Elliot Matthews is Riley's older brother in gmw but they decided to cut his character he is 17 while Maya and Riley are 15 and they just go into sophomore year Elliot is now a senior Joshua Matthews is 17 as well he was living with his parents Amy and Alan in Philadelphia until he keeps an getting in trouble and falling in with the wrong group so Alan and Amy send him to new York to live with cory but they don't have enough room so Maya's mom invites him to stay with them until he can get a job and buy his own apartment Little does Maya know Elliot and Josh have a crush on her who will she choose?