Like Father, Like Son
Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm back after awhile and HOLY COW! Since I'm a basketball fan only those who watch basketball would understand. The Golden State Warriors even WITHOUT Stephen Curry just pounded the Portland Trail Blazers. The San Antonio Spurs WOOPED the Oklahoma City Thunder by TKO even by the end of the 1st half! And finally my boys! The Toronto Raptors got that gorilla off their back and defeated the Indiana Pacers! Not a pretty win but a win nonetheless. Anyways back to business a VERY IMPORTANT chapter coming up folks eyes peeled for this and mind sharp because shit is about to go down.
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 let stuff like this air because it's Disney!
It was time for Chloe's team to take the court and play their home opener. Chloe was wearing the number: 10 and playing Small Forward. The crowd and Aaron was cheering clapping their hands in anticipation for tip off and some even were stomping their feet in the stands. The ball is throw in in the air and the John Adams Center man tipped it to their Point Guard. Chloe began to run towards the right side of the court to get set up for a play. The play was called as the Power Forward screened the person guarding Chloe as Chloe used the screen and ran towards the basket as the Point Guard bounced passed to Chloe and Chloe finishes the play with a sweet reverse layup. Chloe rushed back to her side of the court to play defense. Aaron was back in the boy's team locker room with his team getting changed.
"Ok guys, great win today. Wins like this won't be easy, sometimes some wins are gonna be very tough to get but hey, we stuck through it, we grinded it out and we walked away with the win! Great job tonight guys! Devon Hamilton, thank you very much big man for playing hard down low, Theo Reyes, thank you for setting the plays up and although you fouled out, that's ok! This stuff happens. Finally, Aaron Friar… You young man are really like your father." Coach Arsenault complimented his top guys for stepping up and playing great. "Ok, get changed, and I'll see you guys at practice tomorrow afternoon after school. Get home safely gentlemen." Coach Arsenault told his team dismissing them as he left the locker room.
Aaron turned around to get changed out of his uniform to get back into his casual clothes. He changed into his black sweat pants, New York Knicks T-Shirt and, and his white and blue Friar 7s.
"Yo Aaron, you're definitely going to the NBA man." Theo complimented his teammate having seen him in action for the first time.
"Thanks Theo. You're gonna be great yourself! You got a great eye for passing. You're basically the Filipino Steve Nash!" Aaron complimented his teammate.
"And Devon here is Shaq!" Theo said pointing to Devon getting ready.
"Oh hell yeah! He's gonna be dunking on people all year throughout this year all the way to Senior year!" Aaron agreed.
"Yeah and I'll probably brake a few rims while I'm at it." Devon said sarcastically. Most of the guys have already left even Theo. It was down to Aaron and Devon Hamilton left.
"Yo Devon, what do you think of my post play?" Aaron asked the 7-footer.
"You're not bad, but you certainly aren't supposed to be playing a big man's role. You're a natural shooter." Devon told Aaron seeing his game play and how Aaron handles himself.
"I know that's what I tell coach but, I'll suck it up." Aron agreed but willing to fight through adversity.
"Just don't complain if you get beat up in there. The post is not a friendly place." Devon warned him as Aaron would remember going to Madison Square Garden as a kid and still remember how playoff games were like. One year Lucas almost got into a fight and his teammates: Ryan and Travis had to jump in there before Lucas could throw a punch at someone's face.
"Yeah, especially since I'm Lucas Friar's son, I doubt that certain calls will not go my way." Aaron guessed seeing potential bias against him.
"We'll see man, but if you need help. I got your back." Devon pledged his friendship as a teammate.
"Thanks bro." Aaron appreciated any help from Devon as the two left the locker room together to go back to the gym where Chloe's team was up by 15 at half time. The two joined the Friar's and the other families in the stands as Aaron with his best friends while Devon sat with Sabrina and Stephen.
"How many points does Chloe have?" Aaron asked wondering how his bet with her was going.
"12 so far. All of the by way of 3 point shooting." Stephen answered keeping his eyes on the court especially on the timer reading 2:19 remaining on the clock.
"She really is his daughter." Riley said to herself seeing the resemblance on how Chloe and Charlie played the game. Charlie was a shooter a fine one at that. Likely Chloe got her shooting touch as a result of genetics and that skill being pass on from Charlie.
"Yo how many points did you score in your game?" Ruben asked Aaron.
"23 bitch!" Aaron answered gloating not thinking Chloe will catch him.
"AARON JOHN FRIAR!" Riley exclaimed not liking her son's choice of language.
"Ok! ok! I'm sorry mom!" Aaron apologized quickly not to get on his mother's bad side. Aaron's sight returned back to the court as he looked towards the John Adams Bench where Chloe had her long brown hair down
"But you still did great man!" Anthony said who was in the row in front of him.
