Girl Meets Season 4

2. Girl Meets Fire

For Cory Matthews his life before he had his children was a journey, he had met his wife at a young age and against all odds he was able to keep her in his life. She was the light in my life, yes the constant jokes about his friendship with his best friend Shawn Hunter were always following him but he had kept them going. His wife Topanga had his heart and soul and he knew that she knew this. His children also held a part of his heart that he had never thought existed until his daughter Riley was born.

The year she was born made him nervous and that may have translated into how he had raised her, his son on the other hand wasn't as protected as his daughter, it is easily seen when the two of them are next to one another. His son was freer when it came to showing his talents, while his daughter struggled, and for that Cory was fearful of how he had raised his daughter. Yet when he looked at her, as a smiling happy young lady he was still proud of the girl who would do anything for her friends. She stands up for what she believed in and makes sure that everyone had a say in what happened around them.

Then when she reached seventh grade everything started to change, when a boy came into her life and it made Cory nervous. He didn't see Lucas as a threat, but he was reminded of what his father in law had once said to him that he hadn't been afraid of Cory, but he should have been. Cory had taken those words to heart when the cowboy from Texas showed up in his class, and Riley had been smitten by him. With every day that passed the relationship between the two had grown and Cory's heart couldn't take the fact that he couldn't be afraid of the boy, until he heard about what had happened in Texas. After that he was afraid of what Lucas was doing to his daughter's heart. It frightened him every day because if she was willing to do what she had done, what was Lucas willing to do to make her happy.

Once the whole triangle debacle had ended, Cory's fears grew and although he usually stayed up late to grade papers, he found himself not sleeping very well. Thoughts of boys in his daughter's room, and dates, and kissing started to freak him out. He kept thinking that she was too young for any of that. So when his beloved wife told him to go to the doctor and talk about his problems he did what she said, because he was more afraid of his wife then he was of a doctor. After one very long session about his sleeping problem and his worries about his daughter the doctor prescribed some sleeping pills for the first week just to try them out.

Each night he had dreams about his daughter while she was growing up, about his daddy daughter dates, how they would make pancakes for breakfast. Small things that made him remember that she was a nice girl who was just growing up. Except on the night he dreamt of making pancakes with little Riley, his little sunshine, he had walked into the kitchen and started making pancakes. His wife had woken up in time to sound the alarm and pull his family out of the house.

"Cory," she said after they had stood outside while the fire department assessed the damage. "I love you but you have to stop taking those sleeping pills. Every night you wake up in a different room. Why won't you tell me what's wrong?"

He sighed and looked at the love of his life, "I'm scared about how Riley is growing up, I don't want to lose my little girl."

She pulled him away from the kids and sat him down on a nearby stoop, "Cory she's just fine, that girl will be taking over the world one day, you shouldn't worry so much. She's a good kid."

"I know I guess I wasn't ready, for boys, and dating," he sighed as she put her arm around him.

"You think our parents were ready?"

"Doubt it, but they had practice before they got us," he said thinking of their older siblings. "I guess this means that we'll be prepared for when Auggie gets to that stage."