Riley P.O.V
Lucas. He is my friend and hopefully soon to be my boyfriend. I know he doesn't like me back, but I was still hoping. I was thinking about all of this in the hall until I bumped into Farkle and Maya. They were holding hands. I smiled. It made me happy that Maya was happy. It only seemed that she was only happy around Riley and her family, until Maya fell in love with Farkle.
"Riley! Hey, did Lucas ask you out yet?" Maya asked. I shook my head. She said, "It's okay Riles. He'll come to his senses soon." I nodded and walked away. Again I bumped into another person. This time it was someone different. It was Charlie Gardener. In my mind I was saying, "Oh please. I don't want to break his heart again, it's too painful." I looked at him and he was smiling. I didn't realize what he was doing. He was dragging me into the janitor's closet.
"I need to talk to you, Riley," Charlie said. I was trying to not look in his brown eyes, but I couldn't resist. I stared straight into his eyes and asked, "What do you want, Charlie?"
"I want another chance. I know you broke up with me because of Lucas. Just face it Riley, he's not asking you out," he said. I finally lost my temper and said, "Charlie, you don't know what you're saying. You're jealous of him. You're jealous of him because he's better looking than you, smarter, stronger, more popular, and the reason you hate him most, because I fell in love with him." I saw a tear come down Charlie's face. I couldn't see him in pain. It hurt me. I wasn't in love with him, but I stilled cared for him.
I put my hand I the handle and tried to turn it, but Charlie grabbed on to both of my wrists. "Charlie, let go of me," I said. He didn't do anything. I tried punching him in the chest. I did it for about thirty seconds, but I wasn't strong enough. I kept punching him, but he did something surprising. He kissed me softly on the lips. I didn't stop him. I wanted to know how it felt again. I could smell his scent. It was the same, he smelled like cinnamon. The door opened and I turned around. It was Lucas.
Lucas P.O.V
I had just seen my love kiss Charlie Gardner. "Lucas, what are you doing here?" my sweet, innocent Riley asked. "The janitor asked me to put the mop away," I answered while I put down the mop. "What were you doing, Riley?" I asked her. Charlie step in and said, "I kissed her, don't blame this on Riley." I looked at him. I didn't want Texas Lucas back, but for Riley, I would do anything.
It came to a surprise to him when I pushed him against the wall. I yelled, "Why would you kiss her against her will?!" I didn't hear him say anything, but I heard Riley. She said, "He didn't kiss me against my will. I didn't stop him!" I slowly let go of Charlie.
Someone said something. "Why would you do that Riley?" the voice said. Riley and I both turned around. It was Maya.
Third Person P.O.V
Maya was absolutely angry with Riley. "Riley. Why would you kiss Charlie?" Maya asked. Riley answered, "I didn't kiss him. He kissed me. The reason I didn't pull away was because I was tired of waiting for Lucas to ask me out."
Lucas got angry at that last comment. Lucas said angrily, "I was going to ask you out. I was going to ask you out today." After Lucas said that, Maya stepped in and said, "Lucas calm down."
Riley said, "No he should be angry at me." Riley ran out crying. She got all the way across the school. Her throat was closing as she went into the music room.
Maya P.O.V
"Lucas, I'm getting her, don't be stupid and beat up Charlie," I said. I knew where she was. Riley's favorite spot was across the school. Her favorite spot was the abandoned music classroom. When I was outside the music room, I yelled, "Riley, I'm sorry I got mad at you." I heard nothing. "Riley?" I asked. No answer. "All right, I'm coming in," I said. I opened the door and there was Riley sitting on the ground. "Riles get up," I said. She didn't say anything. All I heard were small gasps.
"Riley?" I asked. Still small gasps. I went closer to her. She was having a panic attack. I was thinking quickly and yelled, "Help!" No one could hear me. We were in the abandoned part of the school. I picked up Riley. She was light, which meant I could lift her up easily and run fast. I ran to the front of the school yelling, "Help!" Lucas was the first to see.
