Like Father, Like Son
Author's Note: Hey guys guess who's back! ME! By the way I'll be upfront and honest with you guys…There will be more death later on, who'll die you ask? That's for me to know and for you to find out so pay attention to our main characters and the relationships they have with other characters and how they interact. Oh and sorry it took me awhile to update, work has had me busy but I needed to get this out of the way since I work tomorrow and Saturday. Hopefully you guys enjoy this chapter
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Girl Meets World. I'm not getting paid by the writers to write stuff like this (but I wish I was) Sadly they wouldn't allow stuff like this to air because it's Disney!
September 2037
After it was agreed that Vanessa and Zay would lock up the place, Cory, Topagna, Riley, Lucas, Shawn, Katy, Josh, and Courtney with their son: Gabriel went to the hospital to be there for Auggie and Ava. Troy is not a fan of the hospital and refused to go leaving Riley and Lucas to come to a decision where Farkle and Maya took the Friar Siblings in for the night. It was also a good idea to create some distance between Lucas and Aaron for the time being since there was some heat between them after their argument moments ago on the patio. They pulled up into the garage and finally got into Minkus Apartment where everyone was greeted by Sabrina's pet hedgehog: Sonic. Sonic is an African Pygmy Hedgehog a gift from Lucas during Christmas a couple of years ago knowing how interested Sabrina had in animals and Zoology. The kids all love Sonic whenever they get to hangout with him. However Maya wasn't particularly a huge fan of his.
"Hi Sonic!" Sabrina greeted her pet hedgehog picking him up. Everyone left their shoes near the door as they went in. However, there was a sight that Maya particularly got her attention as she looked to her favorite pair of shoes. There was a liquid that had a nauseating smell to it…Sonic peed on Maya's favorite shoes!
"SABRINA MINKUS! GET OVER HERE!" Maya yelled calling her daughter as Melanie, Corey, and the Friar kids gave Sabrina a look knowing Sabrina was gonna get it from her mother.
"Yes mom?" Sabrina said sheepishly knowing she was in deep trouble as Maya pointed to the yellow liquid all over her shoes.
"Sabrina…Didn't I tell you to lock up Sonic in his cage if we're not home?" Maya continued to yell knowing her favorite shoes were ruined especially noticing the smell of Sonic's urine on her shoes.
"Mom! I did! I swear! He must've busted himself out!" Sabrina defended herself and Sonic.
"Besides, didn't you your old pet Ferret do something like that?" Sabrina argued hoping to use that as a way out.
"Ginger only peed on a pillow when Aunt Riley slept over at my place when we were young! Ginger decides to pee all over my now ruined shoes…Stupid Hedgehog, now I'm gonna kill Ranger Rick for getting you that stupid hedgehog for Christmas
"I'm sorry mom! Sonic won't do it again! I'll make sure he's locked up in his cage before we leave the house!" Sabrina told her mother as Maya let her go to hang out with the Friar Siblings, Corey, and her sister: Melanie while Maya cleaned up Sonic's urine.
Sabrina joined the others who were talking in Sabrina's room. Sabrina's room also has a Bay Window which allows Natalie, Anthony, Melanie, and Sabrina to talk together and talk things out. It was open for an overtime session since Melanie had something on her laptop screen and was showing something to everyone. "What are you showing them?" Sabrina asked her sister.
"The Charlie Gardner case that I researched." Melanie answered.
"Who is he?" Sabrina wondered as she placed Sonic in his cage and locked him up.
"He was a former teammate of Uncle Lucas, Aunt Riley's ex-boyfriend and raped her." Melanie answered without hesitation and any stuttering. Aaron looked around to see that Corey and Troy were in the room and don't want them to hear anything that they shouldn't considering that they were 11 years old.
"Hey guys, can you two head to Corey's room for awhile? We need to talk in private." Aaron told Corey and Troy as they did as he asked since he pretty much was the most responsible one and was the leader of all the kids not just because of age but by how he lead and took charge of situations just like his parents.
"I still can't believe that happened to mom." Natalie told Aaron as Sabrina sat in between Natalie and Melanie who was sitting beside Aaron.
"I never knew this before." Sabrina said as she looked towards Melanie.
