It's been nearly a week.

Nearly a week since I've gotten a decent nights sleep.

Nearly a week since I've felt somewhat normal.

Nearly a week since an innocent girl's life was took from her.

Thinking about her made me shiver to my core, It made me physically be sick.

I still couldn't get over, how cruel it was for her life to be taken in such an indignified way.

She deserved to have a long and happy life.

She deserved to get married, have children, travel the world, achieve her dreams.

And now because of some sick person, she wasn't able to have any of that and she never will.

I run a tired over my hand as I begin to reverse out my driveway, my eyes widen massively when I hear a loud shriek. I quickly slam my footdown on the breaks. Without a second of hesitation, I climb out of my car and race to investigate the noise.

My eyebrows furrow together when I see my ex-girlfriend sat at the edge of my driveway with a bottle of vodka in hand.

"Maya?!" I call out, "Are you fucking stupid?! I could of ran you over!"

The blonde shrugs, "At this point it would have been a relief"

I roll my eyes, "Alright enough with the dramatics, what do you want?"

"You!" She blurts out, as she stumbles onto her feet.

My eyes widen, "Uh...Maya"

Her bright blue eyes roll, "Not like that jackass, I just want a friend"

I look around awkwardly, "Last time I checked me and you weren't exactly friends"

Maya's breath hitches slightly as her eyes glaze over, "Y-You're one of the only people who can understand how I'm feeling right now..."

I let out a loud sigh, "I-I'll be your friend"

"Thanks" She murmurs dryly.

"How've you been?"

"I haven't slept in days"

"I haven't either" I say softly, as I slowly begin to sit down on the curb of my driveway.

Maya rolls up her sleeves causing my breath to hitch, when I see deep and sharp nail cuts in her wrists.

"D-Did you do this to yourself?" I ask, as I feel bile threatening to rise in my stomach at the thought of Maya hurting herself.

"I have nightmares, so I claw at myself to wake myself up" She says her voice sounded dazed and hazy.

I curse quietly before I motion for her to sit down next to me, hesitantly she eyes me up then takes a spot next to me.

"You know, I hope you realise you made a massive mistake cheating on me"

I roll my eyes, "Here we go..."

Maya laughs, "No seriously, I've only gotten better in age wheras you've declined"

I raise my eyebrows, "I've declined?"

"Rapidly"

"You know, when I agreed to be friends I pictured you being a civilised human"

Maya shrugs, "This is me, on a good day"

"I know, I dated you" I mutter.

"Rude"

I give her a cheeky grin, "You love me really"

"No, I think I'd rather get run over by a bus then love you"

I put a hand to my heart, "You saw the sweetest thing to me, Maya Penelope Hart"

I wince as I feel my body being shoved roughly.

"Don't mention the Penelope! And I'm not even a Hart anymore"

I furrow my eyebrows together, "I'm not following"

"Well that doesn't surprise me, and My mom and Shawn got married"

Happiness for the girl sat next to me floods through me.

"Seriously?!" I cry out.

Maya gives me a soft smile, "Yeah, they got married in December"

I resist the urge to reach over and pull her into a friendly hug, incase she got the wrong idea.

"I'm really happy for you"

The blonde looks down as her smile widens, "I'm happy for me too"

We stay in a comfortable silence for a few more minuets until Maya decides to speak up again.

"I miss this, I miss us talking"

I sigh loudly, "Yeah, I kinda miss it too"

"It's a shame we didn't stay friends"

I hold my hands up in defense, "Hey! I tried to stay friends with you!"

Maya narrows her eyes, "You tried to sleep with one of my best friends, two days after we broke up!"

I wince and rub the back of my neck awkwardly, "Okay, I admit that wasn't one of my finest hours"

"Yeah, no kidding"

"But in all due fairness, you tried to run me over with your car!"

"I did not! You're being dramatic"

I shake my head, "You missed me by half an inch"

Maya huffs before crossing her arms, "Well you deserved it!"

"For such a small stack of pancakes, you're fucking scary"

A proud grin works it's way onto the blonde's face sat next too me, "Thank you"

"That wasn't a compliment"

"Well I'm taking it as one!"

I laugh, "You've not changed a bit, you know that?"

"Why would I change? I'm brilliant!" Maya says confidently causing another laugh to escape my lips.

"Thank you..." I murmur softly.

"What for?"

"Tonight, this. You've really helped me take my mind off everything"

"Ditto. I never thought talking to you would have been a relief"

I laugh, "Ditto"

"Do you think it'll get easier?" She asks quitely.

I sigh slightly, "I-I really don't know. I-I hope it does"

"How's Missy dealing with it?"

"She's not left her room in days" I murmur, as the concern for my step-sister begins to sink in my veins once again.

Maya bites her lip, "D-Do you want me to talk to her for you?"

I shake my head, "I think, she just needs to be alone but thank you"

The blonde shakes her head, "It's no problem"

"You're a good person Maya" I say softly.

The blonde next to me falters slightly before turning stiff, "I-I'm really not"

"You are, I promise you"

"That girl was a good person" Maya mumbles sadly.

"Her name was Lola right?" I ask softly.

She nods, "Yeah, she was a really nice person. One time at a party, this girl poured drink all over my tights, so Lola took of her tights and gave me them so I didn't have to stand in wet tights all night"

My heart aches when I hear the pain in Maya's voice, and it also aches because Lola didn't deserve it.

She was a good person.

Good people deserve to die with dignity, not by the hands of someone else.