"What happened to her?" Lucas asked. I answered, "She's having a panic attack. Call 911." He did and about 1 minute later they showed up and put an oxygen mask on her face. I knew I was crying, but I didn't care if my reputation was ruined. I noticed from right corner of my eye, I saw Charlie crying. In the left corner, I saw Lucas on the ground crying. I walked over to him and asked, "Lucas, are you okay?" He didn't answer.
"Riley!" I heard Mr. Matthews yell. "Maya, what happened?!" he asked.
I answered and said, "Lucas and her got into a fight. She ran into the abandoned music room where she was having a panic attack. I picked her up and ran all the way here. It's hard Matthews. I have short legs." I heard a loud gasp. Riley.
Riley P.O.V
I breathed for air. I opened my eyes and looked around. Everybody that I loved was around me. There were my father, Maya, Farkle, and most of all, Lucas. "What happened?" I asked. "Honey, it's fine, let's take you into my classroom," my father said. He picked me up and everyone around me followed.
"Sorry Farkle, I don't want you to come in. Maya, you may come in. Mr. Friar, I don't want you to come in either," my dad said. Lucas complained and said, "Sir. What have I done?" My father said, "What have you done, Mr. Friar?! I know how panic attacks are started. You clearly started this panic attack." Lucas nodded. My father, still carrying me, and Maya walked into the classroom. My dad let me sit on his desk. When my father wasn't looking, I looked over at the window and saw Lucas. He smiled at me and I smiled back.
"Riley? What are you smiling about?" Dad asked. "I am just so happy to be alive," I said. I wasn't completely lying, but it wasn't the whole truth.
"I have to tell you something Riley," Dad said. I nodded and he continued, "This isn't a one-time thing. The doctor that was here said that you will have a panic attack whenever you get overly stressed out about something. This is going to happen for the rest of your life. One day you might die if you're in a panic attack for too long." I looked over at Maya. Her eyes were watery.
Maya P.O.V
After hearing about what would happen to Riley, I knew she could be doomed. I knew that Riley was stressed a lot. What if one day Riley was stressed about something and had a panic attack when no one was there to help her. I couldn't imagine my life without Riley. I would be more broken than I am right now. My eyes were tearing up just thinking about it. This didn't go unnoticed from Riley. "Maya, I'll be fine. I'll try not to have a lot of stress, I prom-," Riley said. Her eyes were tearing up. I wanted her to promise, but I knew she wouldn't be able to keep it.
After Riley went home, I was still at school with Lucas and Farkle. "That seriously might happen to her?" Farkle asked. I nodded and said, "Yeah, don't make her stress please. That means no drama in her life. I don't think she's ready to date Lucas yet." This made Lucas cringe, but he nodded. He had once told me that he would do anything for Riley, even if it meant that he couldn't be with her. I had said my goodbye's to them and went over to Riley's apartment.
"Mrs. Matthews!" I said. She told me to come inside. Riley was on the couch smiling. "What are you smiling about, Riles?" I asked. "I think Lucas is going to ask me out. Do you think he'll ask me out tomorrow?" she asked. I stared in to her hopeful eyes. It was hard to tell her that she shouldn't go out with Lucas. Mr. Matthew cut in to the conversation and said, "Oh no he's not!"
"Daddy, I don't get what's so bad about Lucas." Riley yelled. I looked at him. He knew that he couldn't tell her why. "I don't want you to get hurt, Riley," he said. "I'm not going to get hurt by Lucas. Tell him Maya," she said. I looked at Mr. Matthews and then to Riley. "Riley, I think he's right. You saw what Lucas did today when he saw you kiss Charlie," I said. Riley's face got red. Her father did not know that Charlie kissed Riley. Mr. Matthew's face was surprised, but it quickly went away because knowing it wasn't a good idea to make her sad.