"Thanks bro." Aaron told his longtime friend who is like a brother to him.
"I'll be right back." Stephen excused himself.
"Where you going?" Sabrina asked him.
"Taking a piss. Damn Sabrina, every man is entitled to his privacy!" Stephen exclaimed being sarcastic in the end as Aaron and Ruben laughed.
"Yeah yeah keep it going idiots!" Sabrina said scoffing at them.
"Sorry, we have a height requirement in place to call us idiots. You need to be at least 5 feet tall!" Ruben said making fun of Sabrina's height as Aaron laughed with him.
"Shut up you!" Maya said smacking the back of Aaron's and Ruben's heads defending her daughter. Sabrina is 5'0 tall two inches shorter than her mother. The horn sounded resuming the game as Chloe made her way onto the court after taking a quick drink of her Fruit Punch Gatorade.
Their opponents: Sacred Heart High Started with the ball and Chloe picked up her assigned opponent. Chloe stayed in front of her opponent playing smart and not fouling. She was very quick on her feet. Her opponent was forced to take a tough shot jumping backwards performing a fade away as Chloe chased putting a hand in front of her face before turning towards the hoop where she saw the ball fly. The ball went off the rim as John Adams retained the rebound and Chloe was off and running towards their opponents hoop where she received a long pass. Aaron and the others stood up and finishes the play with a left handed layup and was fouled as the referee blew the whistle.
"AND 1!" Chloe yelled with excitement receiving a high five from her teammates. She now has 14 points and if she makes her free throw, it would be 15. She stepped up to the line where Aaron was on his feet excited for her. She had copied Aaron's set up routine perfectly! Aaron, Lucas and, Zay recognized that set up from anywhere. She raised her arms, elbows up and shot the ball as she watched it go down the hoop.
"No way!" Lucas exclaimed impressed with Chloe abilities. Charlie was looking on from outside the gym and he too was shocked to see how Chloe was playing but he still made sure he was still able to keep his cover since a good chunk of New York was looking for him.
Chloe would only get better from there! By the final minute she had 23 points. Tied with Aaron! The John Adams Warriors were up by 26 by this point. The score was 86-60. It was a party of nothing but three point shooting Lucas and Zay see so much potential in her to possibly make it to the WNBA as long as she keeps this up. The point guard passed the ball to Chloe. She jab stepped right, crosses out her defender as the crowd "Ouuued" as Lucas, Zay and, Charlie's eyes widened as her opponent was left in the dust Chloe went to the left corner of the court, stepped back behind the three point line and makes another 3! The crowd was going nuts as Riley and Maya couldn't believe Chloe outscored Aaron! Chloe jogged back on defense before looking at Aaron.
"So I guess you owe me dinner!" Chloe smirked at Aaron as Aaron laughed it off ready to pay the price of defeat. The game mercifully ended with the final score being 91-67. Chloe shook her opponent's hands and went back to hug Aaron as Aaron lifted her up and spun her around as Melanie didn't appreciate the gesture. Melanie began to walk off the court with her family and the Matthews family.
"I'll see you guys at the bakery!" Sabrina called to Aaron waving goodbye.
"Smell ya later!" Aaron replied as the Minkus family left and the Matthews slowly behind them. Melanie couldn't help but watch on seeing Aaron slipping away from her.
"Hey loser! Keep up!" Sabrina told her sister. There was no reply as she still looked at them from one end of the gym on the opposite side of Charlie Gardner so they won't see him. "Hey, what you looking at?" Sabrina asked walking up to Melanie and looked where she was looking. She figured it out.
"Ahhh, Someone's jealous huh?" Sabrina asked with a smirk on her face.
"Can you leave it alone?" Melanie begged feeling worse.
"Come here." Sabrina pulled her sister in for a hug to comfort her.
"What do you do when you think you're doing what's right but you're really just confused and you feel like life is trying to throw you on the ground?" Melanie asked as Sabrina walked her out comforting her as she rubbed her back and placing her head on Melanie's shoulders.
"All you can do is hang on." Sabrina answered feeling sorry for her sister.
"You girls ok?" Farkle asked his daughters while Maya was taking care of Corey.
"Yeah, we'll be fine dad." Melanie answered keeping her beaten emotions bottled up.
Meanwhile…
Aaron and Chloe were enjoying a moment together as the Babineaux family and the Friar family stuck together. The court had cleared out as Aaron and the others shot the ball around for a little while longer while Riley and Vanessa the assistant head coach.
The adults went back to Vanessa's office inside the Physical and Health Education office. Charlie entered the gym hearing the door click with only Aaron and Chloe in his sight.
"You played a great game honey." Charlie complimented his daughter as Chloe and Aaron heard the eerie voice of Charlie as he stood by the door.
