Plot: Riley decides whether she and Lucas are a couple or not. Maya doesn't exactly have her eyes set on Farkle anymore and she has her eyes set on an old flame. Meanwhile Cory and Topanga try to bring romance back into their lives but an old friend you could say could potentially ruin that.
"Hey Riles." Lucas said before planting a kiss on her cheek. Riley wasn't sure how to comprehend this. She still wasn't sure on what they were right now. She still had mixed feelings about him. Riley wanted to ask Maya and talk but her mind was always wandering other places nowadays.
"We should get to class." Riley said.
"Right." Lucas smiled one of his charming smiles which made Riley melt.
Maya and Farkle were currently arguing about something once they walked into history. "Farkle, I told you no!" Maya flamed.
"But Maya, it's been a month, are you alright?" Farkle asked trying to touch her. Maya moved away and grunted.
"Everything is fine alright; I just don't wanna go out right now." Farkle sighed and he headed to his seat.
"What was that all about?" Riley questioned.
"Nothing, Farkle wants to go out on a date and I dunno I don't really want to…" she trailed off.
"Do you not have feelings for him?"
Maya gritted her teeth together. "Riles honestly, it think-" but the bell rang before she could finish what she was saying.
"Just tell me later." Riley said placing her hand onto Maya's shoulder.
Maya nodded her head and sat in her seat kicking her feet up onto the desk. Cory had learned that Maya was always going to do what she wanted no matter what influence you try to be for her.
"Ok, today we're learning about the post world war 2." Cory stated before writing it onto the board.
"Mr. Matthews can we do something interesting for once?" Maya whined.
"Last time I tried to do that I broke your locket." Cory mumbled.
Maya heard what he said and decided to keep quiet. "Ok so can anyone tell me what was going on during this time?"
The classroom was silent to which Cory wasn't surprised. "Farkle, just say it." Cory begged.
"Everyone was just returning home from this vicious war. The united states were actually thriving at this time. New inventions and technologies were being discovered as well as new babies being born every 5 minutes. That is known as the baby boom." Farkle stated proudly.
Cory smiled and he leaned against his desk. "Ok, so for your assignment I want you to read text book pages 345-410." Cory stated the class groaned.
"Boo hoo, you'll get over it." Cory said.
The rest of the day moved fairly quickly and Riley was anxious to speak with Lucas. She decided they needed to talk about the relationship instead of letting it just kinda sit there. "Hey Lucas." Riley said meeting him by his locker.
"Hey Riles, what's going on?"
Riley tapped her foot anxiously while wrapping her hair around her forefinger.
"Oh um, I just had a question for you…"
"What is it?" he flashed another one of those heartwarming smiles at her.
"Well, what I wanted to know… is umm…" it was almost like she couldn't quite get the words out.
Lucas leaned in closer to her. "Riles are you alright?" he asked placing his hand onto her shoulder. She felt a lump develop in her throat. Did she really want to go out with Lucas again? Was she just asking because she was tired of waiting around for him to say something? These thoughts roamed Riley's mind eventually giving her a headache.
"Ya know what, it's not important right now." Riley pressed her palm against her forehead trying to sooth the pain she was experiencing. All of this thinking about Lucas was making her have second thoughts about him again.
"CORNELIUS MATTHEWS, GET IN HERE NOW!" Topanga screamed. Cory groaned and headed up to their daughters nursery where Topanga was standing with baby vomit all over her new shirt.
Cory shrieked only causing Topanga to become even more upset with him. "Cory, I called you in here 5 times to come and take care of her. I can't always be the one caring for her and maybe if you would've been up here when I asked I wouldn't have vomit on my new blouse!" Cory sighed and felt a little guilty for not coming up there but Auggie had asked him to color and Cory decided he didn't' spend enough time with Auggie ever since the new baby so he agreed. Honestly he didn't think things would get so outta control.
"Honey I'm sorry, I was coloring with Auggie and I wanted to spend some more time with him." Topanga's red face began to fade back to its normal color.
"What's happened to us?" she asked taking him by the hand.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Cory we're in a rut, all we do is argue about this baby." Topanga stated.
"I know, you're right, things haven't been the same have they?"
Topanga shook her head and stared into Cory's chocolate brown eyes. "I feel like I'm losing you." Topanga said.
"Me too."
"We need to bring the romance back into our lives, we need to have a day just the two of us." Topanga suggested.
"Oh that could work." Cory grinned.
"But who's gonna watch the baby?" Cory asked.
"We'll get Shawn to do it since he's gonna be in New York for the next few months."
"Perfect. Now what day do you wanna have our special day?"
"How about Saturday, we can do anything you want."
"Anything…" Cory began.
"Cory I told you, I wanna wait until our honeymoon. When you wait for things you appreciate them more." Topanga added.
Cory grunted and rolled his eyes. "But I wanna appreciate you now." He whined.
Topanga smiled and pecked his cheek. "I promise it'll be worth your while." She whispered sending chills down his spine.
"Have fun cleaning up Harper's vomit." Topanga slid off her chevron blouse leaving her in a black tank top.
