Okay guys, here's the longest chapter I've ever done. Are you guys ready? I hope so! Let's begin!
(Daisy's POV)
Anna hadn't just said that. My eyes began tearing up and my heart began racing. "911, please state your emergency," the receptionist said.
"My sister is having a heart attack," I replied.
"Okay, sweetie, how old is your sister?" she asked.
"14," I replied, the tears in my eyes rolling down my cheeks.
She asked for my address and number and I gave it to her. Anna and I carried Maya downstairs as fast as we could. She was holding her chest, and Sam and JD were both trying to comfort her. Then they started fighting. All I could hear was nothing. I was that scared. I ran up to the fighting JD and Sam and shoved them aside. "Both of you!" I screamed. "Shut up! There are more important things in this world than your stupid crushes!"
It just came out. I didn't mean for it to. They both backed off, probably because I looked like a rabid wolf. I mean, that was how important Maya was to me.
Anna had lay Maya on the bench outside. I sat down next to it and grabbed her hand. I held it as she choked on her own words. "Daisy… what's… going… to… happen?" she asked, her eyes forming tears as well.
"You're going to have a lot of pain," I admitted. "And we're going to lose you for a second, but all the people are going to take care of you."
"Am I going to be okay?" Maya gasped.
I went silent. That had question had passed my mind before, but hearing it out loud didn't make it seem less real. It was real. "I don't know," I replied honestly. "I really don't know Maya."
Maya held my hand as tightly as she could, but that wasn't very hard, unfortunately. Suddenly, she let out one more gasp of pain, and her eyes closed. I screamed, and just as I did, the ambulance came pulling up. They took Maya away. I didn't know why, but it felt like that was going to be the last time I would ever see her again. That I would never see Maya, my big sister, ever again. Which was bad, because she was my life. If anything ever happened to Maya, I don't know what I would do, but it wouldn't be good, I can tell you that.
Anna tried to call Mom, but there was no answer. JD and Sam were still arguing over Maya, so I did something I never thought I'd do. "You two! Here! Now!" I yelled, as Anna tried again to call Mom.
JD and Sam both muttered to themselves and came over. I grabbed both of them by their shirt collars. They may have been six inches taller than me each, but I was about to kill them both. When they were both at my eye level, I basically screamed, "You two are both dead!"
They pulled back, but, for some reason, I was stronger than both of them combined. "Listen to me, and listen good," I said, calming down just a little, but still raged enough to scare the boys. "Maya just had a heart attack, and you two are too worried about your little crushes on her to care. You know what? If you two actually cared enough to be her guy, you'd worry more about her and not your stupidness! Now, if I see either of you at the hospital within the time Maya is in there, I swear, I will never, ever, forget it, and that means I will haunt your nightmares and make personal appearances!"
They both backed off, and basically ran home. Anna came up to me. "Mom still won't answer," she said sadly, laying a hand on my shoulder. "Any ideas?"
"Call Mrs. Matthews," I replied.
"Good idea," she said, and gave Mrs. Matthews a call.
After the call, it only took two minutes for Mrs. Matthews to get there. Riley was in the car, crying her eyes out. By now, all of us were. Anna and I hurried and got into the car, me in the back with Riley, and Anna in shotgun. Riley and I held each other as we drove. It just isn't fair, I kept thinking. Maya hasn't done anything to anyone. Why did this happen to her?
Riley kept crying. I kept crying. Anna kept crying. Even Mrs. Matthews kept crying. We were all crying because this was Maya. Someone who was close to all of us. Me and Anna's sister, Riley's best friend, and someone like a daughter to Mrs. Matthews. It just wasn't fair at all.
As we pulled into the hospital, we all jumped out. I mean we literally jumped. We ran as fast as we could to the receptionist. I remembered her. She had been there when Maya had fainted during high school shadowing, and she wouldn't let me in. I had threatened her in order to see my sister. Wow, such memories.
We came up to her. "You again?" she asked.
"Look, I got adopted, now where's Maya?" I asked.
"Hart?"
"Yes, now where is she?"
"Room 203."
All of us went to where the room was, and stopped at the door. There was a little sign that said: Do Not Enter.
Riley, Anna, and I sat outside on a bench, while Mrs. Matthews talked to a nurse. You could see the fear in all of our eyes. It was too painful. I began humming something, and thinking of lyrics in my head. It was weird, but all the lyrics were about Maya.
