"RACHEL!" Destiny screeched, as she got off the plane, and saw Rachel
headed their way. "HEY!"
"Des? DES! You've changed! How have you been?" Rachel asked.
"Great, and you?" she asked.
"I've been awesome! Where's Crys?" Rachel asked.
"She had to make a complaint about the food..." Destiny laughed. "That girl is always complaining..."
"At least you got her to come! She didn't want to, though, did she?" Rachel asked.
"It's not that she didn't miss you, Rach. You know how she feels about change..." Destiny explained.
Crystal walked down the stairs of the plane, and grinned when she saw Rachel. "RACH!" she yelled.
"Lil sis?" Rach ran toward Crystal.
Destiny smiled, and walked behind Rachel. She remembered all the great times that the three of them always had together. And now that they were all in college, the times could only get better.
"Rach! Oh my God! How have you been?" Crystal hugged her sister.
"Great! How about you?" she asked.
"I have jet lag, like you wouldn't believe!" Crystal complained. "But oh well. Wow...it's a lot colder up here..." she looked down at the shorts and tank top she was wearing. "I suppose I'll be wearing a lot less of these?" she asked.
"Yeah, we actually have seasons here..." Rachel grinned. "You're gonna love it. Wait until you mean Cory, Shawn, Eric and Topanga..." she was excited. "They're gonna love you!"
"I know Cory and Eric...they're my cousins..." Destiny grinned. "Eric and I used to terrorize Mr. Feeny. is he still alive?" she asked.
"Yes, Mr. Feeny is still alive..." Rachel laughed. "He's probably gonna teach you in some class or another."
"He still teaches?" Destiny asked. "Does he still live next door to my aunt and uncle?"
"Yes, thank God poor Cory and Eric are living in the dorms, too, because he's married." Rachel shuddered at the thought of what may go on in the Feeny household.
"Oh...whoa...someone married...FEENY?" Destiny's jaw dropped.
Crystal laughed. "I take it this Feeny character is...interesting?"
"You could say that," Rachel laughed. "He's pretty cool, though. If teachers HAVE to exist, Mr. Feeny is the best one possible."
"Anyone else I should know about?" Crystal asked. "I'm sure Destiny knows everyone. She can help you tell me..."
"Well, we'll start with Topanga..." Destiny smiled, thinking she knew everything about all these people.
"She's really smart. Rachel, is Topanga still weird? Like...does she still do psycho incantations and stuff? I remember she tried to turn me into a bug once..."
"Nah, she's grown out of it." Rachel shrugged. "She and Cory are married...you know that, right?"
"Yeah, I couldn't make the wedding. Are they mad?" Destiny asked.
"No, they understand." Rachel nodded. "There were a lot of no shows, just as they figured, since the date changed so suddenly."
"Ok, cool." Destiny felt better. "Should we warn her about Eric? Or let her find out for herself?"
"She needs to know..." Rachel laughed. "Poor girl would be traumatized otherwise. Ok, picture Destiny, only worse."
"Like, worse how?" Crystal asked.
"Let's put it this way...he thinks a can is a jar, and tries to open it like one..." Destiny laughed, remembering the time Eric tried to open a soup can with his hands.
"And, he tries to smash full soda cans on his head..." Rachel rolled her eyes.
"He did?" Destiny scoffed.
"He stole her trademark..." Crystal shook her head. "Anyone else I wanna know about? I mean, I know about Cory...and I knew Eric was kinda weird, cause Destiny told me..."
"There's Jack..." Rachel shrugged. "He's pretty much normal though."
"I don't know of a Jack..." Destiny looked confused.
"He moved in a year or so before I did..." Rachel explained. "He's Shawn's half-brother..."
"Whoa, Shawn has a half-brother?" Destiny asked. "I've missed so much..."
"Yes, you have..." Rachel laughed.
"How's Shawn, anyway?" Destiny grinned, knowing Shawn was exactly Crystal's type.
"Who's Shawn, anyway?" Crystal asked, in the same tone Destiny had used.
"Shawn is Cory's best friend...even though they act more like a married couple than best friends..." Rachel started to laugh, then half smiled. "Shawn and Jack's father just died. And, he just lost his girlfriend. Right after he'd convinced himself that he was in love."
Destiny's jaw dropped. "Chet? No way! Not Chet!" her eyes welled up with tears. "Why did no one inform me of this?"
"Shawn hasn't been telling many people about it..." Rachel frowned. "Topanga and Cory suggested that he tell you, but he got mad, and stormed out of the house..."
"Poor Shawn..." Destiny looked down. "What about Virna? Has she come by?"
"Virna..." Rachel heaved a deep sigh. "Virna isn't his real mother...he got an anonymous letter, telling him that, then tracked Virna down, asked her, and found out it was true. Then, he found his real mother online, and she has yet to reply to him."
