Maya had that feeling again. She knew something wasn't right, but she just quite couldn't put her finger on it.

It was Tuesday. It wasn't exactly raining but it wasn't bright and sunny either. It was the calm before the storm.

School ended yet none of the after school activities were canceled. It was not raining therefore there was no reason for them to be.

Maya finished at Art Club early and decided to go surprise Riley. They normally couldn't hang out in Tuesday's because of Art and Lucas's football or baseball or whatever sport he happened to be playing at that time. In this case it was spring so it was baseball.

"Knock knock." Maya said as she entered through Rileys window.

"Peaches! What are you doing here? It's Tuesday…"

"I know, I finished art early and thought I'd surprise you since Lucas has practice until 7pm."

"Well yay! I've been dying to tell you about today."

"What happened today?" Maya asked.

"Well my parenting class teacher decided that we're doing a family assignment. Today I got married."

"What?! To who? Why did you tell me?"

"Charlie Gardner."

"Oh." Maya said a little disgusted.

"Yea that's what I said. I'm just glad it's not real."

"And how does Farkle feel about this?"

"Farkle? What's it matter what Farkle thinks? We broke up remember?"

"I didn't approve it so your still together." Maya protested.

"Peaches, its over between us."

"Never say never." Maya said.

Just then Riley's phone rang.

"Is that Farkle now?" Maya played.

Riley made a face at her.

"Hello?"

"Riley, it's Zay."

"Zay? Why didn't you call from your cell?"

"It's dead, but that's beside the point. Do you know where Maya is? She isn't answering her phone and she wasn't in the art room."

"Yea yea, she's right here. She came by while you and Lucas finished practice."

"Oh good." Zay said relieved.

"Zay what's going on? What's all the noise in the background."

"Riley there's been an accident." Rileys eyes widened.

"It's Lucas." Zay said.

Riley immediately looked at Maya who was fumbling with Rileys makeup at her vanity.

Maya didn't notice at first until she caught wind of Rileys face in the mirror and turned around.

"It just happened out of no where and I couldn't get hold of Maya. Riley it's bad. It's really really bad." Zay said trying to hold it together.

"Riley what's going on? Your scaring me." Maya said to her as she just sat there listening to Zay.

"Where are you?" Riley finally said.

"Were at Jenkins Hospital. Their calling me Riley. I gotta go but you and Maya need to get here."

They hung up the phone and Riley sprung into action.

"We need to go." Riley said getting up putting on shoes quickly.

"Riles what's going on? Where are we going?"

"Maya, I don't have the details but something happened. It's Lucas."

Maya's face went pale. All the blood rushed out of Maya's body.

"I don't know what's going on but Zay says it's bad. They're at Jenkins Hospital."

Maya wasn't responding.

"Maya? Maya we need to go!" Riley exclaimed pulling Maya out of her room and flying through the front door.

The subway couldn't move fast enough. Maya was dying inside. Lucas and Maya were inseparable; they were the best of friends, and if Maya lost that, well then she might as well lose herself. Yes she loved Riley but you need a balance and Lucas was that balance for Maya.

The subway finally sped to a stop and Maya and Riley started running to the hospital, it was now pouring and storming all around, but nothing would stop the girls from getting to their friends.

They reached the hospital and ran into the emergency room.

"Zay!" Riley yelled

"Riley, Maya, your soaked."

"Zay what happened?" Maya said catching her breath.

"I don't really know. I got a phone call saying Lucas had been in an accident and he needed a family member here. I'm listed as his brother. They said he was with Missy, they were walking through Times Square when he got hit by a bus."

Maya's heart stopped.

"I don't know the details-"

"How is he?" Maya interjected.

"I don't know. So much has happened, doctors keep throwing out fancy terms left and right, I just I don't know." Zay was running on. He was terrified himself.

"Zay please calm down." Riley said. "We'll find out okayy."

Just then a nurse walked by.

"Excuse me. Can we get an update on Lucas Friar?"

"Are you family?"

"I'm his brother."

They lady looked at Zay like he was crazy.

"I'm not lying." Zay said.