Chloe turned around to the man hearing the familiar voice. Her eyes narrowed down at him and crossed her arms. "Who are you calling me "honey" Las time I checked, you wanted nothing to do with your slut of a daughter
"Chloe, be careful." Aaron warned knowing that she's giving attitude to Charlie Gardner. The man who physically and sexually abused Riley and Sarah, who killed his unborn half sibling, and almost killed his grandfather. He stopped shooting with his friends and approached the father and daughter. His friends were at his back with him and watched intently. However, Chloe ignored him. Knowing she can fight her own battles by herself. Aaron was ready to protect Chloe if necessary.
"When I didn't have enough heat on me, I heard from Billy about the game. I decided to check it out to see if your basketball skills are better than mind." Chloe raised an eyebrow at that. "Yours?"
"Yeah. Where did you think you got it from?" Charlie told Chloe as she too is a second generation ball player.
"What do you want, Charlie?" Chloe demanded in annoyance. She wanted to know why he was there more than anything other than to see if she could be the next Tamika Catchings or Elema Delle Donne. Charlie tried to ignore the stinging emotion he felt when Chloe had called him by his first name.
"I've been thinking about what you and Riley said and what Sarah and I did in the past. I just need some time to think if what either of you said was true. That's when I realized that you are mine." Charlie told her about his epiphany.
Chloe didn't look so delighted about it remembering how hurtful he was to her when they first met and how he almost killed Cory. "Congratulations," She said in a dull and hollow voice. "You're not as much of an idiot as I thought," Then she looked at Aaron. "C'mon Aaron, let's go." They started to walk to the doors, but Charlie stooped them by grabbing Chloe's hand.
"Wait!" He said urgently.
Chloe quickly moved her arm out of the way as if she touched dire. "Don't touch me!" She said angrily.
Aaron got tended ready to back Charlie off from her.
"I want a second chance with you!" Charlie pleaded to his daughter.
"You've had your chances. My mother tried on you and it obviously didn't work. I don't want to make the same mistakes." Charlie knew he was going to lose her, but there was a part of him that didn't want to. He was certainly not a man to beg for anyone, but he would for his daughter. "Chloe, please-"
"Charlie, if you know what's good for the both of you, you'd leave her alone. My dad is here and I know he'll beat the crap out of you id you don't leave here quick enough." Aaron threatened.
Charlie's eyes looked at the boy up and down. "And why should I be afraid of your father, kid?"
"Cause he's Lucas Friar."
It suddenly clicked into Charlie as to why Aaron looked so familiar when he had first seen him. When he, Xander, and Troy were protecting Natalie. Charlie could see the resemblance now in Riley and Lucas' children. Aaron does look a lot like Lucas.
"What are you lover birds still doing in here?" Aaron's sister, Natalie, obnoxiously asked coming into the gym along with her family and the Babineaux family. Her and the rest of them, came to an abrupt halt when they saw who Aaron and Chloe were talking to. It was as I Aaron had said Lucas' name, he arrived there on cue. Charlie turned around to the families and met eyes with Aaron's eyes father. One's he never thought he would see again.
"Charlie." Lucas greeted formally.
"Lucas," He acknowledged as well.
"I never thought I would have to see you again." Charlie didn't look too thrilled to see him.
"I never thought I would have heard that you nearly tried to kill me father in law. I bet that's what you wanted, wasn't it?" Lucas sneered at him, approaching closer to Charlie. "To have an innocent man like him, dead?" Lucas was getting closer and closer to becoming Texas Lucas. Tempted to wanting to punch Charlie.
"Lucas…" Riley warned her husband to not make him lose his temper that her was defending her father.
"Believe it or not, Lucas, it was an accident." Charlie said.
Lucas had a hard time so he scoffed at the thought. "Oh, yeah?" So who did you intend to murder? My wife? Your daughter?" Lucas didn't believe him.
"It just happened," Charlie told him. He felt enough of the guilt and pain already. He lost his self-control. "We were talking and I just lost it." Charlie confessed.
"You sure lost it, alright!" Lucas was still angry.
Charlie was getting more annoyed by his presence and snapped. "Why don't you just back off my case, alright? What had happened, happened, and there's nothing we can do about it! You and your army can go and I talk to Chloe alone in peace!" Charlie requested.
Mostly everyone in the room felt fear at the thought of Chloe being alone with him.
"What makes you think you're suitable to talk to Chloe, especially, alone?" Lucas demanded incredulously.
"Because I'm obviously her father, aren't I? So I have that right?" Charlie defended. Once he said those words, it somehow made Chloe's heart soften for him. She had hoped that maybe his words from earlier were true.
"There's no way in hell I'm ever going to let you be alone with her-"
"Mr. Friar, stop!" Chloe exclaimed. Her voice made everyone focused on her. "I will talk to him!"
