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Chapter 3 Who is that!?
"So Shawn, tell me more about your friends," Aria questioned him when they had found a table at Chubbies. Cory and Topanga hadn't shown up yet.
"Well, Topanga is the reason we moved here. She's smart, and got an internship at a law office here. She also loves shoes," he said with a puzzling look, " and Cory and her have been going out as long as I've know him. And I've known him almost forever." "Wow, that's.rare," said an amazed Aria, "okay, what about you? What job are you going to look for?"
"Well, I'm gonna be a photographer, who writes poetry on the side," Shawn answered.
"You write poetry too?" queried Aria.
"Yeah, wait, what do you mean too?"
"Oh nothing, its just I sometimes like to write poetry. I'm not very good I don't think." Aria said with a downcast look.
"Really, -" Shawn was just going to say, "I need to read some!" when he heard a.
"Shawn Patrick Hunter! Who is that!? What about your girlfriend?" came Cory's loud voice alarming many of the customers. Cory walked toward Shawn and Aria with a scowl worn on his face, along with the scowl on Topanga's . "Cory, don't." Shawn responded feeling his cheeks begin to burn red.
"What Shawn? Don't you tell him don't! Angela is my best friend, and here you are with some blonde tramp, parading around in front of us?" Topanga joined in with her husband.
"Shawn, maybe I better go," Aria said uncomfortably, "You can keep the clothes."
"Clothes! What did you sleep with her too?" Topanga accused angrily.
"Aria, sit down!" came Shawn's annoyed voice," and you two sit too! First of all, no I didn't sleep with her." He sighed, "Cory, I have bad news."
Cory's features softened as he sat down next to his best friend," Shawnie, what's wrong?"
"First of all, Angela broke up with me yesterday, and-wait there's more," he said just in time to keep Cory from interrupting him," She's got a new boyfriend."
"But, that can't happen," Cory whined, " She loves you. Let me call her, I'll fix everything."
"Cory, you can't fix this. She's gone, remember? She left me a year ago and you couldn't do anything about that, and you can't do anything about this either."
Cory simply looked defeated, but Topanga, who was still standing, said," No, that's.no Shawn."
Shawn looked up at her with forlorn eyes," You didn't know anything about it?"
"I'm so sorry Shawn."
"Well, what about her?" Cory glanced at Aria.
Shawn simply smiled at Aria, making her feel much more relaxed. She knew that if she had been Topanga she would have had the exact same reaction, but that still didn't mean it didn't hurt being called a tramp.
"Cory, she's not a tramp. She is the nicest person I've met here." Aria smiled, relieved that Shawn was defending her, "Well, I wasn't feeling very good about myself yesterday after Angela dumped me, so I went out and had more than a few drinks."
"Shawn!" Topanga said shocked," Do you remember the way you were in high school?"
"I do now," Shawn, answered back," Yeah, well, anyway I met Aria in a coffee shop after I got trashed. She saw me drunk, and asked me if I was okay. She tried to get me into a taxi to take me home, but I, well, passed out. So then she let me stay on her couch."
"Oh, then.thank you," Topanga said as she hugged Aria, "I'm sorry for saying that about you, but you know Angela is my best friend, I didn't really mean it. Here move over, let me sit down, my feet are killing me. Try walking in these things for more than five minutes," she pointed to her three-inch high heels.
Cory was still in his somber mood when he ordered his burger, "Shawn, how could she do that to you? I mean it's Angela, she loves you."
"Cor, I don't wanna talk about it, okay?"
"Yeah, fine," came the respond, "Topanga, you are going to call her right?"
"Of coarse hun, but you know I haven't talked to Angela in almost four weeks? She probably has a new best friend and everything."
Aria, clearly having no piece of information to add on this subject simply sat there and listened to Topanga and Cory go on about Angela. She glanced at Shawn, who was now staring out the window showing no emotion. Why isn't he more upset, she thought, maybe because he lost it last night? Poor guy.
Shawn noticed her looking at him, and finally spoke," You guys, you wanna see a movie later?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry Shawn, I can't. My boss wants me to sit in court with him today," answered Topanga.
"But it's Sunday!"
"I know, but that's when the trial is being held."
"Oh, well how about you Cor?"
"Sorry Shawnie, I can't either. Eric wants me to go with him to a circus tonight. I told him he belongs there, but."
"Cory Matthews, that's horrible!" shouted Topanga playfully, "true, but horrible to say to your brother."
They all laughed, "Wait, Eric Matthews? As in the weather guy for channel 4?" said Aria excitedly.
"Yup, the one who's always wearing a yellow raincoat with a picture of a duck on the back, that's my brother," Cory smiled idly.
"And my roommate," added Shawn.
