GIRL MEETS HIGH SCHOOL: SEASON ONE
GIRL MEETS THE HEARTBREAKERS
It was early the next morning, too early to be in a car going to anywhere for that matter. But here we find Zay and Farkle along with Cory. The three of them were all heading down to Vergennes Vermont. When Farkle had told Mr. Matthews about the plans to head down to the small town, Cory was skeptical about the two traveling alone which explains why he was coming along in the first place. Cory promised to keep it a secret disguising the fact that all three of them would be gone for approximately two days. He had told their parents or guardian for Zay's case that he was taking the guys down to Vermont for research on a history paper he assigned. Lucky for them, they went along with it.
"Damn this town's only got about two thousand people in it…" Zay commented while looking at the population chart for the small city.
"Well it's a town that's not that big in kilometers so it sort of makes sense…" Farkle replied.
"And just what do you hope to find out in Vergennes?" Cory questioned.
"Answers Mr. Matthews…" Farkle replied. "Me and Zay both have this gut feeling that something is definitely not right with Jasper and we're hopefully going to find out what…" Farkle responded.
"You think he has some sort of dark past?" Cory questioned.
"Well that's what we hope to find out Mr. Matthews." Zay replied.
"You know I think you two are on to something …Although I never have him in my classes except for history, he does seem to be a little secluded when it comes to socializing with others…I mean before Maya, I don't think he would have done well with making friends…" Cory responded.
"You think there's a story behind his character too?" Zay asked.
"Possibly…But again don't pass judgment until we have the facts lying down in front of us." Cory responded.
"Maybe he comes from a family of criminals…" Zay joked.
"OK don't make fun of criminals. We all know we've all come in contact with as much criminals in our lifetime. I do not want to run into another one…" Farkle added.
"Well it would explain why he is extremely mysterious most of the time…" Zay commented.
"Again don't pass judgment until we have all the proof we need…" Cory commented as he merged onto the freeway.
"If he does have a dark past what are we going to do?" Zay wondered.
"Well we would for sure have to get Maya to stop seeing him…" Farkle replied.
"Do you think she's going to listen to us after her episode a couple of nights ago?" Zay wondered.
"When it comes down to her safety, that's my number one priority OK? I don't care if she doesn't listen to me…What matters is if Jasper does have a dark past that we do everything we possibly can to stop Maya from seeing him again." Farkle commented. "She's been hurt so many times, that I want to stop her from possibly getting hurt again before things take a turn for the worst…"
"You think it could be that bad?" Zay wondered.
"It's a possibility…" Farkle replied.
"But if we break Maya's heart by telling her the truth, don't you think that it would push her over the edge?" Zay wondered.
"There's a risk of that happening, but again I want to prevent Maya from getting hurt even more, and if we tell her the truth about whoever this Jasper character is, than we could possibly give her the last bit of hope that she needs to bring herself back…" Farkle responded.
"Let's just all hope for the best…" Zay replied.
It was near ten when the trio pulled into the state of Vergennes. There seemed to be a bunch of clouds in the sky looking like it was going to rain. They had an entire day to figure out this entire puzzle piece and be able to make it back before the storm hit. As Cory pulled up into a small semi detached house, he realized how broken it actually looked on the outside.
"Could this be why his family moved to New York? Because their house was about to fall apart?" Cory wondered.
The small red house looked like it had a very unstable structure. And like he had pointed out before, it most definitely looked like it was going to fall apart sometime soon. As the trio made their way to the house next door Farkle felt his heart begin to beat really quickly. According to the notes the private investigator had given him, the owners of this house had lived next to the Sinclair family for a very long time. As Farkle knocked on the door, he heard a loud barking coming from the other side, and his fear of dogs suddenly kicked in.
"You go in front of me…" Farkle shoved Zay directly in front of the door. As the door opened a middle aged woman carrying a small Pomeranian puppy answered the door.
"You were afraid of this little guy?" Zay laughed.
"Can I help you three?" The middle aged woman asked.
"Hi Mrs. Baxter?" Farkle questioned.
"That's me…" She replied with a smile.