"But, Chloe-"
"If anything goes wrong, I'll get you guys. All of you can go. I'll be fine. Promise." Chloe announced trying to put Lucas at ease.
It was silent for a few minutes. Charlie couldn't believe that she would actually talk to him. Riley began to worry and fret and went to her husband, saying. "I don't like this, Lucas. I don't trust him with her." Riley said in fear.
Lucas was battling the thoughts in his head. He wondered if what decision would be the right thing to do for Chloe.
Then, he sighed, after finally coming to a conclusion. "Fine. You can talk to him." Lucas gave in allowing Chloe to talk to her father. Riley was shocked at his statement. "Lucas!"
"Thank you." Chloe said.
"For three minutes only." Lucas limited the time.
Eventually, everyone left those two alone to talk. It was uncomfortable silence between for quite some time until Chloe had spoken. "You wanted me to have a talk so talk. I'm sure it's killing Mr. Friar that he's not having his hands on you right now."
Charlie chuckled. "Yeah, I bet," He looked at her in awe. "I can't believe that you want to talk to me"
"I can't believe that you consider me as your daughter now." Chloe said surprised at Charlie said such words as she put down her gym bag.
"I told you. I've done some thinking. All the dots connected so it makes sense." Charlie repeated himself.
"Listen, if you want to keep in contact with me, we need to have a good plan on how to do it." Chloe got down to business .
"You're right," Charlie agreed. "But what kind of plan?"
"I don't know," She was thinking of ideas in her mind quickly. "This might sound ancient but we can write letter?" Chloe suggested.
"Letters?" Charlie repeated. He was never the one to write letters before so the idea sounded foreign to him. "What is this? The 1950s?" Chloe glared at him.
"Do have any better ideas? It's not like we can be together in public!"
Charlie thought about it for some time and gave into the idea. He would to anything to have some sort of contact with his daughter. "No. Your idea is better than mine. But how do we exchange the?" Charlie wondered trying to keep their relationship a secret from everyone.
"Since you hang out with Mr. Ross, I can give the letters to him and you can pass on your letters to Xander because I'll see him. What do you think?" Chloe proposed.
Charlie thought it over and knew it was a brilliant idea with no flaws. He smiled. Like, having an actual smile on his face, one that he hadn't felt in…forever. And she made it appear just like that. "Sounds great. I'm sure they won't mind being the messengers for a while. You must have Sarah's brains and not mine." Charlie told his daughter complimenting her intelligence.
Chloe roller her eyes at that statement. "Clearly I do."
"Everything going okay in here?" Lucas asked and Zay was also by his side to check in on the,
"No blood on the floor so it's all good, Mr. Perfect." Charlie said, remembering Billy's old nickname for him.
"Anyway, that's three minutes. Time is up Chloe." Lucas told Chloe showing his timer that time has run out. Charlie looked towards Chloe.
"Take care of yourself Chloe." Charlie told his daughter.
"You take care too." Chloe replied as she left with Lucas and Zay.
Author's Note: BOOM BABY! Another chapter is in the books and oh man! Can Chloe and Charlie keep this up? Will they be able to keep it hush hush from the Friars and the other families more importantly Sarah? Next Time on Like Father, Like Son: Sarah goes out with Riley, Vanessa, and Maya for lunch. What will they talk about? Also, Aaron and Chloe go out for dinner since Chloe won the bet, Aaron is picking up the tab. Find out next time on what happens on Like Father, Like Son! Please review, fav, and/or follow this story and I wanna apologize for not updating as much as I want to and I wanna give a shoutout to 4ne1 for helping me out and keeping this whole thing going. 4ne1 whenever you read this, mad thanks to you from a grateful Canadian guy. Now for the main event!
Let's Talk!
Guest 1 from May 2: Well you got your answer and man, that went better than anyone hoped. I wonder how he'll react IF he ever picks up Chloe and Charlie's secret relationship.
Guest 2 from May 2: Thanks for reading and I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. What do you think will happen with Chloe and Aaron?
Guest from April 26: Can't make any promises on that ;)
Rucas4Life: Yeah I made a mistake on that and the reason for that is because I really wanted to update ASAP and didn't take the time to edit that because of the fact that I had the prequel chapters.
daghley: You were right that Chloe outscored Aaron! KOBE! I don't watch One Tree Hill but that could be a plausible scenario.
James Stryker: Apparently in Earth 616 Carnage does kill Gwen Stacy. The love triangle has a recipe to form. No kidding, Sarah was right about Chris. How'd you take the Lucas vs Charlie confrontation? Btw I enjoyed the first part of Juliet's World: Anniversary Chapter. Things hopefully get steamy next chapter and maybe the kids get some great news soon.