"Wow, could I meet him?" Aria asked.
"Sure," Cory replied with a smirk," just don't be surprised if he hits on you."
Shawn clearly not liking this comment, but he himself not knowing why, said, "Well I guess it's just you and me tonight then Ari. Any movies you wanna see?"
"I don't really care, but actually there was a new horror movie out that looked pretty cool. If you don't like those kinda movies, we could see something else though."
"Are you crazy? I love horror movies! We have to go see it! Hey Cor, you remember when we got in trouble for having Mr. Feeny watch Morgan, while we watched "I'm Blowing Up Your Head part 6?" That was great."
"Yeah," Cory laughed at the memory.
"Oh, Cory we have to go. I have to be in court in two hours. Come on let's go, and it was nice to meet you Aria, we have to go shoe shopping together soon!" Topanga concluded.
Aria and Shawn were both immensely relieved. Aria was for making new acquaintances in a city where she only knew her ex-boyfriend and Shawn was for his friends liking Aria.
After Cory and Topanga said their goodbyes, Ari and Shawn resumed their conversation.
"They were really nice! Well, after that first part, but I would have done the same thing." Ari conversed.
"Yeah, they're great."
"So Shawn, tell me.anything. About your childhood, who was Mr. Feeny, where'd you grow up, stuff like that. " "Um.we all grew up in Pennsylvania, Cory and Topanga in nice upper middle- class homes, me in the trailer park. Mr. Feeny was a teacher that we've had every single year in our life except for this last year at NYU. My childhood was very.difficult I guess. Cory and I went through a lot together. I have seen him and Topanga go through a lot of break ups, and like Cory does for me I've done for him. He always tries to put me back together with Angela, that's why he was so cold to you earlier, but you'll love him sooner or later. Topanga is great too, but I'd like to have some time with Cory too."
"Jealous much?" he heard her quip, "Not to be rude or anything, trust me I understand how you feel."
"Really? I still don't know really anything about you, tell me about your childhood."
She glanced at her watch, "Oh, what time do you want to see that movie tonight?"
Why won't she tell me anything, Shawn wondered. The only thing she's told me about herself is that she wants to be an investigative reporter and she writes poetry.
"Um.how about seven-thirty? Its only three right now, we have loads of time."
"Yeah, sure that'd be great. Um. so you want to go somewhere else? No offense to you liking this place, but my foot's asleep and I need to walk around awhile."
"Yeah, let's go to.Central Park," Shawn answered.
"Oh yeah, its really beautiful there," Aria said as they started walking out of Chubbie's.
"So what happened between you and your boyfriend?" Shawn inquired, "Did you just fall out of love or what?"
"Well, I was never in love with him, and when he said he loved me I said 'Thank you,' he wasn't too happy,"
"Wait," Shawn said with a confused look," if you weren't in love with him, why did you move with him to New York?"
"Well, I've always wanted to live in New York, and that was my chance. I know that sounds awful to use him like that, but." she gave Shawn a smile.
"Why didn't you love him?" Shawn asked.
"Well, I don't know, if you don't love someone, you just don't love them," she answered turning to look at him, her eyes still had a sparkle, but they where looking far away back into a past she wouldn't tell him about.
Shawn sensed there was something was behind her far away eyes, but decided against pressing for it. They were walking into the park then, admiring the beautiful scenery around them. He watched a couple skate past them, and he wished he were still in love with Angela, like he had been a few years ago.
Ari must have saw his painful expression and asked, "Are you okay?"
That snapped Shawn out of his gaze, "What? Oh, yeah I'm fine."
"I can tell," she remarked sarcastically. "Shawn," she asked turning toward him touching his arm, " Come on tell me."
Shawn looked into her bright, green eyes. How can she make me do this? He thought, I don't even open up to Cory like this.
"I'm thinking about, you know Angela."
"Shawn, you're gonna be fine, trust me," and with that she drew him into a friendly hug.
"I hope so," he sighed.
She broke away from him," You know what, screw the movie; we need to get you a rebound girl and fast. Let's go to a bar, but."
"But what?" he asked.
"No drinks okay?"
Shawn smiled at how with knowing him one day, the girl was already looking out for him, "Yeah, I don't like myself when I'm drunk anyways."
She looked at him incredulously," Sure, let's go around ten, oh you know what, then we could still hit the movie before, if you want to?"
"Yeah, then here," she took a pen and a small piece of paper out of her purse and scribbled her address on it," Can you pick me up around six- thirty? That would give us an hour to get there and get seats."
"Yeah, that's fine. See ya later," Shawn answered.
With a smile and a wave, she left walking towards the exit of the park, and left Shawn feeling a lot better than last night.