"Mel, how did you find out this information?" Sabrina wondered.
"Yeah you wanted to show this to us when we got here so how long have you known?" Aaron asked the 12-year old.
"Well…I've known for awhile now...OK I overheard Aunt Riley and Ms. Carpenter talking when we were helping her and Chloe move into their new apartment!" Melanie caved in knowing she could never lie to Aaron.
"And you began your research on this case?" Natalie asked. Melanie nodded her head.
"But I was gonna tell you guys once I finished reading the whole case and research on another guy!" Melanie told everyone with good intention knowing her research wasn't finished.
"Ok then, who's the other person you needed to do research on?" Aaron asked Mel.
"Billy Ross!" Melanie told him as Aaron and Natalie looked at each other.
"What?" Sabrina asked noticing the awkward silence between the two Friar Siblings.
"We met his son and we met Charlie Gardner today!" Natalie told Sabrina as Melanie began to freak out.
"ARE YOU TWO CRAZY?! YOU JUST RAN INTO THE SON OF A CRIMINAL AND AN ACTUAL CRIMINAL WHO HAS BEEN FREED FROM PRISON FOR LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS ALREADY?!" Melanie yelled worrying about Aaron and Natalie.
"What's going on here" Maya asked barging into Natalie's room complaining about the noise level.
"Mom, who's Billy Ross and Charlie Gardner?" Sabrina asked her mother.
"Umm...Two people I went to High School with." Maya answered struggling to answer knowing the truth about what happened back in 2019 and also the fact that Charlie has a daughter that they all know.
"Mom, I know you're holding back." Melanie told Maya knowing how she answers questions.
"How much do you know?" Natalie wondered.
"I'm Riley's best friend, I know everything." She looked she wasn't sure if she should be the one to tell the kids about what happened. "Maybe I shouldn't tell you guys and maybe Aunt Riley and Uncle Lucas should be the one to tell you guys."
"Don't you think that'd be really hard to do for them?" Aaron asked his aunt. "Especially my mom? I mean she got…" Aaron stopped not wanting to have that image in his mind "You know what happened to her."
"I do." Maya told them. "I guess you guys can know now. You're old enough."
"What did my mom ever see in a psycho like Charlie Gargner?" Natalie asked. Since she and Aaron heard the story of what happened, she couldn't understand what Riley saw in him and why hasn't she seen the signs earlier when they dated.
"Well, your mom and Charlie happened after Lucas was released from the hospital after he overdosed on painkillers," Maya began to tell them what happened but stopped wondering how much did they know. "Do you know what happened with your dad about that?" Maya asked.
"Yeah." Aaron and Natalie said nodding their heads.
"No we don't" Melanie chimed in.
"What happened to Uncle Lucas?" Sabrina wondered since she has a close relationship with him and he was the one who got her into animals and even helped her ride a horse when she was younger. She never imagined her Uncle doing something so severely dangerous to his health that could've been life threatening.
Maya told her girls a quick summary of what happened during their Senior year at John Adams intentionally skipping certain details since she didn't want the kids to see Riley and Lucas in a different way.
"Don't forget that dad hit mom and then dumped her too." Aaron told Maya still bitter about that when he was told that from his parents. It was something he could never forgive his father for as Sabrina and Melanie looked at Aaron shocked that Lucas could do something like that more so than the story Maya told them.
"They told you about that?" Maya said surprised to hear how much detail Riley and Lucas told their kids about their lives.
"Yeah." Natalie said with the same grudge as her brother.
Maya understood their anger against Lucas but didn't want them to go against Lucas. "Look guys, I know you two are upset at him about what he did to her but he wasn't in the right mind-"Maya told them before she was cut off.
"We know, we know," Aaron sighed hearing that lecture before. "Mom defended him for that."
"Aright." Maya resumed her story.
"Anyway, Charlie wanted to hang out with Riley at my mom's old workplace: The Nighthawk Diner which oddly enough was the same place Lucas and Zay went to right after Lucas was released from the hospital! He didn't like Charlie hanging out with Riley in fact, Lucas even warned him I think a couple of times before this happened and Riley even told me one of them was before their home opener the same day Lucas got severely injured. So when Lucas and Zay saw Riley and Charlie at the diner alone it was a total showdown! Farkle and I were there and Lucas got so pissed off! He and I were trying to explain how big of a jerk Charlie was to Riley before she could date him As much as Lucas apologized to her for what he did and poured out all of his emotions for her that would make Romeo and Juliet look like the worse couple in comparison, at the end of the day, she still chose Charlie. That's when shit- uh I mean, stuff really hit the fan." Maya told them about that encounter remembering it still very well after all these years that have passed.
