*A/N: You can pretty much ignore this author's note, it's for
all my friends out there who read but don't review because they're too lazy
to get fan fiction accounts (shame on you). But then there are some who
just don't like writing, although Shannon you can write poetry! Except some
parts you should read, but when it gets personal and sentimental if it
bores you that's okay. But about the story. Sorry, I know it seems rushed,
but you know how it is - when you get inspiration, you just have to get up
and go. I would have liked to drag it out longer, but I have a couple of
other fan fics I need to finish and update and write and etc., so this one
is my second oldest (other than The Miracle) so I just needed to finish it.
You just need to do some things, you know? I know I know it seems so rushed
and it's bothering me, I feel like I could have dragged it out a lot
longer. But then again, Morgan had a peaceful pregnancy; let's just say
that, okay? Up until this point in time. Urg, the whole thing is bothering
me now, the rushed thing, because I know how much people hate rushed
stories. But then again, Cory winding up with anyone but Topanga is just
kinda weird and I knew I just had to finish it. If you must review, I give
you permission to, but don't say anything about the rushness (my word) of
it all because I realize that and I seriously tried to drag it out, I spent
years thinking of alternate endings. But this one was the only one that
seemed right. Plus, I knew from the start it wouldn't be too great. I don't
know what possessed me to continue it. Probably the fact that all my BMW-
lover friends wanted me to continue it, but hey, anytime you introduce a
made-up character that people can't picture or visualize into the story and
give her a crucial role like the one Morgan had, it doesn't work as well as
if Morgan had been replaced by a one-time guest starring role (like the
girls in The Beard, remember that one?) Well you guys here at
fanfiction.net might be different, I don't know, I just know from
experience I've had on other, now-closed websites. The wanderer wandered no
further when she stumbled onto fanfiction.net! And now it's ending and I'm
soooo sad...but hey, what else can I do? ( Definitely not as long as I had
wanted it to be (I was aiming for more than five pages long) but who cares.
I worked a little longer on it than usual because it's the ending, ya know?
Yeah, it's the end. I was planning on working on something else starring
Morgan and Cory and Shawn and Angela, but then I decided no, I should just
end it here and now. I also was thinking about doing a fic about Samantha
and Crystal (read to find out who they are), but I also decided no. Since
both Crystal and Samantha are my characters, I'm assuming anything about
them would be under the original fiction section. But then again, if they
starred Cory and the rest of the BMW cast, maybe not...oh, well, I don't
know, this is my second fic out of three and it's just pretty confusing
even still! But thanks for the reviews. I know it sounds really, really
corny but if it weren't for you guys I probably would have stopped the
story here and then and not added anything! But I do have to thank all the
people that reviewed. ( I will definitely get around to reading your fics
and reviewing them. I live for reviews so I will definitely do that (Hey,
it's on my To-Do List...) Plus it's summer so I have a lot more free time.
I will continue writing fics about Boy Meets World; so if you're crazy
enough to like my stuff, don't worry. Ah, long author's note, but I have
lots to say. ( Tee-hee. Anyway, thanks to my inspirations: Shannon, Sierra,
and Justin. In the slightest way you inspired this entire story. All hail
to my BFFs and my ex! You guys are the coolest! (Eat more chicken, a car
walked by, Oh my Gosh is that him?...LOL...) Also Maddie, you inspired this
by writing fan fiction for Harry Potter and sending it to me. Although I
kinda started the trend that one fateful summer...tee-hee...Sunnie lives on
in our hearts and our minds! Not our emails though, I think enough people
deleted them to count it as a retired fiction. So in a way, this was
Maddie's idea, although she didn't really know it. And Shannon and Sierra -
you are my best, best friends and I'm so excited - Honors Band rulz! Justin
- oh my God what do I say about Justin. Well, just keep acting and thanks
for being an unknown inspiration. Most exes wind up hating each other but
we sure didn't. Thanks for giving me a summer to write about. Isn't it
funny, though? Isn't it ironic (it's like rain on your wedding day, it's a
free ride when you've already paid...)? It's hard to believe it was almost
a year ago - but whatever. You know that poem that she wrote that was for
you - Relationships last a summer, but friendships last for longer. Isn't
that more of a couplet? LOL. Good, you're still reading this. Well, I'm
still babbling on and on and on, pretty soon this entire first page will be
an author's note. Oh, my goodness, I've bumped everything down to six
pages. Whoa. But I'm still not done yet! I have to thank my sisters, Amy
and Ashley. If it weren't for your addiction to Sister, Sister I probably
never would have come up with the arguing between Morgan and Cory. But
thank you to Ashley - you seem to love the name Morgan, so that's
definitely where I got Morgan's name! Amy thanks for coming up with the
name "Crystal" and "Cassidy" for Angela's daughter and Morgan's friend. You
know now it hit me, I should've come up with characters that were named
after you! Crystal and Samantha should have become Amy and Ashley. Ah well,
what's done is done. So thanks to 1. my reviewers 2. my sisters 3. Shannon
4. Sierra 5. Justin 6. Maddie. You guys are all great! Oh, and if I've
forgotten you, I'm sorry. Thanks, (your name here)! Whoa well I spent an
entire page on my note, I should shut up now! Luv alwayz~Sarah Charlotte
*To the story:
Topanga tripped her.
