Cowboy Take Me Away

Disclaimer: I don't own Girl Meets World or, sadly, Cowboy Take Me Away. *tear* And I don't make any money off of my stories.

A/N: Please tell me what you think! Criticism is welcome, but no flames. Suggestions are always welcome, no matter what they might be. Thank you.

"…I said, cowboy take me away,

Fly this girl as high as you can

Into the wild blue,

Set me free, oh, I pray,

Closer to heaven above and

Closer to you,

Closer to you,

I wanna walk and not run,

I wanna skip and not fall,

I wanna look at the horizon and

Not see a building standing tall,

I wanna be the only one for

Miles and miles,

Except for maybe you and your

Simple smile,

Oh, it sounds good to me,

Yes, it sounds so good to me…"

Maya's POV (Prologue)

"It's okay to feel upset sometimes, Riles. You don't have to pretend. It's just me," I told her, pulling her into my chest. I could feel her shaking against me.

"I'm dying," she sobbed. I shook my head.

"Not if I can help it."

Riley's POV

I think it all started when we lost Auggie. Mom had been driving him home from a play date when their car got hit by a teenage boy on his cellphone. The car flipped and Auggie had forgotten to wear his seatbelt that day. My mom was up front with her seatbelt on, so she made it out alive. But Auggie died on the way to the hospital. Alcohol was right there for Dad, same way my knife was there for me. That's where things began to fall apart.

Third Person POV

"Auggie, sit back down," Mrs. Mathews lectured her youngest child.

"I'm grabbing my toy from the back," Auggie responded innocently.

"Sit back down and get buckled, that's dangerous."

"Okay," Auggie complied. Suddenly, before Auggie even had a chance to sit back down, a car slammed into the back of the van. There was the sound of metal-on-metal and breaking glass. Auggie's cry filled the air. It only took a few seconds. The car flipped and tumbled into a nearby parking lot. Mrs. Mathews hit her head against the top of the car and the windshield. She could feel warm blood running down her neck and face.

"Hold on, Auggie!" She screamed before everything went totally black.

OoOoOoO (Present Time)

"The definition of survival from the beginning of time... Yes, Farkle?"

Riley barely paid attention during class. She stared straight ahead with empty brown eyes wearing an old, baggy hoodie.

She couldn't wait until she got to leave school. As soon as she got home that afternoon, she locked herself in the bathroom and pulled out her pocket knife out of the back of the cabinet.

Riley rolled up her shirt sleeve and just barely touched the knife against her skin. The pressure building in her chest was too much to handle. She sliced into her arm.

The euphoria afterwards was the same calming affect that she always felt. She was finally able to breathe correctly again, but it wasn't a permeant fix. She quickly got into the shower, hoping to wash off the dirty feeling and get dressed before her dad got home. If he caught her naked... She didn't even want to think of that. She shuddered at the mere thought.

Just as Riley slipped her jeans on she heard a door slam shut.

"Where are you?" Mr. Matthews demanded loudly, his voice slightly slurred. Riley opened the bathroom door to reveal herself, even though all she wanted to do was curl into a ball and never leave the floor.

Her father latched tightly onto her arm, unfortunately, right where her latest cut was. Cory Matthews drug her into the bedroom and abut the door tightly. Riley couldn't fight him anymore. She deserved it anyway.

Maybe Dad's right, she thought.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed please review!

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-Alee XxX