Topanga, Angela and Zoey carried the last of their things from their dorm room up to their new apartment. On their way back, they stopped by the boys' dorm room.
"We just wanted to come by and get the rest of our stuff." Topanga told them.
"We're in the apartment now, you know." Angela added.
"I'm basically just moving back in." Zoey stated.
"So you girls kicked out Eric, Jack and Blake out of the apartment?" Shawn asked.
Zoey nodded. "Pretty much."
"Why do you need to be somber." Cory asked Topanga.
"Cory, the only relationship I believed in more than ours is dead, and I'm not somber." Topanga replied.
Cory walked over to Topanga and smiled brightly. "I want you to turn that frown upside down."
Topanga shook her head. "Stop it."
"Yeah, Cory, don't." Shawn agreed.
"Don't what?" Cory questioned. "Don't be the only one who knows the four of us- sorry, Angela- should be together? Well, I'm gonna fix you and I'm fix gonna you and I'm gonna fix you." He pointed to his three friends. "And then I'm gonna take a bath."
"Goodbye." Topanga said quietly.
"Goodbye, mopey." Cory teased.
"Don't make fun of me, insensitive jerk." Topanga said before she walked out of the room, followed by Angela.
Cory smiled widely. "And she's gonna be Mrs. Insensitive jerk."
Zoey sighed before her gaze fell on her best friend. "Shawn...."
"Zo...." Shawn trailed off.
Cory groaned. "Okay. Here's, like, an hour out of my life."
"I can't be in a relationship right now." Zoey admitted quietly.
"Fine. You know what? That absolutely fine. But this is you, and if you walk out that door, I'm just gonna forget that you ever existed." Shawn told her. Zoey frowned slightly and left with the other girls. Shawn turned back to Cory. "I'd do anything to get her back."
••••
So far everything was going well as the four of them talked about everything except the boys in their lives. However, the distant feeling was only more pronounced as the four girls could fit on the couch.
While the four girls did their nails on the couch Eric and Jack barged into the peaceful space.
"We want our apartment back and we want it now!" Eric shouted.
"You're bullies, is all you are, for one, have never backed down from a bully." Jack declared.
The four girls remained absorbed in their tasks.
"I really respect that, Jack." Rachel said.
"You guys are such strong men." Angela added.
"I'm so moved by your little speech." Zoey agreed.
Topanga stood up from the couch. 'Can I offer a slight suggestion."
"Of course you may." Eric replied.
"How about we settle this right now?" Topanga questioned as strolled towards the boys. "How about we kick your squirrelly little butts right now? Do you guys have any idea what is going on in my life right now? Do you have any idea how much anger I have inside of me?"
"A lot?" Jack guessed.
"Steel cage match, tag team! Whoever lives gets this apartment." Zoey announced.
Eric chuckled. "You four girly-girls want to wrestle us manly men?"
Zoey rolled her eyes when Eric cheered s Jack showed the girls his 'muscles'.
"Are you sure about this, Topanga and Zoey?" Angela asked them.
Topanga had a smug expression as she grabbed an empty Coke can from the table. She let out a loud yell before she smashed the can against her forehead.
Eric tried to copy her but when he went to slam it against his head, the can stayed full and instead he toppled over.
Jack sighed. "It's supposed to be an empty can, Eric."
••••
It took the girls a moment for them to move the furniture around so they had enough space for the steel cage match between them and the boys.
"Let's go. Bring it on." Zoey challenged.
"Dude, what did Shawn do to her?" Eric whispered to Jack.
"Wait, wait, wait. How are we supposed to wrestle without a referee?" Jack questioned.
"Yep, he's right. We can't do this." Eric agreed quickly. "No, there's no way... How are we going to do it without a referee?"
Then all of a sudden the front door fell to the ground, to reveal Mankind on the other side.
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"Where am I?" Mankind questioned. Everyone then got into position. One side were the girls and the boys were on the other side. "Okay, the rules are simple - there will be absolutely no touching the girls above the belt."
"No, wait, hang on a second...." Eric began.
Mankind grabbed Eric by the shoulders and kneed him into the groin before lifting him into the air. Eric yelled in fear before he was tossed over Mankind's shoulders and landed on the couch.
"Sounds good." Jack stated.
"All right, let's bring it!" Mankind announced.
