, with good appetites and so LOUD on their own!" Shawn proclaimed while panting.

"Way to go, Bro! " Cory proclaimed while hugging Shawn.

"Katy did the bulk of it!" Shawn proclaimed while Topanga glared at Cory.

" It's 11:52 P.M. Hey, it's still George's Birthday. Your babies were born on George's 90th Birthday!" Lila proclaimed as looked at the digital clock hanging above the door while she hugged Mr. Feeny.

"Huh. What?!" Mr. Feeny sputtered as he awoke from his catnap.

"That's right," Shawn gulped.

"So are Baby Cory and Baby Cora ready to. .?" Cory asked while the whole room (including Auggie) glared at him.

"Sorry, Cor but we've already chosen the names!" Shawn declared.

"Shawn, Jr. and Katy?" Topanga asked.

"No, our new son is named George Feeny Matthews Turner Hunter and our new daughter is named Amy Lydia Charlotte Maya Hunter, " Shawn proclaimed.

"Y-y-ou named him for me? Shawn?" Mr. Feeny gulped.

"It's funny that nearly a year ago, Cory got in one of his snotty moods and said that I was dressing like your father and, at the time, I was upset but I've since thought about it and you're still the best person I know so if Baby George grows up to be anything like you, I'll be even MORE proud to be his father than I am now, "Shawn insisted as he hugged Mr. Feeny.

"Shawn, you're the first of my students to ever name a child after me. My cup runneth over. .." Mr. Feeny blubbered.

" I don't mean to burst Shawn's bubble or rain on your parade but, actually, I named a child after you," Minkus declared while nudging Farkle who was seated next to him.

"What? But young Mr. Minkus is. .." Mr. Feeny gulped.

" Mr. Feeny, Farkle is an acronym. My full name is..

Feeny

Aristotle

Rohrschach

Keppler

Lavoisier

Einstein . . Minkus," Farkle half laughed.

" But all the others are famous scientists while…" Mr. Feeny protested.

"Well, if you hadn't been around, I'd have never been inspired to follow in your or any of the above's footsteps," Minkus declared.

"Yes, Riley, I did know that one! " Cory half-laughed before Riley could say anything.

"I don't know how ANYone could wear all those names out- EVER," Lucas half-laughed.

"Mr. Matthews, your family has been far better to me than I deserved for so long that I couldn't help but immortalize ALL of you including Morgan and Joshua- NOT just Cory and, Mr. Turner, I couldn't leave you out. I'm telling George about all of you as soon as I think he understands and all the adventures and greatness you've done down the years!" Shawn insisted.

"Are you okay, Amy?" Alan asked as he saw his wife crying.

" I just never expected Shawn to name his son after us and his baby girl after me. Shawn, are you sure your own mother Miss Lydia won't mind my name in front of hers for your daughter?" Amy sniffed.

" Actually, I had a hard time persuading Mama to let us use her name for her granddaughter at all but Katy and I didn't want our daughter to get confused with her Nana and we DID want her name there. We also honored Katy's side with Gammy Hart's name of Charlotte," Shawn reflected.

"And I'm going to tell them all about Gammy but you also gave MY name as well to my baby sister?" Maya gulped.

"Yeah. Well, if it weren't for you encouraging your Mom and I to open ourselves to see if we could love each other, not only would we not have a blissful union and be raising you together but Baby George and Baby Amy wouldn't be here! You're definitely a part of her, Hijita!" Shawn proclaimed as he hugged Maya's upper shoulders.

"So you named your son after Mr. Feeny because I teased you and said you were Mr. Feeny's father?" Cory scoffed.

" No, it went far deeper than that and it was by NO means about you- despite your being needlessly snotty to me then," Shawn groaned.

"But I was just tea. ..!" Cory whined.

"No, Cory, you WERE being snotty to Shawn. There's no way to spin it as anything else," Topanga groaned.

"I've long since let this go but since Mr. Feeny was born in 1927, that means that Mr. Feeny, Senior would have been a turn of the 20th century man- and likely a natty dresser in pinstripe suits and spats, " Shawn laughed.

"He was, at that! I truly wish you and he could have met. He'd have never foreseen that you'd name your firstborn son after his own! I'm still stunned," Mr. Feeny laughed.

"When I married George almost seventeen years ago, I said that my only sadness about marrying him was finding him so late in life. Yes, I always did want to be a mother and wish I had had the chance to have borne George a son. Shawn, I know that he's your and Katy's boy not ours but I THANK you for honoring us by passing along George's name through him," Lila sobbed.

