Like Father, Like Son
Author's Note: Ok guys the second part of the prequel is here! Lucas and Zay are now getting ready for opening night, let's see what happens here.
September 2023
New York Knicks Training Camp was wrapping up on its final days as Lucas and Zay were getting comfortable in their roles coming off the bench for the Knicks. They were on the court working out practicing playing a game until Lucas' agent: Troy Wilkerson gets a hold of Lucas as they were taking a water break.
"Lucas you need to leave practice immediately!" Troy told Lucas panting from running.
"What's going on Troy?" Lucas asked concerned for what news Troy will state next.
"Your wife is in the hospital, she's in labor!" Troy told Lucas as Head Coach: Jason St. John allowed the rookie to leave practice to tend to his wife. Lucas ran to the locker room and quickly got changed as he and Troy made the drive to St. Vincent's hospital awhile after. Lucas ran inside looking for Riley and the others who would be there. He soon gets a text from none other than Maya.
"Damn it Ranger Rick! You better hurry your ass on here and quick! Riley is getting impatient and she's already crushed Farkle's and Josh's hands!"
Lucas had to text back Maya as he eventually found the directions towards the Nursing Ward and made his way to be greeted by the Matthews Family and Josh shaking his hand trying to relieving the pain in his hand after Riley almost crushed his hand.
"Dude! Where were you? Riley almost broke my hand and Farkle is getting his hand crushed by your wife!" Josh ranted to Lucas out of sheer pain.
"Well I never knew Riley could be this strong! Where is she?" Lucas told Josh apologizing and asking for Riley's whereabouts.
"She's in her room right now as Farkle was sent flying into a wall outside Riley's room.
"Farkle! Are you ok buddy?" Lucas asked checking on him as Farkle's eyes were glazed.
"Ri…Ri…Riley is not human! How can she be this strong! This goes beyond any sort of science and reasoning!" Farkle gasped at Riley's surprising strength.
"Well she did get her strength from me!" Topanga gloated as Lucas walked into the room
"Hey wifey!" Lucas greeted his wife.
"Lucas! Where were you mister?!" A worked up Riley asked snarling at him as she was fighting the pain of being in labor.
"You're having your contractions aren't you?" Lucas asked trying to stay calm trying to remain understanding.
YOU THINK?!" Riley said as she winced in pain taking deep breaths trying to ease the pain.
Lucas waited with Riley until the pain went away for a considerable amount of time, Riley was already sweating from all of the squeezing she has done.
It was now midnight Lucas fell asleep close to Riley near her bed until he was awakened by Riley groaning in pain as he called over for a doctor. "Well Riley, it's game time!" The doctor told Riley as a team assembled rather quickly and Lucas got back in his scrubs ready to go and took out a video camera which Cory gave him on his birthday back in May of 2023.
"Alright Dad, now comes the best part you ready to start filming?" The doctor called over Lucas as Riley was squeezing his hand as she was pushing.
"I would but then she's got a VERY tight grip on me!" Lucas refused due to Riley's somehow superhuman strength!
"OWWW!" Lucas groaned loudly in pain as he felt his fingers crack.
"OHH JUST TAKE IT LUCAS! I'M THE ONE PUSHING OUT YOUR SON!" Riley groaned heavily in severe pain.
"BABE! CAN YOU PLEASE NOT BREAK MY HAND LIKE YOU DID TO FARKLE?!" Lucas asked fighting the pain still feeling the bones in his fingers crack.
"OK THEN HOW BOUT WE TRADE SPOTS! WHY DON'T YOU GET PREGNANT, CARRY A CHILD AROUND FOR 9 MONTHS AND GIVE BIRTH WHILE I GO TO PRACTICE ALMOST EVERYDAY AND TRAIN AND BE AN NBA PLAYER! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT! OWW!" Riley screamed to Lucas as she pushed again.
