That night, Rachel, Angela, Topanga and Zoey gathered excitedly in the living room and sat on the couch. It was girl's night tonight.
"This is so fun, the four of us living together." Rachel said happily.
"I know." Angela agreed. "Nothing beats girlfriends."
"What movies did you rent?" Zoey asked.
Rachel picked up the tapes. "I have Little Women, Terms of Endearment and Ever After. I never got to watch these kinds of film when Eric, Jack and Blake lived here. I'm so glad to see a movie without 'booty' in the title."
The girls laughed as a knock sounded at the door. Rachel opened it to reveal Cory, Shawn and Blake.
"Good evening, ladies. The boyfriends have arrived. Let the kissy-kissy began!" Blake said excitedly.
Zoey beamed happily at Shawn and their lips almost immediately connected even before he finished sitting down.
When they pulled apart, Zoey gave Shawn a curious look. "What are you doing? I thought I told you we were gonna hang in the apartment tonight."
"I know, but I figure, you, Topanga and Angela here, me, Cory and Blake not here, it's just not right." Shawn answered with an effortless shrug. "Now kiss your fiancée."
Zoey smirked. "With pleasure."
Shawn's mouth, coupled with the way his hand is sliding down Zoey's arm, is all too much. So much. Good much. So good. Zoey just whimpered. As soon as the sound leaves her mouth, he's pressing her harder against the couch.
"Yes?" Cory asked which caused them to halt.
Rachel watched them with disappointment. "We were gonna watch a movie."
Cory leaned over to Shawn. "Movie?"
"Dark." Shawn replied.
"Good. Movie good." Blake finished before he picked up the options. 'Let's see what you got. Estrogen on Parade, Put Down the Seat and These Shoes or These Shoes... Well, these are all very lovely."
"However, no." Shawn agreed. "Perhaps the ladies are unaware of Jennifer Lopez versus Carmen Electra on Celebrity Deathmatch? In pudding. On ponies." He let out a wince when Zoey poked him in the side. "Okay, okay, maybe it's not your favourite movie but-"
"This was supposed to be ladies' night." Rachel reminded sternly.
"No, ladies, tonight is booty night." Cory corrected.
••••
Next morning, Topanga and Zoey walked out of the elevator but stopped when they saw Rachel in the apartment in the towel as she forcefully shoved Shawn and Cory out into the hall.
"Okay, wait a minute. What's going on here?" Topanga asked.
"How could you give him a key?" Rachel demanded. "How could you not even ask me if they could have a key? Just us four girls. Remember how it's supposed to be?"
Cory and Shawn walked back into the apartment.
"Oh, Rachel, you know we got back together." Zoey protested.
"They ate all of my food!" Rachel exclaimed in disbelief.
Topanga and Zoey turned to their boyfriends for an explanation.
"We need carbs for kissing." Shawn explained.
"They read my diary!" Rachel shouted.
"Oh, Rachel, that just not true!" Cory retorted.
"But if we did, you're a bad girl." Shawn stated.
"They went through my underwear drawer!" Rachel informed.
Cory scoffed. "Oh, Rachel, that's just ludicrous, now."
Topanga marched over to her fiancée. "Did you?"
Cory's eyes widened and he immediately jerked his thumb towards his best friend. "He made me!"
"Did you?" Zoey demanded, raising an eyebrow.
Shawn looked down at his feet. "My name is Shawn and I have a problem."
Topanga turned to Rachel with a smirk. "Rachel, look how cute they are when they're guilty."
"Oh, come on. You cannot be mad at these guys." Zoey told her before she turned to the boys. "Apologize to her."
"We're sorry we went through your underwear, miss." Cory and Shawn apologized in unison.
"Okay? Is that okay? Now can they have their key back?" Topanga asked Rachel.
"No, it's not okay." Rachel stated firmly. "I feel like I don't have any privacy. I feel like I can't be myself in my own apartment."
"Hey, that's ridiculous!" Cory exclaimed.
"You can go back to being your bad self." Shawn added.
"Oh, Rachel, it's Cory and Shawn." Zoey pleaded.
