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I love Shaty, so enjoy some shameless Shaty-Maya family fluff in this one.

"Maya, Shawn's calling!" her mom yells, and Maya can't run out of her bedroom and to the living room fast enough. Her mom's laptop is sitting wide open on the coffee table, and there's Shawn, grinning and waving at them from the computer screen.

"My two favorite girls!"

"Don't let Riley hear you say that," Maya says as she sits down next to her mom and Shawn laughs. "How's Washington?"

"Busy, but staying with Eric's been entertaining. And I'm really sorry I'm not there; I hadn't expected to get pulled away so fast after the honeymoon, but c'est la vie."

"It's alright, we've been keeping busy. Maya's got school and her clubs, and I have work and an audition later this week."

"That's great! Is it for that movie I told you about? The DW Preminger one?"

"It is," she says. "Maya's sick of me forcing her to run lines with me."

"I am not. I want you to get this," Maya says. "She really deserves this one, Shawn."

"I know she does. But what about you? School going well?"

"My grades are a lot better than they used to be," she says, "Mom put my chemistry test up on the fridge."

"You got an A-; of course I did."

"A-? I'd high five you if I wasn't over two hundred miles away." She smiles. "And how'd that Macbeth essay work out? Did you fix the conclusion?"

"Yeah, I did, and I like it so much better. Mrs. Atwood hasn't returned them yet, though, so I don't know what I got on it."

"Good, good," he says, then looks down at his watch. "Shit, Eric's gonna be back any minute and he's making me go to some fundraising thing that I have to change into a suit for."

"Sounds fun," her mom says with a small laugh, and Shawn gives a nod of agreement.

"I better go. Love you guys."

"We love you too!" Maya yells. Her mom blows Shawn a kiss, which he returns, then they all furiously wave at each other as Shawn hangs up. Her mom sighs in contentment, stretching a little, then jumps to her feet, closing the laptop as she passes.

"Tuna melt good for dinner?"

"Yeah."

Her mom is really, really happy, she notices. More than ever, Maya really hopes she gets this part.

Her mom gets a callback.

Up against Anastasia Boulangerie.

Between her mom and internationally-recognized French superstar, who is going to win?

Maya doesn't like the answer.

So she comes up with a plan.

Thursday 6:13 AM

You and Riley have a first period free period this morning, right?

Yeah, why?

Wanna get me some coffee from Topanga's?

No.

Maya's seen her walk into the French bakery on her walk to the subway station every day for the past week. Since Abigail policy allows students to come in late if they have a first period free period, she lies to her mom about going to Riley's, tells Riley she's gotta help her mom with something then come right over, and instead waits for Anastasia Boulangerie outside.

She seems startled when Maya first approaches her, then kind of laughs and shakes her head, but then doesn't protest (Much) when Maya marches her up to her bedroom and handcuffs her to the radiator. It's her mom's day off, but she'd mentioned she was going to go to the grocery store (Thank God), so they're alone.

Then she heads over to Riley's and starts questioning her life choices.

Wednesday 3:19 PM

Good luck at your audition! I think you'll nail it.

I mean, you *are* Farkle.

Thanks! For the encouragement and for running lines with me.

Of course.

Her mom has just stepped off of the ladder to hang the 'Welcome Home!' sign when the door opens and Shawn comes in. He immediately starts laughing, kisses her mom, then comes and gives her a big hug and a kiss on the head. WIth his arm still wrapped around Maya, he turns to her mom.

"Eric says hi to Mia and her lovely mother and is very disappointed that he didn't get to come to the wedding, but so is everyone else in his family, really, so what does it matter?" he laughs. "But that's not what's important. How did your callback go?"

"Well…" she says, walking up to him and playing with something on his jacket. Maya looks up at Shawn to see the confusion and worry on his face and has to bite her lip hard to stop herself from ruining everything. "I got the part!" Shawn whoops- actually whoops, she wasn't expecting that- then grabs Katy around the waist and spins her around in delight. Her mom laughs, and once he sets her down he kisses her. They pull away and Shawn is so clearly happy for her mom in a way she knows her biological dad never would be.

Katy's so happy.

Shawn's so happy.

Maya's so happy.