"Lucas, you can try all you want but you will lose this argument. Happy wife, happy life my man." The doctor told him as he was getting ready to welcome Aaron John Matthews Friar into the world. Lucas eventually fought free of Riley's grip and got in position to start filming as Riley was taking deep breaths. After hours of waiting since Riley was admitted to this hospital Riley gave birth to her son Aaron John Matthews Friar! A healthy baby boy was born at 12:40am on September 26, 2023 as the doctor gave the newborn a bath and began working on his birth certificate.
"I'm so proud of you Riley!" Lucas said with the video camera rolling and kissed his wife on the lips who was sweaty and very tired giving birth to Aaron.
"How is he?" Riley asked Lucas as Lucas looked at Aaron as he was crying as the nurses bathed him.
"He's doing fine babe! We did a good job!" Lucas told her as Riley sighed with relief as she laid her head down to rest.
"Ok Mom and Dad! Here is your son. Any plans on a name?" The doctor asked the couple.
Lucas and Riley looked towards each other. "His name is Aaron John Matthews Friar." Riley gladly told them.
"How'd he get this name?" The doctor asked.
"Aaron for Hank Aaron one of the best major league baseball players of all time, and John for her uncle: Johnathan Turner who just retired as Superintendent of Schools." Lucas told the doctor mentioning a great mentor in their lives too who confirmed that Johnathan Turner was going to retire this past June as The doctor handed Aaron to them as the rest of the family came into the room to say hello to the newborn.
"Oh God! Riley! He's the most adorable thing ever!" Maya said in awe of her new Godson.
"This really is the miracle of life." Farkle said happy for Lucas and Riley.
"I can't believe it now, I'm actually a grandmother!" Topanga said holding back the tears.
"You two are ready now. Do good for Aaron ok?" Cory told them placing the responsibility of parenthood in front of them.
"We will Dad, I had you and mom to guide me throughout my years and Lucas has his parents, we learned very well from you guys and now, Aaron will learn from us." Riley told everyone holding Aaron in her arms still tired from giving birth.
"Ok so here's his birth certificate guys." The doctor handed them Aaron's birth certificate. It read…
Name: Aaron John Matthews Friar
Born: September 26, 2023
Time: 12:45AM
Weight: 7 pounds and 5 ounces
Height: 24 inches
"He's gonna be a big guy hopefully." Lucas said crossing his fingers.
"You just want him to at least 6 feet tall like you huh?" Maya asked as Lucas got up from his chair as he looked down at Maya.
"Yeah how's it like up there?" Maya got up on her tippy toes but still very short compared to Lucas 6'7 body and 215lbs frame.
"I'm sorry what? I can't hear you from down there." Lucas replied mocking Maya as Maya stomped on his Black and Blue Nike Lebrons with her heels leaving Lucas to hop on his right foot wincing in pain.
"Ughhh! Maya damn it!" Lucas groaned doing his best not to swear at Maya.
"You're welcome" as Maya sat beside Aaron and Riley gloating for the cheap shot on Lucas.
"She's still a very fierce woman Lucas." Riley told her husband.
"You think?!" Lucas held his foot.
"Lucas, take a hint!" Maya told Lucas as she was the first one to hold the newborn.
"Riles, she has your hair and eyes." Maya told Riley as she began to feel gravitated towards being a mother someday herself.
"Yeah and he has his nose and his lips." Riley told Maya already seeing the resemblance.
"Farkle, I am ready to be a mother now." Maya told Farkle as Farkle's jaw dropped.
"So does this mean?" Farkle asked his fiancée.
"Yes, I want to have children!" Maya told Farkle.
"And your children will be and Zay and Vanessa's kids will all be close to Aaron." Topanga said knowing how strong their friendship has remained most of their lives.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Lucas mumbled quoting a line from one of his favorite childhood video games: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 quoting General Sheppard.
"What was that Lucas?" Cory asked his son in law.