"Your most welcome, Lila! I'll do all I can to make sure Baby George and my Baby Amy grow up to honor all that of what you and Mr. Feeny stand for," Shawn sniffed as he hugged Lila.

"Come on, Lila! Let's take a few deep breaths and collect ourselves," Mr. Feeny gulped as he whispered into her ear while hugging her from the back.

Then Shawn let go his hug of Lila and the Feenys too a few deep breaths.

"Okay now?" Minkus asked.

"I think so, Stuart," Lila replied while Mr. Feeny nodded.

"Good," Minkus replied.

"So, would you be willing to give us and the Matthewses' a midnight chopper ride back to Philly, Stuart? It's a bit late and I don't want to spend the night here if we don't need to," Lila insisted.

"Say no more, Lila. I'll have you four back by 1 AM at the latest. Then I'll ready my housewarming baby gift for Shawn and Katy," Minkus insisted as he nudged Farkle and the two of them started to leave.

"Baby gift? But we don't need that and Katy just bore our twins so I'm not sure she's up to an April Fool's deal," Shawn sputtered.

"It will be an April Fool's Baby Gift to remember and appreciate! Trust me,"Minkus insisted.

"Are you sure about this, Father?" Farkle asked while Minkus nodded.

"Anyway, Mr. Matthews, we've also selected you and Mrs Matthews to be our babies' godparents so I'm inviting you two ,Mr. Feeny and Lila for a chance to briefly meet them before you have to return," Shawn insisted.

"We're there!" Amy exclaimed- while jumping on her high heeled sandaled feet-still in her evening gown- and dragged Alan behind while Mr. Feeny and Lila followed Shawn back to Katy's room where she was already fast asleep while Lydia was quietly rocking her grandchildren in while hugging them onto her bosom while she being seated in a rocking chair then , after the Feenys and Matthewses Senior ooed and ahed a bit in whispering tones, they left… .

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Hunter Apartment, Saturday, April 1, 2017 Afternoon.

" Lucas, Zay, Riley and Maya, your Mom's due to be released from the hospital later this evening but we need to somehow clear a room for these twins to stay in," Shawn groaned.

"But there's only our two bedrooms and the tiny hall closet along with the living/kitchen area and bathroom- and they'll need separate rooms before too long since they're brother and sister," "Maya groaned.

" I guess we'll have to move to a bigger apartment with me having to do more online work to afford it before too long but, in the meantime, I think we'll need to have the twins in the main room," Shawn sighed.

"But Daddy, you do your work from the main room. I love my adorable new sibs but they're LOUD! " Maya gasped.

"Never guess who they could take after," Zay laughed.

"We can help move stuff from the closet to the basement storage for you, Mr. Hunter. That ought to work in a pinch," Lucas offered.

" I guess that will have to do for. ." Shawn started to say before…

[BOOOM!] the entire apartment building rattled.

"Earthquake?! In Manhattan?!" Shawn gulped as he and Lucas tried to get Riley and Maya to the front door archway.

"Half your kitchen wall's GONE!" Riley gasped as the dust instantly cleared after Minkus and Farkle blew the dust with their lungs while the others saw it and were in shock.

"APRIL FOOLS!" Minkus and Farkle said together- as they both appeared barefoot in black ninja outfits then each ran up to the new giant hole in the wall and after Minkus nodded, each stood on their bare tip toes while bracing the ceiling of the hole with their extended hands.

"Stuart, are you nucking futz?! Just because you and Farkle CAN knock out stone walls with steel girder braces with your bare hands and feet with ease doesn't mean you should. I'm calling 911!" Shawn fumed.

"And what would you tell them, Shawn?" Minkus laughed.

"That you trespassed from next door and destroyed our mutual wall," Shawn fumed.

" And what prison could possibly prove a match for our individual much less combined strength?" Farkle asked.

" I don't care! That'll be their problem! This time you Minkii went too far! And I thought you were my friends! How am I going to begin to make this right with my neighbors? The landlord?" Shawn sputtered.

" Your next door neighbors just permanently moved to a Connecticut beach home a few hours ago after being offered a good deal for it- see how empty the apartment is behind me?" Minkus asked.

"What?! But . ." Shawn gasped as he looked behind the Minkuses and saw the apartment bare of furniture.

" As for your landlord. Well, this entire ten block section of the Village just got bought out by a conglomerate owned by your's truly! " Minkus smirked.

"Wait…you're my new landlord," Shawn gulped.

"Yes! So if the authorities tried to cuff me, they couldn't hold me for trespassing on my own property!" Minkus laughed.

