It's amazing how fast the time passes by; Maya is within her ninth month and Lucas has been spending a good chunk of his time with Shawn. Though she seems to be ignoring his mother, but that isn't the only thing they've noticed off about him. They would often find him spacing out completely; it was weird because when he would snap out of it was a gamble of what kind of mood he would be in. Right now the older blonde was at work and Farkle had been rummaging through the room that he and Lucas shared. Okay, he really wasn't one to snoop around someone's things but he wanted an explanation and the theory that Maya and Josh suggested; he was hoping that it wasn't. It was one of many suggested things. He let out a sigh when nothing useful could be found in the bedroom, so the brunette walked into the bathroom. Pulling things out of the cupboards, nothing found. But he did find something when he looked behind the mirror, and a frown formed upon his lips. He walked out of the bathroom to see Maya and Josh sitting on the couch.
"Did you find anything?" Maya questioned as she looked up to her friend who stood at the edge of the couch. A frown forming on her own lips as she noticed the upset look upon his face. She pushed herself up to look at her friend better. "What is it?"
Farkle couldn't say anything; he just pulled out a bottle of pills and threw them towards the couple on the couch. Maya caught the bottle within her hands, her eyes overlooking the bottle before Josh took it into his own hands. "H-He should have stopped taking those already. He said he had but that bottle is pretty full and it says its last refill was a month ago."
"Farkle…Do you think he's using them wrongly?"
"We all do, it would explain why he's been acting the way he is lately. I'll talk with him when he gets home."
"We'll be here for you Farkle." Maya spoke as she stood up, going to give her friend a comforting side hug but she stopped midway through. "I…" Her eyes looked down the ground, her hand automatically going to her stomach. "Oh god…"
"Is it…?" Josh questioned, his eyes widening as he quickly stood up to support his girlfriend. Maya just nodded her head. "We…"
"I understand it, go. I'll come by after talking with Lucas." Hopefully with him, because the subject was sure to cause a fight but it needed to be talked about. Farkle smiled at his friends, giving Maya a slight hug. "See you later." He called out to them as they left the apartment, leaving him to sit on the couch the bottle of pills resting in his hands. It was half an hour later when Lucas walked into the door, but he clearly didn't see Farkle on the couch as he went straight towards the bathroom. "If what you are going in there for is these, no need there here." He spoke holding the bottle up in the air, the words had clearly stunned the older male.
"Farkle, why do you have those?" He questioned as he turned his direction to him.
"Better question is why do you have them? You said you stopped using them that the doctor said it was okay. Are you abusing them?" The question was answered with silence, but that gave him his answer. Taking in a breath, Farkle fumbled with the bottle between his fingers before he opened it up. "It's pretty full for being filled last month, but that's because that's not the last it was filled was it? No. I worked it out, why I see some missing money from my account. You took it didn't you? Lucas, why?"
"I found out my father wasn't my father right after I was in a pretty big car crash. I also find out that my father is some guy my mother had a fling with…oh and he just so happened to be one of my friends step dads. I'm sure that's a good enough excuse for anyone. It helps me deal with those facts; it helps me not be angry about this all." Lucas shot back, stepping closer to Farkle.
"You could have talked to us. To me. We would have listened, we would have understood. Lucas, you are going to make a choice right here and now." Farkle was trying not to let his emotions cloud his face, because what he was going to say was breaking his heart already even though the words have not left his lips yet. But they need to be said because they couldn't have him around the baby, no not like this. "You can either; pack a bag and I'll drive you to a rehab centre or you can just leave us all alone until you decide to get clean, because they are effecting you whether you know it or not. You space out and come back in moods; you are out later at night. It scares me, and now I fear even more because I found these pills. Lucas we can get you some help because this is not a healthy way to deal with your problems."
"No, get Maya or Josh, or Riley or Zay, or Smackle. I bet they don't agree with you."
"They do. We've all noticed it Lucas, we want you to get help and look, and we aren't doing an intervention. I'm talking to you one on one because we believe you will pick the right thing to do." Okay so maybe the others don't all know exactly what is wrong but even did think something was off. So it wasn't a full lie, no it was a half assed lie but one played out smoothly as the blond took those steps closer to Farkle. The older pressed a light kiss to his boyfriend's lips, pulling away after a few moments. Blue eyes looked into green ones, tears were now brimming on the edge of Farkle's eyes because he could feel that he wasn't holding onto the bottle of pills anymore but he couldn't bear the thought of looking down at the hands of Lucas to see it confirmed. So instead the genius walked out the door, wiping at his eyes to try and stop himself from crying. As he walked out, he could hear Lucas mumble a sorry and an 'I love you'.
Farkle walked to the hospital, it was an hour's walk but that gave him time to recompose himself, giving a fake smile to his friends when he saw them in the waiting room. He lied to them, saying Lucas had to go back to work and that is why he couldn't make it. It took him a few seconds to register that Josh was in the waiting room as well.
"J-Josh, what's going on?" Farkle asked as he walked towards the male, his arms crossed against his chest as he did. Blue hues wondering over everyone, they didn't look that happy. Oh god… Josh pulled Farkle aside, into an empty room. "Josh?"
"What happened with Lucas?" Josh asked, it was clear he was hoping to have a different conversation.
"He…He left. I told him I would take him to a centre but he took the drugs out of my hand instead." Tears now reforming in his eyes, but he took in a deep breath before asking again. "Josh, what's going on? Everyone should be happy right? Maya is having a baby."
"There was some complications, some bad complications. So bad I was kicked out of the room. We don't know what's going on." He replied, blinking back some tears.
"Hey, she's Maya. She'll make it out of anything. Let's go back out to our friends." Farkle spoke and opened up the door, Josh headed out the door first, Farkle not far behind. Hours passed and no one had come by to tell them what was happening, Riley was pacing the room. Her parents are trying to calm her down by telling her how strong Maya was, same with Katy and Shawn. Zay and Smackle were talking in one corner; Josh and Farkle were also sat next to each other. Everyone didn't know what to do anymore besides wait. Another half an hour passed when a doctor came in, asking for those here for Maya Hart.
"Good news, the baby is healthy and a girl. She is breathing fine and is being taken care of." The doctor said, a weak smile upon his lips as he over looked the group. "But…there is some bad news. There was serve bleeding, we tried our best to stop it but it was just too much blood. She lost too much and Maya didn't make it. I am sorry. A nurse will come by and tell you when you can see the baby."
After the doctor left, the room became silent. Maya was gone and there was nothing that they could do about it. Katy was being held tightly by Shawn as she cried into his shoulder; it was in his eyes that you see that he was trying to stay strong. Riley had completely broken into her parents hug; her sobbing was heavy and loud. Zay and Smackle lowered their heads, like they were trying to hide their emotions. But it was hurting them, even if they hadn't known her as long as the others, it hurt losing her. Farkle just broke completely, with Maya gone and Lucas…his heart was in half and he just poured out tears. His head in his hands as the tears just streamed down his face.