Part 1 - A turn for the worse
Riley sits in her bay window, her mind replaying the events of the past few minutes when she was about to reveal something that has been burning her inside for a long time, it all began when her best friend Maya crawled through the window like she normally did and had been doing for most of her life.
-Hey hey beautiful, I'm here.
-Hi Maya.
-Just that? No "hi peaches" like usual? What's bothering you?
Riley pointed to the bay window and both girls sat. Riley glaring intently at her best friend, feeling her blood boil, her mind racing.
-And? - Maya said
-I… Maya if I…
-If you?
The brunette held the chin of her best friend and closed her eyes, she was getting closer to the face of her blonde friend who was more curious than anything, but right then and there the door opened.
-Girls dinner is
-MOM CAN'T YOU KNOCK!?
Riley covered her mouth realizing what she had done, at the same time Topanga walked towards the two girls, saying that Maya was petrified by the look on the face of the woman is an understatement.
-Riley Marguerite Mathews, if you ever, again, raise your voice to me, be rest assured you'll be competing with Rapunzel to see who stays inside her room for the longest time, am I not clear in any way?
-sorry mom… - Riley replied with a whisper
-Now, dinner will be ready in 20 minutes.
The minute the door closed Riley fell to her knees crying.
-Riley it's OK… these things happen, I yell to my mother all the time and
-no… just… just please leave me alone…
-You sure?
Maya saw the teary eyes of her friend looking at her.
-please…
-I'll check on you in the morning…
Once she left Riley began to cry, she had been so close to making what she believed now was the worse mistake of her life, she sat on her bed and refused to eat… it was eleven that night when she decided to go look for Maya and try to find an excuse for everything, making sure nobody could hear her going out she opened the window slowly and crawled out to the fire stairs, she was scared, while she had gone out in the night before she always did it with Maya and never on her own, trying to figure out where Maya could be she remembered the park where she had made a painting on the wall, as she walked in she heard voices, she saw two girls there, a blonde and a black haired girl, thinking the blonde was Maya she spoke.
-MAYA?
Startled the two girls turned around and the black haired one grabbed her and slammed her against the wall, it was then when Riley realized why they were startled, scattered on the floor where several pills, a white powder in a bag, and what seemed to be dry green leaves… drugs.
-What are you doing here?
-I… I'm looking for my friend Maya…
-Well… you saw us… and you saw what we have here… now you can't leave… -the black haired girl said passing the blade of a knife on Riley's face.
-please… I swear I won't say anything to anyone… just let me go…
The blonde placed half of the stuff on another backpack and stood up.
-Maybe… we can give you a chance… -she said
The girl holding Riley smiled widely as the blonde slammed the backpack against Riley's chest.
-Take this and give it to two guys that will be waiting in a red sedan in an alley two blocks from here. And don't try to fool us.
Shaking Riley ran out of the park just thirty seconds before Maya walked in.
-Well well, if it isn't our old friend Hart.
-Lucy, Melanie, what are you doing?
Lucy, the blonde, showed her a hand full of money.
-Making a lot of money. How about you?
Shocked Maya knelt beside her.
-How? I want in…
The girl gave her a hundred dollar bill.
-A signup bonus. All you have to do is move this merchandise from one place of the city to the other.
Maya's eyes opened wide as she saw the contents.
-These are drugs… no, forget it.
Melanie, the black haired girl, spoke.
-Well, your friend Riley already started, not that she's having a long career in the business…
Maya pulled her up and slammed her against the wall.
-WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!?
-Relax, she going to get busted by some undercover cops.
-no…
-Look, we discovered the bust two days ago, so we gave her some of the cheap stuff and she's on her way now. - Lucy said
Dropping the girl Maya ran as fast as she could trying to reach her friend before it was too late, meanwhile, Riley saw the indicated car and walked to it, once beside it, she knocked on the window, a second later it went down and a man smoking a cigarette spoke.
-Did you get the stuff?
Scared Riley gulped and opened the backpack.
-Give it to me.
The brunette did as told and was about to walk away when the men spoke.
-Wait, you forgot something.
Riley saw the man filling the now empty backpack with money. Then he handled it to her.
-Can I go now? - she asked scared.
-One more thing. NYPD. You're under arrest for drug distribution.
-what… wait… no…
To be continued...