"My name is Farkle Minkus, and this is Zay Babineaux and my teacher Mr. Cory Matthews. If it's OK with you we just wanted to ask you a couple of questions about your previous neighbors the Sinclair family…" Farkle replied motioning to the broken down house.
"Oh I think you found the wrong person to talk to…There never was a Sinclair family that lived there. There was a Dwight family though. But they moved to New York City about a month and a half ago…"
"The Dwight family?" Zay asked confused. "If you don't mind us asking did they have a fifteen year old son?"
"Yes…Yes they did…Bryan…" She responded.
"Bryan?" Farkle asked confused.
"If you don't mind me asking…" Cory said fishing his phone out of his pocket. "But is this him?"
"Yes…That is him…That's Bryan…" Mrs. Baxter confirmed.
"So that means that his name isn't really Jasper Sinclair but Bryan Dwight?" Farkle said confused.
"If you don't mind me asking, why are you three looking confused. And who's Jasper Sinclair?" She wondered.
"I think it would be best to explain from the beginning…" Cory laughed. "Sounds like your as confused as the three of us are…"
"Of course. If you would like, I can put on a kettle and we can chat…" She offered.
"I think that would be best. Because by the sound of it, it looks like we're going to be here for a while." Farkle replied.
Back in the city, Riley and Lucas were currently wrapped in each other's arms sitting on Riley's bay window. The two of them had no major plans for their spring break except start working on their short film they needed to work on for their media class. As Lucas pulled Riley into another kiss Riley couldn't help but giggle.
"OK I thought we were supposed to start thinking of casting for the short film…" Riley giggled.
"Well I have a really big distraction sitting in front of me…" Lucas giggled as he once again pulled Riley back into his arms. "But I thought we had a good idea on who we would cast…"
"I know we do…" Riley said looking up at Lucas.
"Are you sure we should cast Charlie in the lead role?" Lucas questioned.
"I mean he did nail his audition…" Riley laughed.
"He's still a creepy creep creep." Lucas joked.
"Aww your jealous…" Riley teased. "Luke this isn't the triangle anymore. We're over that…" Riley smiled.
"Thank god for that…" Lucas teased.
"Now about our lead actress for the role who were we thinking?" Riley wondered.
"How about this girl from the city?" Lucas pointed out to one of the names on their endless list. "She's a freshman theater student at NYU ."
"She was really good too…" Riley smiled.
"So now that casting is done can I please have some alone time with my girlfriend?" Lucas begged as he littered small kisses all over Riley's cheeks.
"No you can't…" Riley laughed. "Because Charlie is going to be here in literally two minutes…"
"Wait you texted him to come over today?" Lucas groaned.
"We need to start shooting the short film in the next week in able for us for us to finish it in a couple of weeks." Riley pointed out.
"What is it with teachers giving us incredible ridiculous deadlines?" Lucas laughed.
"No clue…" Riley laughed.
The two were interrupted when they heard a knock on Riley's bedroom door. Topanga walked into the bedroom carrying two steaming cups of hot chocolate.
"Hey you two Charlie's on his way up…" Topanga smiled as she set the two cups of hot chocolate in front of the two teens. "Looks like you have a busy week ahead."
"You can say that…" Riley replied as she cleared most of the pages off of the floor.
"Well let me just say I am proud of you for being so brave and doing a movie following an LGBT couple." Topanga pointed out as she got ready to head off for work.
"Thanks Mrs. Matthews that means a lot." Lucas smiled as he took a sip out of his steaming mug.
The gang was once again interrupted when Charlie walked into the bedroom carrying the outfits that Riley asked him to bring. She had told him a brief description of who his character was and simply that he needed to bring some of his clothes so they could be able to find the right fit for his character.
"Hey guys…" Charlie waved. "Let me just start off by saying that I am excited to be able to in your short film."
"Not a problem Charlie you nailed your audition tape last week so you were the obvious choice for the both of us." Riley stated.
"And you have nothing to worry about Lucas. I won't snatch Riley away from you." Charlie laughed.
"You better not." Lucas sneered.
