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Growing up, Shawn Hunter had a hard life. His mom constantly ran out on him and his dad. And his dad being the "loyal" man that he was, at least to his mother, took off after her. One time he didn't come back for awhile. When he finally did, he died a few days later from a heart attack. He had always felt like it was his fault tat his parents were never around. He didn't know what he did wrong, but he felt so awful. When his dad died, he vowed never to let anyone grow up the way he did.
Then he met Maya Hart.
When Shawn met Maya, he could see the mask. He could see so much of himself in her that it actually scared him. This girl was so broken, but no one could see it because she had built the same walls and hid behind the same mask that he had so many years ago. The only difference between them was that she wore long sleeves in hot weather. Shawn always wore long sleeves toot, but he had lived in Philadelphia where it was never hot. He was determined to find out what she was hiding . Couldn't be too hard, he practically invented the mask she was hiding behind.
At the Matthews Apartment...
Cory, Topanga, Riley, Shawn, and Auggie were sitting at the breakfast table laughing at old stories from the trios childhood.
Maya opened the door to the Matthews' apartment. The first thing Shawn noticed was her hair covering her face and she was clutching her arm.
"Morning Matthews, gotta pee", was all she said before making a beeline for the bathroom. Shawn had a bad feeling in his gut. He knew she was hiding something.
Once in the bathroom, an the door locked, Maya looked at her face getting her makeup out. She had a black eye and a bleeding cut on her lip. The black eye she could cover with makeup, but she couldn't cover the cut on her lip. She didn't like to lie, but she had to. So, she covered her black eye, cleaned her lip, and looked at herself again. She felt an overwhelming sense of fear and anger at her "caretaker". Her mother got drunk last night and hurt her. Thinking about it almost gave her a panic attack so she did the only thing she could do to take her pan away. She rolled up her sleeves, and cut herself. She felt relief as she watched crimson come out of the wound. Feeling better, she rolled her sleeves, put on her mask, and walked out of the bathroom.
