One Small Step for Man
As the months went by, Topanga and Angela made more plans for their little bundles of joy, they kept getting opinions on mothering from the women down at Feeny's center, Cory and Shawn kept to their jobs, even though Cory's reporter career almost got him killed at one point.
One time, he was getting home late from work when he heard a ruckus up the road, turned out that a bunch of hooligans had robbed someone's house blind while they were out, Cory got the pictures, and when he heard police sirens heading their way, he decided to hide out until they came. However, when he ran, he got into a very uncomfortable situation, the robbers had started their car, and almost hit Cory, he just fell on the hood and jumped off. He stayed in the bushes for a few minutes until they left, but when he found out the police got them, he continued the story, and come 2 days, it was 'another fine story in news from Cory A. Matthews'.
Eric had made it part of his schedule to come by and visit weekly, always with the best of wishes for the whole family.
One time, he decided to bring his wife Rebecca over, she'd been extremely busy lately and most of the time couldn't come when Eric visited. However, she was able to get a few weeks off and decided to come by and meet the in-laws.
"Rebecca, this is Cory, Angela, Shawn and Topanga," Eric introduced them.
"Nice to meet you Cory," Rebecca shook Shawn's hand.
"He's Cory," Shawn told her.
"My mistake Angela," Rebecca said.
"SHE'S Angela!" Shawn pointed.
"My mistake, where we live, we see so many cross dressers, one gender turned another after surgery, and all that, you just never know what to expect," Rebecca told him.
"Rebecca, this is my brother Cory and his wife Topanga, remember I told you about them?" Eric asked.
"Oh yes, how are they doing?" Rebecca asked.
"Rebecca, they're right here," Eric told her.
"I meant the babies," Rebecca replied.
"I got a feeling they're doing better than we are," Angela said, "they keep us up all night while they probably rest."
"So how far along are you?" Rebecca asked.
"I'm 7 & 1/2 months along, and Angela's close to 8," Topanga said.
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There was a knock at the door, Cory went to see who it was, and he was in for a surprise.
"Mom! Dad! Morgan! Gabrielle!"
"And Grandma Matthews too!"
Cory got stuck in a family embrace, so Shawn came up front to take everyone's bags.
"Hello folks, I'll be your bellhop for the next 10 minutes, just follow me, no pushing or crowding and thank you for choosing the Matthews and Hunter resort," Shawn laughed.
"We're only going to stay here for a couple of days," Bernice said, "we don't want you kids going out of your ways."
"Nonsense, Grandma, come on in, we're sorry but the apartment's a bit small," Cory said.
"However, that won't be a problem for too long, the tenants next door are moving out and our den has a back door leading into their kitchen, so maybe if we're lucky, when they move we can rent out their space as well," Angela told them.
"Cory, we don't care how small it is, we came up to see you guys," Alan said.
"Have you been getting our home movies?" Amy asked.
"Yes, Mom."
"And letters?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And the postcards?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And the"
"Mom, to save us all this trouble, why don't you just move in when the Grokees leave?" Cory asked.
"So Rebecca," Angela said, "Eric tells us you're a pediatrician?"
"Yes, let me tell you, it doesn't matter what time of the year it is, to a parent, it's always flu season. Every other day I see kids coming in sick as they come, there's just never any rest, somewhere, someone's child is always coming down with it," Rebecca replied.
"No kidding? It doesn't make sense, if doctors and scientists can come up with a cure for cancer that's poison and can still kill them, then why can't they come up with a cure for the flu?" Angela asked.
"No one knows," Rebecca told her.
Everyone kept talking and getting acquainted with one another for hours, after being introduced to Cory, Topanga, Shawn, Angela, Amy, and Gabrielle, Rebecca was confused amd dizzy.
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"Well Rebecca, how did you like dinner?" Eric asked.
"It was.....different, what exactly was it?" Rebecca asked.
"Vegetarien lasagna," Eric told her.
"Oh."
There was a knock at the door, Topanga answered it, it was George and Samantha.
"Hi Mister and Mrs. Feeny, what're you doing down here?" Topanga asked.
"Again," Cory added.
"We came to see George's 3rd favorite student, we heard he was visiting today," Samantha said.
"Right here, Mister Feeny," Eric stood up.
"What's with all this Mister? I'm not a teacher anymore, I've loosened up, call me George," he said.
"And call me Samantha, I haven't been called Mrs. in so many years it's uncomfortable," Samantha told them.
"Oh, it's you again," Bernice said, "that nasty teacher who failed my grandson."
"It's YOU!" George realized, "you're the one who drove your Winnebago into my yard."
