𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 & 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 ━ girl meets world²

8│RETURN TO MOUNT SUN LODGE

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❛ ʟᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ & ʟᴀᴄᴇ​​​​​​​​​​. ❜ ° . ༄
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❝ HOW ABOUT 'NO' IN LATIN? ❞

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Juliet arranged to stay in Philadelphia awhile longer now that she really had no reason to flee back to England. She wanted to stick around and help her family take care of her dad during his recovery for as long as possible. While it wasn't going to be easy, she was tired of letting fear rule her. She determinedly stuck it out, pleasantly saying goodbye to Shawn, who had to return to Maine and finish his assignment (and she never threw water in his face once.) Even when her mom and uncles brought him up after he left, she refused to flinch at the sound of his name and instead was completely transparent about their previous attempted reunions.

Miya was delighted to have her mom in such close proximity (though of course she wished it were under better circumstances.) Upstate Pennsylvania was still some distance from New York City so she only visited on weekends, but that was a paltry distance compared to when her mom was in England so she didn't mind the drive at all. Besides, just like she'd thought, as soon as Stuart had a break in his meetings and gotten on his phone to see his messages, he cleared every weekend for the foreseeable future so he could drive Miya to Barron's mansion and be there for Juliet (who, naturally, insisted that was too much, but he didn't listen to her protests.)

After Barron had been cleared to be put in a private room to begin long-term recovery, Miya and Farkle returned home since they had to be in school on Monday. As soon as they saw their friends, Riley unleashed a barrage of questions in Miya's direction, demanding to know everything that happened.

Farkle, Lucas and Maya were able to ward her off (Zay egged her on, wanting to know the gossip) until after school, where Riley practically dragged Miya to the bay window. There, Miya told her about her grandfather's accident (she received genuine sympathy from those who hadn't been there), her idea to have Shawn come and support her mom (Riley had cheered triumphantly) and that her grandfather was going to be okay (everyone was very relieved.) Riley did scold her for not telling them about it while it was happening, saying 'what good are friends if they can't be there for when you need them most?'

Miya had reminded her that she'd been on vacation, but Riley insisted that wasn't a good enough excuse and that Maya, Zay and Lucas had all been available, anyway, and Miya hadn't told them, either. Maya had chimed in then, chuckling at the scene she'd pictured in her head as she pointed out how pissed Cory and Topanga were going to be when they found out Juliet (their best friend) hadn't reached out to them (and how that would quickly change to excitement when they found out she was finally back on speaking terms with Shawn.)

Now, everything had settled back down— or, at least, was as normal as it got with Miya's friend group. Everyone was excited for their upcoming field trip where the Nature Club was travelling upstate to see the leaves change color. The only person who wasn't was Cory. He scowled at the chalkboard, where he'd written the word Nature in big, capital letters. He slammed his pointer against the wall grumpily. "Nature. Makes us sneeze, puts us in the infirmary. Nature."

Maya was amused by his disgruntlement. "What's he got against nature? Isn't he running the Nature Club?"

"He's only running the Nature Club because it was either that or the Ski Club," Riley explained.

"So why didn't he choose the Ski Club?" Lucas inquired.

"He can't run the Ski Club because of what happened and the Mount Sun Lodge when they were our age," the brunette replied.