Sorry again for the long wait, but here it is :) Hopefully I won't be so busy next time so I can get the next one out sooner. Thanks for staying tuned!

Disclaimer: I do not own Girl Meets World or any of its characters.

Warning: This chapter contains mild violence.

Riley's POV

At the breakfast table, I took a look at my cellphone. I had 10 new messages. Having more of my oatmeal that my mom made, I put my phone back down. I knew it was just Maya.

I had avoided her for the rest of the day yesterday. It hurt too much to even think about her. I still couldn't believe what I saw yesterday. I knew other girls might talk to Lucas, or flirt with him, but I never suspected it would be my best friend! I mean, isn't that breaking some sort of girl code?

"Riley," my mom said in a sing song voice. She sat in front of me at the table with her bowl of oatmeal. My dad was still getting Auggie dressed for school, so it was just us. "How are you doing today?"

"I'm okay, I guess," I answered, eating another spoonful of oatmeal.

My mom gave me a curious look. "Are you sure? Is something bothering you?"

Sighing, I looked up from my food. Yes, I was having so many problems. My friends had betrayed me, that day in detention was still haunting me, and I could hardly keep it together anymore. But I guess I could tell her one thing just to ease her mind. My mom could always tell when I was having issues, so letting her help me with one could make her feel better. "I'm having... friend problems."

"What kind of friend problems?" she asked me.

"Well, let's just say that one of my friends betrayed me in some way. This friend took something away that I liked, and this friend knew that I really liked this thing," I said, and saw a bit of confusion on my mom's face. "They'd been keeping it a secret, but I accidentally found out about it, and they have no idea that I know."

My mom smiled. "I remember being in a situation like that, where one of my friends betrayed me," she said. "I was so angry with them, and eventually all of us were angry with each other. We didn't talk to each other about it because we were so mad."

I nodded. "And I haven't been talking to my friend since I found out either," I added in, tapping my spoon against the table gently.

"But then we realized that this little problem we were upset about was capable of turning into a bigger one. It wasn't worth losing our friendship over."

"So, what did you do?" I asked, interested.

She smiled. "We talked about it. Everyone had a unique side to the story, and everyone was upset about different things. I was upset that I was being excluded since we were in a pranking competition. Eventually one of the pranks went too far, and part of the blame went to me, even though I had nothing to do with it," she said. "Long story short, talk to your friends. Maybe the problem isn't as bad as it seems."

I nodded, but deep down inside I knew I wouldn't be able to do it. I couldn't even think about talking to Maya right now. What if she was already on her way here? I didn't want to run into her right now. I picked up my bag and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going? Maya isn't here yet," my mom said.

I had to come up with something fast. "Um, I know. She's... waiting for me. Downstairs. I mean, at the subway."

My mom raised an eyebrow but nodded. I gave her a small smile and slipped through the front door and shut it fast. I wasn't good at making things up on the spot. That's usually an area I went to Maya for help with. But of course, she couldn't help me with this problem.

The more I thought about it, the more I didn't want to go to school. I would be having a few classes with her, all of them classes before lunch. I'd just wait out at the subway station until I knew I would be there at lunch time. Just thinking about ditching made me nervous. Ditching isn't me, it isn't the Riley I know. But I wasn't ever feeling like Riley anymore these days.

Before I knew it, it was already time for lunch, meaning it was time for me to arrive at school. My heart was racing while I walked through the halls, hoping that no teachers noticed me coming in late. Luckily, they didn't.

But my dad probably figured that out when I didn't show up to his class. I was going to be in so much trouble...

I walked through the doors and into the cafeteria, the sound of talking filling my ears. The cafeteria seemed to have even more students in it than ever. It was crowded, and it made me uncomfortable. I couldn't find a table to sit down at.

Pushing my way through the crowd, I had my eye on an empty table in a far off corner. How convenient was that?

Before I could take any more steps, someone stepped in front of me. "Hey," Maya said, "Where have you been? You're dad's been looking for you. And you haven't been answering your phone."

I shrugged, not looking her in the eye. All I wanted was to get out of there and away from her. It would be too much to face her right now.

"Are you okay, Riley?" she asked me, sounding concerned.

I started to try and walk past her, but she kept up with me. "Riley-"

"No," I responded, stopping in my tracks. "Maya, I'm not okay."

I turned around and she looked me in the eyes. "What's wrong?"

"I saw you yesterday, Maya," I responded.

She looked confused. "Yeah, I saw you yesterday too. We had a sleepover, remember?"

"No, I mean here at school," I replied. "In the bathroom. With Lucas."

Maya's face went from confused to shocked. "What? How? What did you-"

"I heard everything I had to hear, Maya. How could you do this?"

"Riley, I didn't mean to hurt you," she said.

What? She didn't mean to hurt me!? "How could you think this wouldn't hurt me?" I said in a louder voice, trying to make myself heard over the voices filling the cafeteria.

"I didn't know who else to turn to, Riley."

"Couldn't you have picked someone who isn't Lucas?!"

"Like who?!"

