Lucas's POV
"No." Maya backed away from her mother and covered her mouth, her eyes starting to tear up. "No, she's in Hampshire with her grandparents. She wasn't on that train!" Maya's voice picked up volume before it cracked. "You're lying!" Farkle pulled Maya into his arms as she broke down. She held her close and he started to quietly cry.
I stared at the screen, looking as firemen made their way carefully into the wreckage. Riley isn't there. She's at her grandparents house. I thought, tears streaming down my face. I went through my contacts until I found Riley's phone number. As it started to ring I found myself starting to talk.
"Come on Riley, come on! Pick up the phone!" The call went to voicemail. "No!' I shouted dialing again. This call went to voicemail too. Before I could dial again, Katy took the phone out of my hands and pulled me into a hug. I shook my head and pulled away. Grabbing my phone, I threw open the door and ran for the subway.
Topanga's POV
I was in my office working when Cory called my phone.
"Hey honey." I heard sobbing on the other end of the phone. "Cory?" I was starting to get nervous.
"Riley…" He only had to say our daughter's name for me to be out of my office and into my car.
"What?" Cory didn't answer. "Cory! What's wrong with our daughter?" I yelled into the phone.
"Riley…her subway car…it crashed. We don't know if…if…" His voice drifted into sobbing and I hit the gas.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"I'm on my way to Topanga's. Katy's there with the kids."
"Is Auggie with you?"
"Yes."
"All right, I'll be there in twenty minutes." I pushed my foot harder onto the gas and swerved through the traffic. You're okay Riley. I thought to myself. You're okay.
Maya's POV
After Lucas ran to God knows where, Mr. Matthews ran in with Auggie. Poor Auggie. I thought. He's probably so confused.
Auggie walked up to me and said "Where's Riley?"
I looked at Mr. Matthews and went down onto my knees so my eyes were level with his. "Auggie, can you be a big boy for me?" He looked at me and nodded his head in that innocent way only children can do. "Riley's been in an accident. We don't know what's happened." My eyes started to tear as his eyes turned somber.
All of a sudden, we turned to the TV where we heard someone screaming. The person ran onto the scene and started shouting. "Riley! Riley, where are you?" It took us all a minutes to recognize the tall, light haired boy who was demanding to know where Riley was.
"Where is she?" He yelled at one of the firefighters. "Where's my Riley?" Lucas looked like he was going to go insane.
"Sir," The firefighter replied "You need to calm down." Lucas' face was red.
"Calm down? Calm down! How am I supposed to calm down when the girl I love is possibly dead!" The firefighter put his hands on Lucas' shoulders and guided him to the sidelines. They talked for a few minutes and when they finished, Lucas had calmed down and was sitting against the wall.
We silently walked out of Topanga's and towards the subway.
