The New York Subway is the means of transport for thousands of people every hour of every day. It had its goods and bads, and sometime its worses. For two years Riley Matthews and Maya Hart saw the goods, what neither of them expected was to see the worse.

-Tell me again why did we had to wear this stupid cheerleading outfits all the way back home?

-Because Farkle took my bag with our clothes in it.

The day had been long, and both girls fell asleep passing their stop and moving into a part of New York and the subway that they weren't supposed to move to. Maya woke up first to the sight of several gang members glaring at them.

-Awww look, the blonde woke up… hey sweetheart, how are you - of them said

Riley woke up and her heart sank in terror, the looks in their faces were not nice, she grabbed Maya's arm.

-Maya… I'm scared…

Her friend didn't had time as she was pulled to her feet in a not so careful way.

-MAYA! LET HER GO!

One of them pulled her up and pulled a knife, passing the blade on Riley's cheek. and then on her leg pulling her skirt up.

-please…

Maya glared at the scene, it was clear that their attention was turning to Riley, and it was clear for her that there was no way out of the the situation they were into, closing her fists and holding her tears she yelled.

-LET HER GO! I´M YOURS! BUT LEAVE HER ALONE!

The looks in them terrified her, she knew the choice she had made, but she also knew that Riley would never recover if they did to her what she knew was about to happen. She was taken out of her thoughts when she felt a hand pulling the zipper on the back of her uniform down.

-Then let´s see… what is ours… right guys…

Riley saw in terror as Maya´s cheerleading outfit ended on the floor.

-MAYA!

The blonde girl was pushed carelessly to the floor, the girl began to shake when the first of the men knelt and took his shirt off

-MAYA! STOP IT! LEAVE HER ALONE!

Maya closed her eyes when she felt his lips on her neck and chest.

-no…

Maya´s scream was the last thing Riley saw, then a peaceful blackness came to her. The next thing she saw was Maya shaking her.

-Riley, wake up…

-Maya… I had a nightmare I…

Then she saw a mark on her lips, shreds of underwear a few feet away and a line of blood on Maya´s tight.

-They didn't touch you… that´s all that matters…

-Maya you need a h

-NO! No word of this. To nobody. UNDERSTAND?

Riley noticed that Maya was crying and shaking.

-Maya you

-NO! OK? NO! Promise me…

Riley held her friend as every step was a painful one. When they opened the door Topanga glared at them.

-Augie go to your room, I need to talk to your sister and Maya.

-Bu

-NOW: - Sentenced her.

The little boy left and Topanga returned her attention to the girls.

-It´s 9:30 where were you?

-We fell asleep on the subway. - Riley said

-And I fell. - added Maya before the woman could ask.

-I´ll let it pass for this one and only time. Maya you better stay here for the night.

-Can I take a shower?

-Of course, I´ll warm up dinner.

In the bathroom Maya began to take off her clothes, every movement ached, she saw the dry blood in her tights and the marks in her wrists, even though she tried not to resist, in the end they were hurting her so much that she tried to fight them and it was then when she was punched in the face. She could see the soap and water running in her body, yet she kept feeling dirty. She wrapped herself in a towel and walked to RIley's room, after picking a t-shirt and sweatpants, the teenager laid on their window. As days went by her behavior changed radically, in class she stopped being the one challenging everything, she became silent and quiet. Lucas was first to notice it.

-Maya can I talk to you?

-What do you want?

-Are you feeling OK? You´re too quiet in the classroom and

-I´m fine.

-No you´re not, you

-I SAID I´M FINE DAMN IT!

Lucas was shocked. Never in his life had he seen her so upset and let alone cursing. That night Maya got in her pajamas and then extracted a bottle of pills from one of her drawers. Taking one she found herself in a peaceful sleep within two minutes. it was the only solution she had found to sleep, forging a prescription on the name of her mom to get sleeping pills. At first, it seemed to work, until…

-Katy can I talk to you? - Topanga said

-Yeah sure, what´s up? Something between you and Cory? - she asked

-Actually… I wanted to ask you… are things OK at home? With Maya?

-What? Yeah, sure, she´s a little silent but yeah, why?

Topanga produced a small bag from her purse and from it, a bottle with sleeping pills.

-One of your neighbors came earlier, said they brought this to your home.

Katy glared in shock.

-This is ridiculous, I don't need sleeping pills, I get tired enough… let me see the receipt.

Taking the paper Katy dialed.

-Yes, this is Katy Hart… yes… I got it this morning thank you… I´m a little lost, when did you got the prescription? Uh huh… yes, thank you so much.

She glared to Topanga in awe.

-Two weeks ago… Maya went there with a prescription on my name… I… I don´t get it… she´ll have to explain this to me.

-Let me, she´ll stay at our home tonight. Please? - Topanga said

-Sure.

That night, Riley was putting her pajama when she saw Maya sitting at the window with a nervous look.

-You OK?

-yeah.. yeah… I´m going to go watch tv…

Riley went to bed while Maya went to the living room, as she began to watch a movie her eyes began to close. As she fell asleep images of her ordeal replayed in her dreams. Their faces, their laughs, the pain they made her feel, she could feel them inside of her again, hurting her. Topanga, who had went to the kitchen for a late night helping of ice cream saw her moving in the couch.

-stop it… it hurts… let go…

She knelt and shook her. What she did not expect was the reaction of the teenager pushing her to the ground.

-STOP IT! DON´T TOUCH ME! LEAVE ME ALONE!

-Maya? Maya it´s me, Topanga…

The blonde was hyperventilating and her hands were trembling, Riley ran in.

-MAYA?

Topanga held her hands.

-Maya look at me, you´re safe, you´re safe.

As she glared at the woman she began to calm down.

-I… I had a nightmare…

-I´ll get you some tea, Riley help me.

-But I want to stay wit

-NOW.

As they reached the kitchen, Topanga took Riley to her room.

-OK, is this why Maya is taking sleeping pills?

-What?

-You honestly didn´t knew?

-No…

It was then when Topanga came to a realization.

-Riley, it was two weeks ago that you and Maya came late right?

-Yeah.

-Riley, did something happened that night?

To be continued…