Point of No Return

Ages:

Lucas: 18 1/2

Maya: 18

Riley: 17 1/2

Farkle: 17 1/2

Summary: When Maya kisses Riley's boyfriend during a road trip vacation to figure out the future, Riley storms off into the unfamiliar, unforgiving Rocky Mountains, causing Maya to follow her. The remaining gang becomes worried when a sudden Avalanche hits, and it's a race against time to fight to survive.

Riley's POV (November 4th, 2017)

"Are we there yet?" Maya groaned from the backseat. Farkle sat up front, driving, I sat in the back with Maya, while Lucas sat up front with his best buddy. The aroma of pine needles filled the burgundy Chevy. Cool drops of rain colored the windshield.

"Don't be such a grouch, Short Stack," Lucas teased with a smile.

"Yeah. Road trips are fun!" I yelled excitedly, reaching over Farkle to blast music from the radio. Maya scowled.

"Whatever," she muttered, staring out the window. It didn't faze me; she had always hated being confined in cars. She simply didn't have the patience.

"I'm thankful that my parents actually agreed to this," I said in an astonished voice. All of our parents had agreed to a road trip to the Rockies, including Zay's, but yesterday he had gotten the flu pretty bad and had to cancel, but the rest of us went. He had insisted.

Plus, my mom had thought that the road trip would give light to a direction in my life. I was going to graduate in a few months, and I had no idea where I wanted to go to college, if I wanted to go at all, or what I wanted I major in. The future looked scary. I didn't know what I wanted to do.

This road trip will cure all that, right? I thought hopefully, reassuring myself with false hope.

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Everyone of us was beyond relieved when we pulled up to the quaint, wooden cabin in the Rockies. Farkle announced that he would go to the store to get some hot dogs for the night and I decided to try and start a fire. Maya and Lucas stayed inside to unpack everything. I heard loud voices coming from inside as I walked towards the cabin to grab the lighter that I had forgotten.

I wish I had instead decided to use two rocks or something instead.

When I opened the door I was met with the sight of Lucas's lips pressed up against Maya's. Humiliated, I took off out the door in a fit of anger and hurt, ignoring Maya's pleas to stop. Tears slipped down my face as I wondered numbly what had happened that led to such betrayal. She was suppose to by my best friend; how could she so this to me?

Maya's POV

I tried to run after Riley, but her legs were considerable longer than mine and I lost her. I wondered around, trying to clear my head and plan what I would say to her when we returned to the cabin.

Little did I know that wouldn't happen anytime soon. Or maybe at all.

I had wondered around aimlessly for about an hour when I heard a deep rumbling sound. At the top of the mountain in the distance I could see a wave of snow rushing down it. I was frozen in place, watching it roll down fluently. It wasn't going to hit me, I could tell that right away, but when the snow settled the retain had been altered considerably. I had no idea which way Riley was located, if she had been hit, maybe even injured by the snowfall, or even which way home was.

A/N: I'm not sure this is my best writing. But please give me a chance. I have this planned out, and there will be a sequel or it may become a trilogy. Please review and I'll give you a virtual cookie! :)

Do it for Johnny y'all,

- Alee XxX