Lucas' POV

I woke up as one of Riley's doctors came in, jerking me to full alertness. "Mr. and Mrs. Matthews?" She called out. We all sat up straight and looked at the doctor.

"Yes?" Mr. Matthews said.

"Your daughter, Riley Matthews, has just gotten out of surgery. When she came in she had severe head trauma from being thrown out of her seat and to the floor and she also inhaled a lot of smoke. At one point when we were operating her heart and lungs stopped." Topanga covered her mouth, Cory moaned, and Maya and Farkle stood still in shock while I stood there shaking.

"Is she stable?" I asked, not really wanting to hear the answer.

"For now, but I have to warn you, she's in a coma." Cory's head whipped up to look at her.

"What do you mean she's in a coma?" He shrieked.

"Sir, sometimes when people hurt their heads, they go into comas so that their brains can fully heal. You may visit her now but don't mention the accident around her. Patients do much better when their accident or any bad information is said in front of them."

We all looked at each other and decided who would visit Riley first, First would be Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, and Auggie. Then Maya, Farkle, and I would see her. Katy wouldn't be visiting Riley.

While we waited for the Matthews to come back, Farkle, Maya, and I sat in silence on the floor until Maya told us about a dream she had had while sleeping.

"Riley came to me in a dream…she said…" Her words choked her as she struggled to speak around her tears. "What am I going to do without her? She's my…she's my best friend. She's like…family." Maya held herself and started to sob so badly she was shaking. Farkle moved closer to her and held her in his lap. She put her head into the crook of her neck. I sat there and Farkle looked at me understandingly, knowing that the girl I loved was in horrible condition.

"I'm sorry." Maya said pulling away from Farkle. "I know I'm supposed to be strong but sometimes it's like she's all I got."

"You don't need to apologize, Maya. We're all worried." I told her. She nodded her head and relaxed slightly, though her eyes never lost that worried feeling.

Finally, an eternity later, the Matthews came back in and told us we could visit her now. We trudged up the sterile hallways to Riley's room in silence. The door was open and when we entered we all rushed over to Riley.

"Riley!" Maya said, unable to hide her joy. "You're okay!"

"Hey Riles." I said, trying to hide the worry and the pain in my voice.

"Lady." said Farkle without his usual Farkleness.

"So Riley…" It was so hard to see her like this. Her head was wrapped in a white cloth and there were tubes everywhere. "I really hope you can hear us." I grabbed one of her hands and Maya grabbed the other. Farkle rubbed her arm.

"We're all here for you honey. You just got to wake up. Come on don't leave Farkle, me, and Ranger Rick waiting." I thought I saw Riley's eye twitched.

Apparently Farkle saw it too. "Did you guys see that? Her eye twitched!" He exclaimed.

"Riley? Please come back to me. I…need you. Please…please don't leave me." Maya's tears dropped off of her cheeks and onto Riley's arm. We all took a seat next to her bed and we continued to talk about small, trivial things. We all stared at her face, waiting for her beautiful chocolate eyes to open.

Eventually Maya and Farkle fell asleep. Somehow I was staying awake. I looked at the clock. It was two thirty-four in the morning. When I looked back at Riley, her beautiful eyes were open.

"Lucas…" She said in her hoarse voice.

"Riley!" I shouted, waking Maya and Farkle.

"Honey!" Maya said, throwing her arms around Riles.

"Lady." said Farkle, gaining back his Farkleness.

"Farkle." The girls said in unison. Everyone was smiling. Farkle and Maya went to find a doctor and left Riley and I alone. She turned to look at me and tears of joy fell down my face. I squeezed her hand.

"I'm so happy you're okay, Riles. I couldn't bear it if-"

"I know." We smiled at each other before the words popped out of my mouth.

"I love you, Riley Matthews. You are my other half and my soul mate." Riley's ears turned pink and her smile grew.

"I love you too, Lucas Friar. Always have, ever since the day I fell into your lap on the subway."

"Will you be my girlfriend?" I blurted.

"Of course." I leaned forward and kissed her gently. When I pulled away her eyes had widened so much that I thought her eyes would pop out of her head.

"Riley?" I shook her shoulder gently. "Riley!" I was scared now. "Nurse!" I yelled. "Nurse! Help!" A tall, black nurse raced into the room, took one look at Riley and told me to back away. She started to shout words I didn't understand. Other nurses and a doctor ran into the room and soon I was kicked out. When Farkle and Maya saw the commotion their joy quickly vanished.

"What happened?" Maya demanded. I told her and Farkle the story and Maya glared at me. If looks could kill, I'd be dead.

"You." Her voice was laced with hate. She started to scream at me until a doctor told us to go back to the waiting room. We told the Matthews the story and they took it surprisingly well. Together, we waited, bracing for news. In fact, when a nurse came in, we were all holding hands.

"Mr. and Mrs. Matthews?"

"Yes?" Mr. Matthews looked as if he had aged years in the last day.

"I have news about your daughter." She paused for a moment, her face impassive. "Your daughter, Riley Matthews is-"