Today is the day. Today is the day that after several months of Shawn and I counseling/peer pressuring, Cory is finally going to ask Topanga out.

All three of us were standing by the lockers and Cory was pacing back and forth trying to build up the courage to do it. He just saw Topanga and got really nervous.

"Cor, why are you stalling?" I said.

"I'm not trying to, but look at her guys." He lovingly looks at her. "Wow she's so pretty."

Shawn nudges Cory's shoulder. "Then go up and say hi. I mean you've known her your whole life."

"Yeah but that's not the Topanga i've known. She's a woman now."

"Look Cor, we've been over this, just go up to her and ask her out already." I said pushing him towards Topanga. I could only push him so far before I tried letting him walk on his own.

He stood there staring at her. "Am I moving yet?"

Shawn stepped in front of him. "Look Cor, Topanga is a woman now, and a very hot one if I might add, it's only a matter of time before someone else asks her out."

"I know, I know." He takes a deep breathe. "Okay i'm going for it." He walks over to her and actually makes it all the way this time.

Cory talks to Topanga for all of 15 seconds before he turns back to us and the bell rings. "No luck?" I ask sticking my hands in my pockets.

"I've got the luck of a sea monkey I tell ya."

We get to Turners class and we all see Topanga passing out some papers. Shawn leans over from behind Cory to whisper to him.

"Here's your chance Cor, ask her to see a movie."

"Try and stop me." He says confidently. Just as Topanga makes her way to him and puts a paper on his desk, he looks up and calls her over. "Topanga." She turns around. He sees her and lifts up his paper. "Thanks for this." He puts his hand to his forehead and salutes her. HE SALUTED HER!

Cory turns around to me and Shawn. "I saluted."

"We know, unfortunately we all saw." I said slumping back into my chair and putting my hands to my face.

"Dude you're making to big of a deal about this. Just act natural." Shawn said.

"You're right." Cory stands up as Topanga walks by. "So Topanga, Friday night whats going on?" She turns around and smiles at him.

"I don't know." She's looking like she's waiting for him to say something. Come on Cory you got this.

"Neither do I." I bang my head on the table. "Okay then." He then gives her a thumbs up and I bang my head on the table again. Topanga walks away and I turn to Cory.

"A thumbs up?"

"If I don't show up to school tomorrow it's because I chopped my hand off."

Shawn and I were by the vending machines watching Cory talk to Topanga. I turn to Shawn. "So you think he's finally doing it? You think he's gonna ask Topanga to the screenings on Friday?"

"Yeah, but Cory is gonna come over here in about two minutes, and before he does I need you to agree to do something."

"What is it?" I furrowed my eyebrows at him.

"You need to go on a date with Cory."

I nearly choked on my air and looked at him. "What? Why? He's asking Topanga out, why do I need to date him?" I crossed my arms.

"Yeah about that, i'm gonna need to let you in on something I have arranged, and before you say anything please don't be mad at me."

"Hunter you're scaring me."

"Well, I knew that Cory would be a bit hesitant with asking Topanga out, so I might have made a tiny little scheme to make things start a bit faster."

"Hunter what did you do?"

"Well, I may or may not have asked Topanga out."

My eyes went wide and I slapped him on the side of the head. "You did what?!"

He winced and held his hands up. "I can explain."

"Oh you better." I uncrossed my arms and gave him a death stare.

"Cory was gonna have a hard time trying to make things work with Topanga on his own, so I thought I could give him some incentive. See, I ask Topanga out, and he tries to get both me and her jealous by asking you out. By the end of the night, none of us are happy and he confronts Topanga to smooth everything over. Once he does that, he admits his feeling, she admits hers and they can live out the rest of their lives."

"Okay but why would asking me out make you guys jealous?"

"His best friend is dating his crush, so he comes after a mutual friend of both me and Topanga, which is you."

"Do I have to?" I said whining. "He's like a brother to me Shawn."

"Listen I don't wanna go out with Topanga either but this is for Cory. And Topanga already agreed to this."

"You got her to agree to this?"

"What can I say, i'm a master of persuasion." He leans up against the vending machine trying to look smooth and I flick him in the head.

"Fine i'll do it. For Cory."

Just then Cory walks over looking really bummed. Here we go. He bangs his head three times up against the vending machine we are standing by. A soda then pops out the bottom. He grabs it and turns to Shawn and I. "Topanga has a date for the screenings. You were right Shawn. I mean you warned me this would happen."

"I did."

"Yeah you said Topanga looked hot, and if I waited too long some other guy was gonna move in."

"I did."

"I just wonder who asked her."

"I did."

As soon as he said that I tried to act surprised. "What did you just say?"

"I asked Topanga out." He said nonchalantly.

"Shawn why would you do that?" Cory asked. I felt bad looking at him, he looked hurt.

"You said it yourself, Topanga is a woman now."

"I-I can't talk to you right now." Cory put his hand up and turned away from Shawn.

"Cool, see ya." He walked away from us.

"Cor i'm sorry he did that."

He looked at me frustrated. "I was gonna ask her out. Really I was." He slumped down onto a chair. "Please tell me i'm just dreaming."

"I would pinch you on the arm but I think that would just make it worse."

"Is it bad that I still wanna go to the screening?"

"Well why do you wanna go?"

"I just wanna show up with a hot date and make those two regret that they ever went out in the first place." He looked down for a moment but then his face lit up. He looked up and pointed at me. "You." He said.

My eyes widened. I was planning on agreeing anyways but I had to still play it off like I knew nothing. "Nuh uh, Matthews i'm not doing this."

"Cris come on, can't you help out your best friend who's really down on his luck right now? Plus if I bring you Shawn and Topanga will flip." He smiled at his idea.

I looked at him hesitantly while he gave me the puppy dog eyes. He started to pout his lip and I gave in. "Okay fine! But just one date and this is only for revenge purposes."

"Deal. So i'll pick you up Friday at 6:30 then?"

"Okay Cor, 6:30 it is." I held out my hand for a handshake and he took it.

Hunter this better work.