Chapter 3 Who is that!?
"So Shawn, tell me more about your friends," Aria questioned him when they had found a table at Chubbies. Cory and Topanga hadn't shown up yet.
"Well, Topanga is the reason we moved here. She's smart, and got an internship at a law office here. She also loves shoes," he said with a puzzling look, " and Cory and her have been going out as long as I've know him. And I've known him almost forever." "Wow, that's.rare," said an amazed Aria, "okay, what about you? What job are you going to look for?"
"Well, I'm gonna be a photographer, who writes poetry on the side," Shawn answered.
"You write poetry too?" queried Aria.
"Yeah, wait, what do you mean too?"
"Oh nothing, its just I sometimes like to write poetry. I'm not very good I don't think." Aria said with a downcast look.
"Really, -" Shawn was just going to say, "I need to read some!" when he heard a.
"Shawn Patrick Hunter! Who is that!? What about your girlfriend?" came Cory's loud voice alarming many of the customers. Cory walked toward Shawn and Aria with a scowl worn on his face, along with the scowl on Topanga's . "Cory, don't." Shawn responded feeling his cheeks begin to burn red.
"What Shawn? Don't you tell him don't! Angela is my best friend, and here you are with some blonde tramp, parading around in front of us?" Topanga joined in with her husband.
"Shawn, maybe I better go," Aria said uncomfortably, "You can keep the clothes."
"Clothes! What did you sleep with her too?" Topanga accused angrily.
"Aria, sit down!" came Shawn's annoyed voice," and you two sit too! First of all, no I didn't sleep with her." He sighed, "Cory, I have bad news."
Cory's features softened as he sat down next to his best friend," Shawnie, what's wrong?"
"First of all, Angela broke up with me yesterday, and-wait there's more," he said just in time to keep Cory from interrupting him," She's got a new boyfriend."
"But, that can't happen," Cory whined, " She loves you. Let me call her, I'll fix everything."
"Cory, you can't fix this. She's gone, remember? She left me a year ago and you couldn't do anything about that, and you can't do anything about this either."
Cory simply looked defeated, but Topanga, who was still standing, said," No, that's.no Shawn."
Shawn looked up at her with forlorn eyes," You didn't know anything about it?"
"I'm so sorry Shawn."
"Well, what about her?" Cory glanced at Aria.
Shawn simply smiled at Aria, making her feel much more relaxed. She knew that if she had been Topanga she would have had the exact same reaction, but that still didn't mean it didn't hurt being called a tramp.
"Cory, she's not a tramp. She is the nicest person I've met here." Aria smiled, relieved that Shawn was defending her, "Well, I wasn't feeling very good about myself yesterday after Angela dumped me, so I went out and had more than a few drinks."
"Shawn!" Topanga said shocked," Do you remember the way you were in high school?"
"I do now," Shawn, answered back," Yeah, well, anyway I met Aria in a coffee shop after I got trashed. She saw me drunk, and asked me if I was okay. She tried to get me into a taxi to take me home, but I, well, passed out. So then she let me stay on her couch."
"Oh, then.thank you," Topanga said as she hugged Aria, "I'm sorry for saying that about you, but you know Angela is my best friend, I didn't really mean it. Here move over, let me sit down, my feet are killing me. Try walking in these things for more than five minutes," she pointed to her three-inch high heels.
Cory was still in his somber mood when he ordered his burger, "Shawn, how could she do that to you? I mean it's Angela, she loves you."
"Cor, I don't wanna talk about it, okay?"
"Yeah, fine," came the respond, "Topanga, you are going to call her right?"
"Of coarse hun, but you know I haven't talked to Angela in almost four weeks? She probably has a new best friend and everything."
Aria, clearly having no piece of information to add on this subject simply sat there and listened to Topanga and Cory go on about Angela. She glanced at Shawn, who was now staring out the window showing no emotion. Why isn't he more upset, she thought, maybe because he lost it last night? Poor guy.
Shawn noticed her looking at him, and finally spoke," You guys, you wanna see a movie later?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry Shawn, I can't. My boss wants me to sit in court with him today," answered Topanga.
"But it's Sunday!"
"I know, but that's when the trial is being held."
"Oh, well how about you Cor?"
"Sorry Shawnie, I can't either. Eric wants me to go with him to a circus tonight. I told him he belongs there, but."
"Cory Matthews, that's horrible!" shouted Topanga playfully, "true, but horrible to say to your brother."
They all laughed, "Wait, Eric Matthews? As in the weather guy for channel 4?" said Aria excitedly.
"Yup, the one who's always wearing a yellow raincoat with a picture of a duck on the back, that's my brother," Cory smiled idly.
"And my roommate," added Shawn.
