[The Following Monday]

Riley's POV

Maya and I went to school and went into my dad's class.

"Morning girls," he said.

"Morning, dad," I said. I saw that Mistakes was written on the board. "Is that the lesson for today?"

"Yep," he said. Farkle, Lucas, Smackle, Zay, and other students came in and sat down. "What is a mistake?"

"Something you do without the intention to do it," Farkle said.

"So if someone cheats on a test, is it a mistake?" Dad asked.

"No," Maya said. "Because it was intentional."

"Exactly," he said. "Now, think back in middle school, and tell me which of these was a mistake: You starting the homework rebellion or setting off the sprinklers?"

"Setting off the sprinklers," Maya said. "I did the homework rebellion was a choice I made."

"So, what was the homework rebellion?"

"A bad decision," I said.

"Everybody makes both of these things," dad said, "but the good thing about that is that they will always teach you something even if you don't let that lesson change you for the better."

"That's what makes us human," Farkle said.

"Can any of you name a mistake in history?" Dad asked.

"The Titanic crashing into the iceberg," Farkle said.

Correct…mostly," dad said. "It was not intentional to crash the Titanic."

"It was even called the 'unsinkable ship,'" Farkle said.

"But it was also caused by the ship's crew ignoring warnings that icebergs were in their path," dad said. "What is a mistake that was made in more modern that you know about?"

"My mom leaving the twins with Shawn for the day on Saturday," Maya said. "He had to call her a lot." She laughed. "Topanga needed her to work that day. She felt really bad about it."

"That's why she went home early?" I asked.

"Yeah," she said.

"So you're throwing my wife and your mom under the bus at the same time?" She rolled her eyes and laughed.

After class, Jesse, a senior, put his arm around Lucas' shoulder.

"Hey buddy," he said.

"I've got to get to my next class," Lucas said. He seemed upset. Jesse looked over at me and smiled.

"This guy, right here, chugged them beers down like a champ on Saturday at the party," Jesse said.

"I'm sorry what?" I said in disbelief.

"Get away from me, Jesse!" Lucas said, shoving him away from him. Jesse walked off.

"You drank again?!" I confronted him. "You went to a party and drank?!"

"Riley, just let me ex-"

"No, I don't want to talk to you right now," I said. "I can't believe you." I walked off to class and didn't talk to him for the rest of the day.

Maya's POV

After school I drove Riley, Marley, and I to work. We walked into Topanga's.

"We're closing early," Topanga said. "They have news to tell us about KC, and they said it would be best to hear in person. That's what they told your mom, Maya."

We got back in the car and went to the hospital. When we got there Farkle, Lucas, Josh, Shawn, mom, the twins, etc. were already there. The doctor came out to the waiting room.

"I'm guessing all of you are here for KC," he said.

"Yes," mom said. "How is she?"

"I am happy to tell you that she is awake," he said. A feeling of relief fell over everyone. Everybody started hugging each other.

"So, she's okay?" I asked.

"Mostly," he said. "She will, however, have to regain her mobility in her legs."

"When did she wake up?" Farkle asked.

"She fully came out of the coma at 12am this morning," he said. "I apologize for not informing you right away, we had to perform some tests."

"When can we see her?" Farkle asked.

"You can each go in one by one, but if it gets too overwhelming for her, we will have to stop the visits until she is ready for more."

"Who should go first?" Maya asked.

"Aaron," Farkle said. Aaron went with the doctor to visit KC.

KC's POV

I thought it had only been a couple hours since the crash, but the doctor told me I had been in a coma for over a month. He told me this afternoon that I have visitors. I wasn't surprised when I saw Lucas Aaron was the first one.

"Hi mommy," he said. "I know you'd wake up!"

"Hey sweetie," I said. He pulled himself up onto the bed and hugged me.

"I missed you," he said.

"Did I miss a lot?" I asked.

He looked up, thinking. "Ummm. Oh! Uncle Johnny and Auntie Angie are here now. Gramma let me hold 'em!"

"Really?" I asked. I missed their birth? I thought. "Was that fun?"

"Yeah and no," he said. "They started crying."

"Awe," I said.

Lucas' POV

I sat next to Riley.

"Riley, can we talk?"

"I don't feel like it," she said.

"Please just hear me out," I said.

"Lucas, you drank again," she said. "You promised you'd fight it."

"I know, but-"

"But what?"

"It's hard," I said.

"You've been doing great, what changed?"

"Jesse and the rest of the guys pressured me," I said. "I didn't mean to do it. It was a mistake."

"You shouldn't have let them get to you," she said. "You should have fought harder. You fell off the wagon because you didn't just walk away."

"You don't know how hard it is, Riley," I said. "I'm trying. I haven't had a drink since that night."

"Why didn't you tell me about the party?"

"You wouldn't like being around them," I said. "And I really didn't think to mention it."

"What is that supposed to mean?" She questioned. "I could have went with you and stopped you."

"They, especially Jesse, are really irresponsible and are flirts," I said.

"Then why did you go?" She asked. "Why are you friends with them?"

"They're my teammates, Riley," I said. "Well, were."

"What do you mean were?"

"I quit the team today," I said. "Saturday made me realize that they're toxic. Nothing made me feel worse, knowing I messed up. I fell off the wagon but got right back on the next day."

"You weren't going to tell me, were you?"

"No," I shook my head. "I was too ashamed. I don't want to lose you."

"Lucas, I'm not going to leave you, and I wasn't planning to," she said. "I'm sorry that I got so upset. I just never thought you'd fall back into it."

"That's the thing, I didn't," I said. She looked at me confused. "I may have drank again, but I didn't fall back into alcoholism. I was able to control myself enough not to drink again the next day or today."

"Yeah," she said. "At least we have that."

Farkle came back to the waiting room. Riley and I were the only ones left to visit KC. I hadn't realized how long we had talked. I let Riley go first, and then I went to talk to KC.

"Hey KC," I said. "How are you feeling?"

"Well, I can't use my legs right now," she said. "And I have a headache again."

"Oh," I said. "I'm sorry."

"It could be worse," she said. "So, Aaron told me he plays drums now. Who's idea was it?"

"Marley's," I said. "We all noticed he likes to drum on the table and stuff, and Marley thought it would be good to give him something to do with it. I guess like Mother, like son." She laughed.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm doing fine," I said. I sat there talking to her, and catching her up on some stuff she missed, except for what happened on Saturday.