"three more days!" riley shouted to maya, who had unknowingly slept over the night before.

"what? where am i? why are you in my room?" maya asked, rubbing her eyes.

"you're in my room, peaches. you fell asleep at the bay window last night." riley told maya.

"what? where's my mom? is she okay? i promised i'd call shawn! oh, no! riles, this is bad, this is really bad. my mom's pregnant with shawn hunter's kid and he doesn't even know yet! your dad's gonna be really mad when he finds out!" maya said frantically while pacing around riley's room.

"your mom is what?! my dad can't find out! he's already freaked out about josh taking you out last night." riley exclaimed.

"how'd you find that out? i only told josh." maya asked.

"auggie was eavesdropping. he told me the second you guys left." riley laughed.

"oh. well anyways your dad can't find out until shawn does. what's his number?" maya said, taking out her phone.

"555-291-3490. he's probably sleeping though, it's only five a.m. in california." riley explained.

"california? he was here in the city three days ago!" maya shouted.

"he's coming back on the seventh." josh yawned, opening riley's door.

"why are you girls screaming?" topanga asked her daughter and her friend, then quickly turning to look at josh.

riley and maya exchanged a look.

"mrs. matthews, my mom is pregnant. shawn's the father." maya sighed.

"does your father know about this?!" topanga asked her daughter.

"he does now! how could you keep this a secret from me? you're like my third daughter!" cory exclaimed, now standing next to his wife.

"third?" riley asked her dad, giving him a look.

"it's time, cory." josh told his brother.

"time for what? cake? ooh i bet it's cake!" auggie exclaimed.

"it's not cake, bubba. josh, can you take him to the kitchen? we need to talk to the girls." cory said sternly.

josh picked up auggie and carried him on his shoulders into the kitchen.

"riley, maya, there's something we need to tell you both." topanga said, sitting down beside cory on riley's bed.

"is this about the presents? you know, how come she always gets two from everyone?" farkle asked, sticking his head in through the window.

"as a matter of fact, it does have something to do with the presents." cory told farkle.

"it's about this." topanga said, showing them an ultrasound.

"is that me?" riley asked.

"yep. you're this one, on the left." cory told his daughter.

"who's the other one? an evil twin? did she eat it in the womb?" farkle asked.

"no, farkle, she didn't eat her twin in the womb." cory laughed.

"but she did have a twin. her name was taylor. she looked just like riley. actually, they were identical. unfortunately, taylor passed away hours after her birth. she had heart issues since she was overweight for a newborn baby. we didn't want to tell riley until she was old enough, but i guess now's a good a time as any." topanga told the kids.

"oh." riley sighed, and began to cry.

maya put her arm around her best friend, and began to cry along with her.

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thanks for reading this chapter! i know it's mostly dialogue, but most of my chapters are like that. i hope you enjoyed this much needed update.

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