"Come on, Auggie. Just pick a babysitter," Cory practically begged. They had been at this for an hour and were getting no where.

"Why do you have to go anywhere? Aren't you happy with me?" Auggie argued, crossing his arms.

"Knock it off. It's our anniversary," Topanga said. She was growing tired of her son's antics. This was one of the few days a year that she looked forward to and was determined not to have it not ruined.

"All right," Auggie relented which received sighs of relief from his parents. "I'll give ya three hours. And bring me back an Auggie bag."

"Okay, deal," Cory agreed.

Typically, Cory would have asked Shawn and Katy to watch Auggie and in previous years that's what they had done, but Shawn was away for the weekend on an assignment in Connecticut and Katy was working a late shift.

"All right. So how about Shelly from down the street?" Topanga suggested.

"Smelly Shelly?" Josh interjected, joining the conversation from the kitchen. He had been upstairs during most of his parents convincing and had only come downstairs for a snack. "Please tell me you're not going with her."

"Josh, this doesn't concern you," Topanga said. "Aren't you spending the night at Andrew's anyway."

"Yeah, so," Josh shrugged. He went over to his little brother and scooted next to him on the couch. "But as the older brother, I need to watch out for my little bro and make sure that my parents don't make the mistake of hiring a bad babysitter."

"He's right, Topanga," Cory added. Topanga growled at her husband. She was never too thrilled when anyone was right over her. "Shelly does smell. How about Anna Stephonopoli?"

"'Wanna play monopoly?' No, Anna, I don't. Okay? I don't," Auggie said. He had previous encounters with babysitters before and the ones his parents were listing were the worst of the bunch.

Riley swung open the door and entered the living room with Maya in tow. "I'm late, I'm late, I know I'm late!" Riley exclaimed.

"Seven minutes," Cory said checking his watch.

"Say nothing. Keep walking," Maya encouraged. Riley was making a big deal over nothing. Being seven minutes late for a seven o'clock curfew was nothing. She was blowing it out of proportion.

"No. This is a thing. Deal with your bad girl," Riley said, jumping onto the couch on the other side of Auggie.

"Okay, where were you?" Topanga asked, playing along.

"Demolition. It's an alternative store. Where rebels go! And I bought this t-shirt I don't think you'll entirely approve of. Bleh!" Riley explained, trying to be cool.

"Edgy," Topanga commented.

"Uh, Riley, what's going on?" Cory asked, not entirely seeing the point of Riley's rant.

"I am too old for a seven o'clock curfew. I reject it! Reject it! Reject it! Won't even respect it!" Riley rhymed. She was still hyped up from cheerleading tryouts, but they hadn't gone so well. Another year in the books.

"Didn't make the team again, huh?" Topanga asked.

"No!" Riley answered.

"Every year," Cory, Josh, Auggie, and Maya said in unison under their breaths. This was nothing out of the ordinary, they went through this every year. Riley annually tried out for cheerleading and somehow managed to screw up worse than the year before which ultimately ended up preventing her from joining the team. It was a story that they knew all too well.

"Okay, look, Riley, your father and I gave you a seven o'clock curfew because we knew that even when you got all rebellious you'd still be home by seven thirty," Topanga admitted. It was a genius idea on their part as parents, because they raised a goodie-two-shoes like Riley who would never question it until now.

"What?!" Riley yelped.

"Yeah. So when you come in here at seven o' seven acting all dangerous, it's hard-" Cory began, but ended up bursting into laughter. "I'm sorry. I can't even keep a straight face."

The laughter trickled throughout the rest of the family, hitting Topanga, then Josh, then Auggie, and eventually Maya couldn't contain herself from joining in.

"Seriously, sis, how did you not catch on? At your age I had a later curfew than that," Josh said in between chuckles. He was pretty sure his was ten o'clock in seventh grade and by sophomore year he got it extended till midnight. Granted that he kept dismissing the curfew until his parents just made midnight his new one.

"Mom?! Dad?!" Riley exclaimed. She did not understand why Josh got the special privilege of a later curfew than she did at her age.

"We made mistakes," Cory said.

"He was the first one," Topanga added.

And boy did they make mistakes with Josh. Not only was he the first one, but Cory and Topanga were young when they had him. Though they were still young when Riley came along, at least they had been doing the parenting thing for almost three years at that point. The fine tuned their skills by the time Riley came along.

Riley couldn't help but notice that the laughter hadn't ceased. She did not find the situation as funny as they did.

"What are you laughing at? I'm outta control!" Riley explained.

Cory laughed, "Maya, you couldn't keep her out any later than that? I mean, what kind of bad influence are you?"

Maya suddenly stopped laughing. Had Matthews questioned her ability as a bad influence? "I gotta up my game," Maya said to herself, having a semi-crisis. If Cory thought she was weak, then she must have been not picking up the slack as a bad influence. What would her dad say?

