It's My Life • Shawn Hunter

55| Train Of Fools

It was New Years Eve.

Zoey was inside her room, looking at herself in the mirror. She wore a blue dress with black stockings, her hair was tied up in a messy bun with strands of hair coming down from the sides. Shawn was taking Zoey out to a party with Cory, Topanga and Eric.

"Zoey! Shawn's here!" Zoey's mother called.

Zoey smiled widely before she raced down the stairs. Shawn stood by the front door, wearing his famous leather jacket on. Zoey rushed towards her boyfriend and hugged him.

"All right, kids you know the drill. Don't do anything you shouldn't do." Lucy told the kids.

"It's all right, Mrs. Francis. I'll take care of your daughter." Shawn said, wrapping an arm around Zoey's waist.

Lucy smiled. "I know you will, Shawn. Well, go have fun. But not too much fun."

Both Shawn and Zoey held hands as they walked out the door and towards Shawn's so called 'limo'.

"Shawn, why does the limo look like a hearse?" Zoey wondered in confusion.

"Come on, let's go." Shawn insisted, ignoring his girlfriends' question as they hopped into the car. "We gotta go to the Matthews' place to pick up Eric and Cory."

It only took a couple of minutes when they arrived at the Cory's place. When Zoey stepped outside, she wrapped her arms around herself when the ice cold air began to make her cold.

Shawn immediately removed his leather jacket from his shoulders and placed it on hers. Zoey gave him a small smile as she pulled her arms in it.

Shawn rushed into the Cory's house. "Come on, everybody! Let's get crazy!"

"Hey guys." Zoey greeted with a smile as she stood beside Shawn.

"They're on my side." Cory said to his parents, as he wore a tuxedo. All the Matthews' family were all dressed up nicely for New Years Eve.

"Cory, Uncle Lazlo and our limo await." Shawn said, and everyone looked out the door.

"Why does that limo look so strange?" Mrs. Matthews asked.

"Maybe because it's a hearse." Mr. Matthews said.

"I told you." Zoey told her boyfriend.

The limo's horn tooted out the death march.

"That's cool." Cory stated.

"Yeah. Wait till you see what's in the back seat." Shawn said, and Zoey's eyes widened.

••••

They took the hearse down to the party and picked up Topanga on the way. But unfortunately they had to turn around and go back to the Matthews' place.

"Nice going, Shawn." Cory scolded as they walked inside. "Without Uncle Laslo's hearse, how are we gonna make it to the parties?"

"Hey, hey. It's not my fault, okay? You see a corpse breathing, you've gotta take it back. It's the right thing to do." Shawn responded.

"Look, I'm happy for the stiff, all right? But it really stuck it to a lot of people." Cory said.

"Yeah, I don't think that guy was dead in the first place." Zoey added, standing beside Shawn.

"Gee, guys, it's New Year's Eve. A time to celebrate, not fight." Topanga told them.

"You know what? You're right, Topanga. Okay. And we're gonna make this the best New Year's Ever ever. If we were dead, 'cause then we'd have a ride." Cory said in a serious tone, glaring at Shawn.