During school Zoey, Shawn and Cory were talking by the lockers until they all heard booing from students. Zoey looked around to see Mr. Feeny taking down an 'Illegal rave this Friday' banner that was happening in a few days down.

"You know, Mr. Feeny, just between you and me, it's stuff like this that really makes you unpopular." Shawn told him.

"Sure. And it's lonely at the top. But I save a lot of money on call waiting." Mr. Feeny replied.

"What do you have against throwing an illegal rave?" Shawn asked.

"Hey, what is a rave, anyway?" Cory wondered.

Zoey gave him a pointed look. "Really, Cory?"

"A rowdy underground party. Get hip, Mr. Matthews." Mr. Feeny explained before he walked away from the three of them.

Zoey smiled slightly before noticing Topanga standing beside her boyfriend.

"Topanga, do you think I'm unhip?" Cory asked.

"Of course I don't. Oh, you left your earmuffs at my house." Topanga said, passing them to Cory before she walked away.

"So, Cor, any advance word on where the party's gonna be?" Zoey asked.

"How the heck would I know?" Cory questioned.

"Cause Eric's throwing it." Zoey said.

"What? He hasn't said a word to me. Since fifth grade, actually." Cory said, as Eric walked past them. Cory ran over to his older brother. "Eric, my brother. What's up? You throw the party of the year and I don't know about it. How do you think that makes me look?"

"Short." Eric answered.

Zoey couldn't help but snicker as she leaned against the lockers. Shawn than stood beside her, smiling down at his girlfriend.

"So... we're still set for tonight?" Shawn asked.

Zoey nodded. "Yep. Mum's working a late shift, it'll be just the two of us at my place."

"Great, order pizza..." Shawn trailed off.

"And bring a movie over." Zoey told him, as she placed a quick kiss on his lips.

"Seven o'clock is so far away..." Shawn complained against her lips.

Cory then made his way over to the couple with an excited expression. "Shawn, Zoey, guess who's..."

"Hey!" Eric exclaimed, covering Cory's mouth with his hand.

••••

At night Shawn was over at Zoey's place. It was around eight o'clock at night. The half eaten popcorn bowl was on the ground as the movie, Scream was playing in the VCR, but for Shawn and Zoey neither of them were paying attention to the film.

Zoey lips were pressed against Shawn's, her hands wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer to her. Shawn had his hands on her waist as he kissed her more forcefully than usual, his thin lips making her throb.

Shawn pulled apart from the kiss and breathed heavily. "I love you, Zoey."

"I love you too." Zoey said before connecting their lips once more.

"Zoey, I'm home." A familiar voice called.

Shawn and Zoey jumped apart before the lights were turned on, revealing Lucy with a smirk on her face.

"Uh, hi mum." Zoey greeted nervously as she scooted to the furthest side to the couch, putting some distance between her and Shawn.

"Mrs. Francis." Shawn greeted.

"Am I interrupting something?" Lucy asked.

Zoey shook her head. "No, not at all. We were just watching a movie."

"Good. Cause it's nine o'clock." Lucy told them.

"What?" Zoey asked, looking at the clock which told the correct time. "Oh."

"Yeah." Lucy said, trying to suppress her smile. "Shawn, do you want me to call Jonathan to let him know you're going home and he can pick you up?"

"Thanks, but no thanks. I'm fine with walking." Shawn said as he stood up from the couch and walked to the door with Zoey following closely behind.

"Okay, well. Have a good night, Shawn." Lucy said, making her way towards the kitchen. "But please wipe my daughter's lip gloss off your lips if you want me to believe you didn't spend your date making out."

Shawn quickly wiped the lip gloss off his lips. Zoey chuckled nervously, clearly embarrassed as she opened the front door.

"I'm sorry." She apologized.

"Don't be. We've had weirder dates." Shawn told her with a small shrug. "But... a date on Friday without interruptions wouldn't be the worst."

Zoey nodded. "I definitely agree. Friday it is."

"Goodnight, Zo." Shawn said, pressed a kiss to her forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too." Zoey said, as Shawn walked through the front door. Zoey smiled and closed the door just before the phone started to ring. She walked over to it and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Zo, it's me." Cory quickly said on the other end. "I need your help. My parents anniversary is the same night of Eric's rave...."

••••

At school next day Topanga, Shawn and Zoey walked around the corner to see Cory standing in the middle of the hall. The three rushed over to him.

"I got you a band." Topanga told her boyfriend.

"Yeah, I mean they're old guys in their 30s but I think they'll be okay." Zoey said.

"And, Cor, I got you a guy who'll jump out of a cake." Shawn added.

"Why would I want that?" Cory asked.

"It was six bucks, man." Shawn told him.

"You paid a guy six bucks?" Cory questioned.

"No, he paid me." Shawn replied.

"Hey, Cor." Eric called as he approached them with two balloons and a small brown bag. "Cor, check it out. I got the balloons. Usually it takes two or three days, but I turned on the old Eric Matthews charm and got three hundred of these babies printed up. Check it out."

Cory grabbed a balloon. "Happy 20th Amy and Ellen."

"What?" Eric asked, shocked as he grabbed the balloon back.

"You better go get your money back, Eric." Cory said.

"Oh, what? Am I supposed to do everything?" Eric questioned.

