Maya's POV

I'm on my bed listening to music. My favorite song comes on,

A Drop in the Ocean, by Ron Pope. I sing along for a while, until I just stop. I don't even notice that I stop until a different song is playing. I get up to change the song when my phone buzzes. I walk over to the dresser, and see that my mom, is calling. I answer the call, and am surprised to hear my how mother's voice sounds. She sounds very upset about something.

"Mom? Are you ok? What's wrong?" I ask worriedly.

"Maya, your father's been in a car accident."

"Oh my God! Is Shawn ok?" I start to cry. Shawn didn't deserve this.

"No, sweetie. It isn't Shawn. It's your biological dad. He passed away. I just found out."

"Are you ok, mom?" I ask with a shaky voice.

"Yes, I'll be fine. Shawn is accompanying me to the funeral. I will be out of town for a couple of days, I think he left us something. I already talked to the Matthews. Topanga has to work today, she is taking the rest off to be with you, but she had an emergency at work. Cory is coming with Shawn and I to the funeral."

"Ok Mom, love you. Be safe"

"Goodbye Maya, I'll call you later, love you too."

The first thing I do is call Riley. I tell her to call everyone, and I also tell her about what happened, and the tears start to fall. Why am I crying, I wonder. Why do I care? He left me! He never cared! But he left us something, I think. He had one more dying wish, and he left it to us. Why would he do that? Maybe he did care? I mean maybe not about me, but about his 'daughter'?

Riley POV

As soon as I get the call from Maya, I call Lucas, and tell him to meet me there. I also call Farkle and Josh and tell him the same thing. Josh and Maya both have feelings for eachother, but they won't admit it to each other yet. I think about Maya, and how she doesn't deserve this. I hurriedly get dressed, and grab my things, before I rush out the door. I send Auggie across the hall to Ava's house, and explain to Mrs. Morgenstern that it's an emergency. She graciously take Auggie in, and explains that she will watch him for however long I need. And with that, I hurry out the building.

I walk for a little while, and am pleased when I discover that I'm almost there. I turn right, and notice that the next street is an ally way I have to cross. I nervously walk through, walking faster and faster as I go. I suddenly feel the urge to call Lucas. As his phone rings, I turn around and notice a gang of male teenagers walking toward me. Lucas finally answers. And I begin to run.

"Lucas! Thank God you answered! I'm almost to Maya's, but creepy guys are following me. And I'm scared."

"Where are you, I'll be there." I tell him where I am, and beg him to stay on the line. He tells me that he is on his way, and that he called Josh to stay with Maya, and that Farkle is there as-well.

After a couple minutes of walking, I feel someone touch my shoulder.

"Well, look what we have here." He laughs to the others.

"Don't touch me." I say and try to jerk away from him.

"Don't test me." He says angrily. He then punches me which causes me to drop my phone. I hear Lucas say on the line, "Don't touch her!"

"In your dreams boy! Hey guys, looks like we have a pretty lookin' young one! She'll be fun to mess with" I look at him and he laughs at me. He pushes me up against the wall, and steps on my phone, so my call ends with Lucas. I would've done anything to not endure the pain he brought next.

Lucas POV

After the bastard hangs up the phone, I begin to run. My thought are zooming all over the place, and I can't help but think that they are gonna kill Riley. I love Riley, and I don't know what I would do without her. The location Riley last said she was at is about twenty minutes away, but since I'm so determined to get there I get there in less than fifteen. When I get there, the sight before me makes me want to die inside. A man is kicking Riley while the others are just laughing. I also notice that Riley is only wearing a bra and underwear, while her shirt and shorts are ripped and off to the side.

Before I can even think logically about what to do next, I am on top of the man, and beating him senseless. When he is knocked out, I move on the the next one who comes after me. After he is also unconscious, the other guys run away. I hear faint coughing, and turn around, to see that it's Riley. Her eyes look at me pleadingly to go to her. I run to her and kneel beside her. Her face has many marks and bruise, as well as the rest of her body.

"Maya?" She asks in a scratchy voice. I look at her. She was just beat up and almost died, and all she cares about is her best friend.

"Maya is fine, Riley." I say, tears running down my cheeks," I'm gonna take you to Maya's house, and so we can figure out what to do. Do you want to go to the hospital?"

She reaches up to brush tears off my face. "I'm fine, just bruised and sore. Just take me to Maya's, I'm so tired." She says sadly.

"Hang in there a little bit longer. Please try and stay awake. I love you." I pull out my phone, and call Josh. I tell him what happened, and he drives his car out to pick me and Riley up. While on the call, Riley lays down, putting her head on my lap. I beg her not to fall asleep, and she tries hard to stay awake. Not for her, but s that I don't lose it. How could something this bad happen to someone as sweet and caring as her.

Josh get here, and I carry Riley into the back seat, where I help sit her up. No matter how hard she tried, she fell asleep, allowing Josh and I to talk without freaking her out.

"Lucas, what happened?" He asks angrily.

"She was walking to Maya's by herself, and then she called me, so I answered. She told me that a gang was following her and that she was scared. That's when I left to go get her. She practically begged me to stay on the line, not that I would've hung up anyway. Then someone grabbed her, and started making horrible remarks. I yelled at him not to touch her, but he hung up on me. I got to where she said she was, and saw a man beating her up, and her clothes were gone. I beat them up, and started calling you."
"How is she?" He asks, almost as if he doesn't want to know the answer.

"Pretty bad. I wanted to take her to the hospital, but she said she just wanted to go to Maya's. The hospital couldn't have done anything anyway. I think she was raped though." I say angrily, I knew she wasn't ready for that.

"Oh my God. Did they use protection?" He asks, his hands are shaking he holding onto to wheel so tight.

The thought makes me sick, "I don't know. How's Maya? Does she know?"

"Yeah, She cried for a while, I wish I could've stayed with her, and sent Farkle, but I love Riley too much."

"If I could've gotten there sooner." I say mostly to myself, tears running down my face.

"Don't say that. We all did what we could, and you made it there in record timing." We arrive at Maya's and we carry Riley inside.