Please be okay
Live to see another day
Without you, life is empty and gray
And good times fail while bad times rise
Because you're the only thing in our eyes
It just flowed out. I was so confused and hurt and upset that the music came naturally. That was how it always was with me. Hurt=music seemed to be the problem.
A nurse came up to us. "Maya has suffered a severe heart attack," she came right out and said.
"But, no," I said, scared.
"I'm so sorry," she said.
I turned back to Anna. "Why her?" I asked.
"I don't know," Anna replied, pulling me and Riley into a hug.
(Spoiler 1)
"Is Maya gonna be okay?" Riley asked.
"We won't know for sure for a couple of weeks, and Maya will have to stay here," the nurse replied.
You could see Riley's heart drop. Mom then, suddenly, came running in. "Where's Maya?" she asked, out of breath.
We explained everything to her. "Is Maya, at least, awake?" she asked.
"Yes, come with me," the nurse said, and led us to the door of her room. "Please, one person at a time. She needs her rest and shouldn't be riled up too much."
Mom went first. She came back teary-eyed. Then Anna went in. after five minutes, she came out, looking pretty upset. Then Riley went. She spent only three minutes in the room before freaking out, and coming back out. Then it was my turn.
I waked into the beige and white room. Maya was in the middle, in a just as beige bed, her head resting back on a pillow. I was so scared to get close to her, because of all the machines she was hooked up to. I was scared that I would step on something and mess up all the machines that were keeping my big sister alive. "Dais?" Maya's weak voice asked, her head raising just a little bit.
"Hey Maya," I replied.
"You don't have to stay that far away," Maya said. "Come here."
I went closer to my sister. I got close enough to wear I was at her head. "Maya, what's gonna happen?" I asked, feeling small, like a little kid.
"To be honest," Maya replied. "I don't know Dais. But, I'm always going to be with you. You know that, right?"
I nodded. It was too real, thinking about how I could lose Maya. I didn't want to lose Maya. I never wanted to lose Maya. She was my big sister.
My time was up too quickly. I had to leave Maya before I knew it, and it was hard. Riley said she didn't feel well as we got into the car. "What's wrong sweetie?" Mrs. Matthews asked.
"My stomach hurts," she complained.
"Okay, honey, just lean against the window," Mrs. Matthews said.
Riley leaned up against the window and held her stomach.
When we got home, Anna headed toward her room and I headed toward mine. It was weird, being in there and not hearing Maya yell, "Don't sit on my bed!"
I sat down on my bed and looked up at the ceiling. My eyes gazed upon the room around me. The paintings Maya had hung up and the drawings I had. They were special.
I hopped down from my bed, and found my journal, and I wrote another entry.
Dear Journal, Maya, and Anna,
Maya, please be okay. I promise, I'll be the best sister I could ever be. I'll never ask for anything again. I'll stop hanging out with Forest so much and hang out with you more. Please Maya. Please. All I ever wanted was a family and you gave me that and more. You gave me a friend, a sister, Chance, everything. I love you Maya. So please be okay. Please Maya.
-Daisy
I put the journal down and called in Ginger the ferret. I closed the door to make sure Chance couldn't get in. I stroked Ginger with my finger. "Please," I pleaded out loud for the first time. "Please."
(Anna's POV)
Daisy locked herself in her room. And I don't mean for a day. She locked herself in for three days. Mom would put out food by her door, and when I went to bed, it was gone. She was so depressed. I was too, but I tried to remain optimistic. I had to keep thinking Maya was going to be okay. I had to.
Everyday I still walked to school with Riley. Lucas began walking with us and so did Farkle, and he final admitted why he had freaked out.
We were on the subway, riding home from school. "Hey guys," Farkle started. "Can I tell you something?"
"Sure," Riley replied.
"Um, you know how I freaked out on Maya the other day?" he asked.
"Yeah," Lucas replied, wanting him to get on with it.
"Well, you see, the night before that, my parents split up, I didn't know what to do, and every little thing set me off. It did that for a week. Now I'm in therapy," he replied.
We all told Farkle it was okay and we hugged him.
After school that day, Mom greeted me at the door. "Hey sweetie," she said, letting me in. "Can you sit?"
She patted the couch next to her. I sat down. "Honey, Daisy, she isn't doing good," Mom said.
