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AT MAYA'S APPARTMENT

Maya walked into the living room, clutching a letter addressed to her mum.

Katy's eyes locked on to her daughter "Maya, what have you done now?" She asked, exasperated.

This hurt Maya "why does she always think I've done something wrong" Maya thought; screwing up the letter and throwing it at her mother as she walked out.

AT LITTLE ITALY

Before she knew it, Maya had already walked all the way over to little Italy where her favourite pizzeria was; she never had enough money to buy their pizza but she enjoyed sitting outside and sketching the world as all different aromas filled her nostrils.

All of a sudden Maya's phone rang, she was shocked to see Riley's name flash up as it was way past 11 o clock.

"Riley", she asked worriedly "What's wrong?"

"I was just about to ask you the same question Maya." Riley said softly.

"What do you mean, I'm fine." Maya said, adding a cheeriness to her voice.

Riley decided to change the question, she knew Maya wasn't going to answer her directly "So, where are you, Josh rang me and said he saw you walking down the road looking pretty upset?"

Maya knew that she could no longer pretend she was still at her apartment "I just thought I'd take a walk, it's a nice night for it." She lied, adding "I'm not upset, I'm fine."

"I'll get my dad to pick you up." Riley said, passing her cell to her dad.

"Hey, Maya are you okay?" Cory asked, concerned.

Maya finally flipped "I just wish everyone would stop asking me that" She said tearfully.

"Tell me where you are, I'll come and get you and you can sleep here tonight."

Maya finally confessed "I'm at Mario's" She said softly.

Although there were loads of Mario's in New York, Cory instantly knew which one Maya was at, his heart dropped "Maya, you shouldn't have walked all the way too little Italy at this time of night, all by yourself." He told her sternly, adding "Don't move I'll come and get you right now." Quick as that he put the phone down and ran to his car.

Although, Maya had just been told off by Cory, she kind of enjoyed it, it showed her that he cared.

All of a sudden there was a noise from the back alley next to the pizza place. Maya looked around and saw a drunken man rummaging through the trash cans.

The man caught Maya's eye and staggered over to her "What are you looking at blondie, aint you ever seen a hobo before?"

Maya did not know what to say to that, she just stared at him and tried to walk away but he grabbed her arm and pushed her into the dark alley, punching her in the stomach and leaving, at least she thought it was a punch.

Wincing in pain, Maya held her stomach and felt a warm liquid under her hand, slowly she lifted her hand up and saw it covered in blood, quickly realizing she had been stabbed not punched.

Cory was driving down the road when he noticed a blonde haired girl laying against the brick wall behind Mario's. Quickly he parked up on the edge of the sidewalk and ran to Maya. "What happened?" He asked her, pressing his hand down on top of hers over the wound.

"He...st…stabbed me." She said weakly, wincing in pain.

"I know it hurts Maya, but I need to check it, would you mind if I did that honey?" He asked her softly.

Maya lightly nodded her head in agreement.

Cory removed his hand from the wound and lifted Maya's shirt up lightly to find a gaping, bloody wound in her abdomen; quickly he replaced his hand onto her wound and told her to place her hands firmly on top of his. Picking up his phone with his spare hand, he rang for an ambulance, telling Maya she was going to be okay, she just had to stay awake.

5 minutes later, an ambulance appeared, Maya had tried to stay awake but the pain was too much, she was so weak and was slowly drifting into unconsciousness.

"Come on Maya, you've got to stay with us, help is here now" He said, trying to not let his own worry creep out.

Quickly the paramedics ran over to Maya "It's okay sweetie, my name is Gareth, were going to help you, you'll be okay." He reassured her.

Maya knew that it wasn't going to be okay so it was really angering her that everyone kept on saying she was going to be okay, tears rolled down her cheeks and she fell fully unconscious.

The paramedic pulled a sterile dressing out from his bag and carefully placed it over Maya's wound, securing it with surgical tape.

Gareth and his colleague log rolled Maya onto the stretcher and carried her into the ambulance, Cory followed quickly behind, holding Maya's hand anxiously as they performed a thorough examination on her body.

AT THE HOSPITAL

Quickly they drove to the hospital and rushed Maya into surgery, leaving Cory to watch his Daughters' life be put into the hands of strangers.

Cory sat down outside, hands over his face in despair; quickly his sadness turned to hate for whoever did this to Maya, Cory stood up, kicking a plastic trash can multiple times and screaming angrily.

All of a sudden a nurse came up behind him "Sir, maybe you should go home and get some rest, you're not going to be able to see her for quite a while." She said, sympathetically.

He turned around to face the nurse, sadness filling his eyes "What are her chances?" He mumbled, tears rolling down his face.

The nurse sighed, she knew this question was inevitable but she didn't like answering it "Her spleen has been damaged and Maya has lost a lot of blood" she said, rubbing Cory's back, adding "But I promise you, the doctors are going to do everything they can for her" She said softly, trying to reassure him.

Struggling to persuade him to go home and get some rest, she said "How about you go get some of Maya's pyjamas, we'll call you when she's out of surgery Mr Matthews" The nurse said, handing Cory back his phone that he had dropped when kicking the trash can.

BACK AT LITTLE ITALY

Cory took the phone from her and stormed out, walking towards the subway to go back to little Italy and get his car.

As he walked to his car, he burst into tears, noticing the blood stain from where Maya had laid.

Author Note: Is Maya going to pull through and how is Cory going to tell his daughter her best friend has been stabbed?

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