Cory squealed as the top came flying towards him. "Ew!" Cory could hear Topanga's giggle from the hallway.
"Sup Riles?" Maya asked as she climbed in through the bay window.
"How ya doing?" Riley asked removing her ear buds and pausing the song she was currently listening to.
"By the way, Farkle's called me like 8 times wondering where you were." Riley added as she joined her best friend at the bay window.
"Right, I didn't even know he called me…"
"I know you're lying." Riley said.
"Huh, what are you talking about?"
Riley grabbed Maya's chin and turned her head to face Riley's. "You're lying because when you lie you won't look at me."
"Fine, you caught me! Are you happy now?!" Maya snapped.
"Maya are you alright; you haven't been acting like yourself lately."
"Riles, I don't think I have feelings for Farkle anymore."
Riley's facial expression dropped and the room suddenly became quiet.
"What, why?"
"I think I like someone else."
"Well who is it?!" Riley screeched.
"Shh, keep it down!" Maya hissed. "It's someone I've had a crush on for a while now, I thought liking Farkle would help me get over him but it's only made it worse."
"Please don't tell me it's who I think it is." Riley pleaded.
"Yep, it's Josh."
Riley's eyes became saucers. "Maya, you can't go back to him!"
"I know and I thought I was through with him but now that he's here attending NYC I feel like there is no escaping him. I mean he comes over here a lot and it's hard to just ignore him."
"He's too old for you Maya, he's in college!"
"But I've matured a lot!"
Riley sighed obviously realizing she wasn't going to win the argument. "Ok, well if your heart desires Josh then go for it, but you have to break things off with Farkle."
"Of course." Maya replied.
"Thanks for understanding Riles." Maya said taking her hand.
"Anytime Hart."
It had been a couple of days and Maya still hadn't broken things off with Farkle. She didn't want to crush his soul or anything. She just had a change of hart (pun intended ok that was corny). There was nothing wrong with that, right?"
It was officially Saturday morning. Topanga was making pancakes while Cory was trying to get Harper to eat. Harper was smiling and giggling as she bounced up and down in her highchair.
"Come on Harper eat the applesauce for daddy!" Cory said in a baby tone.
Harper shook her head but continued to giggle and smile. "Maybe she's just not hungry." Cory sighed.
"Let me try sweetie." Topanga headed over to Harper and grabbed a spoonful of applesauce.
"Open wide for mommy, the airplane is coming!" Topanga made an airplane noise. Which Harper enjoyed very much, considering she ate the food.
"There ya go." Topanga said kissing Harper's forehead and Cory's. He felt a little embarrassed considering he couldn't get her to eat after 30 minutes of trying while it took Topanga only a few moments.
"So where are we going on our day of fun?" Cory asked.
Topanga plopped a pancake onto a plate and handed it to Cory. "Where ever you want." Topanga replied.
"Anywhere?!"
"Cory…" Topanga said in a stern tone.
"It was worth a try, why don't we go out to eat somewhere."
"That's a good idea and we could go to central park since it's gorgeous outside today!"
"Then we could go dancing!" Cory squealed.
"It'll be perfect." Topanga connected her lips with his and the two shared a long kiss in the middle of the kitchen.
"Bleh!" Maya gagged. Cory and Topanga pulled away to see Riley and Maya standing in the threshold of the kitchen entrance.
"Who wants pancakes?" Topanga said trying to make things less awkward.
"Me!" Riley and Maya said.
Topanga passed the two of them as well as Auggie and herself some pancakes. "Auggie, come and eat." Topanga yelled before sitting at the table.
"What are you two gals gonna be doing while we're gone?" Cory asked.
"Just hanging out, ya know stuff." Maya replied.
"Why do I have the feeling you're not just doing stuff?" Cory questioned.
"Because I'm a rebel and everything I do scares you buddy." Maya said patting Cory's back.
"Yeah, ok." Cory replied.
"Mommy, don't leave me!" Auggie screamed.
"What are you talking about?" Topanga said hugging him.
"Why can't you stay here with me?!"
Topanga smiled. "Honey I love you and so does daddy but we haven't had very much time alone since the baby has come."
"So, just spend time alone with me!"
"Sorry bubba, it's just a mommy and daddy thing. I promise once we get home tonight we'll play with you all you want."
"Fine." Auggie agreed. The family sat and enjoyed their pancakes before going to get ready for the day ahead.
"Cory, which one should I wear?" Topanga asked holding up a black and white chevron top and a shear wide sleeved blouse.
"Topanga it doesn't matter to me." Cory replied.
"Well which one will make me look thinner?" Cory came out of the bathroom and grabbed both of the shirts and threw them to the ground.
"Why did you do that?!" Topanga snapped.
"Because if you're judging your outfit choices on what makes you look skinnier or fatter than the outfit probably isn't the right choice."
"I think I'll wear a dress." Topanga smiled.
Cory kissed her forehead before returning to the bathroom.
"Well look at you two, all ready to go out." Riley said to Cory and Topanga.
"You look amazing." Riley added.
"Thank you love." Topanga replied.
"So where are you two nut jobs going?" Maya asked.
