Hey guys, so I got this idea in my head and I decided to write about it. I had a hard time writing this first chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own GMW
Riley Matthews woke up and found her best friend, Maya Hart, sitting in her window seat, looking down drawing in a drawing pad.
"Morning." Riley said as she sat up in her bed.
Maya looked up and laughed when she saw her friend had a bad case of bed head.
"What?" Riley asked.
"Just a sec." She looked back down at her drawing pad and started drawing. "Bado. Bado. Bado bado bado. Bado. Bado. Bado bado bado!" She turned the paper around so Riley could see it.
It was a picture of Riley, looking like she did right now. With some really bad hair.
Riley picked up a pillow and tossed it at Maya, who dodged it.
"Hey, actually I'll meet you at school. There is something I need to do first." Maya said standing up and opened the window.
"Ok."
And with that, Maya went through the window, leaving it open.
Knock, knock, knock
"Come in." Riley called.
Topanga walked in.
"Oh good you're up. I was just coming to check on you."
Topanga noticed that the window was open.
"Hey, why is your window open?"
"Maya just left, and she didn't close it when she went through it."
"Ok, well hurry up. I made you some breakfast."
"Okay mom."
Topanga left the room, closing the door behind her. Riley got dressed in a pink flowered print dress and pink leggings. She grabbed her things and left her room. Once in the kitchen, Riley tossed her bag on the back of the couch and made her way over to the kitchen, sitting in her normal spot. Her dad sat at the head of the table and her mom was standing in front the stove.
"Here you go honey." Said her mom as she placed a bowl of oatmeal in front of her.
"Thanks mom."
"Good morning Riley." Said her dad.
"Morning dad."
Auggie, Riley's five year-old brother, came walking in and sat next to her.
"Good morning Riley." He asked.
"Good morning Auggie. How did you sleep?" She replied.
"Good. You?"
"Good. I dreamt of Maya," the three other Matthews' looked at each other. "Which is weird, since I usually dream of Lucas." She ignored the look she got from her dad. "But, anyway, in the dream we went shopping and to the movies and we had another paint fight." Riley said smiling. "I can't wait til I get to school to tell her."
"I dreamt of Ava!" Auggie said.
"Ugh." Topanga said.
Riley looked up at the clock as she finished her breakfast.
7:00
"Oh, I should get going." She got up and walked over to the couch, grabbed her bag and put it on. "Bye mom, Auggie see you after school. See you at school dad."
"Bye Riley," they said.
She made her way to the door and opened it and turned back to her family.
"Oh, yeah. Since it's Friday, can Maya spend the night, mom?"
"Ya, sure. Thats fine."
"Okay, thanks." She turned back to the door, closing it as she left.
Auggie got up and went to get ready for school. Cory looked at Topanga. Topanga kept looking at her bowl of oatmeal.
"We need to do something, Topanga."
Topanga sighed, put her spoon down, and looked up at her husband.
"I know Cory. But what?"
Cory sighed.
"I know who to talk to, but we need to do it. And soon. Before it gets worse."
Riley walked into John Quincy Adams Middle School with a big smile on her face. She went over to her locker and got her and Maya's books out of her locker and put them in her bag. Then all of a sudden her locker slams close.
"Hey. Sorry that closed easier than I thought it would."
Riley expected to see Maya but it was Lucas who was standing to her left. She smiled. He smiled back.
"Hey Lucas."
"How are you today?"
"I'm good. How are you?"
"I'm good too."
"Farke is good too."
The two friends turned to see their other friend walk up to them. They said their hellos again.
"Hey have you guys seen Maya yet today?" Riley asked.
The two boys looked at each other and turned back to their friend.
"No, we haven't." Lucas answered shaking his head.
"Oh okay. I'll just go see if I can find her before class starts."
They said their goodbyes and she walked off, leaving the boys where they stood.
Farkle looked at Lucas.
"I hate this."
"Me too, buddy."
"I wish we didn't have to lie to her. It's not like she doesn't know the truth. Why is she acting like this?"
"Ya, but if we just came out and told her, it would destroy her. And she's acting like like because her brain just doesn't want to accept the truth. In time, she will come around and acknowledge the truth."
The two walked off heading to class.
Riley walked into her History class, which was her dad's class. She walked over to her desk in front of Lucas' desk, pulling out both hers and Maya's books. Putting hers on her desk and Maya's on the desk next to her. She had seen Maya just before she walked into the classroom, she had to run to the bathroom, so she wasn't there yet. Cory was sitting at his desk, he sat up when she came in, watching her every move.
"Riley, will you come up here please?"
Riley got up and walked up to her dad's desk.
"Yes?"
He picked up a hall pass and handed it to her.
"Please go see Mrs. Taylor." Mrs. Taylor was the school's counselor.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. It's just... um... mandatory for seventh grade girls to see the counselor." Cory stated.
Riley shrugged and took the note.
"Make sure Maya takes her books with her, they're heavy." She turned back to her desk, put her book away, grabbed her bag and walked out the door. Riley made her way to the counseling office and knocked on Mrs. Taylor's door. Mrs. Taylor, a young lady in her late twenties/ early thirties, with short brown hair and blue eyes, opened the door.
"Hello Riley." She said smiling.
"Hello Mrs. Taylor."
"Come on in." Mrs. Taylor opened the door and Riley walked in. Riley sat on the couch that was in the middle of the room. "Do you know why you're here?"
"My dad said that it was mandatory for seventh grade girls, but I know that my dad was lying. He's a pretty bad liar." Riley said.
Mrs. Taylor smiled.
"We're here to talk about Maya." She said softly.
For some reason, Riley's heart started to race.
"What did Maya do now? I told her just yesterday that she had to stop skipping class, she's been doing that a lot lately."
Mrs. Taylor looked at Riley sadly.
"Riley, you know that Maya's not-"
"I've also told her to stop pulling pranks on people. She did this funny prank on Farkle the other day, he walked around school with a purple face all day." Riley said jumping up, pacing around the room.
"Riley, Maya's-"
"And I know she needs to start doing her homework. If she doesn't do it she will never get good grades, without good grades she will never get into a good college, without a good college she will never have a good life, and-"
"Riley calm down. You're going to have another panic attack."
"She'll have to steal a banana to eat and she will go to jail, and in jail she will have to steal shower shoes because she doesn't have any, and she will get toe fungus because they are not her shower shoes..." Riley said working herself into a panic attack. She just stood in the middle of the room, unable to breath.
Mrs. Taylor rushed over to the hyperventilating girl and pulled her into a hug as she walked the both of the back to the couch to sit. Riley rested her head on her shoulder, breathing heavily but calming down, closed her eyes.
"Shhh. Its okay." Said Mrs. Taylor. "Riley, you do know that Maya is not here, right?"
Riley didn't say anything. The counselor thought that she had fallen asleep. She laid the girl down on the couch and left the room. When the door clicked closed, Riley opened her eyes and sat up. She looked at the other end of the couch and saw she best friend staring back.
"You're not here?" Riley asked.
Maya looked at her sadly.
"No, not really."
"Where are you?"
"You know where I am, Riles."
Both girls teared up.
"I do. But it still hurts." Riley put her head on Maya's shoulder.
"I know, little plant. Me too."
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Peace!
-Cassie-the-Librarian