Here I am, bringing you another story. I know, I know, I should have finished 'The Apartment' but I'm pretty sure nobody would be interested if I started to write that story again and well I was watching If I Stay and this idea was born.

This isn't going to be exactly like the movie, but I am going to pluck basic ideas from it and work them into my story in my own way.

Do I make this romance? Or strictly friendship? Because romance would turn into Lucaya and Riarkle as they're my ships. What do you guys want?

Also, this takes place after GM Goodbye – totally still not over that, it took me weeks to work up the courage to watch that episode cause (KINDA SPOILERS) I genuinely thought I was going to end up bawling my eyes out during it but I'm so happy that it ended the way it did! Maybe I'll write something for it, let's see where I go huh?

Well, enjoy this piece of word vomit and let me know what you think!

Side note: I'm setting myself a minimum word count of 1,500 words per chapter, cause I know people like longer chapters :P

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Disclaimer: I own neither Girl Meets World, the characters nor the piece of plot that I've borrowed from If I Stay. I wish I did, though, because there would be a season four of GMW in the production right now.

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Something Unpredictable

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"Here's the secret baby, if you live, if you die, it's all up to you. So whatever fight you got in you, you got to pull it out now."

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Chapter One

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Maya Hunter

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"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go

So make the best of this test, and don't ask why

It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time…"

The words floated through the headphones that were tucked securely into the blonde's ears as she drifted off to sleep, her head leaning against the cool glass. The car was relatively silent as they drove down the highway.

She could have easily drifted off there and then, but a silent buzz from her phone, which had been perched on her lap, jolted her from her sleep. Brushing a couple of strands that had fallen into her face out of the way, she glanced at the bright screen and read the message that had caused the screen to illuminate.

"Please tell me you're nearly home, I miss you"

She giggled to herself silently, only Riley Matthews could miss her even though she had left the previous night. The phone buzzed in her hand again.

"I swear, you're never going anywhere without me again, Maya"

The reason for her trip had been that her aunt and uncle had managed to get four tickets to an art show a couple hours away from their home. The idea originally had been for them to take their two children, Charlotte and Aria with them. However, the newly turned eighteen-year-old Charlotte insisted that she didn't want to go to the art show, while ten-year-old Aria had no choice, ultimately freeing up a ticket for Maya to take. She couldn't say no to the free ticket.

And so they had left the evening before the show, traveling a few hours before checking into a hotel before attending the art show the following day, traveling home afterward.

To Riley's credit, she managed to last a whole ninety minutes before texting Maya, complaining how her weekend wouldn't be the same without her there. It was probably a personal record for the brunette.

Pulling the two earbuds out of her ears, Maya turned towards her aunt and uncle in the front of the car, "How much longer until we're back home?"

David, who was driving, kept his eyes locked on the road while Holly turned towards her, "Well, we would be home in an about an hour," Her dark eyes flickered towards the younger girl next to Maya, "But someone's not going to make it if we don't stop soon so we really need to stop. There's a service station coming up, so maybe two hours."

Maya glanced towards her little cousin, smiling a little when she saw the tiny brunette girl shaking slightly in her seat as she crossed her legs.

"You know, I told you to go before we left. Maybe you should have listened," She teased, not fazed by the glare the brunette managed to shoot her.

"I didn't need to go then," Aria stressed, glancing out the window for any signs of where they could have possibly been. "I need to go now."

Shrugging her shoulders a little, Maya pulled herself forwards to look over her uncle's shoulder at the road ahead, seeing the turning that they needed to get off at.

When they finally pulled into the station, Aria jumped out of the car, running towards the bathroom with Holly following her.

Turning her attention back to her phone, she unlocked it and began to type a message back to Riley, "We'll probably be there in about two hours, Aria couldn't wait anymore and the car needed more gas". She hit the enter key, hearing a satisfying 'swoosh' which indicated that her message and been delivered before locking the device and pulling the door handle, freeing herself from the car.

"I'm going to look around the store," She told her uncle as she passed him, breathing in the scent of the gas fumes as she walked by. David just waved a hand in dismissal. Truth be told, Maya didn't need anything in the store, nor did she want anything but if she had to stay in that car any longer, her head was quite possibly going to explode from boredom.

By the time Maya walked back out of the store, Holly and Aria were both back in the car while David had disappeared off into the bathroom. Buckling herself back into her back seat, she checked her phone once more, this time reply to Riley's text with a "Love you too" before settling back into the seat.

David returned a minute later, starting the car and pulling off.