"Easy…" Riley laughed.
"So you two wanted to see me about the movie?" Charlie wondered.
"Yeah have a seat." Riley motioned for Charlie to sit on her computer chair while she handed Charlie a binder full of pages. "This short film is going to be an LGBT film following a sixteen year old junior in high school as he falls in love with his girlfriends older brother."
"Sounds interesting." Charlie stated as he began leafing through the thick script.
"Wait you don't have a problem playing a gay character?" Lucas asked shocked.
"Of course not. Anybody in their right mind wouldn't have a problem with it."
"Great now what do you say we get started on figuring out your characters look?" Riley stated as she began going through Charlie's wardrobe.
Back in Vergennes, the trio was still speaking with Mrs. Baxter as they filled her in with all of the details about Bryan and what he had been up to while he was in New York City. Mrs. Baxter had the look of pure shock written all over her face.
"He was such a nice kid in the neighborhood." Mrs. Baxter said shocked. "He even came over to make sure my kids were OK after school while me and my husband worked late, and he would always be willing to help pet sit for us when we went out for our family vacations. This doesn't make any sense to me."
"I know this a lot to take in Mrs. Baxter. But can you tell us any more information about his family?" Farkle questioned.
"Well…They would always somehow keep away from social events. I know they would always want Bryan home from school immediately and they would never leave the house unless it was for groceries and other chores." She explained.
"But why would they not go out?" Zay asked.
"Beats me… They seemed to be a really great family." Mrs. Baxter replied.
"Thank you so much for your time Mrs. Baxter you've helped us all in a massive way…" Farkle said getting up. "I wish we could extend our visit but I think we need to make two more stops before we call it a day today."
"Of course gentleman. I do hope you find the answers that you are all looking for. I can't believe that the Dwight family actually took up a whole new identity in New York City."
"Well we're going to find out why today, and I have a feeling that what we are about to find out is going to hurt us all." Zay replied.
Back in Maya's hospital room, Maya had just finished eating her breakfast. She had no recollection about what had happened the other night, which is something that both Shawn and Katy were very happy with. As Maya turned towards her parents she could see the concern and hurt written all over their eyes.
"Mom…Dad…I'm going to be just fine…" Maya pointed out.
"Maya what happened over the past couple of days?" Shawn asked the question that was at the back of both of their minds.
"I let my emotions get to the better of me…" Maya simply replied.
"But Maya you are much better than this…How you've treated all of your friends and the people that you care about you would never do that. Especially Riley…The Maya that I know would not even think of hurting her…" Katy pointed out.
"She was pushing it mom… She kept insisting that all of you wouldn't be better off without me." Maya continued. "And you know that I'm destined for failure. I was preparing all of you for a world without me…"
"Maya you need to stop thinking like this…The world would most certainly not be better off without you. You and your fighting spirit is what keeps Riley going every single day…You and your passion for art is what inspires me to be a better artist, and your care and compassion for every single person that you care about in life is what inspires me and shows me that I can be able to not only be a better husband and father, but it gives me the greatest joy to be able to have a daughter like you…" Shawn explained.
"I don't know where I went wrong in life, but I did…And I don't know how to get myself back…" Maya sobbed.
"Sweetie trust me…What you are going through, it's just a phase. The most important thing that you need to remember is that we are going to be here to support you and be there for you no matter what happens." Katy said placing a hand on Maya's arm. "You may have lost who you are…But you can always find yourself again, and we're going to make sure that you will be OK."
Katy and Shawn made sure to stay with Maya while she continued to cry out her emotions. This was the first time that Maya was letting her real feelings of anger and hurt out to anybody. And both Shawn and Katy were thankful for that. They continued holding Maya until she once again cried herself to sleep. As Shawn and Katy both walked out of Maya's hospital room, they noticed a frantic couple at the front desk of the emergency room reception.
"You both need to calm down…" The nurse behind the desk replied.
"What do you not understand?! We have full reason to believe that our son could be back there possibly fighting for his life? How can you not let the both of us back there to see him?" A middle aged woman yelled.