I was getting angry. There were plenty of guys at this school! "I don't know, but not Lucas!"

"Well since we're getting this off our chests, I turned to Farkle too."

Now I was confused. "Farkle?" I asked. Is she trying to joke around with me? This isn't funny at all! "Maya, I'm not joking here. What you did was wrong!"

I could tell Maya was getting angry too. "What I did wasn't wrong at all, Riley! I was only trying to-"

"Trying to what? Make yourself feel better?" I snapped at her.

"You're acting really selfish, Riley. I was only trying to be a good friend," she snapped back at me.

She wasn't making any sense to me at all. "How is that.." I trailed off and looked around me and Maya. There was a crowd surrounding us, some with their phones out.

"Hey, they're about to fight!" one of them said, and the others started to chant.

"Fight, fight, fight, fight!" They exclaimed, and Maya and I looked at each other. I was angry with Maya, but I couldn't hit her. I don't think she would hit me either.

Maya looked at me with anger, but started to back away. A girl who was standing behind her looked annoyed and put her hands out. "Fight already!" she yelled, and pushed Maya forward. She bumped right into me and we fell. My head hit the ground so hard, I was sure I'd have a bruise. When I opened my eyes, my vision was blurry. The crowd cheered, but I heard a voice through all of the kids' screaming.

"Everyone, move!" someone yelled, obviously an adult. I felt Maya being pulled off of me, and the adult said, "Principal's office, now!"

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't manage to get myself up. "Oh my god, she's bleeding!" someone yelled. I was bleeding?! My head hurt so bad.

Finally, my vision started to clear up. I saw a figure hovering over me. "Riley, are you alright?" they said. It was my dad. I'm wasn't sure if he was still angry with me for missing his class, but he probably wasn't thinking about that right now.

I tried to sit up, but my head was aching too badly for me to do anything. "Let's get you to the nurse's office, okay?" he said, and helped me up.

Maya's POV

"Detention!?"

"For the rest of the week!" the principle said, sitting down at his desk. He started typing something on his computer.

I had been sitting here for a while, waiting for him to finish interviewing people who had video taped my "fight" with Riley. It was almost time for school to end and I was still stuck in here.

I know Riley didn't want me to tell anyone about what happened to her in detention, but the secret was eating me alive. If she had a different secret, like stealing or sneaking out, keeping it wouldn't have been a problem. But this is so much more serious. What if this jerk tries to hurt her again? What if I'm not there to stop it? Someone else needs to know. I didn't expect her to flip out over it like she did. Lucas cares about her a lot, its easy to see that. And she really likes him. Why should she be so upset that I told him? He's trustworthy.

Shaking my head, I looked at the principal. "But I didn't fight Riley! Someone pushed me," I replied, desperate for some kind of sympathy.

"The video doesn't make that clear. I saw it less than a minute ago, Ms. Hart," he said back, pressing a final key on his keyboard.

"But it isn't fair!" I yelled back at him. I would never hurt Riley. No matter what happens, she comes first. She is more like family to me than anyone else has been in my life. She's basically all I have.

The principal handed me a paper for my mother to sign, which might as well had gone in the trash the moment I got it. "You're right, it isn't fair. I should have alerted the authorities about this altercation," he replied back. I rolled my eyes and leaned back into my chair. He wasn't going to budge. "Ms. Matthews received a blow to her head and is bleeding."

Wait, bleeding? I didn't know she was that hurt! My eyes widened as I thought of Riles. I wanted to see her right now and apologize to her. I also wanted to find whoever pushed me into Riley so I could beat them up. That idiot!

The principal continued. "But I didn't. Be thankful for that and don't make me change my mind," he said, and sat up again. "Now, school is almost over, so go ahead and go to detention right now in the classroom on that paper I gave you. Hurry up!"

Letting out an angry groan, I grabbed my school bag and left his office. Now I'd have to wait even longer to see Riley. I hurried through the halls so I could get to detention and get it over with already. Just two hours of torture. It wouldn't be so bad, would it? Who am I kidding, of course it would! But it's not like I have any parents that would care.

When I finally reached the classroom, I opened the door and saw two students already there. I looked over at the teacher. She didn't look up and just waved her hand at me. "Sit anywhere, just hurry up."

Adults could be so rude sometimes. I sighed and sat down one seat away from some other kid and put down my school bag. Looking up at the clock, I saw that I had two hours and thirty minutes to go.

Why me? Seriously though, why? I haven't been that bad this week, and I didn't do anything to deserve this detention. I should be having good luck, like finding a twenty walking home, having my mom come home early, and most importantly, finding a way to fix Riley, instead of her doing the fixing all of the time. It's hard to do anything to help her when she won't tell me anything. I want my best friend back.

"Hey," the kid nearest to me said. "Heard you got in a fight with Matthews."

I looked over at him and said, "I'm not in the mood, kid."

He smirked at me, his green piercing eyes staring back at me. Shrugging, he turned forward and away from me. I put my head down on my desk. Great, now I have a bad reputation. Well, a reputation worse than the one I already had.