Rachel was up first. She walked up to jack and got into a fighting position. She threw her first which was easily caught by Jack.
"Rachel, I can't.... I can't fight you. You're too sweet." Jack admitted.
"Oh, Jack, that is really sweet of you." Rachel responded.
"This is sweet." Mankind agreed.
Before Jack could thank Mankind, Rachel jumped onto his back. She then grabbed the back of his head and smashed it against the pile of burgers they were going to have later.
"Oh, I broke a nail. Zoey!" Rachel called.
The girls high-fived each other.
"Oh, my God. Are you okay?" Zoey asked, placing both hands on Jack's cheeks.
Jack had his hands covering his mouth as his voice was muffled when he try to respond. Zoey rolled her eyes before throwing him across the island, spilling the bowl of popcorn.
Zoey smirked proudly at herself as she walked back to the group and high-fived Topanga.
Jack stumbled his way over to Eric who already looked defeated from his encounter with Mankind.
"No! Don't tag me. Don't tag me. Don't tag me." Eric begged.
"For crying out loud, show some dignity, guys." Mankind said, grabbing Jack and Eric by the ears, lifting them up so they stood on their feet. "Get in there and wrestle!"
Jack and Eric hugged each other fearfully when Topanga, Zoey, Rachel and Angela stalked towards them.
"All right, there's four of them. This is unfair." Jack pointed out.
"The only things that are not fair is this..." Mankind trailed off, kneeing Eric in the groin once more. "And this..."
Zoey's eyes widen in shock as she watched Mankind throw Eric into the stairs, breaking the railing as he did so.
"Okay, bring it on." Jack insisted.
"This apartment is ours!" Eric weakly added.
Topanga grabbed Eric by the collar of his shirt and punched him in the stomach multiple times before throwing him on the island. She then dragged him across the island while Angela, Rachel and Zoey were taking turns fighting Jack.
Topanga walked over to Jack and threw him onto the couch before throwing him onto the ground with Eric.
The battle was over.
Angela, Topanga, Zoey and Rachel both cheered that the apartment was now theirs.
••••
Next morning, Zoey sat at her desk in Mr. Feeny's classroom. She was talking to Topanga, the two of them were proud of themselves that they won against the boys for the apartment.
The two stopped talking when they noticed Cory and Shawn approaching them.
"Hey, how was your weekend?" Topanga asked.
"Boring. Uneventful. We stayed here in Philly. Local. We stayed in town." Shawn replied.
Zoey narrowed her eyes. "Tell the truth."
"We went around town." Cory informed.
"Oh, yeah." Shawn muttered.
"Why would you go around town?" Topanga wondered.
"Steel!" Shawn exclaimed. "We needed to find some girders."
Zoey immediately knew Shawn was lying.
"We went to talk to your parents." Cory told Topanga.
Shawn looked down at his feet. "Oh, yeah."
Topanga stared at Cory in shocked. "You went to talk to my parents without talking to me first?"
"Hey, Topanga, it wasn't that big a deal." Shawn assured her.
"Did you go there to fix everything?" Topanga questioned. She angrily stepped towards Cory. "Is that what you did, Superman?"
"Hey, hey, knock it off!" Shawn exclaimed, standing in between her and Cory. "Look, Cory traveled around Philadelphia and found your parents to try to put them back together for you, and he was brilliant."
"He was?" Topanga asked, slightly shocked.
"He made some unbelievable moves. 'Will you see your wife, please'? 'Will you take your husband back, please?' He was good, Topanga." Shawn responded. He turned to face Cory. "You were good."
"Were you?" Topanga asked Cory.
"I wanted to be." Cory replied.
"What does that mean?" She wondered.
"I failed." He answered with a frown. "I failed horribly. I don't think your parents are going to get back together."
"I don't either. I don't understand what could have happened between them. I mean, they were so in love." Topanga said.
Cory nodded. "I know."
"Do you have any idea what could have happened to them?" Topanga questioned.
"No." Cory replied hesitantly. "I don't know, you know? Sometimes things just happen. But you were right, everything I believed was wrong. Sometimes love just dies. Topanga, look...."
Topanga turned around and sat back in her seat. Mr. Feeny walked into the classroom and began teaching about what they were discussing yesterday.
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PUBLISHED: January 29, 2019
WORDS: 1682