"Cory and I are getting married and so are Zoey and Shawn. We're like family." Topanga said.
"Is that they you want it?" Rachel wondered.
Zoey smiled. "Let's all be like a family. Now can they have their key back."
"Fine." Rachel replied stiffly as she passed the key to Cory. "We'll be like one big happy family."
Once Rachel had gone back upstairs, Topanga and Zoey turned to their boyfriends and crossed their arms with an irritated expression.
Zoey flicked Shawn on the forehead. "Don't you ever go near her underwear drawer."
"Ever again!" Topanga added in frustration.
"Never?" Shawn wondered.
••••
If Shawn and Zoey kissed kissed a lot before their breakup, it was nothing compared to what they did now. Whenever they weren't separated by something, they could be found in a rather passionate make-out session.
Topanga had taken a leaf out of Zoey's book and both couples occupied the couch in the apartment after their double date.
"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Cory asked.
"Yeah, I feel kind of bad." Shawn agreed as he pulled away from Zoey. "Rachel's alone in the other room."
"I mean, she was real ticked off about the diary and stuff." Cory said.
"Look, you guys apologized." Topanga told them. "She understand that you guys are our boyfriends and have every right to be here."
"You heard her, 'We're one big happy family'." Zoey added.
"Well, in that case. We got a lot more kissing to do." Cory remarked.
Their next interrupted came from Rachel as she walked into the living room, dressed in a rather... revealing outfit.
"Hey, guys." Rachel greeted.
Immediately Shawn and Cory's attention went to Rachel.
"Hey." Shawn and Cory said in unison.
"Oh, don't stop on my account." Rachel said as she walked down the stairs. "Remember, we're one big happy family. You don't mind if I play some music, do you?"
Rachel turned the stereo on and began dancing her way towards the sink.
"Rachel, what are you doing?" Topanga demanded.
"Dishes." Rachel answered.
"Don't stop. Do the dishes." Cory insisted as he and Shawn watched Rachel. "Scrub-a-dub-dub!"
Rachel smirked. "Oh, don't you love this music?"
"I do now." Shawn admitted.
"Rachel, isn't that a little cold?" Zoey wondered, gesturing to her revealing outfit.
"No! She's not cold! She's wearing slippers!" Shawn pointed out.
"You guys have a little room for me on the couch?' Rachel asked as she walked over to sit with them.
"Yes!" Shawn and Cory exclaimed, pushing their girlfriends onto the floor.
"Cory!"
"Shawn!"
"Sorry." Shawn and Cory apologized, though they didn't sound remotely so.
Zoey slapped Shawn on the arm. "Stop looking at her!"
Topanga smacked her boyfriend. "Cory!"
"Oh, how can you be mad at these two? They are so cute!" Rachel exclaimed.
Topanga huffed. "No, they are not cute."
"They're pigs!" Zoey added.
"Oh, but it's cute when they look at my underwear as long as I'm not wearing it?" Rachel pointed out.
"I never thought so." Zoey grumbled.
"What about my diary?" Rachel wondered.
Topanga sighed. "What we were saying-"
"Wait, wait!' Shawn interrupted as he stood up. "I have a question! Are you gonna do the dishes some more?" With an irritated growl, Zoey smacked him up the head. "Ow! Okay, okay. We're leaving."
"We are?" Cory asked.
"Yes, Cory." Shawn told him.
Topanga held out her hand. "Give me your key."
"No!" Cory shouted.
Topanga reached into Cory's pocket and took it anyway before she pushed the boys out without another word.
"Okay, you're right. They're not cute. They\re pigs." Topanga agreed.
"And we were insensitive. We should have considered your privacy." Zoey added.
"No. I love the guys, I do." Rachel said.
"Yeah, they obviously love you, too." Topanga pointed out.
"No, I just don't want to be taken advantage of. I think we should set some boundaries." Rachel suggested.
Topanga nodded her head. "Well, we've learned our lesson."
Zoey smiled. "Yeah. The guys have, too. I'm sure they're thinking about it the whole way home."
The three girls smiled before wrapping their arms around each other into a group hug.
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PUBLISHED: February 15, 2019
WORDS: 1392