In her bedroom Riley Matthews and her best friend maya hart try to sneak out her window to ride but are stopped by Riley's parents Cory and topanga Matthews who gave them permission to ride the subway on the subway they meet a handsome boy named Lucas and Riley immediately crushes on him later in history class Cory assigns the class the days homework assignment which to write a essay about something to fight for maya fights for no homework and Riley joins in at the end Riley discovers she would fight for friendship and Cory and topanga understand Riley is growing up and they need to be there for her