She didn't mean to and said she was very sorry, but she did. She did it on accident but the consequences were much worse.
"We lost the baby," Morgan said. Cory had entered the hospital room and she was sitting up in the bed, sad.
"It's ok," Cory assured her. "We lost the baby. That's what they said. Like it was my car keys or something. Like I just set it down and forget where I put it." Morgan seemed like she was in daze. Cory assumed she was telling herself more than she was telling him, because she wasn't looking at him.
"It was supposed to be a girl," Morgan said. She then looked at him. "A girl."
He didn't really know what to say. Morgan was obviously sad. "This whole thing, it, it seems really rushed," he told her. "I know," she replied. "I mean it doesn't make sense but I know what you mean."
He smiled at her. This wasn't Morgan, but he knew that she'd be the old Morgan soon. "Maybe it's all for the better. You know?" he said, looking up at her.
"What do you mean?" she asked him. She was obviously confused - this was hardly making any sense to her.
"Well, you know. I mean, despite what you think, we'll have more time to grow up. You know, we're not adults yet. We're still pretty young and we still have a lot more time to grow up."
"We're over eighteen and twenty-one. You aren't making any sense."
"But still. You have to know what I mean. And look at the bright side - you'll have more time to design clothes and everything. I mean, I know your business isn't exactly hitting but soon you'll be seeing Morgan Mendoza all over America."
Another thing - Morgan hadn't changed her name. Not only because she was a well-known designer under this name, but also because ever since she'd read The Princess Diaries, she didn't believe in the cult of patriarchy and refused to change her name. Also, the only Morgan Matthews that there should be was Cory's younger sister. The one who died when she was only a kid.
Morgan smiled at Cory. It was at that moment when Cory realized it. This was the Morgan he loved. He could detect a hint of Topanga every now in then - so Morgan was basically his dream girl. Topanga plus Morgan all in one was definitely the one thing he needed.
Shawn and Angela came in at that moment, followed by Topanga. "I'm so sorry, Morgan," Topanga said (again), but Morgan just smiled at her. "It's okay. Seriously. Cory helped me realize that maybe a baby wasn't the best thing in the world right now."
"A baby is God's opinion the world should go on," Shawn said, quoting Carl Sandberg, was it? Morgan couldn't remember. "There will be more opinions. Just none from me for a long time." Morgan told him.
Now we're going to play a game for the fun of it. You pretend you're Morgan for a second. I'll tell you how you feel and how you act and what you do, and that way you can get a better taste of Morgan.
You watch everyone laugh. Topanga sits down on your bed and apologizes again. You say it's okay (again), and tell her it's not her fault, it happened on accident. Then you ask Shawn to hand you your sketchbook. He does.
You rip out a page. "Here, Topanga," you say. You hand her the ripped out page, which is ripped out perfectly. "You can have these. Decide which one you want and I'll make it for you."
She smiles at you and then her expression changes. "Why are you doing that for me?" she asks you. You smile mysteriously. You notice there are lots of smiles going around.
"Because...I'm thinking I should do something nice for somebody right about now," you respond and smile again.
Ok, game over.