"I want to be taken seriously. I deserve a later curfew," Riley argued.

"Okay, fine, but I'm your teacher, and I want you to get proper rest. I don't want your schoolwork to suffer," Cory explained. He had already lost the curfew battle with Josh, meaning he wasn't going to let it slip with Riley.

"And I'm your attorney, so, please state your case, Ms. Matthews," Topanga said giving Riley the floor.

"I submit to the court, ten o'clock," Riley offered.

"The court laughs in your face. Court?" Topanga asked, turning to her sons.

"Ha!" Josh and Auggie laughed in Riley's direction.

"The legal system is a joke!" Riley said, leaning back and slouching on the couch.

"Your new curfew is eight," Topanga said.

Riley sprung up from her seat with glee. "God bless America!"

"I want a later curfew too," Auggie said, wanting to get in on the fun his sister was having.

"Why?" Cory questioned. The kid wasn't even six. Why would he even need a later curfew if he didn't have a curfew?

"Where do you want to go at night?" Topanga asked, entertaining Auggie's thought.

"Wherever you go," Auggie said, standing from his seat to hug his parents. He then settled himself on Topanga's lap on the ground. "Does that mean I can come to your 'nanoversary'?"

"Sorry, honey, mommy and daddy haven't been on a date for, like three weeks and four days," Cory explained. Three weeks and four days had been too long. Three kids and fifteen years later, they need every date they could get.

"I don't understand why you guys even need to go out on dates," Maya added as she snuck her way onto the Matthews' couch to occupy the seat Auggie had vacated. The spot had the bonus perk of being between two of her favorite people - Riley and Josh. "My parents rarely go out on dates and they're as happy as ever."

It's not because Shawn and Katy didn't want to go out, their schedules simply did not leave much room for it. Between work, Maya, and time spent with the Matthews, dates had got pushed to the sidelines. Truth be told, the closest they probably got to a proper date is a movie night on the couch once a month.

"Then what do your parents do for their anniversary?" Josh questioned.

"Simple, my dad goes to the diner and orders a cup of coffee while my mom works, then the boss yells at them for talking. Very romantic," Maya explained.

To the average person, what Katy and Shawn Hunter did to celebrate their wedding anniversary was abysmal. No date and own of them was working. However, the people who knew them best would know the significance behind the simple action. It was over a cup of coffee that Shawn's whole world changed. He met a waitress, fell in love with her, had a kid, got married, and the rest was history.

"Guys, guys. It's not just the curfew. I want you to think of me as more of a grown up," Riley said changing the subject, clearly not fully over the whole curfew debacle.

Auggie sat up straight on his mother's lap as a lightbulb went off inside his head. "I have an idea," Auggie announced.

"Define 'grown up.' I can go buy t-shirts whenever I want," Riley added more context for her parents.

"And how do you make the money to do that?" Topanga asked.

"Idea! Idea!" Auggie repeated. He got off Topanga's lap and hoped that someone would pick up on it.

"I don't have to. I'm a kid," Riley answered her mother whilst ignoring her little brother.

"Riley, grown ups have responsibilities," Cory explained.

"Idea idea idea! Idea idea idea!" Auggie was basically jumping up and down to try and get his family's attention. He wasn't having much luck from his parents, but his brother always got his back.

"I think Auggie has an idea," Josh said.

All eyes were on Auggie.

"What's the matter, Auggie?" Cory asked.

"Let Riley be my babysitter," Auggie suggested. It was the perfect solution. Riley wanted to prove to their parents that she was all grown up and Auggie did not want to have Smelly Shelly or Anna Monopoly as a babysitter.

"Auggie, you think your sister's ready for that kind of responsibility?" Topanga asked. Though Riley was about a week out from turning thirteen, she had never left Riley alone with Auggie before. If the kids were ever left home alone, which was a rarity, Josh was at least there. It's not like she didn't trust Riley, this was just a huge responsibility for her daughter to take on.

"I would put my life in her hands," Auggie said, showing how serious he was about the situation.

"Aww, Auggie, you really want me to babysit you?" Riley was heart warmed by Auggie's faith in her.

"I trust you," Auggie admitted. He ran over to Riley and gave her a huge for extra effect.

"Ten bucks an hour," Riley suggested.

"Riles, you can do better than that," Maya told her. Ten was too low of a price to start with. If her dad taught her anything when it came to negotiations, then it was you start out with an absurdly high number to only bring it down to the price you originally wanted all along.

"You're right," Riley agreed. "Five bucks an hour."

Maya couldn't believe this was her best friend. She shook her head and let it fall into her hands. Josh tried to contain a bout of laughter from starting and was just about to break until Maya elbowed him in the gut.

"Deal," Cory agreed, so fast that Riley couldn't take it back even if she wanted to. "Hey, Auggie, you really want Riley to be your babysitter?"

Still in Riley's arms, Auggie said, "Riley makes me smiley."