"I explained this to you before and I will explain this to you again…" The nurse fought back. "You both do not have matching ID's to the patient in question."
"He's our biological son! What more proof do you need?" A middle aged man argued back.
"I am just following hospital regulation here. If you do not have further proof that you are the biological parents of Mr. Sinclair than I'm afraid that I can't give you any updates or bring you back there to see your son…" The nurse responded.
Shawn and Katy immediately began to realize that they were now about to come face to face with Jasper's parents. The both of them immediately looked at each other and they shared a look of anger and fear written all over it. The both of them immediately walked towards the couple who was still currently trying to start a fight with the nurses in the front.
"Excuse us…You don't happen to be the parents of Jasper Sinclair?" Katy wondered.
"Yes…Who are you two?" The gentleman asked.
"We just happen to be two concerned parents…" Katy replied.
"And why do you want to talk to us?" He questioned.
"Because pal…We've got some beef to bring up with the both of you…Your son back there…He ruined our daughters life…." Shawn pointed out. "And me and my wife don't know if she's ever going to be the same girl that she was ever again and that's all because of what your son did to my baby girl…" Shawn concluded.
"Look pal however your daughter is doing I'm sort of positive my son had nothing to do with this…" The lady fought back.
"Why do you say that?" Shawn asked.
"Because your tramp of a daughter probably flirted her way into our sons life and probably influenced him negatively which is why he's changed…" She smirked.
"OK look…Our daughter did not "flirt" her way into your sons heart. If you knew the whole story it was your son who made his way into our daughters heart…She didn't ask for him to come into her life, he just did…And he's influenced her in a way to the point where I don't even recognize her anymore." Katy pointed out. "Your son ruined our daughter's life and I don't think I will ever forgive the both of you for that…"
The trio pulled up to the Vergennes Union Elementary School. They were grateful that it was a Saturday morning, and due to the research that Farkle had done previously he found out that there was going to be a school event. As Cory pulled up the car, sure enough there was a school gathering happening at the front of the school with a bunch of parents and elementary students gathered. As the trio got out of the car, Farkle knew that if he was going to find out who Bryan was as a person he would have to go to the source. His school principal who had probably dealt with him for probably a couple of years would hold all of their answers. Farkle took out the file folder from his backpack and made sure to keep a look out for the school principal June Sargent. He noticed her speaking to several parents in the front of the school.
"Well it's time to crack the most important part to this puzzle…" Farkle mentioned.
"I don't know about y'all but I still uncomfortable about this Bryan character. What if he has a dangerous past?"
"That's the reason why we're out here right?" Cory questioned. "To make sure that he doesn't have a bad record."
"Something tells me that he does…" Farkle pointed out. The three gentleman made their way towards Mrs. Sargent who was still busy speaking with various parents. "Excuse Mrs. Sargent?"
"Yes how can I help you gentleman?" She questioned.
"My name is Farkle Minkus and this is Zay Babineaux and my history teacher Mr. Cory Matthews. We just wanted to ask you a couple questions about Bryan Dwight and his family."
"Oh dear there's so much to cover…" She laughed.
"That's the reason why we're here m'am…" Zay explained. "We just recently found out that his real name is Bryan Dwight and not Jasper Sinclair like he's been telling everyone in New York City."
"His family took up a new identity?" She questioned.
"It appears to be that way. The reason why we want to get to the bottom of this is because we have a strong feeling that one of my students is in a relationship with him at the moment." Cory explained. "And we're worried that she could possibly be in danger because of it…"
"Why don't you three come inside so we can chat inside my office. You're suspicions are true…The Dwight family does have a dark past and I think it wouldn't be the right place for me to say this in front of a crowd…" Mrs. Sargent explained .
The trio turned towards to each other both with fear written all over their faces. Farkle's palms were sweating. He knew that they were one step closer to finding out the truth behind the very mysterious Dwight family. As the three men sat down on the couch facing Mrs. Sargent's desk she began to open up her laptop and turned to look at the group with sadness written all over her face.