"I know," I replied. "I was going to ask you about it. Do you think she's okay?"
"I don't," Mom admitted. "But, she has to start going back to school. I'm going to get her up tomorrow. Also, we're going to see Maya before dinner tonight. I'll be home for a little, then we'll go to the diner."
"Okay," I replied. "I'm going to go check on her."
I got off the couch and walked to Daisy's door. I knocked. "Dais, can I come in?" I asked.
"No," a weak voice replied.
I went in anyways. Daisy was on the bed, her eyes watery, and her head in a pillow. Her blankets were around her in a cocoon, and the room looked as if a tornado went through it. "Dais?" I asked, and she looked up.
"What do you want?" she asked harshly.
"I'm just worried about you," I replied. "Dais, what's going on with you?"
"Nothing," Daisy replied, just as harsh.
I came closer to her. "Ever since Maya—"
"Stop it!" Daisy cut me off.
"Daisy, stop what?"
"If you loved me you'd know!"
"Dais, I do love you, what are you talking about?"
"Forget it!"
Then Daisy ran through the door. I didn't know where she was going, but it didn't seem to matter. She was probably just going to Riley's house.
I walked back to my room. My phone began ringing. "Hello?" I answered.
"Your sister is dead," a male voice replied. A male voice I knew.
"Karson, what do you want?" I asked.
"Your sister is dead, I'm coming," he replied.
"I will find you, hunt you down, and kill you with one arm tied behind my back if you hurt my little sister," I replied, my hand trembling with the phone.
"Nice try, but you can't hurt me," Karson replied, then hung up.
(Spoiler 2)
I dropped the phone onto the bed. I lied down, suddenly not feeling well. I looked up at the ceiling. Which one was he talking about? I thought to myself. Maya or Daisy?
I just lay there for awhile, and that question just kept floating in my mind, as I tried to figure out a way to protect them.
(Daisy's POV)
I ran to the only place I knew to go. I ran to Forest's house. His mom opened the door, her smile bright and warm. "Hi Daisy," she said, opening the door wider. "Forest and DJ are in the back if you want to see them."
I went to the back, opening the door to a blue-painted room. The room was familiar to me. The blue walls, his red covered bed, the tv in the middle, and the small ducks hanging from the ceiling. DJ and Forest were both in the middle, watching some show on tv. "Hey guys," I said, startling them both.
Forest was the first to recover. "Hey Daisy-Flower," he said, reminding me of my pet name. "What's up?"
"Can we have fun?" I asked.
"Uh, sure," Forest replied. "What do you have in mind?"
"Well, Mom's forcing me to school tomorrow," I began. "Uh, I was thinking we could skip. You know, for the day."
Both of them stood with their mouths wide open. "Daisy Hart, skipping school?" DJ asked, shocked. "I'm out, I hate skipping."
"I'm game," Forest replied, taking my hand. "Anything for my Daisy-Flower."
I giggled.
I walked home, completely not thinking about anything.
At home, I walked in on something I would never forget. Mom and Shawn were kissing, right in the kitchen. "Hi Mom," I said casually.
Mom backed away from Shawn. "You're out of your room?" she asked, stunned.
"Yeah, I went to Forest's house, that's okay, right?" I asked.
"Yeah, that's fine," she replied.
I walked to the back and knocked on Anna's door. "Anna?" I asked.
"Come in," she replied, her voice a little weak.
I walked in. Anna was pale, her eyes just staring at the ceiling. "Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah," she replied, her eyes going towards me.
I walked into the living room. Something with Anna began going wrong. "Mom?! MOM?!" she called.
Mom and Shawn were kissing again. "Get down here!" I called to my sister.
She came down. "Holy cow," she said.
(Spoiler 3)
A few minutes later, we went to visit Maya. They let us all go in this time. I hugged her. She was doing a lot better. "Maya will be able to go home in a week," the nurse said. "If she continues to get better at this rate."
Maya smiled. "She's a fighter," Shawn said.
One week later, she came home. I had skipped school with Forest each day. Everyday, we got on the subway with everyone else. Then, as they got off, we found an excuse to move away from the group. After that, we found a place to hang out for the day. It was fun.
The day Maya came back, however, we decided to actually go to school. We walked into Mr. Matthews class. "Little Hart, Mr. Window," he said. "I haven't seen you in a while."
I turned a shade of red. "Um, I was sick," I lied, trying to change the subject.