"Fine, I'll do it. I'll do it all." Cory replied as he grabbed the balloons and the small paper bag before he walked away from them.

Eric shrugged his shoulders. "Okay. I'll see you at the party."

••••

It was the night of Mr and Mrs. Matthews anniversary and Zoey, Topanga, Shawn and Cory made it to Chubbies, dressed up in nice clothes and carried some last minute anniversary decorations.

"Well, you pulled this off, Cor." Shawn stated.

"A full anniversary party in twenty four hours." Topanga added.

"Cory, you did amazing on the planning." Zoey told him.

"Yeah, well, you know..." Cory trailed off before his face fell when he saw a line of people being let in by Frankie. "Eric, what is this?"

"A surprise party for Mum and Dad." Eric answered.

"Yeah, and who are these other people?" Cory asked.

"These are all out friends from school." Eric replied.

"And what are they doing at our parents' party?" Cory questioned.

"That's right, I didn't tell you. Good news, bro. We're throwing both parties." Eric told his little brother.

Topanga, Shawn and Zoey made their way inside Chubbies. Topanga and Zoey stood beside each other at the bottom of the stairs, looking at all the people inside.

Cory came rushing down the stairs. "Zoey, Topanga, I need your help. We gotta clear out the ravers before it's too late."

"Cor? It's too late." Topanga stated.

Cory looked around the room and gasped loudly before he followed the girls further into Chubbies.

"Guys, guys, guys." Shawn called as he rushed over with a wide grin. "The cheerleaders are chocolate-wrestling in the kitchen."

"Well, stop 'em!" Cory exclaimed.

"Oh, okay, but I'm gonna need a can of whipped cream and a really big spoon." Shawn said.

Without hesitation, Zoey slapped Shawn up the head, causing his hat to come flying off. The brunette grabbed the hat and placed it on her head. Shawn looked at his girlfriend with a pointed look, and in return Zoey stuck her tongue out at him.

"Oh, gosh. All right, I know what I'll do. I'll go upstairs, I'll intercept my parents, and I'll tell them that the party's at the restaurant across the street. You guys get the anniversary guests and meet us there. Okay?" Cory asked.

Zoey nodded. "You got it, Cor."

Topanga, Shawn and Zoey immediately did what they were told to do. About a moment later they stopped when. Cory began to hit the drum with a drumstick, earning everyone's attention.

"Hey, there. All right. Hey, how are you all doing?" Cory asked into the microphone on the stage. Everyone cheered. "Yeah! See, guys, for this party we're gonna try something a little different, a little wacky!" Everyone cheered once more. "Okay. See, this party's got a theme, guys. And that theme is - are you guys ready? That theme is a wedding anniversary." The crowd had less enthusiasm. "You know, like a... uh, a surprise party. So let's pretend that the next two people walking down those stairs are celebrating their anniversary. Now, when you see the happy couple, I want you all to shout 'Surprise'. Fun, huh? Huh? Oh, kill the lights. Surprise!"

The lights turned off and two shadowy figures walked down the staircase. The lights were instantly turned back on.

"Surprise!" Everyone cheered.

Zoey placed a hand up to her mouth, trying not to laugh as Mr. Feeny and Mr. Turner stood at the bottom of the staircase.

"Now I know why I never come here." Mr. Feeny stated.

••••

Topanga, Shawn and Zoey were talking with Gordy, Mr and Mrs. Matthews friend until Cory and Eric rushed over to the man.

"Gordy, you were the best man at my parents' wedding. Their wedding song - do you remember what it was?" Cory asked.

"Uh, yeah. 'My Girl'." Gordy answered.

"Cory, what are you thinking?" Zoey wondered.

"We can have the band play it." Cory replied. "Shawn, do you know where the band went?"

"They weren't on the list, so Frankie sent them away." Shawn stated.

Topanga then got mad and began to hit Frankie. "Frankie, you ruined the party. How could you do this?"

"Tippy, Tipp." Topanga's father called, pulling her back. "How you been eating meat?"

"Cory wants his parents' wedding song played for them, and this mall rat sent the band away. And I might have had a meatball." Topanga explained.

Zoey walked up to Topanga and placed her hands on her arms. "Topanga, it's okay. Take a deep breath."

Topanga took a deep breath. "Thank you, Zo."

"Well, the equipment's still here. That's not a problem, I'll play." Jedediah said.

"Yeah, me too." Gordy added as they two of them walked on the stage.

"Let's see, 'My Girl'. How does that go?" Jedidiah asked as they got the equipment ready.

"Well, I remember the melody. I'm kinda blanking on the lyrics." Gordy stated.

"Yeah, me too." Jedidiah said.

The weird English man who was saying at the Matthews placed went up to the stage.

"Well, I suppose if you're asking me, I wouldn't mind helping you out." He said, walking up to the microphone. "Er, key of Key of D, gentlemen, please."

Zoey couldn't help but smile at the first notes of 'Mr Girl' being played then he went into the song.

"I got sunshine on a cloudy day..."

Shawn walked over to his girlfriend and offered a hand. "Care to dance?"

"Of course." Zoey said, taking his hand and walked to the middle of the room.

Shawn placed a hand on Zoey's waist while the other held her hands in the air. Zoey rested her free hand onto Shawn's shoulder as they began to dance together.

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PUBLISHED: April 15, 2018
WORDS: 1932