For the first time in a long time, Eric walked into the room. At once, no one knew what they'd say. I mean, they hadn't seen Eric in a few years and it was definitely strange and different.
"ERIC!" Topanga screamed and hugged him. They exchanged a quick, friendly kiss and it was hellos all around. No one seemed to care that Morgan couldn't get up. Even Morgan didn't care. He bent down and kissed her and they sort of semi-hugged. Well, it was good for the position that Morgan was in.
"I'd get up, but the nurses told me not to," Morgan explained apologetically. "Don't even worry about it. I'm not worth it." Eric said, and sat down.
"Whoa. It's sort of weird. I mean, you and Topanga, not together." Eric said, aiming his comment at Cory.
"Yeah, well, whatever. Differences, I guess." Topanga explained.
Don't believe me about this whole thing? Don't blame you. I wouldn't believe myself, actually. I mean, we really knew things were starting to get a little freaky when Cory found out he was in love with Morgan. A little suspicious when they got married, and we all knew that things were out-of-this-world unbelievable when she was pregnant with Cory's baby.
But you better start believing. If you passed Morgan or Cory on the streets today, you wouldn't recognize them. Well you would - but you wouldn't recognize all the things they went through together.
Still, I definitely think that sitting in there, in Morgan's hospital room, was pretty much the most fulfilling thing Morgan had ever witnessed.
Everyone gave suggestions for names that they could have named the baby. This made Morgan feel sad but at the same time glad - she NEVER would have been able to pick. Ever.
Parker, Lindsey, Jorie, Andrea, Hilary, Katie, Claire, Jacqueline, Josephine, Melody, and Melanie were just a few of the suggestions. There were tons more. Tons of them.
Not long after that, both Jack and Rachel appeared. Morgan had met them, but didn't know them that well.
Yeah, I'd say it was definitely a reunion. Definitely a reunion, indeed.
***************
Five years down the road, Cory and Morgan were still in love with each other. Morgan's business had boomed and was very successful. She and Cory could afford a mansion...but they never moved into one.
Actually, they were still living in Vista View Apartments. Why? Because. Their friends were there. Home is where the heart is, and their hearts were definitely at Vista View Apartments.
It was hard to believe that eight years ago, Morgan and Cory had first met each other. But they had.
I'll tell you about Morgan and Cory's life right now. But I can't tell you all of it, because when you're Morgan Mendoza, some pretty confusing things happen. You'll just have to fill in the holes yourself.
Morgan and Cory have a three-year-old daughter named Samantha. Angela and Shawn have a three-year-old daughter named Crystal. Crystal and Samantha are best friends. Oh, and both Crystal and Samantha are about to be big sisters.
Topanga eventually fell in love with another guy named Jake, and they are both currently living happily.
Wanna know a secret?
Topanga still has the dress that Morgan designed for her and only for her.
Wanna know another one?
Topanga wears it all the time.
Morgan, however, has a great job. She's still designing clothes, but put the sewing part on hold. She actually hired a 30-year-old woman, Maddie, to do it for her. So it's Morgan and Maddie, both happily working for Crystal Samantha, Inc.
Another thing - Morgan started her own label. Yep, that's right. Crystal Samantha is currently the highest selling label of all in New York, which is kind of strange.
Guess who's feeling bad now? Yep, Morgan's boss. Who's got the last laugh? Right again, Morgan does.
You guys may be Jack/Rachel/Eric fans, so I'll tell you about what happened to them. Jack became a successful businessman who knew Bill Gates personally and supposedly will carry on the business when poor Bill Gates kicks the bucket.
Eric and Rachel got married, surprisingly, and lived happily ever after. Rachel is writing children's books, and Eric owns his own company now.
Angela writes articles for Art in America, and Shawn writes articles for Rolling Stone. They're both writers. Oh, and Angela has even taken up painting and paints frequently. Her inspiration? Crystal and Samantha, best friends for life, and they're only three years old.
Soon it'll be the anniversary of when they lost the baby. Everyone's sad on that day, but no one speaks of it. The reason? Because losing the baby was probably the best thing that happened. To any of them. Because now, they're successful and loving and caring and better off than they probably would have been.
And look. There wouldn't have been a Samantha Matthews-Mendoza. And it's likely there wouldn't have been a Crystal Hunter, either.
