#eli williams

[starryeyesxx]

[shawn-meets-world]

[oceangirl24]

Saudade: East River Drive

"You remember our first week at school after a summer of travelin'?" Jon asked Shawn as Audrey and Julia joined them in the living room.

"Oh, yeah," he chuckled at the memory. "That was not fun."

"Humph," he replied, feigning grumpiness. "You sure seemed to be havin' fun treatin' me like your personal school assistant."

A grin lit up Shawn's face as he thought about all the times he tried to use living with a teacher to his advantage.

And all the times he failed.

"You weren't a very good one," he said cheekily. "You wouldn't keep track of homework for me in any class, not even yours. Your excused absences and late notes stunk, you didn't respect personal holidays, and you withheld snacks." On this last remark Shawn gave Jon a look of teenage skepticism.

Jon shook his head and laughed. "You know each one of your siblin's gave me that very same look when I told them no snacks for the first time."

"Snacks are not as big a deal as you seem to think they are," Shawn grinned. "I can understand you threatenin' to take them away from me- you had no clue what you were doing. But after Julia? Dad, come on!"

"I thought one of you could be swayed!" Jon put his hand up defensively while laughing.

Shawn rolled his eyes good-naturedly. "You're lucky you got Mom, or you would have no control over the household."

Jon laughed out loud. "Don't I know it!" He paused a moment then said with a playful gleam in his eyes. "You remember right before Mom got assigned to me what you used to do with your bad grades and pink slips?"

Shawn hung his head in faux embarrassment. When he looked up, he was struggling not to laugh. "Yeah, no matter what trash can I hid them in somehow you found them."

"You weren't nearly as clever as you thought you were," Jon said, shaking a finger at him. "For one thing, you forgot I was a teacher and could talk to your other teachers whenever I wanted to so tellin' me they weren't givin' you your work back was just dumb. Two: you told me I wasn't givin' you your work back. And three, as soon as I saw you dump the work I did give you back in the trash can right outside of my room I knew I only had to check the cans outside all of your classes to find all that missin' work."

He and Shawn were both struggling to breathe from laughing so hard. Audrey laughed along with them while Julia looked on in fascination.

"Hey! I did get around you for a while," Shawn shot back defensively. "Once I figured out how you were gettin' those papers back."

"Yeah, you did," Jon admitted shaking his head. "You hit 'em under the floorboards."

"You did what?" Julia asked, sitting up suddenly. Growing up as she had, loose floorboard that could be used to store things under were the things of television and movies.

They never had anything that cool in their house.

"Hid 'em under the floorboards," Shawn confirmed, pointing to the kitchen. "There was a loose floorboard by the end of the counter. Dad used to hide extra cash under them, and I hid my bad grades there."

"Yeah, it was a good plan and it worked," Jon said with admiration. He chuckled. "Until I need cash and gotta bunch of F's instead."

"Ooo! Is there anything still in there?" Julia jumped up before she finished the question and ran to the kitchen....

Shawn took the flashlight and peered into the empty space. After a few minutes he sat back.

"Yeah, I didn't think there'd be anything in there," he remarked sounding disappointed.

Julia snatched the flashlight from him, shoved him to the side, and peered in much further than he had. She stuck her hand down in the space and began to feel around.

"Be careful," Audrey warned. "There's no telling what might have moved in after we move out."

Undeterred, Julia continued to search.

"Ooo, hey, what's this?"

Gently she put her hand on his arm and pushed it down so that she could see what he was looking at. When she saw the card, her mouth fell open.

It was the card for Dr. Amsden. The one that had been on her refrigerator until she hid it from Jon, he found it, and brought it back to the apartment.

"How'd that end up in there?" Julia asked after Audrey explained what it was.

"We hid my paperwork for treatment and things like bills in there," she replied. "Just in case someone came over, we didn't want it where it could be easily found."

"Katherine found it anyway," Shawn said bitterly as he stared at the card. "I guess this fell out and got left behind."

"What's Daddy got?" Julia asked.

Audrey and Shawn turned to Jon, but he was no longer with them. Instead, he was sitting on the couch staring at the papers in his hands.

He was trembling.

"Jon?" Audrey was at his side as quickly as she could manage. "What is it?"

He just shook his head. His eyes were full of unshed tears.

Audrey settled next to him and took the papers. His hands fell into his lap, and he stared blankly at the TV set.

"Mom?" Shawn asked worriedly. He sat next to Jon while Julia took a spot on the arm of the couch next to Audrey.

Audrey read over the papers several times before answering. Then she shook her head in disbelief.

"We always wondered what happened to this," she said so softly Shawn and Julia had trouble understanding her.

"But what is it?" Julia prodded.

"The legal guardianship paperwork."

Shawn wasn't able to respond right away. His brain froze and it took a while to start back up.

He'd never thought about what happened to the unsigned papers.

Unsure of how to respond, he said what he felt was the most appropriate. "How'd it end up there?"

"I put it there," Jon said without emotion. His skin was pale, and his eye held a haunted stare.

"But why?"

"The darkest night," was all he said.

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[boymeetsworldconfessions]

Who is the best Boy Meets World character? (round 3)

Eli Williams

Eric Matthews

Voting ended onMay 15, 2024

ABOUT:

A good friend of Jonathan Turner, Eli Williams quit the local news station and taught media relations classes at John Adams High. His mark is of truth, his ability to dig out what is actually going on in the media.

Eric Randall Matthews is the tritagonist of Boy Meets World. He is the older brother of Cory Matthews, Morgan Matthews, and Joshua Matthews, the eldest child of Amy Matthews and Alan Matthews.

[graffiti-flower]

Doodle I drew last April of my Lao/Thai characters wearing traditional garb for the new year.

[mercedesaria]

[topangagifs]

Cory & Topanga in 3x07

+Bonus

[giasesshoumaru]

“You know what scares me?”

“What?”

“He’ll end up making more money than any of us.” - George Feeny and Eli Williams to Dr Sorrell and Jonathan Turner about Eric Matthews (Boy meets World, Episode 3.12)