It's My Life • Shawn Hunter

151| The Peace (AKA Nine The Hard Way): Part 2

The group were seated sporadically throughout Mr. Feeny's classroom to keep their distance from each other as they refused to meet their friends eyes.

"And so, my precious little jackals, here's the bottom line. No one leaves his room until you have healed every relationship in this group, no matter how long it takes." Mr. Feeny addressed them.

Eric stood behind Mr. Feeny. "No matter how long!"

"Shut up." Mr. Feeny told him.

"Shut up." Eric agreed loudly.

"How can you possibly keep us here against a will." Topanga asked, standing up from her spot.

"A minus." Mr. Feeny said.

"Well played, old man." Topanga replied as she slowly sat back down.

Mr. Feeny glanced at everyone. "I know this group as well as anyone living and I will not have it falling apart. Not now!"

"So, what if we can't fix things?" Cory wondered.

"Well, then, you will go through life without each other." Mr. Feeny answered.

"Come on, guys. We can do this. We're all adults here." Eric encouraged them.

Cory pointed to Rachel. "She started it!"

Rachel pointed at Shawn. "He parked in my spot!"

"She overreacted!" Shawn exclaimed, defending himself.

"They took apart my car!" Rachel yelled.

"She glued my pants!" Cory shouted.

"This isn't about any of that." Blake told them.

"What is it about?" Mr. Feeny prompted him.

"It's about they're jerks." Angela replied.

"It's about that these friendships aren't what we thought they were." Blake explained.

"Okay, boohoo to the four of you." Cory snapped.

Topanga turned around to face her husband. "Cory..."

"No, this is crazy. I mean, we pull a couple of pranks and suddenly we're not friends anymore?" Cory asked in disbelief.

"What kind of friends were we?" Zoey wondered.

Rachel shook her head. "Not. Not friends."

"Okay, fine. We're not friends today. I'll see ya tomorrow." Cory responded. "Mr. Feeny, why are you keeping us locked up here?"

"Because I care about you." Mr. Feeny answered.

"He cares about us, okay? And I care about us, too." Eric told them. "We've been friends all our lives."

"No. No, we haven't. That's the point." Jack said.

"Some of us have been friends all their lives." Angela added.

"And some of us haven't." Rachel agreed. "It's an exclusive club and we're not in it."

"Rachel, what are you making this such a big deal for?" Cory questioned.

"Because it is a big deal!" Angela replied, standing up from her desk.

"Alright, you know what? Look. We're not talking about that, alright?" Blake told Cory as he stood up. "Rachel, Angela, Jack and I, we feel like we're outsides."

"Okay, first of all..." Zoey began as she rose from her chair. "You're my brother, so I'm forced to like you. Angela's your girlfriend and one of my friends, okay, I like her, Jack's your best friend and soon to be my half-brother-in-law, I'm also forced to like him."