"As much as we didn't like it, we all had to respect Riley's decision" Maya told the kids.
"Why mom?" Melanie asked. Maya stayed silent not wanting to answer
"Was it because Charlie was known to date rape other girls before Aunt Riley one of his victims being Sarah! You just let her go with him?" Melanie questioned her mother again remembering the information when she looked up Charlie's case.
"Yes because I thought I was being a good friend to keep her happy and she thought she could even change Charlie…Maybe it was our fault to let her go with him. After an intense and heated basketball practice with Lucas making his return from his injury, he took his anger out on Riley and he beat her and raped her that's when she got pregnant and ummm." Maya stopped at the end knowing how dark and painful it was to explain what happened next. She looked to the Friar Kids
"Do you know that Charlie had beaten Riley again when he knew she was pregnant?" Maya asked her niece and nephew.
"Yeah" They answered together.
"Uncle Zay told us too." Aaron said.
"Why would he do that?" Sabrina couldn't believe what she had heard and didn't know how someone could so something so cruel.
Maya rolled her eyes because of the ridiculous reason. "Because Charlie didn't want to pay for child support! Billy's roll in all of this was that he held Lucas down and made him watch Riley get beat up and get rid of the baby." Maya explained.
"Xander doesn't believe any of that." Natalie said.
"Who's Xander?" Maya asked getting curious.
"Billy Ross' son." Aaron answered her. His aunt was shocked that Billy Ross ended up having a kid.
"Are you serious?! He reproduced?! Wow, can't wait to tell Farkle about this.." Maya said surprised at what happened to Billy
"How can we make him believe Aunt Maya?" Natalie asked.
"Show him what you got on the internet and tell him. That's his proof!" Maya advised them. "Make him talk to his dad. You know that they say; the truth hurts. Be careful around him ok?" Maya said to them.
"What happened to Charlie after that?" Natalie asked.
"Well according to Riley, the team had a "Baller's Court" meeting after a practice." Maya answered her.
"Aunt Maya, what's baller's court?" Aaron asked having never heard of it before.
"Baller's Court according to Uncle Zay and your dad is where if two guys on the team have issues against each other, they settle it there by talking it out in front of everyone on the team kinda like a court room drama. if it's not resolved by talking then you settle it with your fists through trial by combat…Uncle Zay was Captain at that point and honestly, I think he was watching too much Game of Thrones which was a really good show we watched. You kids shouldn't watch it yet though" Maya answered and warned Aaron not to watch Game of Thrones for certain reasons.
"Your dad took out all of his anger on both Charlie and Wyatt who was part of the team as well and Lucas beat them both which lead to Charlie and Wyatt getting kicked off the team. The rest from there was history." Maya told them remembering the epic love story that was her best friend and Ranger Rick.
"I guess we need to find Xander and invite him to the bakery again huh?" Natalie asked her brother.
"Yeah, but thanks to Aunt Maya's advice, we'll be ok." Aaron assured his sister as Melanie and Sabrina enjoyed the brother and sister bonding moment.
"Anyways kids…I'm gonna go to bed because I'm opening the bakery tomorrow…Stupid schedule." Maya dismissed herself whining right after.
"Have a goodnight mom" Sabrina and Melanie wished their mother.
"Have a goodnight kids." Maya said as she left the kids alone and walked out of the room.
A couple of hours passed while the 4 planned how this meeting would turn out but waited for Aaron and Natalie to be picked up by Riley and Lucas until suddenly they heard the buzzer sound as Sabrina went to get it. "Yo! Guess who!" Lucas said into the speaker box.
"Come on up!" Sabrina answered them letting them in.
"Guess you guys better get ready." Melanie said to Aaron and Natalie as they got their stuff.
