Rosamund Neve Matthews-better known to her friends and family has Rose- yawned as she opened her eyes, looking to her right she could blearily make out the face of her best friend.

"Réveillez-vous la belle endormie."

She blinked a few times until she could clearly make out his mischievous smile, dark curly brown hair and warm chocolate eyes and a face filled with freckles.

She yawned again. "Remove your face from mine Ash, before I remove it for you."

Ash chuckles as he backs up. "So grumpy."

Rose looks around the plane. "What time is it? Are we there yet?"

"The pilot just announced that we'd be landing in half an hour minutes I thought it best to wake you up now so you can freshen up."

She smiles at him. "Thanks." getting out of her chair she took her toiletries from her bag before making her way to the restroom, luckily nobody else was there. Rose took her time to brush her teeth, rinse her face, and detangle her locks of chestnut brown hair; she allowed them to tumble past her shoulder to her waist once she was done before making her way out of the restroom.

"I love first class international," she said once seated.

Asher chuckles at her. "I know you do."

The intercom buzzes before the pilot's voice came through. "On behalf of American Airlines, the flight crew would like to welcome you to John F. Kennedy International Airport. We will be arriving at the gate momentarily. Please remain in your seats with your seat belt securely fastened until the aircraft has come to a complete stop at the terminal gate. Please check around you to ensure you have all your belongings before leaving the aircraft. If you are connecting to another flight, ramp agents will be just inside the door of the terminal to give you directions to your departure gate. If your final destination is John F. Kennedy International Airport, please proceed to the baggage carousels to retrieve your checked luggage. The outside air temperature is a pleasant 94 degrees with a light wind coming from the north. We hope you had a pleasant flight and hope that if air travel is in your immediate future, you consider This Airline for your travel needs. We are pleased you chose to fly with us today and wish you a good evening."

Rose stretched her arms as they finally stepped out of the airport, the sun blared down at her. "Final. Custom took forever."

"I know," Asher hands Rose her suitcase. "Is your Dad here yet."

At that moment Rose's phone rang, taking out of her pocket she looked at the caller id. "Speak of the devil," she swiped the answer button. "Hi, Daddy…Yeah we're waiting outside, we're at the front where all the cars and taxi her dropping people off…I'm in a black and white blouse, and Asher is wearing a green t-shirt…you see us." Rose starts to look around along with Asher. "We don't see you." the horn of a car honks as the car drove closer to where the two of them were standing. Rose smiled at the sight of the car. "We see you," she waves and hangs up.

Corey Matthews parks in front of the John F. Kennedy airport before popping the boot of his car open. He got out of the car and caught his daughter who had ran over and threw herself at him.

"Hi, Daddy."

He squeezes her, tight. " Welcome home Rosebud."

"Hi Corey," Asher greets as he walks up to them, he shakes Corey's hand. "Thanks for letting me stay with you guys."

Corey places Rose back on the ground. "No problem Asher, you're parents took care of Rose for the past four years, it's the least we can do to take care of you for the next four years."

Asher smiles at him in thanks. Together the three of them grabbed the multiple suitcases from the curb and placed them in the boot. There were so many suitcases that they had to put some in the back seat.

"You two have to much stuff, you do now the apartment is small right?" Corey asks the two of them as they all got in the car.

"Most of it is Ash's," Rose says as she placed her seatbelt on.

Ash scoffs from the back. "Liar."

Rose blew a raspberry at him before turning back to the front to talk to her Dad, she looked back a half an hour later and saw that he had passed out, his head was resting on one of the suitcases.

"Are you excited?" Corey asked her eyes on the road.

Rose turns her attention to him. "I am. Shorter school days, extracurricular activities, dances, and I can go on."

"You're not gonna miss anything?"

"Obviously I am. I'm gonna miss my friends, but technology is amazing, and I can talk to them whenever I want. Plus I'm excited to leave with you guys again. I missed you guys, obviously, you visited during the summer, but that wasn't enough."

Corey smiles at her. "We all missed you too."

Rose raises an eyebrow at him. "Really? You all missed me? The one thing I'm really not looking forward too is living with Riley again."

"Things are different now. The two of you are older I'm sure whatever issue you two had with each other is miniscule now."

"One; she had a problem with me. I never retaliate, in fact, I left the country, so you and Mom didn't have to deal with it anymore."

"And your Mom and I told you that you didn't need to go."

"Dad I had to go, she hated me, and everybody was uncomfortable, and the house was tensed."

"She didn't hate you."

"Right, she still hates me."

