Like Father, Like Son
Author's Note: Alright everybody how you guys doing! So last chapter we had a sweet chapter between Lucas and Natalie but now something very important will happen with this Chapter. Chloe wants to know who her father is. Will Maya and Farkle lie to her? Or will She learn the truth? Time to find out!
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!
October 2037
Maya and Farkle were taken back when Chloe asked if Farkle and Maya knew who her father was. They talked about it at the Gathering of The Families but it was agreed to keep the identity of Chloe's father a secret because they know who it is: Charlie Gardner. Now that Billy knows, there could only be a certain amount of time until Chloe had to ask. But still they hadn't prepared for that question to come from Chloe. "Well, we likely went to High School with him." Farkle answered as honestly as they could. But Maya payed Farkle back with a sharp elbow to his ribs
"DO YOU NEVER MISS?!" Farkle exclaimed not liking it when Maya hits him as Maya gave him a death stare for talking back.
"Yeah yeah yeah! I know I'm grounded." Farkle scoffed ready to accept sleeping on the couch for giving a clue into some dark secrets behind Chloe.
"Well that certainly narrows down the list! I think I can look through my mom's yearbooks! I know she still has signatures from you guys, Riley, Zay, and Lucas!" Chloe told them as that statement allowed Maya's eyebrows to raise and her mind to go on high alert.
"Uh Oh." Maya said under her breath. "Umm…Chloe honey, how about you let this go ok? I understand that you wanna know your dad and meet him but he did run out and once you meet him, can you find it in your heart to forgive him for running out on you and your mother?" Maya asked having experience in this field with her father.
"I know I can if I just listen to his side of the story Mrs. Minkus!" Chloe answered as Farkle now became worried for if she found out the truth on who her father was, she may do something she might regret.
"Chloe, listen sometimes people go in your life because they were a lesson on people that you don't want in your life. I would say it's not a good idea because your dad ran out and according to your mom when we talked, whoever he is, he ran off before you were born." Farkle told Chloe still trying to cover up the truth.
"You guys know something do you?" Chloe asked the married couple.
"NOPE!" Maya and Farkle denied her at the first chance they took.
"CHLOE! There you are honey!" Sarah called out to her daughter in her workout clothes as she jogged over to Chloe.
"Hey mom!" Chloe hugged her mother greeting her.
"How was your first practice hun?" Sarah asked releasing her hold on her.
"Well practice was great and Aaron and I were walking home and then we saw this beautiful thing." Chloe told her mom showing her Natalie and Lucas still playing catch together. They looked very happy, they looked like as if nothing in their lives could go wrong.
"She wants to know who her father in which we know nothing about." Maya told Sarah lying to Chloe respecting Sarah's wish not telling Chloe the real identity of her biological father.
"Umm…Chloe honey, about that. Maybe we should talk about this in private." Sarah asked her daughter finally feeling it was time.
"Ok. I'll just say bye first." Chloe accepted her mother's offer as she hugged goodbye to Maya and Farkle first.
"Hey Aaron, I'll see you tomorrow?" Chloe asked Aaron walking up to him.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow in History Class." Aaron said saying goodbye as the two exchanged a quick hug. Sarah looked towards Maya and Farkle feeling anxious and guilty.
"Sarah, we tried but she wanted to know who her father was." Farkle told Sarah knowing the inevitable was coming.
"I know, thank you guys for holding off as much as you can, but I guess it's time for me to tell her…Wish me luck guys." Sarah said as Chloe returned after saying goodbye to Lucas and Natalie.
"Ready to go mom?" Chloe asked putting her gym back on her shoulder.
"Yeah, let's go honey. See you guys later!" Sarah said as she began to walk with Chloe as she waved goodbye to her friends ready to face a very difficult task in journey in motherhood.
The two went inside Sarah's red 2032 Acura TSX. Chloe got into the passenger's seat with her seatbelt on and switched the radio on to her favorite pop music station. Dustin Cross who was one of her favorite singer's was playing on the radio and listened to his music in the car. She remembers a time where he was playing at Madison Square Garden last summer and went with her friends and Chris.