Everyone learned a lesson in this. I've been researching and trying to figure out what the lesson was, but anyone who knows is either unreachable or dead.
But I'm going to make a hypothesis.
My guess is that what Morgan, Cory, Angela, Shawn, Topanga, Eric, Jack, Rachel, and everyone else learned is that we don't always get what we want. We don't always get what we wish for and sometimes we get things we don't want.
But everything, no matter what it is, no matter how horrible it seems at the time, or how wonderful it seems minutes, hours, days, weeks, years from now...it's always a miracle in disguise.
*To the story:
Topanga tripped her.
She didn't mean to and said she was very sorry, but she did. She did it on accident but the consequences were much worse.
"We lost the baby," Morgan said. Cory had entered the hospital room and she was sitting up in the bed, sad.
"It's ok," Cory assured her. "We lost the baby. That's what they said. Like it was my car keys or something. Like I just set it down and forget where I put it." Morgan seemed like she was in daze. Cory assumed she was telling herself more than she was telling him, because she wasn't looking at him.
"It was supposed to be a girl," Morgan said. She then looked at him. "A girl."
He didn't really know what to say. Morgan was obviously sad. "This whole thing, it, it seems really rushed," he told her. "I know," she replied. "I mean it doesn't make sense but I know what you mean."
He smiled at her. This wasn't Morgan, but he knew that she'd be the old Morgan soon. "Maybe it's all for the better. You know?" he said, looking up at her.
"What do you mean?" she asked him. She was obviously confused - this was hardly making any sense to her.
"Well, you know. I mean, despite what you think, we'll have more time to grow up. You know, we're not adults yet. We're still pretty young and we still have a lot more time to grow up."
"We're over eighteen and twenty-one. You aren't making any sense."
"But still. You have to know what I mean. And look at the bright side - you'll have more time to design clothes and everything. I mean, I know your business isn't exactly hitting but soon you'll be seeing Morgan Mendoza all over America."
Another thing - Morgan hadn't changed her name. Not only because she was a well-known designer under this name, but also because ever since she'd read The Princess Diaries, she didn't believe in the cult of patriarchy and refused to change her name. Also, the only Morgan Matthews that there should be was Cory's younger sister. The one who died when she was only a kid.
Morgan smiled at Cory. It was at that moment when Cory realized it. This was the Morgan he loved. He could detect a hint of Topanga every now in then - so Morgan was basically his dream girl. Topanga plus Morgan all in one was definitely the one thing he needed.
Shawn and Angela came in at that moment, followed by Topanga. "I'm so sorry, Morgan," Topanga said (again), but Morgan just smiled at her. "It's okay. Seriously. Cory helped me realize that maybe a baby wasn't the best thing in the world right now."
"A baby is God's opinion the world should go on," Shawn said, quoting Carl Sandberg, was it? Morgan couldn't remember. "There will be more opinions. Just none from me for a long time." Morgan told him.
Now we're going to play a game for the fun of it. You pretend you're Morgan for a second. I'll tell you how you feel and how you act and what you do, and that way you can get a better taste of Morgan.
You watch everyone laugh. Topanga sits down on your bed and apologizes again. You say it's okay (again), and tell her it's not her fault, it happened on accident. Then you ask Shawn to hand you your sketchbook. He does.
You rip out a page. "Here, Topanga," you say. You hand her the ripped out page, which is ripped out perfectly. "You can have these. Decide which one you want and I'll make it for you."
She smiles at you and then her expression changes. "Why are you doing that for me?" she asks you. You smile mysteriously. You notice there are lots of smiles going around.
"Because...I'm thinking I should do something nice for somebody right about now," you respond and smile again.
Ok, game over.
For the first time in a long time, Eric walked into the room. At once, no one knew what they'd say. I mean, they hadn't seen Eric in a few years and it was definitely strange and different.
"ERIC!" Topanga screamed and hugged him. They exchanged a quick, friendly kiss and it was hellos all around. No one seemed to care that Morgan couldn't get up. Even Morgan didn't care. He bent down and kissed her and they sort of semi-hugged. Well, it was good for the position that Morgan was in.
"I'd get up, but the nurses told me not to," Morgan explained apologetically. "Don't even worry about it. I'm not worth it." Eric said, and sat down.