"And Mr. Window?" he asked.
"Um, I was on vacation with my mom," Forest lied.
"No you weren't," DJ piped up from the back of the class.
"Yes, I was Deej," Forest said, in a voice that was telling his foster sister to shut up.
DJ didn't say anything else. But Maya did. "You were sick, Dais?" she asked.
"Uh, yeah," I replied. "Um, that's why we didn't visit you until we got you out of the hospital."
"But I came over," Riley told her dad. "To give you your homework and Anna said you were fine."
"Yeah, but Anna was kind of in depression, over Maya," I lied.
We went on with the day, talking about everything that had happened while Maya was gone and other stuff.
When we went home that day, Maya seemed super happy to be able to see the old house with Anna and me not sleeping. "Maya," Anna said, then gave her a hug.
We spent about three hours in our room, just talking. That's when Mom called us down for dinner. "Mom's home?" Anna asked.
I shrugged.
We went downstairs to not only find Mom, but also Shawn, and they seemed… weird.
"Girls, sit down," Mom told us, and the three of us sat down on the couch.
It was funny, really, how Maya, Anna, and I fit onto the couch like pieces of a puzzle. "Girls, Shawn and I are getting married," Mom continued, and her reaction was three shocked faces.
Anan broke the silence first. "Wait, you're what?" she asked.
"No," Maya said in disbelief.
"Yes," Mom replied.
"Yahoo!" I said, super happily.
(Spoiler 4)
We all went to bed that night, after hearing that the wedding would be in about a year and a half, and we were all thinking the same thing. I can't believe that just happened.
The next morning, I got a call from Forest at, get this, 2 am. "What the?" I asked myself, before seeing who it was.
"Yeah?" I asked, knowing Forest wouldn't mind how I answered.
"Hey," he said, he sounded out of breath.
"Forest, are you okay?" I asked, beginning to feel the panic rising.
"Um, Daisy, I need your help," he replied.
"Anything," I said.
"I need you to run away with me," he replied.
I went silent. I must have been like that for a while because Forest went, "Daisy Flower?"
"When?" I finally asked.
"Tomorrow," he replied.
"I'll meet you in the park," I said.
"Okay," Forest said, then the line went dead.
I fell back asleep, but my dreams were nowhere near happy.
The next morning, I got up early, right after Mom left, and left a note on the fridge.
Gotta go check on Forest, be back soon.
-Daisy
I climbed out the window, and headed toward the park. When I got there, Forest was waiting on the swings. "I can't believe we're doing this," I said.
"Neither can I," Forest replied.
(Spoiler 5)
We ran all the way to the subway. Every time I thought I couldn't get any farther, he smiled, I smiled back, and we could somehow keep going.
We ran all the way to Main Street. It was ten miles away from where we had started, which was two miles away from my house, and four miles away from his.
He basically collapsed onto a bench on the subway. "You okay?" I asked.
He nodded. "Hey, Forest?" I asked. "Why do you want to run away?"
He shook his head. "I'll explain it later," he said.
I looked at him. He was worrying me. I needed to know why he had to leave. I was worried about him. It wasn't like I was actually running away, I mean, skipping class was okay, but I couldn't leave Maya or Anna.
"Hey, Dais?" Forest asked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"Well, skipping class, lying to teachers, and even lying to your sisters AND Riley, he said. "Do you like the new Daisy?"
"I love the new Daisy," I replied.
Okay, so the last spoiler was changed a little from 'you' to 'Daisy.' I just couldn't put that in the spoiler list. Whew! Over 3, 400 words! This was my longest chapter I've ever done. Wow, sorry it took so long. Anyways, if you haven't seen my new Every Witch Way story, Everything Changes, the prolog included a schedule. Here it is:
Fridays: Everything Changes (Every Witch Way fanfiction)
Saturdays: Girl Meets Anna (and all sequels) (Girl Meets World fanfiction)
Sundays: Girl Meets Slumber Party (Girl Meets World fanfiction)
Mondays: Life of the Party (Bella and the Bulldogs fanfiction) (will start on April 13, 2015)
Tuesdays-Thursdays: If I get a chance, I may update stories at this time, Girl Meets Journal will probably also be put up on one of these days
Anyways, guys, see you next Saturday for another chapter of Girl Meets Anna! :):):)
Thank you and Lacey!