"I've known the Dwight family for years. I grew up with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight to be precise." She sighed as she began to tell the story. "Myself, Jonathan, and Clara were all friends growing up. In fact, me and Jonathan were childhood sweethearts. We were supposed to get married." She sighed. "My entire life Jonathan Dwight was always in love with me…And then when we got into senior year of high school we drifted apart. I wanted to get into education and he went to community college to figure out what he wanted to do with life. The both of us promised that we would wait for each other, and that we would eventually get married." Mrs. Sargent dabbed at her eyelids with a tissue knowing that this would happen if she was ever to tell the tragic story of her love life. "When I came back from winter break a lot had changed. I came back to discover that not only did Jonathan drop out of college, but he ended up getting my best friend Clara pregnant…"
"With Bryan?" Farkle questioned.
"Exactly…But what I didn't tell him was that I was pregnant with his child. Me and Jonathan had our first time the last night before heading off to college so I was already four months along at this point…I went to his house that night and told him the truth…And he said he wanted nothing to do with me or the baby…" June felt tears forming. "And one night after a jog, I was struck by a car…Causing me to miscarry. It was later discovered it was Clara who had hit me with Jonathan's car…The both of them served two years up in Burligton Vermont. As soon as they were released the Vergennes Police Department kept them under house arrest. Because of their criminal record, they weren't able to find jobs so the both of them were desperate to find money in able to raise the now one year old Bryan…So…" June took a shaky breath. "The both found out about organ selling…"
"Oh my god…" The trio gasped.
"In summary they would require organs from humans in the hospital and put them up on the black market…" She finished. "From eyes, kidneys, hearts…they knew people who were surgeons…nurses…doctors…who worked in hospitals in Vermont especially Burligton and they were all involved in illegal organ trading. And they used Bryan as their pond…"
"What do you mean?" Cory questioned.
"Bryan would befriend someone in school over the course of several months and when he got close to them, he would convince them that his mom or his dad was in desperate need of some sort of organ transplant…And if they were a right match, he would convince the friend to either donate or get someone they knew to donate the specific organ…"
The trio immediately grew silent. It all suddenly began to add up in Farkle's head. The reason why Maya had gotten into the hospital…Why she had overdosed…Why she was in this position…Why Bryan had gotten closer to her over the past month and a half…Why he convinced Maya to try alcohol and drugs…
"Oh my god…" Farkle whispered shocked.
"What's wrong genius?" Zay asked.
"It makes sense now…The reason why Bryan had gotten close with Maya, convinced her to take drugs, to smoke, to use the pills…He had planned it out in his head to hopefully damage Maya's liver from the overdose and they would need surgery to take it out…And then…"
"They would put it up on the black market…" Cory and Zay said back shocked.
"You gentleman need to get back to the city as quickly as you can…The situation could become extremely dangerous…" June Sargent explained.
"Thank you for telling us everything we needed to know…" Cory said shaking her hand. "But can you direct us to the police department? I think it's time for us to put an end to this once and for all."
June Sargent began to scratch down an address on a notecard. As she handed it to Cory she wished the gentleman good luck one last time. She knew that this was going to be a long battle. Zay took out his phone out of his pocket and smirked.
"Why are you smirking when this is a dangerous situation?" Farkle questioned.
"Because I recorded every single thing she said…" Zay said proudly.
"I knew there was a reason why I brought you on this trip." Farkle said as he brought Zay in for a hug. "Let's put an end to this once and for all…"
Back in Topanga's Charlie was casually drinking a smoothie while Riley and Lucas began discussing the final details for the short film. Charlie had finished reading the script earlier and he was extremely excited to begin start filming. Charlie smiled as he took one look at Riley and Lucas and he knew that Riley had made the right choice on choosing Lucas. She looked the happiest that he's ever seen her. Riley looked up from her pages and noticed that their lead actress had walked into the bakery with their next lead.
"Dani…" Riley waved.
"Hi Riley…Wait Charlie?" Dani said surprised.
"Dani?" Charlie laughed. "God I haven't since the train ride to Philadelphia how are things."
