Matthews vs. Matthews

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. This was inspired by the seemingly forgotten fact Riley is a Knicks fan and from a conversation I had with AliQueen16 over the whole thing. Granted, despite my being a guy I don't know crap about Basketball. Some of what I've been seeing on Tumblr also inspired some of this as well.

Summary: Its father vs. daughter in a game of Basketball!

Shortly into their freshman year of high school and when things imploded in their friend group because of Riley's insistence of a triangle between herself, Lucas, and Maya, the brunette wound up finding herself an outlet in the form of Basketball. Being a fan of the game for as long as she had been, it seemed only natural for her to join and she wound up being a completely better fit for that then what she was with Cheerleading. The training she had last year definitely helped with balance too so any clumsiness wasn't an issue anymore thankfully. Riley also wound up being taken underneath the wings of two senior girls who were also on the team, they were also the same two girls, along with a senior guy they had long knew, that had made her, Maya, and Lucas try and talk out their situation so it would actually improve instead of worsening. Unfortunately it did get worse as Riley wound up wanting to start up a full on triangle so that way no one really got hurt or that anything really changed.

Lucas and Maya were also not really talking all that much with one another either since she was furious with him for just going along with the whole thing instead of fighting against it to begin with. Lucas was also unhappy with Maya for not even speaking up to begin with herself since he had a hard time seeing how she was willing to go with it at first just to try and protect Riley's feelings. Being on the team helped to keep Riley's mind off the whole thing since Zay and Farkle also weren't really speaking with her either for how she had chosen to handle the whole thing. Cory however had an issue with her being on the team as he'd gotten it into his head that she shouldn't be doing that sort of thing and it had riled up both Riley and Topanga to no end too. As they felt he was being way too over protective and even Shawn had to agree with the two on that.

And so about three days before her first game, Riley wound up challenging her dad to a one on one game of Basketball in the school's gymnasium right in front of everybody in the hallway and the teacher/father/husband couldn't back down from the challenge after that. The game would end once one of them had scored twenty baskets and Billy and Brandon had somehow wound up being the commentators of the game, which led to some highly entertaining moments from the duo during the game as well.

"And there goes Hot Feet once again swerving around Old Man Potato Head in her goal to make the next basket!" Called out Billy.

"Yeah! Bring the heat Hot Feet!" Yelled Brandon afterwards.

"Why exactly are you callin' her Hot Feet anyway man?"

"Cause, she leaves burn marks all over the floor in her wake!" Laughter from the crowd could be heard after that.

Billy wondered if that was really it though. "You sure its not cause you got a crush on her or somethin'? I mean I don't blame ya or anything as she is pretty cute." More laughter could be heard after that.

Brandon had a visible blush on his face and Billy smirked as he knew he hit the mark! "Dude, can we please just focus on the game!? There is no crush! I repeat, no crush!"

"Uh-huh, right man. Right. And holy crap! Old Man Matthews actually managed to get a point! The apocalypse is coming!"

Cory sent a frown his way while Riley laughed over it. Though a blush was seen on her face due to the whole crush talk seconds ago. "You got lucky this time dad but don't count on that happening again!"

"That's what you think Riley! But I was born to do this!" Boasted the older man with a smile as he tried to steal the ball from his daughter as she went down the court with it.

"I thought you were born to play baseball?" She circled around him as he made an attempt to steal the ball from her.

"Oh! Well, you know, that too!" He lunged for the ball again and nearly stumbled to the floor when she dodged him.

"Uh-huh, whatever you say dad."

She faked a left and then went right and jumped towards the basket. "Holy crap that is a heck of a jump!" Called out Brandon excitedly.

"Talk about your Incredible Hulk impressions!" Added in Billy.

And with a slam dunk into the hoop, sending quite a few into uproarious cheers as it signified her win of this game. "Hot Feet's done it man! Old Man Matthews will never doubt his kid again!"

"If she does as well in the games to come then we are a shoe in for a whole lot of victories!"

Daughter and father met one another with a hug and the crowd aww'd at the scene. Darby noticed her Yogles rubbing at his eyes. "Are you crying?"

"What? No! What? Just… Just got something in my eyes is all." Defended Yogi quickly but Darby knew better but said nothing beyond smiling at him.

"I'm sorry for being so over protective sweetie, seeing you in action has made me realize you'll do really well." Cory told his first born with a proud smile.

Riley was happy he'd apologized and as well for his words as it meant a lot to her. "Thank you daddy. That means a lot to me."

And together, the two walked off for a little after game treat to celebrate Riley's victory.

Author's Notes: Hope you all enjoyed this one! I am actually considering Riley being part of the Basketball team in my Grabbing Life By The Horns story at some point. Though if the lack of feedback continues to happen I may just leave it alone to gather dust. And as you can see, I left out any resolution with the gang, which was done on purpose since the Basketball game was the primary focus. But in the future I may come back and do something with the resolution bit. Anyways, R and R!