"Maya, why would you say that about Lucas? At school, you said you were mad at me for kissing Charlie. You're my best friend. You're supposed to tell my dad that Lucas is fine for me," Riley said. I needed to think of something quick. I said, "He's going to hurt you, I can tell." She shot something back and said, "He's not going to hurt me, is this for my panic attacks?"
I looked at Mr. Matthews and said, "Matthews. She figured it out." He wasn't listening. Mr. Matthews was eating grapes with Riley's little brother, Auggie. Auggie said, "Daddy, did you hear that?" Mr. Matthews nodded, but didn't do anything. "Riley, I just don't think you should date," I said. Riley was tired so she nodded.
"Maya, I have a surprise for you," Riley said. I nodded. She said, "You can come out Uncle Josh." When she said that, Josh came out.
Josh P.O.V
I saw Maya with her beautiful blonde hair. She was sitting there with Riley. I touched the inside of my jacket pocket. The box was still there.
"Hey Maya," I said. Ugh, I'm an idiot. I noticed that my palms were getting sweaty.
"Um… Hey Josh," Maya said plainly. I was hurt, but I tried to hide it. I said, "I thought my name was Uncle Boing."
She ignored me and said, "Riley. I don't see how this is a surprise. Yes, I used to like him, but I have Farkle."
"Farkle is your boyfriend?" I asked. She nodded. I stared into her eyes and then looked away. "I'll be back," I said. I went into Riley's room and put the box on the seat of her bay window. I found a sticky note pad and pulled one sticky note out. I wrote on the sticky note, "Whoever's reading this, please give this to Maya Hart – Josh." I went out the bay window.
Third Person P.O.V
Riley realized that Josh left 15 minutes ago in her bedroom. Maya noticed too. "I'm going to check on Josh," Riley said. Maya nodded and Riley went into her own her own room. Uncle Josh wasn't there. She figured that Josh left through the bay window. When she looked at the bay window, she saw a white box. She saw that it said a sticky note on it that said, "Whoever's reading this, please give this to Maya Hart – Josh." Riley looked inside the box. It was a necklace that said, "MH". Riley couldn't give this to Maya, it would break her heart. Riley needed to hide it. She went into her closet. Riley smiled and thought to herself, "This is the perfect hiding place." There was a pile of her purple cat pictures. She put it under the pile. Riley left her room and sat out on the couch with Maya. Riley said, "He left out the bay window." Maya just shrugged.
Maya P.O.V
I was walking home in the dark. Riley said that Josh left early even though he said he would be right back. I didn't show it, but I really was hurt when Josh came here. I still loved him. I loved Farkle, but I was feeling he was getting bored of me. Farkle didn't make me happy anymore; he was still loving, but not as loving as before. It's like he dated me and then he was bored of me. I decided to break up with him tomorrow.
Tomorrow came and I was ready for the break up. Farkle was standing there and I walked up to him. He and I said at the same time, "I think we need to break up." We were both surprised. "Farkle, what did you say?" I asked. "I said we should break up. What did you say?" he asked. I told him, "Same thing. I hope we can still be friends." He nodded and we smiled.
Riley P.O.V
"Hi Maya," I said.
She was jumping up and down and said, "Farkle and I broke up."
"Why are you smiling about it?" I asked.
"It was mutual," she said. I nodded.
I saw Lucas and walked over. "Hi Lucas, so remember what you said about asking me out yesterday?" I asked. He hesitated, but then said, "Um… Yeah, about that, I realized that I'm not ready yet." I looked at him and said, "Follow me." I took his hand and dragged him down to the music room.
"Riley? Why are you taking me to the abandoned music room?" Lucas asked.
I answered, "Because this is my favorite place besides my bay window."
"Why would you take me here?"
"This is just as strong as the bay window. Lucas, I love you," I said.
Lucas P.O.V
Riley had just said I love you to me. My heart was pounding. Riley was leaning against the wall and I was in front of her.
"Riley, I can't be with you. What if I hurt you? What if you have another panic attack because of me?" I asked. We were about one centimeter away. Our noses were touching.
