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A/N: This is a pretty short chapter but if you like it tell me and I'll try and get the next one up really soon. If you want to email me at: [email protected] . Thanks and enjoy (hopefully)!
Chapter 1 One Relationship Saved and One Destroyed
"Darn it Cory! It's been a two months since we've moved here and you have only gotten out of this house to go mope around with Shawn!" yelled Topanga Mathews one Tuesday evening.
Cory turned to face his wife," Don't bring Shawn into this; you know how hurt he was that Angela broke up with him a week after we left, " he said in a dangerous sort of tone.
"He wasn't hurt Cory! The next morning we found him in bed with another woman!"
"That's how he deals with his pain Topanga! He just blocks it out! I'm the only one he will talk to about his feelings so I need to be there for him!"
Topanga rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in disgust," Cory, you spend more time with him than you do with me! We're married, yet I am still number two in your life!"
"Shawn is my best friend!"
"I thought I was your best friend!" Topanga screamed.
"Topanga this isn't about Shawn, this is about you," Cory answered raising his voice, "You're just pissed off cause Angela hasn't called you and you're not sure she's still your friend."
Cory had hit a nerve with that reply, but Topanga held her composure," That is not true. Angela is still my friend."
Cory, who was furious by her attack on Shawn, replied," No she isn't Topanga and you know it."
Topanga snapped," Fine Cory, she's not my friend anymore but I thought at least my HUSBAND would be there for me, but no he's too busy doing absolutely nothing but hanging out with Shawn!"
"Quit bringing Shawn into the conversation! He's my friend Topanga, and I thought you understood I needed to be there for him like I always am."
"And I thought you would understand that I needed you too! Don't you get it Cory? You're always with Shawn. We've had this fight over and over again," tears were finally making there way down Topanga's face as she looked up at Cory where she was greeted only by coldness she had never seen before.
"Shawn is my best friend, and he doesn't nag me all day long!"
"Cory," Topanga breathed as she reached up to touch Cory's arm, which he pulled away, " I can't do this anymore. It's not worth it."
"Good than let it go," Cory responded haughtily.
"No Cory," Topanga continued, " I mean us. Fighting is the only thing we do anymore."
"Topanga what are you nagging about now?"
Topanga's face, and heart, broke. She had never known Cory to be so cruel, and she couldn't deal with it anymore. Ever since they had moved to New York they had been fighting non-stop. Just like my parents, she thought, we married too young.
"Cory. . . I don't think I can stay in this marriage," said Topanga softly.
"What?" Cory said panicking. He was enraged with Topanga sure, but did he want a divorce? Of coarse not, he had, and always would, love her, "Topanga no; we can work this out. I'll do anything, what do you want?"
She thought it over and came up with her answer, "I don't want you to see Shawn anymore."
"You know I can't do that," Cory pleaded, "please Topanga be reasonable."
"Reasonable? Reasonable! Cory let me tell you a thing about reasonable. I didn't want Shawn to come to New York, but I packed his bag for him. I brought him for you Cory because I love you and would do anything for you, but I'm tired of having to fight for time for you. Shawn is twenty years old; I think he can handle himself! So I'm sorry for putting you in this position but I can't fight for you anymore. It's time for you to choose."
Cory ran his right hand through his curly hair and looked Topanga straight in the eyes, "Topanga if this is really what you want," Topanga nodded and he swallowed back tears, " then I'll do it."
She smiled a little bit and hugged Cory around the middle, "Thank you Cory; you don't know how much it means for me to hear you say that."
Cory listened but did not really hear a word he said for he was too busy deciding how he was going to tell his best friend that he could never see him again.
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"Shawn I'm sorry. . ." Cory trailed off. He had just finished telling Shawn how he would never be able to see him again. They were standing in Shawn's apartment, Shawn with his back to Cory staring at the door.
"Get out," Shawn spoke softly, his emotions so evident despite his efforts to conceal them.
"Please Shawn. . . I'm so sorry," Cory said desperately, "You have to understand she wanted a divorce!"
Shawn turned around suddenly; his eyes on fire like an everlasting flame, "Get out!"
"But Shawnie-"
"Don't call me that! Don't ever call me that again, but wait! That won't be hard since I'm never going to see you anyway!" Shawn yelled in fury.
"But after all these years-"
"After all these years you're leaving me!" Shawn turned away again and walked toward the door, "You were the one person I trusted Cory!" His voice broke. He then thrust his fist against the door and turned back to Cory.
"I-" Cory started.
"I mean" Shawn's voice calm, but full of misery and desperation, continued, " you were my family Cor, the only true family I ever had."
Cory stared down at the floor not able to meet Shawn's eyes for he knew if he looked into those passion filled eyes, those eyes that looked older than they should have, the eyes that had been filled with pain on so many occasions, Cory would disregard his promise to Topanga. And he couldn't, he had to do this for Topanga, no matter the cost.
"So this is it?" Shawn mock-laughed holding back his emotions like he did so often, "I should have known. Everyone in my life seems to abandon me."
Cory gave Shawn a look that said it all. All the years they had together, all the fun and tears, the closeness they had shared. . . was gone forever. When reaching the door Cory looked back at his former best friend once last time, and walked out the door, leaving Shawn with a new wave of loneliness and sorrow.
A/N: Sorry no slash yet but it will be up probably in the next chapter. . . I think???