"Well things are doing well ever since then…" She laughed. "By the way Charlie meet my best friend and boyfriend Preston…" Dani laughed. "He's the same guy I was complaining about on the train ride over."
"Nice to meet you man…" Preston said shaking Charlie's hand.
"You too man…" Charlie smiled.
"You and Dani seem to be acquainted already." Lucas laughed.
"We talked about a lot of things on the ride over to Philly in October." Charlie laughed.
"That's good…" Riley said. "Now I need to go over the shooting schedule you three."
As the three of them listened to Riley go over the shooting plan and their shooting schedule Charlie couldn't help but steal glances at Preston. His brunette hair and chocolate brown eyes were a great match. And he seemed to work out a lot considering that he had a toned physique. He was a pretty good looking guy and he looked like someone who Charlie would get along with. In the short twenty minutes of talking, Charlie figured that he would really get along with him.
"Charlie were you even listening to a word we said?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah…Shooting stats tonight got it…" Charlie laughed.
"Oh sorry it just looked like you zoned out for a while..." Lucas apologized.
"It's fine…Hey I got to run off and do a couple of errands before we start shooting tonight would that be OK with you guys?" Charlie asked.
"Oh I need to head out too I forgot I promised my dad I would do a couple of groceries for him today why don't we head out together?" Preston asked.
"Sure…" Charlie said. "Actually I was headed uptown towards Madison where the market is do you mind if I hitch a ride with you?"
"Oh sure I wanted to visit the farmers market up there anyways…" Preston agreed.
"See you two tonight?" Riley questioned. "I'll text the both of you the address."
"Perfect see you then…" Charlie said as he and Preston both headed off.
Both Charlie and Preston both got into Preston's mini cooper. During the short fifteen minute drive, the both of them had gotten to know a lot about each other. Charlie had admired that Preston had become the mother figure to his young brother Victor who was in the fifth grade, and he loved that Preston had done a lot of work with the American Red Cross during the summers helping out in blood drives or going to cities that were hit by natural disasters.
"You know I've known you for less than an hour and it feels like I've known you my whole life…" Preston laughed.
"Weird how the world works doesn't it?" Charlie laughed. He was confused as Preston put the mini in park.
"Well we're here…" Preston smiled.
"Gosh time flew by so quickly I didn't even realize…" Charlie replied.
"Call me crazy but I think the both of us are on the way to building one great relationship." Preston laughed.
"What makes you say that?" Charlie wondered.
"Because I know I've just known you for such a short time but something is telling me that you are going to be a big part of my life somehow…As a friend…As a best friend…" Preston laughed. "You know I've always had trouble making friends my entire life and then you come along and bam I've made a great friend in under an hour." Preston laughed loudly.
"You're a real character…" Charlie laughed along, trying hide this heartbroken look that was about to break all over his stupid face. "I'll see you in a couple of hours…" Charlie said getting out of the car. As he walked into the city streets something was telling him in his heart that whatever he was feeling for Preston…Even though he knew it was so wrong…At the same time, it just felt extremely right.
It was close to nine at night when the trio made it back to the city. Cory pulled into the hospitals underground parking lot followed by six police cars. As soon as the boys had found out about the real identities of the Dwight family they drove the short distance to the Vergennes Police Department and recruited as much police officers as possible. Farkle was the first one out of the SUV as he made a mad rush towards the hospital elevators. He was immediately followed by Zay who was suddenly out of breath.
"Man I need to work out more…" Zay panted while running up the stairs.
"Quit stalling this is a very serious issue we need to settle before things get worse…" Farkle said as he ushered everyone into the hospital. "This crisis could have all been avoided if I would have stopped Maya from hanging out with Bryan…"
"The most important thing that we need to do right now is to make sure that we settle this once and for all and to make sure that the Dwight family doesn't hurt anybody else." Zay replied.
"I just hope that we aren't too late…" Cory said.
As the elevator opened to the third floor they came face to face with the Hunter family including Maya in a wheelchair with a shocked expression written all over everybody's faces.
"What's going on?" Cory asked confused.
"Maya's been released…" Katy replied.
