It's My Life • Shawn Hunter

4| Cory's Alternative Friends

"Topanga?" Cory asked in disbelief.

Topanga was an odd person. She has a very Zen personality. She had wavy hair and had a white dress on. She sat in front of Cory. She turned around to face him.

"Give me your hand." She told him.

Cory was surprised. "Why?"

"I want to see if our energy converge." Topanga said.

Shawn and Zoey couldn't help but smile when Cory placed his hand into Topanga's.

"Ooo." The two of them trailed off. Cory rolled his eyes.

Topanga closed his hand and turned to the front of the class. "He is vibrationally acceptable."

"Thanks." Cory told Topanga as he got out of his seat, approaching Mr. Feeny. "Uh, Mr. Feeny? May I approach the bench?"

"Objective, Mr. Matthews?" Mr. Feeny asked.

"Can you be swayed on this?" Cory wondered.

"I'm Gibraltar." Mr. Feeny said.

"Come on, Mr. Feeny, Topanga is like totally strange." Cory told Mr. Feeny. "What about Zoey?"

"Mr. Matthews, have you forgotten that Miss Francis has already done her presentation with Miss Cater?" Mr. Feeny asked.

"Damn it." Corry muttered. Zoey chuckled lightly.

"Strange is in the eye of beholder." Mr. Feeny said. "I, for example have a young neighbor, who sings along with his little sisters Barney records."

Cory's eyes widened. "You hear that?"

••••

Zoey was sitting next to Shawn in the cafeteria, while Cory was getting some food from the vending machine.

"You guys sucked with your presentation." Zoey told Shawn, eating her lunch.

Shawn glared at the brunette. "Shut up."

Zoey couldn't help but smile. She then looked over to see Cory approaching her and Shawn, whilst touching his hair all over. When he sat back at the table, he picked up a spoon, looked at the back of it and continued to touch his hair again. Zoey looked at him confused.

"Um... do you need some alone time, Cory?" She asked.

"What do you two think of my hair?" Cory questioned.

"Guys don't ask guys that question." Shawn said.

"Well, would this qualify as a brillo head?" Cory asked, gesturing to his head.

"Nah." Shawn said, touching Cory's head. "You're more of a nerf head."

"You knew this, and you didn't tell me?" Cory questioned, raising his voice.

"You got curly hair. Big deal." Shawn said, eating his lunch. "Can we move on now?"

Cory shrugged his shoulders. "Sure it's easy for you to talk. You got hair. I'm a chia pet."  Zoey nearly choked on her drink and almost spat it out everywhere. "How about you, Zoey? What do you think?"

Zoey sighed, trying to think of a good answer that will not hurt Cory's feelings.

"It's like what Shawn said, you got curly hair. I know a lot of people who have curly hair." The brunette told him.

Then out of nowhere, Topanga approached the table, holding a sign up sheet in her hand.

"Cory, I got Jedidiah to drive me to your house after school." She informed him.