Maya's POV
It's my birthday! I'm 14! I hop off my bed and get dressed! Mom said that today she'd take a free day to spend with me and I couldn't be happier. We haven't hung out lately so this makes me really exited for today. I fix my hair and walk to the living area.
"Mom?" I don't see her. She must be in the bathroom so I check there, nothing. Maybe she's hiding to surprise
"Come on mom! Where are you?" I notice a cupcake on the table and a note under it.
"Sorry, had to take an extra shift today. I won't be back for the day. Enjoy your cupcake tho. Love you, mom XOXO" I sigh. How could I be such a fool? I should've expected this. I'm not even hungry. I head to Riley's. Hope she won't ask many questions. I climb the bay window and I'm happily greeted by my best friend who gives me the box that contains...another one?
"Happy 14, Maya! How's 14? Tell me what it's like to be 14, but don't leave anything out" Another box? How many are in there?
"So far it is a lot of work"
"Because you know I'll be there soon, and I want to know what I have to look forward to" I fake a smile
"Well, if you're like me, you can look forward to your mother forgetting your birthday"
"Oh, no she did not!" she tries to sneak out of the window but I stop her... another box?!
"Where you goin', honey?"
"Must talk to your mom"
"Must not get involved"
"Why do you tell me these things if you don't expect me to fix them?" I sigh
"When you're 14, you'll understand" that's just an excuse, she will never understand it
"How could your mother forget your birthday, Maya?"
"I've stopped trying to figure it out. She was already gone when I woke up this morning. She probably just took an early shift at the diner"
"Rather than be there for your birthday? Uh-uh" woah, rings?
"Riles, a friendship ring"
"Yeah"
"Two of them"
"Yeah!"
"In case I lose one"
"No"
"Well, anybody else would have just gotten me one"
"No"
"Oh, I get it"
"Yeah"
"One for each hand"
"No" I put one on my left ring finger
"I'll never take this off until I die"
"You'll probably die before me since you're older. Should I tell the people not to take it off your dead corpse body?" that was...pretty morbid
"Yeah, would you do that for me?"
"And, Maya, the other ring..." I take it and slide it to her ring finger as well
"...is for you."
"Yeah. Oh, no. If you're not there, who's going to tell the people not to take it off my dead corpse body? Happy Birthday, Maya" We hug
"Thanks for not forgetting" Elliot calls us
"Girls! Look who came!" she sounded pretty happy. Maybe it's my mom! She was just messing with me this morning! We run to the living room and- Shawn..."Are you really here?"
"Yep, I'm here." Elliot and him hug
"Uncle Shawn!"
"Hey there. Hey" he might not be my mom but happy that he's here
"Hey" I say before we hug
"It's her birthday. Squeeze her good"
"Oh, Happy Birthday, kiddo. You doing something special?" I shrug
"This is it" Ms. and Mr. Matthews comes in holding a cake, how sweet of them
"Honey, hide the cake before Maya gets here"
"I know, but you know what we should do? We should bring this cake to Maya's mother just in case she forgot to get her own kid a cake" my smile falls
"Oh, you think that could actually happen?" his wife asks after she notices that everyone is seeing them
"Honey, I grew up with Shawn Hunter. Remember his mother? She forgot where she lived. See, my biggest worry is that forgetting to give your kid a cake is the first step to forgetting where you live"
"Oh, that's not your biggest worry anymore" he takes a deep breath
"Maya's behind me, isn't she? Why is everybody always behind me? Okay, Maya, I'm not going to turn around because I'm all embarrassed, but you know how much I like your mother"
"I know you do. You always defend her"
"Because at least she's not-"
"No, everything's fine! Stop talking"
"Shawn's mother! What a cuckoo. 'Ah, it's Tuesday! I better run away!'" he laughs, yeah, that wasn't funny
"You have to laugh, huh, Topanga? Nice face"
"You want to turn around or you want me to turn you around?"
"How you doin', Shawn?"
"Well, it ain't Tuesday, so pretty good" Mr. Matthews throws the cake in the air and hugs Shawn. Luckily Elliot grabs it
"Shawny! Ah! How you doin', buddy?"
"Just here doing a photo essay 'Weekends in New York for under $100.' It's impossible. Can I stay here?"
"We found him on the couch. Can we keep him?"
"Wait a minute. Who let you in?"
"I have a key"
"You gave him a key?"
"Fine, I'll give you a key"
"You love me!"
"I do love you. You have the key to my heart" What a smartass. That's how you get out of trouble
"So who has the key to your heart?" Riley asks her uncle
"Yeah, you ever been in love or what?"
"Angela time?" Who's Angela?
"Seems unavoidable"
"Angela. Spill it"
"Yeah, was she all tortured poet-wanderer-female-you type?"
"You guys want to know how they fell in love?"
"He went through her purse" Woah, seems fun.
"What?"
"I can explain that"
"Girls, trust us, it was very romantic in high school"
"So basically he fell in love with a concept?" I giggle
"It was doomed from the start"
"Never let me do that"
"I would kill it immediately. That's what best friends are supposed to do" The itersect our hands in the air
"Ring power!"
"Ring power!"
"Thunder!"
"Lightning!" Shawn puts our hands down, yeah, pretty embarrassing
"So, where's Angela now?"
"I don't know. I tried to make it work"
"But you couldn't commit?"
"No. You know, people have it all wrong about me. I was all in. She's the one who left. I got left"
"Yeah, I... I get a lot of that too. Who's on your list?"
"Mother, father, girlfriend" I look down
"Wow. What is it with us?" he chuckles sadly
"What is it with us?"
"Window! Window right now!" I start getting up but she pushes me back down
"Not you"
"But, it's my birthday"
"Yeah, I know" she points at her mother
"You"
"Really?" she then points at Elliot and her dad
"And you two!"
"Oh, boy!" and with that they walk away to her bedroom. What just happened?
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Girl Meets World | AU
FanfictionWhat if Riley had an older brother? Would relationships have been the same? Would the story have been different? Would've the ships remained the same ones? (This story contains serious topics like alcohol and sex. read at your own risk)