Sarah wasn't going to ignore the elephant in the car. She knew what her daughter asked about. It was about her father: Charlie Gardner. She always knew this day would come and it finally has. When Chloe was younger she would ask about the whereabouts of her father seeing whenever she was with her friends that their dads were around whereas hers was missing. Sarah would always put it off that she'll tell her when she's older. But now, at Chloe's age, it was time for her to finally know. Sarah couldn't keep it from her anymore. They agreed to talk about it when they get home since it's more private there. When they finally arrived there, Sarah asked Chloe what she wanted for dinner as she placed down her keys on the kitchen table and her gym bag still in her work clothes at the gym, but her daughter asked a question instead. "Can you just tell me who my father is?"
"We're going down the rabbit hole that fast, are we?" Sarah mumbled to herself.
"Please, mom," Chloe begged. "I really want to know and why you've been keeping him away from me."
Sarah sighed, "Ok, honey. Let's sit down."
They sat down on the couch nearby and it was nothing but pure silence between them. Sarah couldn't believe that she was going to tell Chloe about her past with Charlie Gardner. She tried to keep her mind organized and in check to be able to remember everything without any struggle. "Your father's name, is Charlie Gardner. Before Charlie dated Riley, he was with me. We dated for about four months. On one of our dates, he raped me when I was left alone at a motel. He gave me a text saying, "We're done but thanks for the night." I eventually found out that after I left to go to the bathroom, he slipped something in my drink to knock me out. It was a date rape drug." Then Sarah stared seriously into Chloe's eyes "Listen, Chloe, if any guy or even Chris does that to you, know that they're not worth anything. That guy may not be the person you thought they were. They could only just want one thing from you."
Chloe appreciated her mother's concern, but rolled her eyes knowing her boyfriend better than her. "Chris wouldn't do anything like that to me, mom."
Sarah's glare deepened as she told her, "You better hope not."
Chloe didn't want to argue over Chris at the moment, her focused remained on the identity of her father. "How did you and dad end up having me? Did you guys get back together again?" Chloe asked wondering what happened.
"Yes." Sarah answered in shame. A regret she made when she should've known better than to go with him the second time. "I thought I could give him another chance. We got back together after he got out of prison. He lived with me and he was doing well, but only for a short while. When Lucas and Zay's careers were taking off, that's when he went back to his old ways of being angry and jealous. Charlie thought he should've been in their positions." Sarah told her daughter taking a deep breath before continuing as the memories began to floor her mind.
"One day, I was on Facebook looking through Riley's and Lucas' wedding pictures. Charlie didn't know I went so I lied to him and told him I was going to your aunt's wedding." Sarah told her before Chloe asked her a question.
"But why did you have to lie to him about that?" Chloe asked her mother.
"Because if I told him, he would never let me go, that's for sure. He still held onto his jealousy and anger for them. Charlie saw that I was looking through the pictures because I was one of Riley's bridesmaids. He knew that I lied to him and that's when he really got angry with me. So I had to explain why I was at their wedding. Then he started to be physically abusive and he did stuff to me like…" Sarah stopped herself unable to continue when the horrifying flashbacks came into her mind. She could still see his face as he tore her clothes off, hitting her, everything. She was about to cry and Chloe could sense it too and didn't make her mother go through the story.
"You don't have to go through the gory details mom." Chloe told her holding her hand comforting her mother.
"Okay." Sarah said and she didn't. She already explained it to Riley and the others once and that alone was difficult enough for her. "So he basically abused me and raped me because I went to their wedding without his knowledge or consent. Then he told me that if anyone finds out about this, he'll kill me. I had to escape from my apartment and I went to go to the Police Station because I knew that was my only source for help. They eventually arrested Charlie and soon after he was sent to prison. Later, I discovered I was pregnant with you from the doctors and I knew Charlie was the father because he was the last guy I had sexual contact with."
Chloe was too in shock about what happened to her mother. She wondered a lot about what happened to her parents, but never did she expect it to have gone that far. Like how Charlie abused her and raped her more than once and it's amazing that her mother still survived after all that trauma.