"Grandma, it's fine, Mister......George is an okay guy now," Cory said.
"Well, I suppose we can let bigons be bigons," George said.
"Okay, but if you try or say anything stupid, I'm looking up your address and I'm putting my automobile into high gear!" Bernice said.
"So how is everyone?" George asked.
"We're still hanging in if that's what you mean," Alan said.
"Alan, good to see you, what're you doing here?" George asked.
"We came by to visit our family," Amy answered.
"And what a time it's been, but Rebecca, I do believe we should be going," Eric started.
"Oh you can't go down there, it's starting to rain," Samantha said.
"That's okay, my windshield wipers work.."
"No, it's not that simple, Eric," George said, "we're expecting heavy rain tonight, heavy winds, awful lightning, maybe even hail, didn't you check the weather?"
"Yeah, this afternoon before we came," Eric told him.
"Well no wonder," Samantha said, "that report only came on about an hour ago."
"Well we can't have you go out in weather like that, you all can stay here with us, no matter how long it takes for the weather to clear up," Cory said.
"Cory that's wonderful, but what about the sleeping arrangements?" Topanga asked.
"No problem, we can just stay out here on the hide-a-bed," Bernice said.
"All of us?" George asked.
"Well, we do have some sleeping bags and cots and blankets down in the storage room, we can bring them up," Shawn said.
"That sounds like a good idea to me, let's go bring them up," Amy said.
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It had been a while since the storm died down, Angela sat up in bed and turned on the light.
"What time is it?" Shawn asked.
"1:15," Angela said.
"So what's the problem?" Shawn asked.
"I have a stomachache," Angela told him.
"Is it the same one from dinner?" Shawn asked.
"Yeah."
"So what's thr problem?" Shawn asked.
"The aches are 5 minutes apart," Angela told him.
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"Cory, wake up," Topanga shook him.
"What is it?" Cory turned on the lights.
"Cory, I think I'm going into labor," Topanga told him.
Shawn and Cory jumped out of bed, notified the hospital and grabbed Topanga and Angela, and headed for the front door.
"Cory, what's going on?" Alan asked.
"The Missess-es are going into labor!" Cory exclaimed.
Everybody got up and helped them rush Angela and Topanga to the hospital.
End of chapter 13
As the months went by, Topanga and Angela made more plans for their little bundles of joy, they kept getting opinions on mothering from the women down at Feeny's center, Cory and Shawn kept to their jobs, even though Cory's reporter career almost got him killed at one point.
One time, he was getting home late from work when he heard a ruckus up the road, turned out that a bunch of hooligans had robbed someone's house blind while they were out, Cory got the pictures, and when he heard police sirens heading their way, he decided to hide out until they came. However, when he ran, he got into a very uncomfortable situation, the robbers had started their car, and almost hit Cory, he just fell on the hood and jumped off. He stayed in the bushes for a few minutes until they left, but when he found out the police got them, he continued the story, and come 2 days, it was 'another fine story in news from Cory A. Matthews'.
Eric had made it part of his schedule to come by and visit weekly, always with the best of wishes for the whole family.
One time, he decided to bring his wife Rebecca over, she'd been extremely busy lately and most of the time couldn't come when Eric visited. However, she was able to get a few weeks off and decided to come by and meet the in-laws.
"Rebecca, this is Cory, Angela, Shawn and Topanga," Eric introduced them.
"Nice to meet you Cory," Rebecca shook Shawn's hand.
"He's Cory," Shawn told her.
"My mistake Angela," Rebecca said.
"SHE'S Angela!" Shawn pointed.
"My mistake, where we live, we see so many cross dressers, one gender turned another after surgery, and all that, you just never know what to expect," Rebecca told him.
"Rebecca, this is my brother Cory and his wife Topanga, remember I told you about them?" Eric asked.
"Oh yes, how are they doing?" Rebecca asked.
"Rebecca, they're right here," Eric told her.
"I meant the babies," Rebecca replied.
"I got a feeling they're doing better than we are," Angela said, "they keep us up all night while they probably rest."
"So how far along are you?" Rebecca asked.
"I'm 7 & 1/2 months along, and Angela's close to 8," Topanga said.
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There was a knock at the door, Cory went to see who it was, and he was in for a surprise.
"Mom! Dad! Morgan! Gabrielle!"
"And Grandma Matthews too!"
Cory got stuck in a family embrace, so Shawn came up front to take everyone's bags.
"Hello folks, I'll be your bellhop for the next 10 minutes, just follow me, no pushing or crowding and thank you for choosing the Matthews and Hunter resort," Shawn laughed.