"To say nothing of steel cuffs and chains being as tough for Father to break apart as Silly String," Farkle laughed

"So you're going to throw me out of this apartment just when I'm due to bring Katy home? How could you, Minkus!" Shawn fumed.

" Back to 'Minkus', I see. Well, I told you I had an April Fools' baby gift, " Minkus laughed.

" I told Father how cozy this apartment was even with just you, Mrs. Hunter and Maya so . ." Farkle explained.

"So now your apartment is DOUBLE in size with plenty of room for your newborn twins and all their paraphernalia and they'll each get their own room and as they grow up- to say of your expanded apartment now having two kitchens and two bathrooms! " Minkus explained.

"But.." Shawn scoffed.

"Reach into my robe pocket for my Smartphone. You'll see your new lease displayed!" Minkus explained.

Shawn did so and . .

" You're only going to charge us $50 a month more for this two apartment combo?! " Shawn gulped.

"Don't be too proud, Daddy! We won't have to move AND will have plenty of room for the twins for just $50 extra. Think of how happy that will make MOM!" Maya insisted.

"For you,her and the twins, I'll swallow all the false pride needed as long as our family benefits in the long run. Okay, Stuart. You got yourself a deal. Let's shake. .er let me put out my hand while you touch the outside," Shawn sighed.

"Sorry, but I can't shake hands or put mine down to touch yours. Me and Farkle are bracing the Load Bearing wall of the entire apartment complex so we have to keep our hands and feet in position until the builders get here to make a stable Load-Bearing archway for everyone to use! " Minkus explained.

"Odd contract. A million years for me and my traceable progeny with you and Farkle as landlords?! " Shawn gulped.

"We think that if the building is maintained on a constant basis, it should last at least that long. We also think the rate of inflation will make a necessary adjustment of an extra $100 a month happening after 1200 years, " Minkus added.

"Father, I'm not sure I can keep holding this up forever," Farkle groaned.

"Son, you're not tired or feeling strained, are you?" Minkus asked.

"Well, no, but how long CAN I hold this building up?" Farkle asked.

"Roughly a week for me until the need for water,food and bathroom breaks gets overwhelming but , with your current training condition, I believe you can hold it up for about another five hours," Minkus shrugged.

"Let's call the builders now!" Shawn insisted.

" I already did it before we slammed down the old wall!" Minkus explained.

"They work for Father so they should be here in another fifteen minutes with the needed tools and equipment," Farkle added.

" I'm surprisingly touched that you'd be willing to carry us like that, Stuart- and not just the Load Bearing Wall. Thanks!" Shawn gulped.

"Well, it won't hurt any of my portfolio. Besides with ten blocks of apartments, restaurants and businesses, I can easily absorb my chosen leniency towards you and your family," Minkus laughed.

At once the Hunter front doorbell rang.

"Cory and Topanga. Come in. We're bringing Katy and the twins home in a few hours but our apartment's been expanded," Shawn laughed- as he opened the door.

"Mom, Dad, you won't believe what Mr. Minkus and Farkle have done," Riley gulped.

"I'd like to see Joshua Matthews's face at how easily we kicked and smashed down this wall!" Farkle laughed.

"And you won't believe what our landlord's done! He let some faceless,soulless conglomerate buy it out and raise our mortgage monthly rate by $100 for the apartment and the monthly rent $150 for Topanga's! " Cory boiled.

" And the latter with a million year contract for us and our progeny . Who does that?" Topanga sputtered as she took out her Smartphone.

"Modesty prevents me from sharing that info," Minkus laughed as Cory and Topanga finally noticed that Stuart and Farkle Minkus were in ninja outfits with their outstreched arms bracing the weight of the entire top four floors of the apartment complex with their toes making craters in the steel floor beam.

"Uh-OH!"Cory gulped- then he and Topanga promptly fainted but Shawn and Lucas were able to break their falls in a nick of time.

"It's a good thing that we're all going to Paris on Friday night April the 9th and won't be back until Tuesday, April 18th!" Riley beamed

"Yeah, it's going to be an unforgettable trip," Lucas insisted.

"What do you teens call the last two days?" Shawn laughed while Minkus nodded.

In a few more minutes, the builders employed by Minkus International came and braced the building's load bearing wall with a permanent brand new archway that gave them access to the other apartment which from that point doubled the size of the Hunter Apartment (as well as putting in a new floor over the steel building floor beam that had been exposed when Minkus and Farkle had kicked/punched out the wall). So with them sweeping and carting away the extraneous smashed stonework, plaster, metal and drywall, they were able to have a practical sized family-sized dwelling for the Hunters ready in plenty of time for Shawn to bring Katy and their newborn twins George and Amy home.