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Riley's POV
"Their our best friends, Riles." I looked at her, confused. "I haven't seen them before Maya. "Who's the blonde one and who's the one with the darker skin?" "Riley, this is Lucas." She said, grabbing the blond's arm and pulling him closer to where I was sitting. "Also known as Heehaw, Ranger Rick, Ranger Roy, Hop-Along and tons of others and more ridiculous ones that I'm still coming up with." "It's going to be impossible to crack me M'lady, but I appreciate the effort." He said to Maya, making her make a funny and weird laugh. Seeing her laugh like that made me laugh to except it frightened everyone for a while because it sounded so rough.
"Enchanted to meet you, princess." He then said after turning to me. He extended out his hand and smiled a smile, showing his pearls, that some models would be jealous of. My heart started to beat faster like a drum. "Hi Lucas," I said. "Hand," Maya said. I looked at my hand and realized the one I lifted was the one in the sling. "Hi Lucas," I said again before Maya said, "Grownup voice." "Lucas, hello." Maya started to laugh. "Hi." Lucas then said. We locked gazes for a few minutes till Maya cleared her throat.
"And this one that we have here, is Zay." She said pulling the other guy's arm. "Hello Sugar." He said. "Hi," I said softly. "Could you be any cuter?" He asked me. "I don't know about that." I answered and Maya just laughed again. I then turned to Maya. "It's 2014, isn't it Maya?" She shook her head and, watchful of the tubes, sat down beside me. "Sweetie, it's 2016. You have amnesia so you can't remember some things." I started to tear up knowing that there could've been important things that I can't remember. "Shh... Sweetie, it's alright. We'll try to help you remember as much as you can ok? We'll do everything we can to help you." I wiped my tears away with some help from Maya. "Thanks Peaches."
I then turned as much as I could in my position to see all those who were around me. "Hey guys, I'm feeling a little tired. Mind if I go to sleep for a while?" I ask them. "It's alright honey," Mom said. "Yeah, we'll be here when you wake up." Maya continued. "It's fine guys, you can go home first and can come back later. I'm not sure how long will my nap take, I'm pretty tired." I finish with a yawn. "It's fine Lady. We're all here for you." Farkle said. I smiled. "Thanks guys." I say as Maya helps me lean back and I slowly fall asleep.
Maya's POV
"How are we going to tell Auggie?" I heard Mr Matthews whisper to his wife. "We'll just tell him that Riley's not feeling well. I'm more worried about how Riley will deal with not being able to walk." We listened to them talk. The rest of us were silent, unsure of what to do and what's going to happen. After a little more than half an hour, we heard groans. All of us immediately turned to the figure on the bed.
Riley's heartbeat was very fast. She was also in a cold sweat. She started to move around and struggle in the bed. "Riles!" I say as I sit next to her and try to calm her down. "It's ok Sweetie, everything is fine." I run my fingers through her hair and rub her shoulders since that always seems to calm her down. "Peaches!" She suddenly shouts as her heart rate goes crazy and doctors swarm into the room pushing us aside but too busy to kick us out. I start crying again along with Mr and Mrs Matthews. The others cry too but less.
After a while that seemed like forever, the doctors cleared away and her heart beat was back to normal. "She most likely has a trauma so we had to sedate her." The doctor says to us. "I would recommend that you see a psychiatrist. There's one that deals with this type of trauma that I would recommend. Her name's Doctor Sophie. I could book you an appointment with her as soon as Riley is stable." The doctor suggested. Mr and Mrs Matthews agreed immediately not wanting their daughter to suffer anymore. I went back to my spot on the bed and lied down next to my best friend, covering her side. Wishing that I could stop this all by protecting her from the world.
Riley's POV
I'm on a train with Maya. Farkle is with us, and weirdly that Lucas guy. When the train stops suddenly, Lucas's head hits the side of the train, making blood trickle from the top. Then, I hear his collarbone snap. Suddenly, Maya screams. It's so loud that I had to block my ears to protect my eardrums. I then saw Farkle laying on the floor of the train. Blood dripping out of his most likely broken nose. He was starting to burn. A fire went up from his toes and slowly he became ashes.
Then, I heard Maya scream again. She was flung outside of the train. I heard her land with a sickening crack. She stopped moving. I couldn't hear her screams anymore. "Peaches!" I yelled. I turned to look back into the train, I saw no one else. Everyone was dead. I then realized that everyone I knew was in that train, Mommy, Daddy, Auggie, Grandpa Alan, Grandma Amy, Uncle Eric, Uncle Josh, Aunt Morgan, all of my other family members and classmates that have been with me since preschool. Then, a hooded figure came up to me and said "You're turn." I screamed before I entered into a pit of darkness.
Lucas' POV
I can't stand watching the girl I love suffering on this bed. She doesn't deserve it. She's too sweet and innocent to let this happen to her. If anything, I deserve it more and would willingly take her place. I've instigated a few fights, sometimes joined them but Riley has never done any of those things. She just keeps us in the right track. I quietly exit the door and go into the bathroom. After making sure it's empty and locking the door, I punched the wall a few times until my hands were sore but there was no dent in the wall.
When I came out, Farkle was behind the door. "You ok cowboy?" I shook my head. "It's ok buddy, I understand. This shouldn't even happen to Rliey. I hope it won't take away our Smiley-Riley." I just nodded and followed Farkle back to the room after a stop at the cafeteria. We just put our arms over each other's shoulders in a bro-hug as we walked through the hospital. We finally went back to the room to find our two best friends asleep. One with absolutely no expression and one crying. I would've awed at the sight under different circumstances and facial expressions. We then sat down on one of the chairs in the room and eventually fell asleep.
Cory's POV
As I watch my baby girl lying in the hospital bed, I think of all my regrets. I'm sure Topi is also thinking of the same thing. I regret not being able to protect her from the world like I'm supposed to. I regret giving her the subway pass. She had grown a lot in these two years but it's not worth it to see her hurt. It breaks my heart and tears it to shreds every time I see her laying there. I regret letting her grow up so quickly. There are a thousand other things that I regret but those were the ones I regret the most.
Topanga's POV
I sit next to my husband on a chair that is next to Riley's bed. I stroke whatever hair that I could reach because the bandage was blocking some of her brunette locks. I think of how this could've been avoided. If I had forbidden her to go alone, if I had been firm on my decision to let her go with Cory, if I had just called Lucas or Farkle to go with her. There's a lot of if Is that I can think of right now. I look at the time, 5pm. I would be packing up by now on a normal day and today has been far from normal. 'I wish we could back to yesterday.' I think as I fall asleep on my husband's shoulder.
Maya's POV
As I sleep, I dream of all the good times with Riley, when suddenly she starts to shiver and shake. She drops to the floor surrounded in a pool of fresh crimson blood, her blood. I drop to my knees, not caring that my pants are stained with the bright red liquid and cradle her in my arms. 'Help!' I shout. 'Help! Someone, help me please. Help!' I beg as I feel Riley's breaths getting shallower and shallower. I shout my last help as she smiles at me and wipes a tear off my face with a bloody hand. "No!" I shout.
I jumped out from the bed. I looked at Riley. She's still asleep. I can hear the beats of her heart monitor assuring me that she is fine. I look around the room to see everyone asleep with discomfort evident in their faces. "Don't worry Little Plant, from now on, I will protect you from everything. I promise." I say to her sleeping form. Then I lay back down, hoping to get a happier dream this time.
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