Crystal wanted to cry for someone she didn't even know. "Poor guy! Is he ok?" she asked.
"How is he taking it?" Destiny was shocked. "I mean, on a Shawn level...is he lashing out? Or...running away?"
"A little of both..." Rachel sighed. "After Chet died, he felt alone, so he took off in search of himself. Then, when Joshua was born...he came back. And then, Cory and Topanga got married, leaving him feeling even more alone. So, he clung tighter to the only real relationship he had left, with his girlfriend, Angela. Then, Angela broke up with him, and then he found out about his mother. He's had a really rough year."
Wow...and I thought I had it rough? This poor guy has nothing...no one... Crystal thought. I'll have to make a point to befriend him. No one deserves that kind of loneliness.
~~
"TOPANGA!" Destiny screeched, running up to Topanga Matthews, and hugging her as tight as she could. "How are you doing? It's been so long!"
"Oh my gosh! Destiny! What have you been doing? Why haven't you called?" Topanga asked. "I've been missing you!"
"You moved, or I would have! I tried to..." Destiny hung her head.
"You should have called my mother and father in law..." Topanga held up her wedding ring.
"Speaking of...where are my idiot cousins?" Destiny looked around.
Crystal leaned against the fall, feeling out of place. I know none of these people...I feel kinda...weird... she thought.
"Hello, I'm Eric Matthews, and you must be related to Rachel, cause, DAMN girl!" an unfamiliar face popped up in front of Crystal. "I take it you're Crystal?"
"Yeah...and I assume you're Eric?" she asked.
"How could you tell?" Eric grinned. "Is it the Matthews charm?"
"No, I was warned..." Crystal laughed.
"This is Jack, my best friend and roommate." Eric pointed to his friend standing next to him.
"Hey, Rachel told me about you. She said you're really nice. Nice to meet you, Jack." She smiled.
"You too, Crystal." Jack smiled back.
"Yo, airhead!" Destiny called to Eric. "No love for your cousin?" she asked.
"CUZZY CUZ!" Eric embraced Destiny in the tightest hug she'd ever had. "How are ya?"
"Great. I've missed it so much here! And everything's changed so much..." Destiny sighed.
Crystal went back to her spot against the wall, when she was greeted by another unfamiliar face. "Hello...you must be Crystal...I'm Topanga..."
"Hey, Rachel and Destiny have told me so much about you..." Crystal smiled, happy to be meeting Destiny's 'Philly best friend' as she called her.
"Vice versa, too. I'm looking forward to getting to know more about you. Any friend of Des or Rach's is a friend of mine..."
"Thanks, Topanga. That means a lot. I was kinda worried that I wouldn't fit in, in all honesty. And I have a huge fear of having no friends..." Crystal explained. "Everyone here seems so nice, though. I'm glad I came."
"Well, so are we. I'm gonna go sit down with Cory. Feel free to join me anytime." Topanga smiled.
"Thanks," Crystal smiled.
~~
So, basically, what they expect me to do, is pretend to wanna meet these people, when I really don't? I hate acting. I really do. Shawn Hunter sighed. And why did Angela have to come? She never comes to anything else, but the one thing that I HAPPEN to be at, she comes, and brings her boyfriend. Nice.very nice.
"Hi, Shawn..." Destiny approached Shawn. "Rachel told me about everything..."
"Hey, Des. Yeah, it's no big. I'm getting over it..." Shawn lied. "Where's Rachel's sister, anyway?" he asked.
Destiny sensed the tension in his voice, so she went along with his change of subject. "Uh..." she looked for Crystal. "Crystal is right...there." Destiny pointed her out.
Shawn normally would have been attracted to a girl like this, but today, no. He was in a very bad mood. His alarm clock had gone off too late, because he'd forgotten to set it to daylight-savings-time, so he missed an appointment, and he'd had every last button pushed, so he was on the brink of explosion. To top it all off, now he had to pretend that he was happy to see a bunch of people that he really wasn't happy to see. "Ah, she's definitely Rachel's sister," he nodded. "Just minus the giant-factor."
"Yeah, she definitely didn't get her height from Christine..." Destiny shrugged.
"So," Shawn was basically emotionless. "I take it Rachel told you about Angela?"
"Yeah...I'm sorry, Shawn..." Destiny frowned. "You know, I'm available to talk, always."
"Thanks..." Shawn shrugged. "But I'm dealing just fine, I think."
~~
Is that Shawn? Crystal looked toward the guy Destiny was talking to. Whoa...it is... she said after she saw Destiny's lips move to say his name. Wow...he looks completely apathetic...poor guy. At that point, Crystal took it upon herself to befriend Shawn, no matter what it took.