"It was a quote from one of my favorite games. It goes "The more things change, the more they stay the same." It's kinda true if you think about it. The more that our lives progress, the stronger our bond as friends become, we've always been strong together and yes we've had some hard times but I know that at the end of the day we are still the same friends. I've known Zay and Vanessa pretty much my whole life, then I met Maya, Farkle, and Riley when I came here and those 3 have known each other their whole lives. So when our lives came together, we brushed up some stuff, moved forward in our lives but once that stuff is aside, we are all still connected as friends and moving on to best friends and then marrying our best friends." Lucas observed as he looked deeply into Riley's eyes and then now as a father looked to his so.
"That's right Lucas, and you need to keep growing together, life is a marathon guys. Take your time and cherish the journey together." Topanga told them as the six friends came together.
"And now, you take a new step together. Riley and Lucas, you two are parents now. Farkle, Maya, Zay, Vanessa…You four will be Aaron's Godparents." Cory told the four as they too looked at Aaron.
"We'll do our best for him sir." Farkle swore.
"I know you guys will." Cory appreciated Farkle's loyalty.
"The kid will grow up great Matthews, you have nothing to fear." Maya told her lifelong teacher and father figure.
"You guys, there will be even tough times ahead of you but you guys will face it together." Shawn told them embracing his wife and son.
"He is right yenno?" Cory said backing up his best friend as he wrapped his arm around his best friend's shoulder
"Unbelievable! I'm your wife nimrod!" Topanga exclaimed.
"Sorry little big hair!" Cory apologized to his wife as Topanga laughed not hearing that nickname since they too were children.
"Say what?!" They all gasped together.
"Don't ask, it's a long story." Topanga told them.
"Guys, I love you all but can Lucas, myself and the baby be alone for awhile." Riley asked everyone in the room. They all nodded and left the room quietly before closing the door and did their best trying to listen in on the conversation being the nosy people they are.
"What's going on Riles?" Lucas asked sitting down beside his wife.
"I've been thinking about something." Riley began to tell her husband what was on her mind.
"What's up?" Lucas asked wanting to know.
"How about more children?" Riley proposed.
"Wait what?" Lucas' jaw dropped to the floor same with Cory and Shawn's who were listening from outside.
"Can you two ever relax about this?" Katy asked them.
"Oh Katy they can try all they want but it'll never happen." Topanga told her as Cory and Shawn sat down on the floor contemplating on how fast time had gone by.
"She grew up, she grew up on us real good." Cory told everyone feeling like he was dumped.
"It had to happen sooner or later right honey?" Topanga walked over to her husband trying to console him as Katy did the same for Shawn while Maya kept her eyes on her brother: John.
"And that'll be us soon right?" Katy asked Shawn knowing Maya and Farkle would tie the knot in December.
"Oh no! This is worse than when Jennifer Bassett dumped me!" Shawn felt sad as Maya and Farkle looked towards each other realizing Shawn used to date Farkle's mom.
"Oh hell no!" Maya and Farkle gasped stepping away from each other.
"Oh no! We could've been…"Farkle said thinking of what could've happened.
"Brother and sister!" Maya finished Farkle's point.
"We would've committed incest!" Farkle said grossed out.
"Will you two relax! Shawn didn't get Farkle's mom pregnant and they aren't married so will you two relax!" Zay said trying to restore order.
"You know, we really would appreciate it if you guys kept the volume down." Lucas said emerging from the room as he opened the door to tell them to quiet down before shortly closing the door.
Lucas returned to his wife as he found her asleep with Aaron as Lucas took a picture of them. He kissed his wife on her forehead and did the same to his son. Aaron John Matthews Friar has arrived.
Author's Note: Alright guys there you have it! Aaron Friar is here! There are two more parts of the prequel and then the real story begins with Aaron taking center stage in the story. Next up, we will fast forward some years down the road and we will see what has been going on in the lives of everyone. Oh by the way I need help getting the names of Farkle and Maya's kids and I still need help for Zay and Vanessa's kids so if you guys could give me a hand that would be much appreciated. Remember for Zay and Vanessa they are having two boys. As for Maya and Farkle they will have a boy and two girls. Thanks so much to everyone for the reviews thus far and I hope you keep enjoying it and also enjoy the journey I take everyone. Please review, fav and follow the story guys. Have a great day and take care everyone! :)