"Whoa. It's sort of weird. I mean, you and Topanga, not together." Eric said, aiming his comment at Cory.
"Yeah, well, whatever. Differences, I guess." Topanga explained.
Don't believe me about this whole thing? Don't blame you. I wouldn't believe myself, actually. I mean, we really knew things were starting to get a little freaky when Cory found out he was in love with Morgan. A little suspicious when they got married, and we all knew that things were out-of-this-world unbelievable when she was pregnant with Cory's baby.
But you better start believing. If you passed Morgan or Cory on the streets today, you wouldn't recognize them. Well you would - but you wouldn't recognize all the things they went through together.
Still, I definitely think that sitting in there, in Morgan's hospital room, was pretty much the most fulfilling thing Morgan had ever witnessed.
Everyone gave suggestions for names that they could have named the baby. This made Morgan feel sad but at the same time glad - she NEVER would have been able to pick. Ever.
Parker, Lindsey, Jorie, Andrea, Hilary, Katie, Claire, Jacqueline, Josephine, Melody, and Melanie were just a few of the suggestions. There were tons more. Tons of them.
Not long after that, both Jack and Rachel appeared. Morgan had met them, but didn't know them that well.
Yeah, I'd say it was definitely a reunion. Definitely a reunion, indeed.
***************
Five years down the road, Cory and Morgan were still in love with each other. Morgan's business had boomed and was very successful. She and Cory could afford a mansion...but they never moved into one.
Actually, they were still living in Vista View Apartments. Why? Because. Their friends were there. Home is where the heart is, and their hearts were definitely at Vista View Apartments.
It was hard to believe that eight years ago, Morgan and Cory had first met each other. But they had.
I'll tell you about Morgan and Cory's life right now. But I can't tell you all of it, because when you're Morgan Mendoza, some pretty confusing things happen. You'll just have to fill in the holes yourself.
Morgan and Cory have a three-year-old daughter named Samantha. Angela and Shawn have a three-year-old daughter named Crystal. Crystal and Samantha are best friends. Oh, and both Crystal and Samantha are about to be big sisters.
Topanga eventually fell in love with another guy named Jake, and they are both currently living happily.
Wanna know a secret?
Topanga still has the dress that Morgan designed for her and only for her.
Wanna know another one?
Topanga wears it all the time.
Morgan, however, has a great job. She's still designing clothes, but put the sewing part on hold. She actually hired a 30-year-old woman, Maddie, to do it for her. So it's Morgan and Maddie, both happily working for Crystal Samantha, Inc.
Another thing - Morgan started her own label. Yep, that's right. Crystal Samantha is currently the highest selling label of all in New York, which is kind of strange.
Guess who's feeling bad now? Yep, Morgan's boss. Who's got the last laugh? Right again, Morgan does.
You guys may be Jack/Rachel/Eric fans, so I'll tell you about what happened to them. Jack became a successful businessman who knew Bill Gates personally and supposedly will carry on the business when poor Bill Gates kicks the bucket.
Eric and Rachel got married, surprisingly, and lived happily ever after. Rachel is writing children's books, and Eric owns his own company now.
Angela writes articles for Art in America, and Shawn writes articles for Rolling Stone. They're both writers. Oh, and Angela has even taken up painting and paints frequently. Her inspiration? Crystal and Samantha, best friends for life, and they're only three years old.
Soon it'll be the anniversary of when they lost the baby. Everyone's sad on that day, but no one speaks of it. The reason? Because losing the baby was probably the best thing that happened. To any of them. Because now, they're successful and loving and caring and better off than they probably would have been.
And look. There wouldn't have been a Samantha Matthews-Mendoza. And it's likely there wouldn't have been a Crystal Hunter, either.
Everyone learned a lesson in this. I've been researching and trying to figure out what the lesson was, but anyone who knows is either unreachable or dead.
But I'm going to make a hypothesis.
My guess is that what Morgan, Cory, Angela, Shawn, Topanga, Eric, Jack, Rachel, and everyone else learned is that we don't always get what we want. We don't always get what we wish for and sometimes we get things we don't want.
But everything, no matter what it is, no matter how horrible it seems at the time, or how wonderful it seems minutes, hours, days, weeks, years from now...it's always a miracle in disguise.