Exhilaration | Shawn Hunter [Boy Meets World]

The Pink Flamingo Kid

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Later, Cory and I went to visit Mr. Turner to which Cory knocked and our teacher answered, "Betty," he greeted before seeing Cory. "Matthews, what's with the camera?"

"Well, Mr. Williams says a good newsman's always gotta have his camera ready. You don't mind if I keep on shooting, do you?" Cory asked.

"No, go ahead," Mr. Turner replied.

"All right."

The door was closed on us. "Hey!" I yell, knocking on the door. "At least, let me in. I don't have a camera."

"Turn that thing off, I'll let you back in," Mr. Turner stated.

I nudge Cory. "Turn the camera off."

Cory listened, but asked, "Oh, come on, what are you hiding?"

The door opened. "My disdain for you," Mr. Turner answered.

He let us in as Shawn came downstairs. "Shawn, Shawn," Cory called.

"On the phone, Cor," Shawn replied. "So, Dad, how are you gonna celebrate your birthday?...Oh, that's great." Shawn lowered the phone. "He's going to the dog track with President Clinton." He raised the phone back to his ear. "So, are you coming home soon?...Yeah. Yeah, I understand. Oh, well, I really miss you..."

"Where's Shawn's dad calling from?" I ask.

"He said aboard Air Force One, but I kinda have my doubts. I heard people yelling in Spanish," Mr. Turner replied.

Shawn kept talking to his dad. "Well, I'm glad to hear you're doing so well....What? Oh, you gotta go? Oh, the president needs the phone." He turned to us. "Yeltsin's on call waiting." Back to the phone. "Okay, well, I can't wait to...Hello? Hello?" Shawn placed the phone down. "Didn't even get a chance to sing him Happy Birthday."

"You miss him, huh Shawny?" I ask, sitting next to him on the couch.

"Oh, family's really important to the Hunters. You know, my dad always said, 'Where there's family, there's a place to hide'."

"Did he say when he's coming back?" Cory asked.

"No, but he did say he can't wait to see me. I bet it'd make him really happy to see how well I'm doing," Shawn stated.

"Hey, well, he can," Mr. Turner told him.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, Matthews has his video camera. You could put yourself on tape."

"Yeah. Shawn, you know, we could go down to your old trailer park and get all your relatives on tape. I'll shoot it," Cory agreed.

I nod. "Yeah, it'd be totally great."

"Well, Shawn, what do you say?" Mr. Turner asked.

"Putting the Hunter family on tape. It'd be great. It'd be like Court TV. Without the court," Shawn stated.