Exhilaration | Shawn Hunter [Boy Meets World]

Father Knows Less

I was currently studying for Mr. Feeny's test in the kitchen when I hear a loud snoring in the living-room. I push my papers aside and stand up, walking in.

I roll my eyes as I saw Zack snoring loudly on the couch with a book over his face. I shake his shoulder. "Zack," I call.

He just snored in response. That's when I picked the book up off his face, hitting him enough to get him to stir, but not wake up. "Zackery!" Annoyed, I shove my brother's arm off the couch so I could have enough room for what I was about to do. I stood up and started jumping. "Zack, wake up!"

He sat up while I was jumping, jolting awake. "Don't let Sharky get me!" he yelled.

I hop off the couch. "You were dreaming about Sharky?" I question. Sharky was his childhood stuffed animal Mom threw away last week since it was all raggedy and dirty.

"He came back after me for what mom did," Zack told me.

I roll my eyes. "What were you doing before you fell asleep?"

"I was studying for my test and I got bored learning about numbers."

I roll my eyes again. "Well, keep your snoring down so I could study."

"For Feeny?"

"No, for sleeping class," I sarcastically reply.

"We have that?" Zack gasped.

I roll my eyes and go back into the kitchen.

***

At school, I finished the test although I kept looking at poor Cory who was fast asleep at his desk.

"All right, class, time's up," Mr. Feeny told us. "Please pass your test papers to the front of your rows." I hand mine up. "Mr.Minkus, this test didn't require an essay answer but how refreshing that you've chosen to include one."

I roll my eyes. Mr. Minkus, the perfect student.

Apparently Shawn knew what I was thinking to because he muttered to Minkus, "Suck-up."

"Future plumber," Minkus quickly replied.

Mr. Feeny went through the stack of papers. "Feels a C-minus short." He looked at Cory who was still asleep. "Ah, yes. Here we are."

Mr. Feeny pulled Cory's test out causing him to stir. "Huh? Is the test over? How'd I do?"

Mr. Feeny looked over his paper. "Looks like an A."

"I got an A?"

"No A is the only answer you put down before you slipped into the coma."

"So, what did I get?"

"Well, you answered one question out of forty, and got it wrong. So what grade do you think I'm going to give you?"

I raise my hand. "Can I answer this?" Mr. Feeny nodded. "Can it be found at the beginning of the word 'fajita'?"

"Si, senora," Mr. Feeny answered.

"Come on, Mr. Feeny. I was up till after midnight," Cory complained.

"Oh, and what earth-shattering event kept you up till that time of night?"

"A no-hitter."

My jaw dropped as Shawn asked, "You got to stay up and watch the game?"

"With my dad."

"Cool," Shawn said while I sigh.

"Lucky."

Ah, baseball," Mr. Feeny spoke up. "Silly me. I thought you might've stayed up for something frivolous, like the announcement from Stockholm of the Nobel Prizes."

"Biophysics: Dr. Ira Soochek," Minkus stated. "Medicine: Dr. Lin Yi Pao. Economics: Professor Narwhal Fowab. And I'm fresh as a daisy." Mr. Feeny smiled while I threw myself back in my chair, annoyed.

"Teacher's pet," Shawn told him.

"Fix a sink."

***

After school, me and Zack decided to go to the park since we didn't have any homework for once. Thank gosh he brought a basketball.

Zack bumped Shawn while making a shot into the hoop.

"Foul," Shawn called out.

Zack was annoyed and threw the ball at Shawn. "You're a foul, Hunter."

Shawn walked closer to my twin, but I stop him. "Shawny, I got this," I tell him before approaching my twin and tackling him to the floor.

We wrestled for a minute before Zack tapped out. "Ow, my eye!"

I scoot away from Zack as Shawn held a hand out to me. "Need help, Betts?"

I grab his hand, letting him pull me to my feet. "Thanks Shawn."

It was almost normal for all of us to wrestle with Zack since he was a bit of a pain.

"You really had to go for my eye?" Zack mumbled as rubbed his left eye.

"Hey, it's not my fault you always annoy us."

"Lay off."

Me and Shawn exchange looks. "Nah," we both said.

"Come on, let's get back to the game," Shawn bounced Zack's ball.

"No, I'm good," Zack got up, walking away to the side. 

"Your loss," Shawn told him before looking to me. "What do you say, Betts? You up for it?"

One on one game with Shawn. "Oh I'm game, Hunter," I tell him before making a jump for the ball, but Shawn caught on in time and dodged out of the way, bouncing the ball past me and making a shot. He made it in.

Shawn grinned. "Don't mess with the pro, Betty."

I scoff. "Lame-o," I try to insult and this time taking the ball from him.

By the time, it was for all of us to go back home, me and Shawn scored 15-16. I could've won easily, that little pest.

***

Me and Zack entered our house, the scent of burgers hitting our noses.

We share a look. "Mom's home," we say before making a dash for the kitchen. There was mom heating up food from the diner. "Hi mom."

"Hey," she greeted us. "Where have you two been?"

"The park..." Zack answered, going to the table. "Bored out of my mind."

"He's just mad because me and Shawn kicked him out of our basketball game."

"Why would you do that?" Mom asked.

"Because he wasn't playing fair."

"But speaking of games," Zack stood up going to mom. "Mom. Mommy..." he hugged her.

Mom sighed before looking to me. "Okay, what do you guys want?"

"Cory's dad let him stay up to watch the game," Zack told her.

"Oh yeah?" Mom looked to me. "Betty, what happened in class when he stayed up?"

"Cory passed out and he failed the test Mr. Feeny gave him," I tell her.

"Well, that's one way to put it," Zack said.

Mom pinched Zack's cheek. "Nice try, Zackery, but you're not staying up late for a Phillies game."

Zack groaned before going back to the table. "Worth a shot."

"Was it?" Me and Mom ask as I sat down at the table.

***

Hi!

I didn't know how to finish this chapter since this episode isn't much of an outside lesson for Betty or Shawn.