"Des? DES! You've changed! How have you been?" Rachel asked.
"Great, and you?" she asked.
"I've been awesome! Where's Crys?" Rachel asked.
"She had to make a complaint about the food..." Destiny laughed. "That girl is always complaining..."
"At least you got her to come! She didn't want to, though, did she?" Rachel asked.
"It's not that she didn't miss you, Rach. You know how she feels about change..." Destiny explained.
Crystal walked down the stairs of the plane, and grinned when she saw Rachel. "RACH!" she yelled.
"Lil sis?" Rach ran toward Crystal.
Destiny smiled, and walked behind Rachel. She remembered all the great times that the three of them always had together. And now that they were all in college, the times could only get better.
"Rach! Oh my God! How have you been?" Crystal hugged her sister.
"Great! How about you?" she asked.
"I have jet lag, like you wouldn't believe!" Crystal complained. "But oh well. Wow...it's a lot colder up here..." she looked down at the shorts and tank top she was wearing. "I suppose I'll be wearing a lot less of these?" she asked.
"Yeah, we actually have seasons here..." Rachel grinned. "You're gonna love it. Wait until you mean Cory, Shawn, Eric and Topanga..." she was excited. "They're gonna love you!"
"I know Cory and Eric...they're my cousins..." Destiny grinned. "Eric and I used to terrorize Mr. Feeny. is he still alive?" she asked.
"Yes, Mr. Feeny is still alive..." Rachel laughed. "He's probably gonna teach you in some class or another."
"He still teaches?" Destiny asked. "Does he still live next door to my aunt and uncle?"
"Yes, thank God poor Cory and Eric are living in the dorms, too, because he's married." Rachel shuddered at the thought of what may go on in the Feeny household.
"Oh...whoa...someone married...FEENY?" Destiny's jaw dropped.
Crystal laughed. "I take it this Feeny character is...interesting?"
"You could say that," Rachel laughed. "He's pretty cool, though. If teachers HAVE to exist, Mr. Feeny is the best one possible."
"Anyone else I should know about?" Crystal asked. "I'm sure Destiny knows everyone. She can help you tell me..."
"Well, we'll start with Topanga..." Destiny smiled, thinking she knew everything about all these people.
"She's really smart. Rachel, is Topanga still weird? Like...does she still do psycho incantations and stuff? I remember she tried to turn me into a bug once..."
"Nah, she's grown out of it." Rachel shrugged. "She and Cory are married...you know that, right?"
"Yeah, I couldn't make the wedding. Are they mad?" Destiny asked.
"No, they understand." Rachel nodded. "There were a lot of no shows, just as they figured, since the date changed so suddenly."
"Ok, cool." Destiny felt better. "Should we warn her about Eric? Or let her find out for herself?"
"She needs to know..." Rachel laughed. "Poor girl would be traumatized otherwise. Ok, picture Destiny, only worse."
"Like, worse how?" Crystal asked.
"Let's put it this way...he thinks a can is a jar, and tries to open it like one..." Destiny laughed, remembering the time Eric tried to open a soup can with his hands.
"And, he tries to smash full soda cans on his head..." Rachel rolled her eyes.
"He did?" Destiny scoffed.
"He stole her trademark..." Crystal shook her head. "Anyone else I wanna know about? I mean, I know about Cory...and I knew Eric was kinda weird, cause Destiny told me..."
"There's Jack..." Rachel shrugged. "He's pretty much normal though."
"I don't know of a Jack..." Destiny looked confused.
"He moved in a year or so before I did..." Rachel explained. "He's Shawn's half-brother..."
"Whoa, Shawn has a half-brother?" Destiny asked. "I've missed so much..."
"Yes, you have..." Rachel laughed.
"How's Shawn, anyway?" Destiny grinned, knowing Shawn was exactly Crystal's type.
"Who's Shawn, anyway?" Crystal asked, in the same tone Destiny had used.
"Shawn is Cory's best friend...even though they act more like a married couple than best friends..." Rachel started to laugh, then half smiled. "Shawn and Jack's father just died. And, he just lost his girlfriend. Right after he'd convinced himself that he was in love."
Destiny's jaw dropped. "Chet? No way! Not Chet!" her eyes welled up with tears. "Why did no one inform me of this?"
"Shawn hasn't been telling many people about it..." Rachel frowned. "Topanga and Cory suggested that he tell you, but he got mad, and stormed out of the house..."
"Poor Shawn..." Destiny looked down. "What about Virna? Has she come by?"
"Virna..." Rachel heaved a deep sigh. "Virna isn't his real mother...he got an anonymous letter, telling him that, then tracked Virna down, asked her, and found out it was true. Then, he found his real mother online, and she has yet to reply to him."