"Yeah, we should also get Troy too." Natalie said to one of her best friends as they made their way to Corey's room where he and Troy were still playing a game of Call of Duty while playing a mission on the campaign portion of the game following the main story lines.
"Troy we gotta go bud!" Aaron called to his little brother.
"Ok!" Troy said as he paused the game on the Playstation 6 and got ready as he and Corey said goodbye. There was a knock on the door, Sabrina answered it revealing it to be Riley and Lucas as she answered the door for them.
"Hey guys!" Sabrina greeted her Aunt and Uncle with a hug same with Melanie and Corey with the Friar Children right behind them.
"Sabrina, tell your mom I said thanks for looking out for Aaron, Natalie and, Troy." Riley said keeping her voice down knowing Maya was asleep as she soon heard her snoring.
"Ok, goonight Uncle Lucas and Aunt Riley." Sabrina told them as the kids exchanged goodbyes. Melanie and Aaron hugged but this time Melanie hugged Aaron a little longer than usual for some reason while Sabrina and Natalie had to separate them.
"Ok goodnight guys." Sabrina said as the Minkus Kids saw the Friars leave and closed the door behind her.
"Hey Mel what was that?" Sabrina questioned her sister.
"What?" Melanie asked not knowing what she meant.
"Oh you know, that extra-long hug, you never did that before!" Corey told her crossing his arms grinning at her.
"Yeah Mel, care to explain something to us?" Sabrina smirked.
"Well…I just…bad them, that's all!" Melanie lied trying to cover it up as subtly as she could.
"Hey! You stuttered! I know you're lying Mel!" Sabrina said knowing her sister's tendencies when she lies.
"Shut up Sabrina!" Melanie told her sister beginning to blush.
"Ouuu! Look to me as if someone has their first crush!" Sabrina said enjoying this moment knowing she has ammo against Melanie.
"Don't tell him please!" Melanie begged.
"I won't on one condition." Sabrina said ready to lay something down.
"Anything! Name it!" Melanie said giving Sabrina permission to say her condition.
"Ok then, you do the dishes and you the laundry for two weeks whenever mom and dad aren't around. Deal?" Sabrina said extending her hand ready for a handshake.
"Oh c'mon Sabrina! That'll cut on my comic book reading time and my fanfiction writing time!" Melanie groaned and complained.
"Hey Aaron!" Sabrina tried to make her way out the door but Melanie held her back not wanting Melanie's feelings for Aaron to be discovered.
"STOP STOP STOP!" Melanie said holding her sister back.
"Ok fine deal!" Melanie shook her hand as she felt like she had made a deal with the devil.
Author's Note: And that concludes another chapter of Like Father, Like Son! Man oh man some things to talk about first off, Girl Meets Legacy is tomorrow people! Sadly I will miss that since I will be at work! I really wanna see how they finish up this season and where they leave us preparing for season 3 in June which I'm very excited to see! Melanie is definitely a mix of Farkle and Riley while Sabrina is a mix of Lucas and Maya! But I gave you guys a brief summary of some of the main points in Girl Meets Emergency so in case you haven't read it, there you go some of the main highlights of that story are here. Please review, fav, and follow the story because I love hearing from you guys especially when some people get amped up for this it really gives me inspiration to keep going especially when writer's block becomes a thing. Also if you guys want, you guys can leave suggestions on what you guys want to see happen, we're riding this journey out together so let's make this happen guys. I'll see you guys in the next chapter! Have a great weekend everybody! But before I sign off, there's still some unfinished business!
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: There is some significance of Auggie and Ava having a miscarriage, what this is I won't tell you, as the Girl Meet World Writers say...Pay attention. They so far have no children YET... Maybe one in the near future.
jakkuswalker: Oh I had to put some references from Girl Meets World and Boy Meets World in there, Thank you for liking this story and I hope you enjoy this ride along the way :)
4ne1: Sadly that miscarriage has some significance but that won't be revealed yet but it will be in due time. Man, you're making me feel like the person who makes tweets on the Girl Meet's World Writer's twitter account minus all of the hate and nerves.
James Stryker: Well you got your answer from Maya what Farkle was doing by that time, sleeping he was out cold! Let's just say...He's learned a few things from Maya over the years :)
See you next chapter guys! Take care and have a great weekend! :)