[October 4th, 2021]

Riley's POV

"Your research paper, Riley," Ms. Abrams, my Freshman Composition II teacher, said on the class video chat, "was very well written. The amount of research you compiled was astounding."

"Thank you, Ms. Abrams," I said.

"You, Randolph, did not use enough sources," she said. "I will need you to look up more sources and turn in your revised paper by the end of the week."

"By Friday?" Randolph asked.

"Yes," Ms. Abrams answered.

"What if I don't do it?" He asked. I rolled my eyes. He's in a couple of my other classes. He never wants to do the work.

"Then you will get the 60% that is on the paper now," she said. I laughed when he complained.

Maya's POV

Josh, Christian, and I went to New York to visit our parents.

"Hey baby girl," mom said. "How's one of my favorite grandsons?" I knew she wanted to hold him.

"Take him," I laughed. She took him from my arms. We walked over and sat down in one of the seats.

"How are Jon, Ang, and Maria?"

"They're in daycare right now."

"I can't believe Jonny and Angela are almost three already," Josh said.

"I know!" Mom said. Some customers walked in. "Duty calls."

She got up and went to the register.

Lucas' POV

I met Hannah at the park after she texted me.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked her. I noticed her eyes were wet. I sat down next to her. "What's wrong, Hannah?"

"Jesse cheated on me," she said. I couldn't believe it, they seemed solid. "And it wasn't just one girl either. He's cheated at least ten times since he's been in London."

"How did you find out?" I asked.

"One of the girls answered his phone," I said. "She said he told her he was single."

"What a jerk," I said.

"What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing," I said. "There is absolutely nothing that is wrong with you, but there's absolutely everything wrong with him."

"He cheated on me for a reason, Lucas," she said. "Maybe I'm just not good enough to handle the distance."

"You are good enough," I said. "He's not good enough for you."

"Thanks Lucas," she said. She let a small smile surface.

"If I was dating you, I wouldn't let anything stop me from loving you and being faithful," I said. The second I said it I immediately realized what I just said. "You deserve better."

"You're right," she said, straightening up. She took out her phone. She called someone. He answered. "I don't want to hear it, Jesse," she said when he started apologizing. "I deserve so much better than you. We're over!" She hung up. She tapped more on her phone. "Aaaand blocked." I smiled.

"Good for you," I told her.

"Did you really mean what you said?"

"Yeah, you deserve better."

"No, I mean the part that started with If I was dating you," she said.

"Yes," I said.

"Thanks for being here for me," she said.

"Always."

Maya's POV

We went over to Alan and Amy's house. Amy made coffee and we all sat down and started talking.

"I still can't believe my youngest baby has a little baby of his own," Amy said.

"Oh, here it goes," Alan said.

"Well, I mean you two are married and you made him," she said, holding Christian. "It feels like just yesterday, Josh was that little baby in an incubator." His hair has started darkening, looking slightly closer to Josh's hair. We both smile. "Oh, Alan, I feel so old." Alan and I knew exactly what Josh was about to say. We both gave him a look that said don't say it. He smiled.

"I thought you'd feel old because of Penny," he said. I hit his arm.

"Do you two want to stay for dinner?" Amy asked.

"Sure," Josh said.

"Okay, you're doing the dishes," Amy said. I started laughing. He hates doing the dishes.

"Never mind," he said.

"Nope, we're staying, Boing," I said.

Josh sighed, laughing a little himself, but in embarrassment.

"Nice payback, Mrs. Matthews," I told Amy, giving her a high-five.

"I hate doing dishes too," she whispered. I laughed a little more. I took Christian to the changing table so I could change his diaper.

Riley's POV

I had Penny on my lap while I was video chatting with my creative writing class.

"How was my story, Dr. Willington?" I asked.

"It was good, but it could be better," she said. "The way that you write the lead character isn't specific enough. She doesn't have enough depth."

"Okay," I said. "I'll try to work on it."

Justin Red joined the room, showed up in the chat. His camera opened.

"Sorry that I'm late," Justin said. "I got caught up in traffic and didn't have my phone or computer."

"That's fine, Justin," Dr. Willington said.

Justin looked at the screen.

"Hi Topanga!" He said, waving at the screen. They've gotten used to her being with my when I'm in class.

"Hi," she said with a smile, also waving at the camera.

Josh's POV

I was doing the dishes after dinner. Maya came into the kitchen.

"Need any help?" She said.

"Nope, this is my payment for making mom feel like a hundred years old," he said. We both laughed.

"You wash, I rinse?"

"Deal," he said. He handed me a soapy plate and I started rinsing it.

"So, your parents want us to stay the night, so that we won't like fall asleep driving," I said.

"Okay," he said. "That actually sounds like a good idea."

Later in the night, we found out that it was good that we were staying the night because there was a four-vehicle car wreck on the road to Pennsylvania.