"We're only going to stay here for a couple of days," Bernice said, "we don't want you kids going out of your ways."
"Nonsense, Grandma, come on in, we're sorry but the apartment's a bit small," Cory said.
"However, that won't be a problem for too long, the tenants next door are moving out and our den has a back door leading into their kitchen, so maybe if we're lucky, when they move we can rent out their space as well," Angela told them.
"Cory, we don't care how small it is, we came up to see you guys," Alan said.
"Have you been getting our home movies?" Amy asked.
"Yes, Mom."
"And letters?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And the postcards?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And the"
"Mom, to save us all this trouble, why don't you just move in when the Grokees leave?" Cory asked.
"So Rebecca," Angela said, "Eric tells us you're a pediatrician?"
"Yes, let me tell you, it doesn't matter what time of the year it is, to a parent, it's always flu season. Every other day I see kids coming in sick as they come, there's just never any rest, somewhere, someone's child is always coming down with it," Rebecca replied.
"No kidding? It doesn't make sense, if doctors and scientists can come up with a cure for cancer that's poison and can still kill them, then why can't they come up with a cure for the flu?" Angela asked.
"No one knows," Rebecca told her.
Everyone kept talking and getting acquainted with one another for hours, after being introduced to Cory, Topanga, Shawn, Angela, Amy, and Gabrielle, Rebecca was confused amd dizzy.
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"Well Rebecca, how did you like dinner?" Eric asked.
"It was.....different, what exactly was it?" Rebecca asked.
"Vegetarien lasagna," Eric told her.
"Oh."
There was a knock at the door, Topanga answered it, it was George and Samantha.
"Hi Mister and Mrs. Feeny, what're you doing down here?" Topanga asked.
"Again," Cory added.
"We came to see George's 3rd favorite student, we heard he was visiting today," Samantha said.
"Right here, Mister Feeny," Eric stood up.
"What's with all this Mister? I'm not a teacher anymore, I've loosened up, call me George," he said.
"And call me Samantha, I haven't been called Mrs. in so many years it's uncomfortable," Samantha told them.
"Oh, it's you again," Bernice said, "that nasty teacher who failed my grandson."
"It's YOU!" George realized, "you're the one who drove your Winnebago into my yard."
"Grandma, it's fine, Mister......George is an okay guy now," Cory said.
"Well, I suppose we can let bigons be bigons," George said.
"Okay, but if you try or say anything stupid, I'm looking up your address and I'm putting my automobile into high gear!" Bernice said.
"So how is everyone?" George asked.
"We're still hanging in if that's what you mean," Alan said.
"Alan, good to see you, what're you doing here?" George asked.
"We came by to visit our family," Amy answered.
"And what a time it's been, but Rebecca, I do believe we should be going," Eric started.
"Oh you can't go down there, it's starting to rain," Samantha said.
"That's okay, my windshield wipers work.."
"No, it's not that simple, Eric," George said, "we're expecting heavy rain tonight, heavy winds, awful lightning, maybe even hail, didn't you check the weather?"
"Yeah, this afternoon before we came," Eric told him.
"Well no wonder," Samantha said, "that report only came on about an hour ago."
"Well we can't have you go out in weather like that, you all can stay here with us, no matter how long it takes for the weather to clear up," Cory said.
"Cory that's wonderful, but what about the sleeping arrangements?" Topanga asked.
"No problem, we can just stay out here on the hide-a-bed," Bernice said.
"All of us?" George asked.
"Well, we do have some sleeping bags and cots and blankets down in the storage room, we can bring them up," Shawn said.
"That sounds like a good idea to me, let's go bring them up," Amy said.
*************************************************************************************************
It had been a while since the storm died down, Angela sat up in bed and turned on the light.
"What time is it?" Shawn asked.
"1:15," Angela said.
"So what's the problem?" Shawn asked.
"I have a stomachache," Angela told him.
"Is it the same one from dinner?" Shawn asked.
"Yeah."
"So what's thr problem?" Shawn asked.
"The aches are 5 minutes apart," Angela told him.
*************************************************************************************************
"Cory, wake up," Topanga shook him.
"What is it?" Cory turned on the lights.
"Cory, I think I'm going into labor," Topanga told him.
Shawn and Cory jumped out of bed, notified the hospital and grabbed Topanga and Angela, and headed for the front door.
"Cory, what's going on?" Alan asked.
"The Missess-es are going into labor!" Cory exclaimed.
Everybody got up and helped them rush Angela and Topanga to the hospital.
End of chapter 13