Nobody said anything, just listening to the radio in the background which had been turned down. It wasn't a painful silence, more so the kind that was peaceful and relaxing.

That didn't last long.

Thirty minutes later, Maya was jerked awake once again by the sudden turn jerking of the car. It was only seconds, but it felt like minutes, as the car flipped over a couple times, coming to rest on its roof.

There was nothing Maya could do but sit there helplessly as she was tossed around the place, her head coming into contact with the window on her left with a loud crack. From the moment her head met the window, the world around her seemed to become more and hazier.

Once the spinning stopped, she had a few moments to realize that her uncle was still in the car, hanging from the roof of the car by his seatbelt, blood running down his face and she couldn't tell if he was conscious or not. Next to her, Aria was dangling from the seatbelt, but other than that seemed fine. Her aunt, on the other hand, was nowhere to be seen, although Maya didn't have time to think about that now.

The last thought she had was that God, everything hurt so much and she wondered what that warm stuff running down her face was before her eyes closed.

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Riley Matthews

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Riley Matthews prided herself in getting just the right amount of sleep every night. No, she didn't go to bed extra early like Farkle did, but she made sure that it was no later than ten forty-five. Except if Maya was there, that girl didn't like to sleep much.

It was rapidly approaching eleven that night and she was curled up on the couch, dressed in the flannel pajama bottoms and a long sleeved white shirt. Her head was leaning against her mother's shoulder as she barely paid attention to the television in front of her.

Her mother and father were talking in hushed tones to Katy and Shawn Hunter as they waited for Maya to return home.

Glancing at her phone that was resting on the arm of the couch once more, she sighed in defeat. She had text Maya almost half an hour ago, wondering how close they were to home again and was yet to receive a reply from the blonde.

She hated the fact that Maya had gone overnight somewhere without her. Okay, she admitted to herself silently, That sounds pretty possessive of me. But as much as she wanted to deny it, she and Maya had been practically joint at the hip since the age of seven and had seen each other every day since the blonde had crawled through the bay window, so spending the day apart was a big deal for her.

Riley also knew that Maya needed to spend some time with her aunt and uncle, along with her little cousin and there was no better opportunity than going to an art show with them. Even if Riley had been able to go, she knew that it would be pointless in her going because she didn't really understand the art like Maya did, it just didn't appeal to her like it did with the blonde.

But hey, Maya would be back soon and she wouldn't let her go anywhere like that again. At least without taking Riley with her.

She must have drifted off because she was shaken awake by her mother. Once glance at her mother's tear struck face made her heart sink into her stomach for some reason.

Topanga didn't speak for a moment, giving Riley's mind free will to run different scenarios of what could have possibly made her mother – the strongest woman she had ever known – crack and cry.

Instead of telling her what was wrong, Topanga instead pushed her up off the couch a little, "Go get dressed, Honey," She told her. "We have to go somewhere."

Riley had opened her mouth to question her mother further, but the older woman had already turned her back to her and moved towards their bedrooms, presumably to go and wake Auggie.

A sound from behind her caused Riley to spin one hundred and eighty degree's towards the sound and seeing it had come from Katy, who Shawn had his arms wrapped around. The blonde's head was buried in her husband's chest as small little sobs escaped her and Riley's heart sunk further.

One thought struck her, one that she hadn't thought about yet. It took her a moment to recover from her state of shock as she tried to push the thought out of her mind. She wasn't going to jump to conclusions just yet.

Entering her room, Riley grabbed a pair of leggings from one of her draws and switched them out with her flannel pants, leaving the shirt as it was actually a normal long sleeved shirt. Grabbing her jacket that was slung over the back of the desk chair, she slipped on her converse and made her way back to the main room.

Katy and Shawn were already gone when she came back and Topanga had just walked through the door as Riley stepped out. Cory was standing in the middle of the room, looking at his daughter when he gestured for her to come to him.

She did so and as her father hugged her for a moment, Riley plucked up the courage to ask, "What happened?" Her voice was such a quiet whisper that she almost didn't hear herself.

"Sweetie…" He began and trailed off, trying to find the right way to word what he had to tell the fifteen-year-old. "There was an accident. We don't know what happened yet but we need to get down to the hospital now."

"M-maya?" Riley barely managed to choke out, even though she already knew the answer.

Instead of confirming her answer, Cory just pushed her towards the door slightly, "Let's go," Was all he managed to get out. No matter how much he wanted to tell her that it was all going to be alright, he didn't know.

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Well, I will admit, I wasn't expecting it to come out like that, but if you enjoyed and want more, make suer you review, favorite and follow! Thanks, guys!