Girl Meets World One-Shots

But the Zebras....

A/N: The prompt is at the end

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It took Riley all night to get the kids to sleep, having twins is hard but when Lucas is working late nights it's especially hard because they miss their father. It was almost one in the morning when she finally fell asleep. She knew that Lucas was going to be late that night because he was helping out on the Owens farm with one of their horses because the foul was breached. Sleeping in the large king size bed without her husband's warmth was difficult but exhaustion had taken over and she passed out.

She hadn't known when Lucas had come into the room, she wasn't aware of her surroundings until Lucas tapped on her shoulder.

"Riley," he whispered. "Hey... Riles... Wake up!!" he shook her until she was awake. He must have been drinking with Jake Owens after they had finished because the smell of whisky came off of his skin.

"What do you want?" she said burying her head in the pillow trying to ignore her husband's constant pushing her and nudging her.

"I have a question?" he said but she just groaned.

"Lucas' I'm too tired for sex right now," she said trying not to kick her husband off the bed. "The twins wouldn't go to bed because you weren't here and it took me until after midnight just to tire them out enough so they would sleep."

"No it's not that... it's about something else," he whispered, but it still felt like he was talking in his normal voice. "It's about the other thing, about the zebras."

"What the hell are you talking about," she said giving up and rolling on her side to face her drunk husband.

"You know about the zebras," he said as his body "Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?"

Riley couldn't believe what she was hearing, her husband a veterinarian was asking her about an animal, all because they watched a movie with their kids' days ago. "... Did you seriously wake me up at 4 a.m. to ask me a question from that Madagascar movie?"

"Its 3:57 a.m., don't exaggerate and yes, I did!" he said leaning down towards her. "Now answer! I'm leaning for the second option but there's a good possibility that the first one could be the right one!"

She was absolutely speechless, he was drunk, and when he was drunk he asked life questions. She blamed her father and his lessons when they were growing up, the two men often got together and discussed the most absurd things together, mainly at the expense of whatever the kids were asking but this had topped the cake. Neither spoke for a minute, she had thought that he had finally given up when he let out an exasperated sigh.

"Well?" he asked huffing at her.

She sighed at him before talking. "I'm really torn between kissing you or punching you or even both, so I'm just going to ignore you and go back to sleep."

"But Riley," he said swaying again. "The zebras."

"We'll talk about in the morning, go take a shower and come to bed," she said hoping that he would be satisfied with waiting. He grunted after a minute before passing out on top of her legs. "I married the most wonderful man, who is a questioning child when drunk," she laughed before carefully pulling her legs out and getting up to slowly strip off his work clothes before slowly pulling him up to the bed and tucking him in.

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When Lucas woke up the next morning it was nearly noon, and he had a splitting headache, he couldn't remember what had happened the night before, or how he got home. The sun was bright in his eyes, making him squint at the brightness. When he looked over he saw a glass of water and a bottle of Tylenol waiting for him, and wondered what he had done when he got home.

"Oh good you're awake," Riley said as she walked into the room. "Jake called early worried that you fell into a ditch when you walked home after your drink."

"What happened?" he asked as he slowly rubbed his temples.

"Well you woke me up and..."

"Don't tell me we had sex, because if I can't remember it I don't want to know."

"No Lucas," she said smiling at him. "When you're drunk you turn into a child who asks too many questions. You and my dad talk to each other better when you're drunk than when you're sober."

"Oh, so what did I ask?"

"You asked me if zebras are black with white stripes or white with black stripes?"

"The movie," he sighed while dropping his head back into the pillow. "The twins were asking me that question and I didn't study that kind of wildlife in school so I couldn't answer."

"Don't worry the mystery is solved, they're black with white stripes."

"I'm sorry I woke you up," he said. "And fell asleep while I still smelled like this."

"Don't worry, you don't really smell that bad, the kids smelled worse when they were toddlers so you're safe."

"I love you," he smiled at her. "And I promise to never drink again, because I want to remember these moments."

"But if you hadn't drank we wouldn't have known about the zebras," she said smiling at him. "Now come on Cowboy, let's get you in the shower and cleaned up. I'll make you some pancakes to help you with the hangover."

"Can we shower together? You know for scientific purposes."

Riley laughed at him before kissing him on the cheek, "You're lucky I love you or else that line wouldn't have worked... come on."

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Prompt Idea from @ rilgwilym on Tumblr

Person B: Hey... hey! Wake up!

Person A: what do you want?

Person B: Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

Person A: ... Did you seriously woke me up at 4 a.m to ask me a question from that Madagascar movie?

Person B: It's 3:57 a.m, don't exaggerate and yes, I did! Now answer! I'm leaning for the second option but there's a good possibility that the first one could be the right one!

Person A: ...

Person B: ...

Person B: Well?

Person A: I'm really torn between kissing you or punching you or even both, so I'm just going to ignore you and go back to sleep.