There was a part of Chloe that was glad and relieved she finally knows about him, but wished she hadn't known. Knowing the full story about her mother's past, it was understandable why her mother would keep something like this away from her, but she didn't know it took fourteen years to do so. In her mind, she imagined her father being the complete opposite of what her mother described him. Now, she knows the truth, it was like all of her fantasies about him came crashing down and there was a part where she hated him. Chloe was born out of rape and hatred, not out of love. The reason why she didn't have a father was because he raped her mother out of his blind anger. There was still another part of her that wanted to see Charlie Gardner in the flesh. The man who destroyed their lives and to actually know a man like him exists and not in episodes of CSI. It's like some weird satisfaction that must be taken off her chest.
She remembers the story that Riley told her in front of her husband, his best friend, Xander and, her children about Billy Ross. Chloe was trying to put the missing pieces of the puzzle together. Her mother mentioned that Charlie and Riley dated once and Riley said she was raped by her boyfriend. She immediately crossed off Lucas Friar because she could never imagine him doing such a thing and, they were married with three children.
"Mom, did Mrs. Friar once date Charlie was raped by him?" Chloe wondered.
"Yes, why?" Sarah asked.
"She was pregnant with his baby too, but the child didn't make it because he beat her up along with Billy Ross and a couple of other guys. Why did he do that?" Chloe asked appalled by Charlie's actions.
"That jerk didn't want to pay for child support." Sarah said as she rolled her eyes in disgust.
"What do you think Charlie would do if he ever saw me?" Chloe asked sounding a bit worried.
Suddenly, Sarah looked like a protective and yet dangerous like a mother bear protecting her cub at that thought, "If he knows what's good for him, he'll do absolutely nothing to you! He won't even have a chance to come close to you, I won't allow it neither will Riley, Lucas, Maya or Farkle. They will help us too, you know, if we ever need it."
Chloe was nervous and hesitant to ask her second question to Sarah. Her mother held animosity towards Charlie which was completely understandable, but it made Chloe curious how she'd react that she wanted to see him.
"What if I want to see him? Chloe asked hesitantly.
That was the main reason why she asked her first question. Since Charlie killed his first child, how would he act if he saw her? Charlie never saw her once before and Chloe could only imagine that his anger will rise up again knowing that she had been kept away as a secret from him. Charlie never got to know his own daughter, which was his fault, but Chloe wanted to give him an opportunity to. Not only for himself, but for her.
"Why would you want to see him?!" Sarah demanded harshly as she stood up, she never expected that request from her. She assumed that after hearing that story about what Charlie did to her, Chloe would be smart enough to stay far away from him, not to get closer to him.
Chloe thought that was a ridiculous question to ask, "Because Charlie Gardner is my father, mom! I've been wanting to see him and now that I know who he is and where he is, I finally can." Chloe answered her mother.
Sarah wanted to say a million things from her mind, but there was something stronger that stood out to her. "What do you mean you know where he is?" Sarah asked demanding to know what Chloe meant.
"When that Billy Ross guy was over at the bakery to talk to Mr. Friar, he left his card. He runs a bar over in Hells Kitchen and so does Charlie! That's how I can see him!" Chloe answered her mother but Sarah rejected it sternly. Not wanting her daughter to see the man of her nightmares. "No Chloe, I won't allow you to see that monster!" Sarah raised her voice worried about Chloe's safety if she found him.
"Mom, I'll be fine!" Chloe insisted "I'm his daughter so he couldn't do anything to me, right? Maybe I can change him!" Chloe kept insisting sounding hopeful about the situation.
"Yeah, sure." Sarah said sarcastically. "That's what Riley and I thought we could do to him too, but look what happened!"
Chloe was about to lose her temper and stood up from the couch exclaiming angrily, "You know, I totally get why you kept Charlie away from me, but I'm old enough and capable to handle myself now! I'm sorry that he did all of that horrible stuff to you, but it's time to move on and we have to see each other and I'm going whether you like it or not!"
Sarah was livid at her daughter's words as the look in her eyes and body language spoke of shock and anger at her daughter's defiance as Chloe walked towards the door and grabbed her coat about to leave their apartment.
"Chloe Jane Carpenter, where do you think you're going?!" This wasn't the first time Sarah experienced this type of behavior from her daughter. She was already used to how to handle her this way, but this situation was entirely different.