"Well we're gonna go out for lunch, then go take a walk around central park, then we are gonna go dancing." Cory stated.
"Ooo exciting." Maya said sarcastically.
"So when's Shawn going to be here?" Riley asked.
Just then a knock at the door came. "I'll get it." Cory said.
"Shawny!" Cory yelled pulling his best friend into a hug.
"Cor, so good to see you! I'm really glad I'm gonna be in New York for a few months."
"That's wonderful Shawn, now we can spend all day together!"
Topanga groaned and rolled her eyes. "Right, the wife." Cory turned to see Topanga tapping her foot anxiously.
"Sorry, hun are you ready to go?" he asked taking her arm.
"Yes, I am." Topanga leaned up to kiss him gently.
"Ok then Shawn, Harper is upstairs and if you need anything just call us. Riley and Maya be good and try not to catch the apartment of fire while we're gone." Cory said.
"We, won't." they replied.
They all said their goodbyes and Cory and Topanga made their way to their favorite sushi restaurant.
"So what do you girls wanna do?" Shawn asked.
"Actually we're going to the bakery to meet Farkle and Lucas." Riley said.
"Oh, well I just spend the day with Auggie and Harper then."
"Good, because Auggie needs some play time since mom and dad are always busy with Harper."
"Right." Shawn said.
"Just don't get into any trouble and be back before seven alright?"
"Ok!" Riley and Maya left and headed down to the bakery where Farkle and Lucas were seated at a booth.
"Hey guys!" Lucas greeted. He patted the spot next to him indicating for Riley to sit there. She smiled and sat in the empty spot. Maya felt awkward sitting next to Farkle considering she didn't like him anymore. He continued to have romantic gestures but they weren't working anymore.
"So what do you guys want to do? See a movie, go get frozen yogurt?" Lucas asked.
"Maybe a movie would be good since it is a little chilly for fro-yo." Riley said.
"Alrighty then, what should we go see?"
"Ooo let's go see Cinderella!" Riley suggested. Everyone groaned leaving Riley a bit upset.
"Well then…" Riley mumbled.
"How about the Duff, it looks pretty good to me." Maya suggested.
"Sure why not?" Farkle immediately agreed leaving Maya even more creeped out.
"Well let's go!" Riley said as they all pulled out of the booth. Maya and Farkle were too lost into some conversation to even notice that Riley and Lucas had hung back.
Lucas had given Riley and kiss on the lips and she was a little stunned by it. She'd asked Lucas to stay with her for a second.
"What's wrong?" Lucas asked.
"What are we doing?" Riley asked frustrated.
"Huh?"
"What is this, are we just fooling around or are we dating? I don't know what to call you or how to feel!"
"Riles I don't know what to say…" he trailed off.
"Well I do, Lucas what am I to you, am I your girl friend or am I just your friend with a benefit because I need to know before things start to go wrong."
Lucas stared at her with wide eyes no knowing how to respond. Riley sighed and left Lucas standing in the middle of the bakery more confused then he'd ever been.
Topanga had Cory's blazer over her shoulders while he had his arm around her. "This has been the most wonderful day." Topanga said.
"It really has been nice just us two having some time alone."
Topanga stopped walking and gazed into his eyes. She stood on her tippy toes since she was wearing flats and she kissed Cory intimately. His arms tightened around her waist while her arms circled around his neck.
A soft moan left her lips as they broke the kiss. He planted a kiss right behind her ear the spot that made her weak in the knees. She smiled feeling her whole body tingle.
"Maybe we shouldn't do this here." Topanga said as Cory's lips trailed to her neck.
Cory kissed her neck gently before lifting his curly head to face Topanga. "Alright, well you wanna go home and do this then?" he asked taking her hand.
"But what about dancing?"
"Nah, we can that later." He spun her around and she giggled with delight.
When he spun her back in Cory dipped her. Topanga's hand was placed over her chest as he leaned down to kiss her. Just as their lips were about to meet a familiar voice came about.
"Cory?"
Cory looked up to see Lauren Summers standing in front up him. That's when he dropped Topanga in the grass and went to puke in the pond.
Well hello lovelies! Sorry for the wait I had a friend spend the night this weekend and things were a bit hectic. This chapter was fun to write and omg the cliff hanger at the end!
I honestly have wanted to incorporate Lauren into one of the stories. I feel like everyone sorta wants to know what would happen and what it would be like if she came back. I was honestly thinking of starting a story called Girl meets Lauren but I decided against it because I thought why not put it in this story.
Things are going to get very interesting and some you will see something you've seen in the past happen again. Next chapter is the big Corpanga chapter I've been dying to write so get excited!
Also what do you guys think about Maya? I feel like a change for her is going to be good and before you Markle shippers freak out they are far from being over and done with so just stay with me! Not sure if Rucas will be resolved next chapter considering what's happening next chapter. I think it'll have two parts honestly because a lot is going to happen.
I'm really excited about this story and I'm glad you guys are too. Chapter 4 should be out soon since I'm excited to write it! Anyways remember to please review and tell me what you think your reviews inspire me to write! I'll talk to you guys later :)
