Maya's POV

My mommy and daddy keep fighting, I don't know what it's about anymore. I'm four now. I snuck out my window.

Katy's POV

"You need to stop wasting our money on gambling, Kermit!" I yelled at my husband. "We need that money to take care of Maya! She never knows where you are anymore!"

"At least I actually take care of my kid," he said. "I make sure she's safe."

Maya's POV

I walked through New York. I looked around for open windows. I wanted somewhere safe. I saw one a little high of a building. There was a fire escape. As I climbed up, I heard singing.

Katy's POV

"What is that supposed to mean?!"

"If you had been watching KC, Anthony wouldn't have been able to take her," he said.

"I was getting the girls snacks!"

"Yeah," he said.

"He's a messed up man, Kermit," I told him. "You know that!"

"Yeah, you're messed up too!" He told me.

"Because of what he did to me!" I told him. "Where is that compassionate young man I met in Nighthawk Diner over six years ago?"

Maya's POV

When I got to the open window I saw a dark brown haired girl. She had pillows and curtains. She was singing. I climbed in the window.

"Sup?" I asked.

"Are you a stranger?" She asked me.

"Yeah."

"Are you a stranger coming through my window?"

"Yes," I said.

"Then," she said. She started screaming and I covered her mouth.

"I'm running away from home," I told her. I moved my hand away from her mouth. "I saw your curtains and your pillows. I heard you singing. I like singing better than yelling. Please don't yell."

"Who yells?" She asked.

"Mommy and daddy?"

"Why?"

"'Cause they always are," I said.

Katy's POV

"I'm going to go check on our daughter," I told him.

I walked to her room and knocked on her door.

"Maya?" I asked. "Can I come in?" There was no answer. "Baby Girl?"

I opened the door. Her window was open, and she was nowhere to be seen.

"Kermit!" I yelled.

"What now?!"

"Maya's gone!"

"What?"

He rushed into the room and saw what I did.

Maya's POV

I was standing in Riley's mommy and daddy's kitchen.

"So what's your name?" Her mommy asked.

"Are you gonna yell at me if I don't tell you?"

"What?" Her mommy asked. "No, I just want to know your name."

"Her name is Maya Penelope Hart," Riley said.

"Riley!"

"Sorry Maya," she said.

"Who yells at you?" Riley's daddy asked.

"My daddy," I said. "Then my mommy yells at him. They yell a lot."

"Well, I think you have a pretty name," Riley's mommy said.

"What's you mommy and daddy's names?" Her daddy asked.

I shrugged.

"Wait. Hart," her mommy said. "Does your mommy work at Nighthawk Diner?"

"Yeah," I said.

"Katy Hart," she said. "I've been in there a couple of times for lunch."

I nodded. She got out a phone book and started going through it.

Katy's POV

Our phone started ringing. I answered it.

"Hello?" I answered. "Who?" I listened. "Oh! Thank you! Thank you so much— Topanga! You don't know how happy I am to hear that! We'll be over there soon."

"Who was that?" Kermit asked.

"It was Topanga Matthews," I said.

"That lawyer?"

"I thought I recognized her name," I said. "Maya wandering into the Matthews' daughter's bedroom. They've been hanging out all day. We need to go get her."

"You go," he said. "I'm going out with the guys."

"Are you kidding me, Kermit?!" He walked out the door. I grabbed my keys and left to go to the Matthews'.

Topanga's POV

Someone buzzed our door.

"It's Katy Hart," I heard a voice say. She sounded fairly young.

"Come on up."

In a few minutes and woman walked through our door. She immediately walked to Maya.

"Baby Girl," she said, "We've been so worried about you!" She hugged her.

"Where's daddy?"

She looked down.

"He went out again," she said.

"Can I stay here tonight?" Maya asked her.

"Oh, sweetie, I don't think we should intrude anymore than—"

"You wouldn't be intruding," I told her. "It's fine. It seems her and Riley have really hit it off. We'd love to have her over."

"Oh, well, if it's no trouble—"

"None, at all," I said. "You could stay for dinner if you'd like."

"That would be nice, but I have to get to work," she said.

"I understand," I said. "Well, that offer still stands for anytime you'd like to come for dinner, you could always bring your husband as well."

"Thank you, Topanga," she said.

"Oh, by the way," I said. "This is my husband, Cory."

"Nice to meet y'all," she said. "I'll pick you up tomorrow, Maya."

"Okay, mommy," Maya said.

"I love you," Katy said.

"Love you too."