Lucas' POV

I was having a sleepover at the Matthews since my parents were on a trip to Texas because of Pappy Joe whose health has dramatically decreased over the past few weeks. I was sleeping in Auggies room who slept with his parents since there was obviously no way Mr. Matthews would let me share a room with his daughter.

I was trying to get some sleep on the blue sheets between Auggies million teddy bears when all my sleeping progress was thrown out of the window when at 2 a.m. there was a loud banging on the front door. I heard the Matthews parents mutter and shuffling to the door opening it.

I was torn between just ignoring it and going back to sleep and checking what was going on but eventually chose the former because it was none of my business anyway.

So I closed my eyes again before I heard two male voices speak from the living room. I couldn't make out what they were saying but it couldn't have been good because seconds later I heard a loud cry coming from Ms. Matthews. My heart was beating rapidly so I decided to go check.

I quietly opened the door from Auggies room when at the exact same moment Riley's door acroos from Auggies opened as well. A very tired looking Riley in her baby blue pajamas and frizzy hair looked at me just as confused as me. Without words we sneaked down the hallway which ended in the kitchen area of the living room. As we looked around the corner of the wooden doorframe we saw two police men standing in the living room sympathetically looking down at the Mr. and Mrs. Matthews who sat together on the couch tears streaming down their faces looking down onto the ground speechless.

"Mom? Dad? What is going on?," Riley interrupted the silence announcing our presence. The four adults looked at us when Mrs. Matthews quickly stood up and walked over to us.

Mr. Matthews led the two police men out of the door when one of the men suddenly said "Again, we're sorry for your loss.", before finally walking out the door.

Riley and my head shot up knowing that this couldn't be good. Mrs. Matthews told us to sit on the table as she and her husband did as well. There was an uncomfortable silence before Mr. Matthews finally broke it.

"Riley, Lucas, you two need to be there for Maya in the next few months more than ever, understood?", he said as his voice broke and he stared into our eyes intensly.

Riley and I looked at each other more confused than ever. "Why is that? What is going on, Dad?", Riley's voice was a mixture of fear, annoyance and anger.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews sighed before they looked up to us and finally said what the hell was going on.

"Katy passed away yesterday evening."

The next few minutes went by in a blur. I remember Riley letting out an inhumane sounding scream, hugs and just criyng. I couldn't think straight.

I barely knew Ms. Hart. Only saw her once in our classroom a day after the art show she didn't show up to.

She seemed like a confused lady that didn't quite have her life together but then again, can you blame her?

"What's gonna happen now?", Riley asked between sobs while Ms. Matthews held her.

"She's gonna live with us from now on. We can change our home office to her room. It's a bit small but we'll try to make it as comfortable as possible for her, okay?", Mrs. Matthews asked as Riley could only silently nod.

The next weeks were going to be terrible. I just knew it. I excused myself from the kitchen and walked back into Auggies room where I let myself fall onto the bed and just started sobbing freely. For the Matthews, for Katy, but mostly for Maya.

AN: Ok sooo this was shorter than I intended it to be but it was only kinda a prologue soo yeah.. Let me know if I should continue this or not. Open for criticism etc. Love y'all :)