"Rose…"

"Dad, she never once visited called or anything while I was in France. Whatever issue Riley had with me to cause her to go bonkers when we were younger she still has with me. I cause some kind of rage with her."

Corey sighed, he knows she's right. "Do you love her though."

"I'm always gonna love her, she's my twin, but I'm not gonna allow her to walk all over me."

"I don't' expect you too, and I'm sure that if she gets too far, Asher will step in."

Rose smiles at the person in question who was now quietly snoring. "He always does."

It wasn't long before a jetlagged Rose also fell asleep. Corey glanced at his daughter from the corner and smiled before a frown marred his face. As happy as he was to have her back he knew his home was now gonna be filled with tension. He honestly didn't know why Riley had such animosity towards her twin, but she does. When it comes to Rose Riley turns into a different person, the quirky, sweet girl turns into a petty child filled with anger. He let a sigh out again, maybe he could find a solution for this on his way home, he two more hours to go.

"Ash, Ash, Ash, ASH!"

Asher woke up to his best friends yelling in his ear. "I was more gently when I woke you up, why can't you do the same for me."

"I did, I've been calling you for a while now," Rose responds. "I mean Dad already took my suitcase up."

Ash looks around to see the suitcase he was leaning on wasn't there anymore, in fact, none of the suitcases in the back where there anymore they were all on the curb of the street. "Oh."

"Yeah oh," Rose responds as she backs up to let him slide out of the car.

Together the two of them grabbed the rest of the suitcases into the apartment.

"It hasn't changed one it," Rose says as she looked around. "C'est exactement pareil."

"It is," Asher nods in agreement, he placed the suitcase down.

"Rose!" a young voice yells. "Rose! Rose! Rose! You're here!"

Rose dropped the suitcase she was holding and caught her little brother in a young. "Auggie! Auggie! Auggie! Auggie! I'm here!"

Topanga Matthews comes walked out from her room and smiled at the sight her son and daughter made. She tugged Ash into a hug allowing Rose and Auggie to hug a little more.

"Welcome, Ash."

Ash hugs her back. "Hi Topanga, it's nice to see you again."

Rose carried Auggie over to them and wrapped her arms around her Mom. "Hi Maman"

Topanga runs her hands through her daughter's hair. "Welcome home Rose."

Suddenly the five of them felt added weight on them, they looked up to see Corey.

"I was feeling left out."

The six of them chuckle as the all released each other.

"Come on we'll take you guys to your room so that you can unpack. Ash your guitars came in yesterday, we place them in your room." Topanga tells him.

"Thanks," Asher responds picking up his suitcases.

Asher and Rose spent over three hours unpacking all their stuff. The two of them were currently in Rose's room putting the last minute touches in it. Throughout the whole process, the never heard or saw Riley, the two of them were getting curious.

"Auggie où est Riley?" Rose asks her little brother who playing on her laptop.

Auggie pouts. "She's hanging out with her friends today."

Topanga walks into Rose's room. "Rose, Ash I'm going down to my bakery, do you guys wanna come?"

Rose and Ash look at each other before shrugging. "Sure."

"C'est si pittoresque," Rose says as she walked into Topanga's. "Mom this is cute."

"C'est comme un café en France," Asher comments.

"I have no idea what you just said, but thanks," Topanga responds. "Do the two of you want something to drink or eat?" Rose opens her mouth. "In English please."

Rose chuckles. "I'll have a lemonade."

Asher waves Topanga off when she looks at him. "I'm good."

Topanga smiles at the two of them before walking behind the counter to start on the drink. Rose and Asher took their time looking around the bakery and taking everything in.

"Rose, Ash is that you?" a familiar voice asks.

The two of them turn from the blonde boy to see a boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes filled with curiosity.

It took a second before Rose realized who she was looking at. "Farkle!" she instantly grabs him into a tight hug.

"Rose!" Farkle screams back, hugging her just as tight.

Asher walks over to the two of them and pats Farkle on the back. "Nice to see you again buddy. Still a mad genius?"

"As if I could be anything else," Farkle responds. "But right now this mad genius is suffocating."

Asher sighs. "You have to let go of him, Rose."

"Don't wanna; I missed him." Rose mumbles.

"Rose."

"Fine," Rose grumbles letting go of Farkle but grabbing both his hands instead. She looks up at him. "You're taller than me now!"

"And me!" Asher grumbles beside her.

Farkle smiles down at her. "It has been four years Rose; it was bound to happen."

Rose smiles softly at him; she places her right hand on his cheeks. "It really is good to see you again." she kisses him on the cheek.

Farkle places his hands over the one on his cheek. "You too Rose."