"Fine. He's got a concussion and broken ribs. He's got a broken foot and his face is completely gashed up. Luckily there's no internal bleeding or anything."

"Can we see him?" Riley asked.

"He's asleep and still being evaluated. Maybe in a little while." She said walking away.

Maya was silent through this whole thing.

"Maya are you alright?" Riley asked.

She just shook her head in all kinds of ways.

"It doesn't matter how I am. It matters how Lucas is." Maya said.

"Wait." Riley said all of a sudden. "You said he was with Missy."

"Yea, she's fine though. Not a single scratch."

"What was he doing with her? I thought they broke up." Riley said.

Again Maya was staying silent.

"I don't know." Zay said.

It was hours before the doctors would let anyone see Lucas. He was awake and had given his statements to the police so he was allowed visitors now.

The teens went in all together. Zay and Riley were both a mess, but Maya was strong. She was very silent but she was strong. Never broke a single tear.

"Lucas!" Zay exclaimed as they entered the room. "What the hell man?!"

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking." He joked.

"Lucas are you alright?" Riley asked.

"Yes Riley I'm fine." He smiled.

"Good. I was so worried." She said giving him a hug.

Maya was silent. She was standing in the back of the room observing.

Lucas just looked at her confused. She didn't say anything. She was very much acting like a brick wall.

"Is Maya alright?" Lucas whispered into Rileys ear as they hugged.

"I don't know. She's been like this for hours." Riley said.

Sometime went by and Maya still hadn't said anything or done anything. She just sat in the chair across the room keeping to herself.

Lucas had given Zay a look telling him to take Riley and go else where.

"Hey Riley, you wanna go grab some drinks with me?" Zay said taking the hint.

"Yea sure." She said completely oblivious as to what was going on.

Riley and Zay left and Lucas turned his attention to Maya who was avoiding his eyes.

"So are you not going to talk to me?" He asked her.

She didn't reply.

"Well I'm fine. Thanks for asking."

Maya just huffed and shook her head.

"Maya. Please talk to me. Say something, say anything." He begged.

She took a second before finally saying anything.

"What is there to say?" She muttered. "You want me to say how happy I am that you're okayy? You want me to say that I don't know what I'd do without you? What do you want me to say Lucas?!" Maya was getting angry.

"Maya I don't understand."

"You're right, you don't. You don't understand what I felt when Zay called and said that you were in a bad accident. You don't understand what I felt as I sat in the subway and that waiting room out there not knowing what the hell was going on because no doctor would speak to any of us. You don't understand how sacred I was. What were you even doing downtown Lucas? With Missy of all people? You just-" Maya was starting to break down. "You just don't understand what you are to me." She whispered while breaking into sobs.

Lucas was speechless. He had never seen Maya this way.

"Maya I-"

"What if something worse had happened?! What if- if you were hurt worse Lucas?! I just- I can't." She cried.

She was finally looking at him. He could see the hurt in her eyes and she could see the hurt in his.

"Maya, come here." Lucas said holding his arms out.

Maya got up and went over to him. She didn't get to close though.

Lucas grabbed her hands as she stood next to his bed.

"Maya, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking okayy. I don't want to think about what could've happened. How worse it could have been."

Maya was crying harder.

"Maya I'm still here and I'm fine. And I'd really like it if I could have my best friend back because I don't like this quiet Maya who built up a brick wall. I like the Maya who is brutally honest no matter how mean or hurtful her comments are. Where's that Maya? The one I love."

"You want me to be honest?" She said pulling herself together.

"How -smack- stupid -smack- can -smack- you -smack- be -smack?!" Maya said hitting him consistently.

"Ow, Maya."

"You're an idiot Lucas." Maya said walking away from him.

"This is the Maya I know." He smiled.

"This isn't funny Lucas. This whole situation isn't funny!" She exaggerated.

"I know Maya-"

"What the hell were you doing downtown? With Missy of all people?"

Lucas smiled faded.

"She called me. Said she needed help. Said she was stuck in downtown and she was scared because she was lost. I didn't know she was playing me."

"So what? She pushed you in front of the bus?"