Crystal wanted to cry for someone she didn't even know. "Poor guy! Is he ok?" she asked.
"How is he taking it?" Destiny was shocked. "I mean, on a Shawn level...is he lashing out? Or...running away?"
"A little of both..." Rachel sighed. "After Chet died, he felt alone, so he took off in search of himself. Then, when Joshua was born...he came back. And then, Cory and Topanga got married, leaving him feeling even more alone. So, he clung tighter to the only real relationship he had left, with his girlfriend, Angela. Then, Angela broke up with him, and then he found out about his mother. He's had a really rough year."
Wow...and I thought I had it rough? This poor guy has nothing...no one... Crystal thought. I'll have to make a point to befriend him. No one deserves that kind of loneliness.
~~
"TOPANGA!" Destiny screeched, running up to Topanga Matthews, and hugging her as tight as she could. "How are you doing? It's been so long!"
"Oh my gosh! Destiny! What have you been doing? Why haven't you called?" Topanga asked. "I've been missing you!"
"You moved, or I would have! I tried to..." Destiny hung her head.
"You should have called my mother and father in law..." Topanga held up her wedding ring.
"Speaking of...where are my idiot cousins?" Destiny looked around.
Crystal leaned against the fall, feeling out of place. I know none of these people...I feel kinda...weird... she thought.
"Hello, I'm Eric Matthews, and you must be related to Rachel, cause, DAMN girl!" an unfamiliar face popped up in front of Crystal. "I take it you're Crystal?"
"Yeah...and I assume you're Eric?" she asked.
"How could you tell?" Eric grinned. "Is it the Matthews charm?"
"No, I was warned..." Crystal laughed.
"This is Jack, my best friend and roommate." Eric pointed to his friend standing next to him.
"Hey, Rachel told me about you. She said you're really nice. Nice to meet you, Jack." She smiled.
"You too, Crystal." Jack smiled back.
"Yo, airhead!" Destiny called to Eric. "No love for your cousin?" she asked.
"CUZZY CUZ!" Eric embraced Destiny in the tightest hug she'd ever had. "How are ya?"
"Great. I've missed it so much here! And everything's changed so much..." Destiny sighed.
Crystal went back to her spot against the wall, when she was greeted by another unfamiliar face. "Hello...you must be Crystal...I'm Topanga..."
"Hey, Rachel and Destiny have told me so much about you..." Crystal smiled, happy to be meeting Destiny's 'Philly best friend' as she called her.
"Vice versa, too. I'm looking forward to getting to know more about you. Any friend of Des or Rach's is a friend of mine..."
"Thanks, Topanga. That means a lot. I was kinda worried that I wouldn't fit in, in all honesty. And I have a huge fear of having no friends..." Crystal explained. "Everyone here seems so nice, though. I'm glad I came."
"Well, so are we. I'm gonna go sit down with Cory. Feel free to join me anytime." Topanga smiled.
"Thanks," Crystal smiled.
~~
So, basically, what they expect me to do, is pretend to wanna meet these people, when I really don't? I hate acting. I really do. Shawn Hunter sighed. And why did Angela have to come? She never comes to anything else, but the one thing that I HAPPEN to be at, she comes, and brings her boyfriend. Nice.very nice.
"Hi, Shawn..." Destiny approached Shawn. "Rachel told me about everything..."
"Hey, Des. Yeah, it's no big. I'm getting over it..." Shawn lied. "Where's Rachel's sister, anyway?" he asked.
Destiny sensed the tension in his voice, so she went along with his change of subject. "Uh..." she looked for Crystal. "Crystal is right...there." Destiny pointed her out.
Shawn normally would have been attracted to a girl like this, but today, no. He was in a very bad mood. His alarm clock had gone off too late, because he'd forgotten to set it to daylight-savings-time, so he missed an appointment, and he'd had every last button pushed, so he was on the brink of explosion. To top it all off, now he had to pretend that he was happy to see a bunch of people that he really wasn't happy to see. "Ah, she's definitely Rachel's sister," he nodded. "Just minus the giant-factor."
"Yeah, she definitely didn't get her height from Christine..." Destiny shrugged.
"So," Shawn was basically emotionless. "I take it Rachel told you about Angela?"
"Yeah...I'm sorry, Shawn..." Destiny frowned. "You know, I'm available to talk, always."
"Thanks..." Shawn shrugged. "But I'm dealing just fine, I think."
~~
Is that Shawn? Crystal looked toward the guy Destiny was talking to. Whoa...it is... she said after she saw Destiny's lips move to say his name. Wow...he looks completely apathetic...poor guy. At that point, Crystal took it upon herself to befriend Shawn, no matter what it took.