Girl Meets Season 4

2. Girl Meets Fire

"I'm pretty sure he's already married," she said looking over and seeing Auggie holding onto Ava while Riley watched over them. "She grows on you."

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Riley couldn't believe what was happening, one minute she was in her room sleeping, dreaming of little purple cats, and flowery fields the next her mother was calling for a family emergency and there was smoke everywhere. She didn't know the details, except that her father had started cooking in the kitchen while he was sleepwalking. She didn't understand why it was that her father was sleepwalking in the first place. Her parents were sitting on the steps of the next brownstone talking, while Riley watched as the firefighters walked in and out of her childhood home. Once they were done they told them that the fire damage had only occurred in the kitchen and living room areas, and that they would have to replace the furniture but since the upstairs rooms were closed the smoke hadn't reached there. Although they did recommend repainting all of the rooms and washing the sheets and clothes. Her mother worked quickly to make sure to hire people to work on the apartment so that they wouldn't be out of their home and sent the them to get clothes to wear for a few days while the cleaners worked to get the smell out of the house.

As they went to a nearby hotel the four of them were situated in a room and exhaustion took over, as Riley fell asleep in the same bed as her little brother. They had been awake since two in the morning and it was now almost six. Both kids were excused from going to school and her parents called out from work. When they all woke up a few hours later her parents took Auggie with them to the park and Riley went to the café to get her homework from her friends.

"Riley why weren't you in school today?" Farkle asked as she sat in her usual seat next to Lucas, her friends all looked up at her.

"Well my dad nearly burned down our apartment last night so we had to stay at a hotel," she said.

"What?" Maya said looking around the room to see the shocked faces of their group. "How could your dad do that?"

"That's what we're trying to find out, all I know is that his doctor gave me these sleeping pills to help him sleep, and the next thing I know is that he's burning down the kitchen," she sighed thinking about her father. "I really should pay more attention to him."

"Well maybe there's a scientific explanation for this?" Lucas said looking to Farkle and Smackle. "How about it you two can you figure this out?"

"Knowing Mr. Matthews and his need to teach everything based on his daughter and her friends I believe that she maybe the cause of it," Smackle said, as they all looked at her in shock.

"Do you really believe that?" Riley said feeling depressed about the possibility that she may have something to do with her father's newest mood. "I need to talk to my parents."

"I'll go with you," Maya said standing up.

"Maya a much as I would love to have you there, maybe I need to do this alone," she said looking around at her friends. "Maybe it's time for a little daddy daughter day."

"Okay but call me if you need me," Maya said hugging her best friend.

"Can you guys email me my homework please?"

"Don't worry we will," Farkle said as Riley stood and walked out of the café.

Lucas followed her outside and stopped her once they were away from the café windows, "Riley why didn't you call when it happened?"

"I didn't think about it, I didn't even have my phone," she said looking down at the pavement. "All I could think about was that the house was burning and getting out through the bay window."