"As devious as Missy is I don't think she could ever do something of that nature. No, she was going to cross the street and the bus came out of no where. I ran and pushed her out of the way."

"And you got hit. So you're here because of her." Maya said angry. "She's only ever hurt you Luke."

"Maya I am fine. I just want to forget about the whole day."

"So you just want me to forget that Missy is the reason you're here? That she's the cause of all this pain? I can't just do that Lucas. It doesn't work that way."

"I know it doesn't, but it doesn't mean we can't forget for a little while. Maya can we just be happy that I am alright?"

"Luke, what if the situation was worse?"

"Maya I don't wanna think about that."

"But I can't stop! When Zay called, my heart stopped Lucas!"

"Maya I said I was sorry! What more do you want from me?"

"I guess nothing then." Maya said lowly.

"Maya?"

"I need to go." Maya said running out.

"Maya!" Lucas shouted.

Maya ran out past Zay and Riley.

"Maya?" Riley said as she passed her.

Zay and Riley looked at each other before Riley went after her.

"Maya?"

"No Riles, I know I was hard on him. I don't need a speech about how I should've lightened up."

"Maya your allowed to feel whatever you want about all this."

"You don't think I shouldn't have yelled at him?"

"Well, I think you were hard on him, yes, but I've never seen you feel so much before. Maybe this is just to hard for you to contain it all."

"Yea, well this is why I don't do feelings." Maya joked.

Riley laughed a little.

"It's just so hard to think about what if it was worse."

"We can't live life by what ifs Maya. Lucas is fine. He's a little broken physically, but he's fine and he wants his best friend in there helping him through this."

Maya was silent.

"Maya, I hate to ask this, but have you thought about what he might be feeling?"

"What?"

"I mean, Lucas may be fine on the outside, but he's probably scared to death on the inside."

May instantly became more attentive.

"I- I guess I haven't thought about him in this. Only me. I'm so selfish!" Maya exclaimed.

"You're not selfish. You just love him is all."

"Do you think he'll forgive me?" Maya worried.

"I think he's not even mad at you. He's worried about you and yet he's the one in the hospital." Riley laughed.

"I need to go talk to him." Maya said standing up.

Riley stood with her.

"Thanks Riles!" She said hugging her.

"Anything for my best friend."

"Riley, if I learned anything today, it's that life is short, and anything can happen. Don't let the argument you and Farkle had stand between you. Talk to him, tell him how you feel."

"Maya I-"

"Riley." Maya nodded in a direction behind Riley.

Riley turned to look and there was Farkle standing there waiting his turn.

Riley couldn't help but smile a little.

"Talk to him." Maya smiled.

With that being said Maya made her way inside leaving Farkle and Riley alone.

Maya took a deep breath before knocking on Lucas's room door.

"Can I come in?" She asked.

Lucas smiled. "Always."

Maya smiled standing in the door way.

There was an awkward silence.

"Well I guess I'll leave you two alone." Zay said getting up.

Before walking out of the room he stopped and put a hand on Maya's shoulder.

Maya smiled.

Once he was gone Maya just looked at Lucas.

"I'm sorry." They both said at the same time.

They both laughed.

"You go." Lucas said.

Maya took a breath.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you. I was only thinking about myself and not how you were doing. You must be so scared."

Lucas smiled and shook his head no.

"I was scared, but I was mostly scared about what would happen if I were to lose you." He said.

Maya's breath hitched. She had butterflies.

Lucas held his hand out to her inkling for her to grab it.

Maya moved forward and grabbed it and sat next him on his bed.

"Maya," he said tucking a hair behind he ear, "I love you, and if I had lost you, I don't know what I would do. The thought of leaving you here without me, I just can't."

A tear fell from her eye.

"I love you too Lucas."

Maya hugged him so tight.

Sometime passed by.

Well I should let you rest. Maya said finally breaking the silence.

"You don't have to leave." Lucas said as she was moving to get up.

"But you need your rest." Maya argued.

"Maya," he said grabbing her hand, "please stay."

Maya contemplated for a second before giving in and laying next to him again.

Before they knew it the two fell asleep.

You'd think they were dating, but no.