Everything Revolves -- General

[A Moment In Subtext]

Boy Meets World
Everything Revolves
By. A Moment In Subtext

Everything revolves around something; the stars, the planets, the moons. And Shawn Hunter thinks that people must not be an exception because everyone he knows revolves around Cory Matthews.
Cory is the kind of person who affects the fives of everyone he meets without even realizing he's doing it. He's the guy you'd say 'hi' to if you passed him on the street because you know you'll at least get a nod in response. He's the guy that, when he walks into a room, no one glances up for longer than it takes to identify him. Then he starts yelling and everyones eye is on him until he notices and tries to escape. There's a word for someone like him, someone who bends the universe to their will without any effort, but Shawn can't think of it.
Cory is the guy you could meet waiting in line at the grocery store, who'll have three items when you have ten and he'll let you get in front of him and have a pleasant conversation at the same time. You'll probably never see him again, but you'll never forget him or what he said.
Since he first met Cory, Shawn knew his life would been tangled with the strange, brillo-headed kid, and he was right. Cory is like a terrier, once he gets his teeth in you, he'll never let go, no matter if it would be better for both of them if he did.
The first girl that ever meant anything to Shawn was attracted to Cory, and even if it didn't surprise Shawn it did hurt him a little, because when everything is about Cory then nothing is about him. Every time Shawn tried to do something for himself Cory was there, and Shawn is beginning to see that it was never about him at all.
Cory wants make the perfect student into a risk taker, and he wants to turn trailer trash into something worthwhile, and if that's what Cory can do, thats good enough for him.
Cory is good at getting himself out of situations. He takes the blame when its his, and sometimes when it isn't, and everyone will believe him because that's the kind of person he is. Everyone will always believe him because he doesn't lie, and the only time he's ever wrong is when its about himself.
If Cory is the sun, then Topanga is a planet, and Shawn is just some stray comet that got caught in his gravity. But he can't get away because he doesn't have that kind of will power, and maybe he just doesn't want to have that kind of will power anyway, because, like he said, Cory is always right. And Cory thinks he can turn Shawn into something worthwhile, and Shawn is content to let him try. But there's something he thinks he's missing.
Cory doesn't turn heads, and Cory doesn't work miracles.