"Wow, could I meet him?" Aria asked.
"Sure," Cory replied with a smirk," just don't be surprised if he hits on you."
Shawn clearly not liking this comment, but he himself not knowing why, said, "Well I guess it's just you and me tonight then Ari. Any movies you wanna see?"
"I don't really care, but actually there was a new horror movie out that looked pretty cool. If you don't like those kinda movies, we could see something else though."
"Are you crazy? I love horror movies! We have to go see it! Hey Cor, you remember when we got in trouble for having Mr. Feeny watch Morgan, while we watched "I'm Blowing Up Your Head part 6?" That was great."
"Yeah," Cory laughed at the memory.
"Oh, Cory we have to go. I have to be in court in two hours. Come on let's go, and it was nice to meet you Aria, we have to go shoe shopping together soon!" Topanga concluded.
Aria and Shawn were both immensely relieved. Aria was for making new acquaintances in a city where she only knew her ex-boyfriend and Shawn was for his friends liking Aria.
After Cory and Topanga said their goodbyes, Ari and Shawn resumed their conversation.
"They were really nice! Well, after that first part, but I would have done the same thing." Ari conversed.
"Yeah, they're great."
"So Shawn, tell me.anything. About your childhood, who was Mr. Feeny, where'd you grow up, stuff like that. " "Um.we all grew up in Pennsylvania, Cory and Topanga in nice upper middle- class homes, me in the trailer park. Mr. Feeny was a teacher that we've had every single year in our life except for this last year at NYU. My childhood was very.difficult I guess. Cory and I went through a lot together. I have seen him and Topanga go through a lot of break ups, and like Cory does for me I've done for him. He always tries to put me back together with Angela, that's why he was so cold to you earlier, but you'll love him sooner or later. Topanga is great too, but I'd like to have some time with Cory too."
"Jealous much?" he heard her quip, "Not to be rude or anything, trust me I understand how you feel."
"Really? I still don't know really anything about you, tell me about your childhood."
She glanced at her watch, "Oh, what time do you want to see that movie tonight?"
Why won't she tell me anything, Shawn wondered. The only thing she's told me about herself is that she wants to be an investigative reporter and she writes poetry.
"Um.how about seven-thirty? Its only three right now, we have loads of time."
"Yeah, sure that'd be great. Um. so you want to go somewhere else? No offense to you liking this place, but my foot's asleep and I need to walk around awhile."
"Yeah, let's go to.Central Park," Shawn answered.
"Oh yeah, its really beautiful there," Aria said as they started walking out of Chubbie's.
"So what happened between you and your boyfriend?" Shawn inquired, "Did you just fall out of love or what?"
"Well, I was never in love with him, and when he said he loved me I said 'Thank you,' he wasn't too happy,"
"Wait," Shawn said with a confused look," if you weren't in love with him, why did you move with him to New York?"
"Well, I've always wanted to live in New York, and that was my chance. I know that sounds awful to use him like that, but." she gave Shawn a smile.
"Why didn't you love him?" Shawn asked.
"Well, I don't know, if you don't love someone, you just don't love them," she answered turning to look at him, her eyes still had a sparkle, but they where looking far away back into a past she wouldn't tell him about.
Shawn sensed there was something was behind her far away eyes, but decided against pressing for it. They were walking into the park then, admiring the beautiful scenery around them. He watched a couple skate past them, and he wished he were still in love with Angela, like he had been a few years ago.
Ari must have saw his painful expression and asked, "Are you okay?"
That snapped Shawn out of his gaze, "What? Oh, yeah I'm fine."
"I can tell," she remarked sarcastically. "Shawn," she asked turning toward him touching his arm, " Come on tell me."
Shawn looked into her bright, green eyes. How can she make me do this? He thought, I don't even open up to Cory like this.
"I'm thinking about, you know Angela."
"Shawn, you're gonna be fine, trust me," and with that she drew him into a friendly hug.
"I hope so," he sighed.
She broke away from him," You know what, screw the movie; we need to get you a rebound girl and fast. Let's go to a bar, but."
"But what?" he asked.
"No drinks okay?"
Shawn smiled at how with knowing him one day, the girl was already looking out for him, "Yeah, I don't like myself when I'm drunk anyways."
She looked at him incredulously," Sure, let's go around ten, oh you know what, then we could still hit the movie before, if you want to?"
"Yeah, then here," she took a pen and a small piece of paper out of her purse and scribbled her address on it," Can you pick me up around six- thirty? That would give us an hour to get there and get seats."
"Yeah, that's fine. See ya later," Shawn answered.
With a smile and a wave, she left walking towards the exit of the park, and left Shawn feeling a lot better than last night.