"Guys we have a more important issue to address. The Sinclair family…Their not who we all think they are…" Zay explained in a huge jumble.
"What do you mean?" Shawn asked confused.
"They moved from Vergennes Vermont to here to escape their mandatory house arrest." One of the officers explained. "The Sinclair family took up a totally new identity here to hide their criminal past…"
"Criminal past?" Maya asked shocked.
"All three of them are active members in the black market participating in illegal organ transfers…" The police officer continued.
"The reason why he got close to you Maya… The reason why he pushed you to overdose, to consume alcohol…was to hopefully damage your liver to a point where surgery would be needed and several doctors and nurses who work inside this very hospital would sell your liver to be put on the black market…"
The minute those words left the cops mouth, Maya's eyes grew immediately wide. All of those feelings that she had for Jasper were all forgotten. He had used her in the worst possible way. Maya gripped her wheelchair harder as the image of Jasper crept into her mind. She shook her head vigorously.
"That son of a bitch…He lied to me…" Maya whispered.
"Maya…" Farkle said kneeling down. "This isn't your fault…None of us even knew about his families criminal record before moving to the city. This was never your fault…"
"I'm not mad at him for lying to me and using me…I'm mad at him for turning me into a person that I don't even know…"
"Mom…Dad…I'll do it…" Maya whispered.
"What will you do sweetie?" Katy questioned.
"I'll go through with it…I'll go through with rehab. I've lost myself for a while mom and if I want to be able to fine myself again some things need to change. And the first step to change would be for me to get rid of whatever problem I have once and for all. And rehab will help with that…"
"We are so proud of you Maya…We all are…" Shawn said placing a kiss on Maya's forehead.
"Wait…The Dwight family where's the Dwight family…" Farkle questioned.
"The last I checked all three of them were ready to checkout. Bryan Dwight confirmed that the couple here earlier was his biological parents and they were ready to leave…" A nurse said from behind the counter.
"They could still be on this floor…" One of the officers stated.
"Gentleman…Search the entire floor now…I need this hospital to be on a code yellow until they are found."
The nurse nodded as she made the announcement that the hospital would be under a code yellow until the Dwight family was located.
"I think it's time we got you home…" Katy smiled to Maya.
"I would actually like that…" Maya laughed as they got into the elevators going into the parking garage.
Everyone had stepped out of the elevators and something stood out in Maya's peripheral vision. A red SUV parked in the corner of the elevator. She saw that SUV a couple of times while having visited Bryan's family condo.
"Their still here…" Maya replied. "The Dwight family is still in the hospital…"
As the words left her mouth she heard several gunshots go off. Shawn immediately grabbed Maya's wheelchair and pushed her out of the way while everyone else fell to the floor to hide for cover. In a matter of seconds, police officers ran out of the staircase and towards the gunfire. Several policemen and the Dwight family were now in the middle of a gun war that seemed to go on for a while. In a matter of seconds it died down and within a few minutes all three members of the Dwight family were being dragged out of the back of the parking garage. All three of them wearing hospital scrubs. Maya and Bryan locked eyes as he was trying to keep the officers at bay.
"Maya wait…Officer you need to let me explain…" Bryan begged.
"Mr. Dwight it's time to go…"
"Wait officer let him go for a few minutes…I need something to say to him…" Maya said.
"Sweetie are you sure this is a good idea?" Katy asked.
"Yes mom…This will only be a couple of minutes. I need to set something straight with him…" Maya stated firmly.
"Maya you need to understand…" Jasper began.
"You need to stop talking…I hate you…I hate what you've done to me…Who you turned me into…I hate how you turned me into someone who I don't even recognize anymore… You hid so many secrets from me…You put my entire life at risk just to make sure that you and your family would still be able to keep a roof over your heads. You disgust me Bryan, and if there's one thing that I hope you take away from this entire thing, is that you have it in you to change who you are. Find something or someone to make the better changes in your life, and you'll be able to see how great the world actually is…" Maya responded. "You can take him now officer I'm done talking."
