After three hours I limped my way out, they were laughing… I sat in the first alley I found and puked my life out… considering the sick things they made do… it was easy… I saw the dry blood on my thighs… I used some water from a dripping pipe… I just sat there and cried… cried until I had no more tears in my eyes… then I went home… I didn't wanted to see anyone so I went through the window and just laid on my bed and fell asleep. At least for a while, Maya came in and literally jumped on me, I couldn't help but to scream because my whole body was still hurting.
-Riley? Little plant are you OK?
I had my eyes closed and I was holding the sheets for dear life as tears ran down my cheeks, Mom came in as well.
-What happened? - Topanga asked
With all my body hurting I sat up.
-I'm fine… Maya fell on my feet that's all… Mom can I get a coke or a soda?
Maya POV
I was sure I just touched her… and not her feet… but why didn't I noticed… Riley please forgive me… but the time that brought us here was looming closer… as you know, and just like she did in middle school, Riley entered the trainees for the cheerleading squad, differently from middle school, here they had a team of girls that were to train in order to get into the main cheerleading team, and as before, me, Lucas and Farkle always came to cheer her up, it had been almost a month in a half after that day when I jumped on her… we had promised that we were going to be with her… and yet we failed miserably… as she came in I saw something strange in her… like she had been doing lately she was drinking coke, but she seemed odd… I ran to her.
-Riley are you OK?
-I'm fine Maya… I'm fine…
But she wasn't, I saw her sweating as if we were in the middle of the summer when in fact we were in mid october… as they began the routine I started to notice that she began to breath deeply… and fast… and I wasn't the only one…
LUCAS POV
I saw Riley walk in for today's practice, but the second I saw her walk I knew she was not OK… and then, in mid routine she began to literally hyperventilate… part of the routine required two of her teammates to lift her up, then she was going to lift her foot and hold it with her hands… I saw her sweating like crazy, I heard her wimp when they pushed her up and saw her hold her left arm as tears ran down her cheeks… I tried to stop them...
-NO! PUT HER DOWN!
MAYA POV
It was too fast, I saw Lucas run to the girls at the same time I saw Riley close her eyes and fall to the front, I ran to her as he put her down…
-RILEY! RILEY WAKE UP! LITTLE PLANT WAKE UP!
I glared at one of the girls when she said that she wasn't breathing, I looked at her, at my little plant and saw that her chest wasn't moving a bit… it couldn't be… I fell when Zay pushed me aside…
-I KNOW CPR, PUT HER DOWN!
I saw him began to push her chest
-Come on Riley… don't quit on me girl… LUCAS GIVE HER MOUTH TO MOUTH! MAYA CALL 911!
I don't remember what I told them… I just kept glaring at Riley… this had to be a nightmare… I kept looking at Zay… suddenly he stopped…
-She's breathing… oh God… she's breathing…
The rest happened in very slow motion… paramedics… ambulances… and here I am… pushed out of the room while they try to save my little plant again… Lucas took me to the waiting room… my eyes glaring at nothing… I don't know how long it was… minutes? Hours? I don't know… I just saw a doctor coming into the room, Cory and Topanga standing up…
-Mr. And Mrs Matthews we were able to stabilize Riley… I'm afraid this kind of crisis are somewhat normal on drug addicts and
I stood up… what did he just said?
-Riley didn't take any drugs, that's ridiculous… - I said really upset
The doctor glared at me
-Has she been craving for soda constantly and not eating as she used to?
My eyes opened wide as well as Topanga's… I answered with a whisper.
-yes…
-This corresponds with the high amount of methamphetamines we found in her system, now Mr. and Mrs Matthews I suggest we talk in private and
-No. They are family, what you tell us, they can hear it. - said Topanga
-OK… apparently she has been consuming the drug for a while… and this caused the spike in her blood pressure that resulted in the heart attack she had today… and the crisis she had a few minutes ago…
Had Lucas not been holding me I probably had been on my knees… but this was just the beginning…
-Also… when she was brought in… the medication we had to provide to control the overdose she had and her consumption of drugs… resulted in a miscarriage… and I'm afraid… she won't be able to have children again…
-wait… mis… miscarriage? Riley was… was pregnant? - Topanga asked with tears running down her face.
It was too much… I needed air… I ran out until I got to the garden… Lucas came after me
-Maya? MAYA!
I got up and ran to hug him but instead he pushed me against a wall
-YOU KNEW SHE WAS DOING THIS?
He was holding my wrists so hard I thought my bones were going to break
-you… you really think…
-WHO GAVE THOSE THINGS TO HER!?
-Lucas you're hurting me…
-TELL ME!
Lucky for me Zay found us
-Lucas let her go, you're hurting her
Suddenly I felt free and felt to my knees crying, Lucas hugged me
-I'm sorry… I'm so sorry Maya…
-How could you… think… I… would let her…
An hour later I was back in Riley's room… the constant beeping of her heart monitor was showing that she was sleeping peacefully… how could I fail you little plant? How could I not notice anything… suddenly I felt her grab my hand…
-peaches…
-I'm here… I'm here…
-my chest burns…
I cleaned the tears from my eyes
-You need to rest… you'll be fine…
The Doctor walked in
-Riley, how are you feeling? - he asked
-what… what happened to me?
-Riley, this is not easy to say… you have been consuming drugs… and you had a heart attack this morning as a result.
Riley POV
But… but… those pills were to study better… to help me… no… they couldn't have been drugs… God please…
-Dr… drugs?
I saw him get a pill out of his pocket.
-I'm sure you recognize this.
Scared I nodded.
-These are methamphetamines… they are very dangerous drugs… and I'm pretty sure you've been taking a lot.
I felt the tears running down my cheeks… I was a drug addict…
To be continued...