She said, "If I believed that you could hurt me, would I do this." She grabbed my face and kissed her. She smelled like fruit, happy, loving, fruit. I had to admit, I couldn't stop myself from kissing her back.
She pulled out of the kiss and we both smiled. We heard a voice. "Huckleberry, Huckleberry. You couldn't stay away could you," the voice said. Riley's face was red. Maya.
Third Person P.O.V
"Maya, I'm in love with her, and I promise I won't hurt her," Lucas said.
"Riley, honey, please go outside," Maya said.
"Peaches, I-" Riley said, but I interrupted her. I said, "Don't peaches me. Riley, please, just go outside." This time Riley listened. Riley only did it because she knew this was important. When Riley was outside, she pulled out a piece of notebook paper and started to write. She was jealous of Maya and Lucas. After the whole yearbook thing, Riley started to see it, too. Yes, she was in love with Lucas, but what if Maya like him. She would do anything for Maya. The thing she wrote was, "If Maya likes Lucas, I will let her have him. Even if I am in love with Lucas, I will do anything for Maya. Maya deserves happiness – Riley Matthews." Riley's throat was closing again.
"Maya, I don't understand why I can't be with Riley," Lucas said.
"Because you're going to hurt her," Maya said back.
"She doesn't believe that!"
"She might not, but you do Lucas!" Maya said. Lucas stopped talking. He understood.
"Riley, you can come back in!" Maya yelled. Riley didn't respond. Maya and Lucas looked at each other. They both ran, but while Maya was running, one of the old shelves fell on Maya foot. It was bent weirdly, so it was broken. Lucas removed the shelf and picked Maya up. When they both got there, they saw Riley not breathing.
"Lucas. Bring Riley to the office. They have oxygen masks incase this happened again. I'll stay here, just get her to the office," Maya said. Lucas nodded, picked up Riley, and ran to the office. Maya was sitting down. She saw a notebook paper on Riley's binder. It said, "If Maya likes Lucas, I will let her have him. Even if I am in love with Lucas, I will do anything for Maya. Maya deserves happiness – Riley Matthews."
Maya P.O.V
I couldn't believe that I was reading this. Not the part that I was in "love" with Lucas, but what Riley said after that. Riley said she would even give up Lucas just for me. My eyes were tearing up. I loved her, but she couldn't know I read this. I ripped it up and I crawled to the trash can in pain. I took a look at my left foot. It was definitely broken. I put my hand on my forehead and sighed. I got a text from Lucas.
Bold Lucas
Normal Maya
Riley's fine
Good, my leg hurts, please come pick me up and tell someone to drive Riley and I to the hospital.
Oh yeah, okay I'm coming.
Lucas finally got here. He picked me up and walked outside to Mr. Matthews' car. Riley was breathing, but was unconscious.
Mr. Matthews was in the car. When Lucas put me next to Riley, Mr. Matthews said something. "You too Hart," he said. I laughed, but winced at the pained. I went closer to Riley. When I held her wrist, she woke up slowly.
"Peaches, what's wrong with foot?" Riley asked. I was still holding on to Riley's wrist, but she was wincing in pain also. I looked at Lucas and said, "Lucas, what happened to her wrist?"
"I don't know, it looks broken," he said. I kept looking at her wrist. Gosh, this girl has been through so much. Panic attacks and a mysterious broken wrist.
"Peaches please tell me about your foot," Riley said. Somehow I was angry at her. I knew why. She always put me first before her.
"Tell me about your wrist," I said. Riley looked at her wrist.
"When I was having a panic attack, I must have broken my wrist hitting into something," Riley answered. "Now it's time to tell me what happened to you."
"Lucas and I realized that you were having a panic attack. We were running to you, but a book shelf fell on my foot," I said. She wasn't looking at me. That made me angry. She was looking at the road with her eyes wide open. There was a drunk man in front of us.
"Mr. Matthews. Stop the car!" Lucas yelled.
"I'm trying, but the brake isn't working," Mr. Matthews said.
It went dark.