Maya watched as she saw the officers drag Dwight away from the gang. Maya sincerely hoped that Bryan would find it in himself to change for the better. She knew that in time, he was going to be able to do that. But she didn't want anything to do with him or his family. To Maya, he was a very dark time in her past. And it was time for Maya to be able to find the light and take some of her own advice. Because one thing that she learned from Cory from all of the years that he's taught her, is that everyone has it in them to change.
"OK…Let's head on home now shall we?" Katy asked.
"Let's go find me again…" Maya said with her voice filled with hope which is something that she hasn't had for a while.
The next day, everyone had gathered at the Hunter residence to say their goodbyes to Maya for a while. Maya was going to a rehab facility in California for a four week extensive program. And hopefully by the end of it, she would be back to the way she was.
"Well peaches this is the last I'll see of you for a while…" Riley said with emotion written all over her face and in her voice. "Four weeks is the longest we've been apart."
"Riles…This will be good...Not just for me but for all of us…" Maya looked up and saw all of her best friends who have been there since day one looking back at her with hope written all over their faces. "I've hurt all of you in ways I cannot even begin to comprehend. And I am truly sorry for that. That's why I decided to go into rehab. To make sure that I never hurt the people I love ever again." Maya responded.
"Just make sure you'll come back to me…" Riley said pulling Maya in for a final hug.
"I'll always come back to you Riley…Ring power…"
"Ring power…" Riley said joining their hands in what felt like a long time.
"Thunder…" Maya said with a small smile.
"Lightning…" Riley replied.
"Forever…" They both said while pulling each other in for a hug. "Promise you'll skype with me?"
"Everyday…" Riley whispered back as she stepped back and joined Lucas.
"You better look after my girl hee-haw." Maya threatened. "If I hear one complaint from Riley that you hurt her I will seriously fly from California back to New York and suffocate you with a pillow."
"You have nothing to worry about short stack." Lucas replied. "I've always looked after Riley. You look after yourself for me OK Maya?" Lucas replied pulling Maya in for a hug.
"I'll do my best…" Maya responded. Maya pulled Zay in for a hug.
"You make sure you bring some of that California sunshine back…" Zay whispered.
"Of course I will." Maya replied.
"And you Hart…I don't want to lose a fellow winner." Zay laughed as they did their handshake.
"I promise you'll have me back on the winning side soon…" Maya teased as she patted his shoulder.
"You're going to come back just fine Maya." Farkle said approaching her.
"How do you know?" Maya asked still with doubt written all over her face.
"Because you're Maya. One of the strongest women that I know who never backs down from a fight…" Farkle replied.
"You always believed in me Farkle thank you…" Maya replied.
"Because you've always given me a reason to…" Farkle responded leaning down to place a kiss on Maya's cheek. "I'll miss you Maya."
"I'll miss you too Farklestein…" Maya teased.
Both Maya and Farkle looked into each others eyes and just stared into them for a couple of seconds. Maya grabbed a hold of Farkle's face and pulled him in for a kiss. It was short but it meant the world to the both of them.
"Maybe when I'm back to my old self we can continue where we left off?" Maya questioned.
"I sure hope so…" Farkle replied. As he pulled her in for a final quick peck on the lips.
"Maya sweetie we need to get to the airport so we won't miss our flight…" Shawn replied standing in front of their door.
"Can you guys walk me down to the Uber?" Maya questioned.
"Of course…" Riley responded for everyone.
They walked down the stairs each with their arms wrapped around each other just like it always has been. It was the "great wall of friendship" that's what Riley always called it. Because anything could be thrown at these five friends, but they would always stick together and fight back. Because that's how they lived through life, with all five of them by each others sides. No matter what. Maya's identity issue was just another hurdle that was going to be thrown at the wall, but deep down in these five hearts they knew that they would once again beat it.
NEXT TIME ON GIRL MEETS HIGH SCHOOL SEASON ONE: GIRL MEETS HOMECOMMING
The gang travels to Philadelphia where an urgent medical crisis strikes close to home, it has all of our characters thinking about their lives and their loved ones… The three part Homecoming series kicks off next week. Don't miss it!