"Well, I think I'm going to see where my father is!" Chloe exclaimed widening her eyes as she opened the door as she got her coat on.
"Do you even know how to get there?! You're only fourteen and you can't get into a bar by yourself!" Sarah almost laughed at her daughter's poorly thought out plan to look for him.
Chloe sighed dramatically, "I thought that I would go to the Friars and ask for the card and maybe they can take me!"
"Chloe, honey, it's Riley and Lucas! They would never take you to him!" Sarah almost laughed again knowing Riley and Lucas well.
"I could try to make them to," Chloe was tired of how her mother kept stopping her plans. "What's the worst thing that could happen? I'm going and I'll be fine! I don't need you!" With those final words from Chloe, she left and slammed the door. Sarah felt like she got slapped in the face because of her daughter's words. She began to get terrified for Chloe's safety and wanted to grab her back and ground her until she was thirty. But she knew that wouldn't help and decided to let her go and maybe have a rude awakening of what her father really is.
Sarah quickly got out her phone and called Riley to let her know of Chloe's coming arrival. The phone rang a few times then Riley finally answered.
"Hey Sarah! What's up?" Riley asked sounding very happy as always.
"Listen, something is going to happen" Sarah didn't know how much her voice was breaking her. It was too late to hide the fact that she was on the verge of tears.
"Sarah, what's wrong?" Riley asked with great worry and concern.
Sarah cleared her throat and continued to rush. "Chloe is going to come over to your place any minute. I already told her that Charlie is her father. Supposedly, Billy gave Lucas his card from where he works and Chloe wants to see Charlie! She plans to see him right now, if you and Lucas can, try and stop her!" Sarah begged wanting Chloe home where she is safe.
Riley agreed that she should stop Chloe and wanted to protect her like she was another daughter, but knew that wouldn't solve anything. "You know I will, but I don't think I can. You knew this day would come Sarah, and Chloe would want to see and meet Charlie, eventually. How about if I come with her?" Riley asked Sarah.
"Okay. So, it'll be you and Lucas-" Sarah said before Riley cut her off.
"Umm, actually, no. Lucas is not here. He just left to go on the road heading for Toronto for an exhibition basketball game right now. They're playing tomorrow." Riley told her.
Sarah groaned in irritation. "Great! Perfect timing!"
"My dad is here so he can come. We'll be with Chloe, Sarah. She'll be fine." Riley paused for a moment. "Why aren't you with her?" Riley asked.
Sarah sighed, didn't want to be reminded why. "We had a fight," She replied sadly. "In some ways, Chloe can be like Charlie."
"I'm sorry Sarah. I've been there with kids, believe me. Just know that Chloe will never stop living you and she doesn't mean anything she said." Riley said in a reassuring voice trying to east Sarahs mind.
"Yeah, I hope so," Sarah swallowed and found strength in her voice. "Just let me know how things go. I'm not sure if Chloe and I will be talking for a while after this." Sarah requested hoping things work out.
Don't worry. I will." Riley said still sounding hopeful. Then, they hung up ending their conversation.
Riley knew Chloe was going to be around soon and knew she was going to be in a stressful situation. She looked at her father who was watching TV with his grandchildren. She knew she could count on him when serious matters such as these arise.
"Hey guys, Chloe is coming over soon!" Riley told everyone in the room.
"Sarah's daughter right?" Topanga asked. Riley nodded her head.
"Ok, we'll prepare another plate for her." Cory said as he began walking towards the kitchen.
"Actually dad, I need to talk to you and mom in private." Riley stopped her parents.
"Hey mom, when's Chloe gonna be here?" Aaron asked wanting to see Chloe.
"Soon, can you, Natalie, and Troy clean up please while I talk to grandma and grandpa?" Riley asked her son.
"Sure mom!" Aaron said as he got his siblings together to clean up the living room.
"Ok, what's going on?" Cory wondered knowing this had to be serious if Riley wanted to speak to them in private.
"Well, you guys know that Charlie has been released from prison right?" Riley asked them.
"Yeah, why?" Topanga answered.
"Well, Chloe just found out that he's her father and wants to go see him." Riley said being upfront with her parents.
"Didn't Sarah try to stop her?!" Topanga exclaimed not becoming worried.