A/N: This is a pretty short chapter but if you like it tell me and I'll try and get the next one up really soon. If you want to email me at: [email protected] . Thanks and enjoy (hopefully)!
Chapter 1 One Relationship Saved and One Destroyed
"Darn it Cory! It's been a two months since we've moved here and you have only gotten out of this house to go mope around with Shawn!" yelled Topanga Mathews one Tuesday evening.
Cory turned to face his wife," Don't bring Shawn into this; you know how hurt he was that Angela broke up with him a week after we left, " he said in a dangerous sort of tone.
"He wasn't hurt Cory! The next morning we found him in bed with another woman!"
"That's how he deals with his pain Topanga! He just blocks it out! I'm the only one he will talk to about his feelings so I need to be there for him!"
Topanga rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in disgust," Cory, you spend more time with him than you do with me! We're married, yet I am still number two in your life!"
"Shawn is my best friend!"
"I thought I was your best friend!" Topanga screamed.
"Topanga this isn't about Shawn, this is about you," Cory answered raising his voice, "You're just pissed off cause Angela hasn't called you and you're not sure she's still your friend."
Cory had hit a nerve with that reply, but Topanga held her composure," That is not true. Angela is still my friend."
Cory, who was furious by her attack on Shawn, replied," No she isn't Topanga and you know it."
Topanga snapped," Fine Cory, she's not my friend anymore but I thought at least my HUSBAND would be there for me, but no he's too busy doing absolutely nothing but hanging out with Shawn!"
"Quit bringing Shawn into the conversation! He's my friend Topanga, and I thought you understood I needed to be there for him like I always am."
"And I thought you would understand that I needed you too! Don't you get it Cory? You're always with Shawn. We've had this fight over and over again," tears were finally making there way down Topanga's face as she looked up at Cory where she was greeted only by coldness she had never seen before.
"Shawn is my best friend, and he doesn't nag me all day long!"
"Cory," Topanga breathed as she reached up to touch Cory's arm, which he pulled away, " I can't do this anymore. It's not worth it."
"Good than let it go," Cory responded haughtily.
"No Cory," Topanga continued, " I mean us. Fighting is the only thing we do anymore."
"Topanga what are you nagging about now?"
Topanga's face, and heart, broke. She had never known Cory to be so cruel, and she couldn't deal with it anymore. Ever since they had moved to New York they had been fighting non-stop. Just like my parents, she thought, we married too young.
"Cory. . . I don't think I can stay in this marriage," said Topanga softly.
"What?" Cory said panicking. He was enraged with Topanga sure, but did he want a divorce? Of coarse not, he had, and always would, love her, "Topanga no; we can work this out. I'll do anything, what do you want?"
She thought it over and came up with her answer, "I don't want you to see Shawn anymore."
"You know I can't do that," Cory pleaded, "please Topanga be reasonable."
"Reasonable? Reasonable! Cory let me tell you a thing about reasonable. I didn't want Shawn to come to New York, but I packed his bag for him. I brought him for you Cory because I love you and would do anything for you, but I'm tired of having to fight for time for you. Shawn is twenty years old; I think he can handle himself! So I'm sorry for putting you in this position but I can't fight for you anymore. It's time for you to choose."
Cory ran his right hand through his curly hair and looked Topanga straight in the eyes, "Topanga if this is really what you want," Topanga nodded and he swallowed back tears, " then I'll do it."
She smiled a little bit and hugged Cory around the middle, "Thank you Cory; you don't know how much it means for me to hear you say that."
Cory listened but did not really hear a word he said for he was too busy deciding how he was going to tell his best friend that he could never see him again.
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"Shawn I'm sorry. . ." Cory trailed off. He had just finished telling Shawn how he would never be able to see him again. They were standing in Shawn's apartment, Shawn with his back to Cory staring at the door.
"Get out," Shawn spoke softly, his emotions so evident despite his efforts to conceal them.
"Please Shawn. . . I'm so sorry," Cory said desperately, "You have to understand she wanted a divorce!"
Shawn turned around suddenly; his eyes on fire like an everlasting flame, "Get out!"
"But Shawnie-"
"Don't call me that! Don't ever call me that again, but wait! That won't be hard since I'm never going to see you anyway!" Shawn yelled in fury.
"But after all these years-"
"After all these years you're leaving me!" Shawn turned away again and walked toward the door, "You were the one person I trusted Cory!" His voice broke. He then thrust his fist against the door and turned back to Cory.
"I-" Cory started.
"I mean" Shawn's voice calm, but full of misery and desperation, continued, " you were my family Cor, the only true family I ever had."
Cory stared down at the floor not able to meet Shawn's eyes for he knew if he looked into those passion filled eyes, those eyes that looked older than they should have, the eyes that had been filled with pain on so many occasions, Cory would disregard his promise to Topanga. And he couldn't, he had to do this for Topanga, no matter the cost.
"So this is it?" Shawn mock-laughed holding back his emotions like he did so often, "I should have known. Everyone in my life seems to abandon me."
Cory gave Shawn a look that said it all. All the years they had together, all the fun and tears, the closeness they had shared. . . was gone forever. When reaching the door Cory looked back at his former best friend once last time, and walked out the door, leaving Shawn with a new wave of loneliness and sorrow.
A/N: Sorry no slash yet but it will be up probably in the next chapter. . . I think???