The two of them grinned at each other before they were pushed apart by a girl with dark brown hair and glasses. "What is going on here!?"

Rose grins at her. "You must be Isadora. I've wanted to meet you."

Isadora blinks at her all anger gone. "You have?"

Rose nods. "Farkle talks about you all the time."

Asher nods in agreement. "I must say his description of you is very accurate. You are beautiful."

Farkle's face turns red. "Rose! Asher!"

The two of them chuckle. Asher kisses Isadora's hand. "I'm Asher Reed."

Rose held out her hands for Isadora to shake. "Nice to meet you, I'm Rose Matthews."

Isadora and the two boys behind her eyes widen. At that moment a blonde girl and a brunette walk into the bakery, the brunette a noticeable similarity to Rose.

The brunette looks at Rose in shock. "Rose!"

Rose turns to her, her smile strained. "Riley."

"So you're Riley's fraternal twin sister," Lucas says in shock.

"So why are we just meeting you now?" Zay asks her. "Where have you been?"

"Collége EIB Monceau," she responds as she accepts the drink from her Mom. "Thank you, Maman."

Topanga kisses her on the forehead. "Your welcome." She heads back to the counter to help her other customers.

"So where's Collége EIB Monceau?"

"EIB stands for École International Bilingue, which are part of NACE Schools. NACE Schools is a world leader in international private education, with 21 schools across five countries and a strong basis in multilingual education." Isadora answers for her.

Rose giggles, while Asher looked at Isadora gobsmacked. "Did you memorize the school website or something?" he asks her.

Isadora nods. "I did. When Farkle explained to me that one of his first love attends one of this schools I did my research. "

Rose giggles again and pokes Farkle in the cheeks. "Aww, Farkle. I love you too." she turns back to the others. "Anyway EIB is their branch in France, Collége EIB Monceau is one of their middle schools."

"Wait!" Zay said. "You said you hadn't been back to New York in four years; middle school is only three years long."

Asher shrugs. "We attend EIB Monceau, which is one of their primary school for a year to see if we would like it then decided to stay for middle school." He took a sip of Rose's drink, who just lets him.

Rose takes over. "We did an immersion class there loved it and decided to stay for the rest of our fifth year through middle school."

"Then why are you back?" Riley asks her, her voice, while light was filled with a ting of displeasure.

Rose's smile didn't reach her eyes. "Why not?"

"We decided to spend our last four years before adulthood here in New York with our families," Asher tells the other's while Rose and Riley stare at each other.

"Where are you staying?" Maya asks. "You're parents moved to France with you remember. They couldn't live there precious only son in another country all by himself."

Asher smirked at Maya. It seems that she still thought that she was the big dog on set when in all actuality she was all bark and bite. Asher, on the other hand, was a grizzly bear, protective of his young and ready to tear his opponents apart and Maya would do well to remember that.

"Corey and Topanga were kind enough to let me live with them."

"What!" Riley and Zay shout for two different reasons.

"You call them Corey and Topanga?"

"You're gonna be living with us?"

Asher shrugged. "I've known them since I was five. They're like my aunt and uncle, and because they think of me as there nephew, they said it was okay for me to stay with them."

"Isn't that great," Rose smiles. "My best friend is here to protect me just like yours is."

"Yeah. Great."

Lucas stared at Riley's sister. There was something different about her than any girls he had ever meet. She seemed nice, piercing blue eyes, brown hair done up in some kind of bun, and a… he subtly shook his head. He can't think of another girl right now, he still needs to figure out his relationship between Riley and Maya. Even if the other girl in question had a smile that lit up the room.

Riley scowled briefly at the look Lucas was giving her twin it was just like when they were younger. Everything revolved around Rose, everybody wanted to know Rose, and everybody liked Rose. While she was left in the shadows of her fantastic sister.

Rose noticed the anger in her sister's eyes and frowned internally. She didn't know what caused it, but she knows it's directed at her, but she didn't care. Riley was gonna have her tough time running her off this time, they weren't nine anymore.

A/N: What did you guys think? This chapter is short, but it's just an opening scene. There's a lot of tension between Riley and Rose, can anybody guess why?

Yes, I know that there is no way the Matthews apartment can fit five bedrooms, an ensuite, and two bathrooms, but this is fanfiction, and anything is possible.

Don't forget to comment and review.

Translation:

Réveillez-vous la belle endormie: Wake up sleeping beauty.
C'est exactement pareil: It's exactly the same.
Auggie où est Riley: Auggie where is Riley?
C'est si pittoresque: It's so quaint.
C'est comme un café en France: It's like a cafe in France.