"She did! But Chloe was stubborn about it and still insisted. Chloe knows where Charlie works and where he is!" Riley told her parents.
"Oh boy!" Cory feared.
"Dad, I need you to come with me and Chloe to Hells Kitchen. Billy runs a bar on 9th street and 42nd avenue." Riley gave her father the intersection of where the bar is.
"Ok Riley, I'll go. Just prepare yourself ok?" Cory asked now fearing for his daughter being face to face with her ex-boyfriend.
"I will dad." Riley answered as she hugged her parents. There was a knock on the door as Riley and her parents looked towards the door as Natalie walked and saw Chloe through the peep hole.
"Hey Chloe!" Natalie greeted her new close friend with a hug.
"Hi Nat! How are you?" Chloe said happy to see her as she released her grip on her.
"I'm doing good, just a little tired from playing catch with my dad." Natalie told her still happy to see her.
"Hey mom! Chloe is here!" Natalie called her mother. As Riley and Cory walked up to her.
"Ms. Carpenter, I hope you know what you're doing because this could be very dangerous." Cory told the young teenager fearful for her safety.
"Mr. Matthews, don't worry I got you and Mrs. Friar! I'm sure we'll be fine!" Chloe insisted.
"Hey Chloe!" Aaron greeted her sneaking up beside her mother.
"Hi Aaron!" Chloe hugged Aaron happy to see him.
"Aaron, I want you and your siblings to do your homework, grandma is making chicken tonight." Riley told her son.
"Well at least I'm dodging that bullet!" Cory laughed as Topanga heard what her husband said as she threw a pot at him but Cory turned and caught it knowing that would irritate her.
"Nice try baby!" Cory mocked his wife setting the pot on the couch close by.
"So are you ready to do this?" Riley asked wanting to know if Chloe really was ready.
"Yes, let's do this thing!" Chloe sounded confident as she made her way to the exit with Riley and Cory grabbing their coats.
"Where are you guys going?" Troy asked his mother and grandfather.
"We'll be going out for a bit, we'll be back soon!" Riley told her son.
"Ok!" Troy shrugged his shoulders knowing his mom will be back while the three left the house and got into Cory's car. For the first time since 2020 Riley would face Charlie Gardner and this time she had to worry about her father and now Chloe, his daughter.
Author's Note: The stage is set everyone! Riley, Cory, and Chloe on their way to Billy's bar to see Charlie Gardner! Ladies and gentlemen prepare yourselves because this will be a bumpy ride! And by the way I want to thank you all again for the support and also 4ne1 who helped me out greatly so huge shoutout to the powerful 4ne1! Next Time on Like Father, Like Son: Chloe, Cory, and Riley pull up to Billy's bar in Hells Kitchen, how will this meeting will go and how will Charlie react once he sees Riley AND finds out Chloe is his daughter? Find out next time on Like Father, Like Son! Please review, fav, and follow this story and heck throw down a prediction on how you guys think this meeting will go! And now time for the MAIN EVENT!
Let's Talk!
Guest 1: Hey I hope you like the new chapter and that you don't get too nervous for Riley, Cory, and Chloe! Thanks for reading and leaving the review :)
Guest 2: Well, it had to happen sooner or later but better now than when she's like 16 right?
4ne1: Well, we know its time, the question is, how will Charlie act?
Rucas4Life: Oh it's pretty obvious that Melanie likes Aaron and as for Ava and Auggie they'll be back and we will know what their plans are moving forward after they had a miscarriage
James Stryker: Oh they will have their alone time, they just need the kids to not be around for that occasion. Regarding Maya and Farkle, Maya did her best not wanting Chloe to repeat Maya's experience when she saw Kermit after 7 years of being out of her life. We'll see if this one turns out better.
By the way just wanna throw this out, please don't be mad if you guys don't hear from me in the next for days, I will be busy working over the next few days and working late hours so please have some patience with me and the same deal for people who also read Her Guardian Angel, believe me I want to put stuff out, its just work is picking up right now so I gotta work work work work work (Hopefully you guys get the reference) Thank you all again in advance and take care you guys I want to hear from you guys and I'll see you next chapter! Have a great day everybody! :)