Boy Meets Girl

29: you were what?

Cherry's POV
When Shawn didn't call me all weekend, I assumed it was cause he was doing something with Jack. But that still didn't mean I didn't miss him. We were all hanging out by the lockers before we went to Turners class. And Shawn was still acting weird, he wasn't really talking to me or making eye contact, and I was starting to get a bad feeling. We went into Turners and Feeny began to teach, cause he was subbing for some odd reason. Cory and Topanga had their morning squabble like they always do. "Class, as we continue our study of Feudalism, I would like to focus today on surf." Mr Turner started. Then Shawn raised his hand. "Mr Hunter?" Feeny asked. "I don't wanna." He said. "You don't wanna what?" He said sternly. "Boring, it's boring. That's why the whole Feudalism thing didn't work out, they got bored out of their freaking minds." Cory grabbed his arm. "What?" Shawn exclaimed. "It's too far." Cory said and sat back down. "You know, just once, I would like to learn something, somewhat relevant to our lives." He said. "Shawn, shut up. I say this with love." I said and he just looked at his desk and smiled, it wasn't a sweet smile tho. "What's the matter with you?" Topanga turned around asked him. "Nothing! Now why don't you stop being so crazy, and sit on Cory's lap." He said sounding aggravated. "Mr Hunter, we will discuss your outburst at the end of the class." Mr Feeny said. "Cool, so let the boredom begin." Shawn said and pretended he was blowing a trumpet. Why was he acting like this? "Mr Hunter! Please leave." Me Feeny said. "Okay." He shrugged it off like it was nothing. "But, only, because you asked so nicely." He said sarcastically and left. Cory followed him and I just sat there thinking, what is going on with him?

Shawn's POV
After Cory and I got back to my apartment, I grabbed a beer out of the fridge. "Are you kidding me?" Cory asked. "Oh I'm sorry, did you want one?" I offered. "You get kicked outta class, fight me all the way home, puke on my shoes, and you still want another beer?" Cory questioned. "Why don't ya go home, Cory The Monitor." I said sarcastically. "You know, I could've sworn we said to stop drinking." he reminded me. I laughed. "Yeah well, I've been drinking all week, and you haven't noticed a thing." I said. "You've been drinking all week?" He repeated in the form of a question. "Yeah, see, I'm doing this for you! You're worried about me, you stop thinking about Topanga.. yeah, by the way, she's gettin outta school right about now, why don't you go across the street from her and cry." I said taking a swig. "What?" He asked. Then, Jack came in. He grabbed the bottle from my hands. "What are you doin?" He asked and out the bottle down on the table. I chuckled. "It's a beer! What's the big deal here?" I asked. He looked at Cory. "We got drunk at a party the other night, I think he liked it a little too much." Cory explained. "Yeah, well a beers a big deal for us." Jack said. "Oh goody! Now I get the lecture from the big brother I've know all of SIX MONTHS!" I said and rolled my eyes. "You don't have a clue, do ya?" Jack chuckled. "About what?" I asked. "About dad!" He said. "Yeah, dad used to drink then he stopped. Next?!" I said shrugging. "Do you know why he stopped drinking?" He asked me. "Cause he ran out of money?" I laughed. "Do you know why my mom left?" He asked. "Because she went for a guy with more money?" I said sarcastically, although it was true. "She left him, cause he was UGLY. ABUSIVE. DRUNK." He raised his voice at me. I got mad and tackled him. "Don't ever talk about my father like that again!!" I started screaming at him. Cory tried to get me off and then Jack pushed me off just as soon as Topanga and Cherry walked in. "He's my father too! Alcoholism is in our family, and YOU SHOULDNT DRINK!" He screamed at me.

Cherry's POV
HES BEEN DRINKING?!! "SHAWN?!" I immediately exclaimed. "After the other night Shawn, I feel like I can never drink again." Cory pointed out. Then Topanga walked over to him. "You were drinking?" She asked him. "Yeah! What do you figure that was about? I WONDER!" Shawn yelled at Topanga. "You know what, Shawn? Shut up! We agreed to stop drinking, I have, you obviously haven't." Cory said. "What do you think that's about? Huh, I wonder?" Jack asked, mocking him. Cory and Topanga were staring to get in a squabble as freakin always. "Shawn, it's ok. Look, we can talk about anything. If there's a problem, we can figure out what to do." I said calmly. He laughed. "Nobody's listening to me. Ok, I drink this stuff, because I like it. It makes me feel good." He said. "Hello? HELLO?! Is this thing on?!" He said sarcastically into the beer bottle as if it were a microphone. "I have no problem." He scoffed and pulled his hand through his hair. "Ok, maybe we don't have to talk about this in front of everybody. Let's just go out into the hall-" I tried to get him to talk to me. "Go!" He yelled and pushed me and my body slammed against the door. "I don't like you when you drink. Call me when you don't?" I said and walked out of the apartment crying. Topanga came out soon after.

Shawn's POV
I just pushed Cherry. I pushed Cherry into a door. What did I just do? "How did that just happen?" I asked and felt like crying. Jack and Cory just stayed silent.
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