A/N:Second chapter up. So I have decided that bellow every chapter, I will write down who's POV or the main focal point is. Let me know what you think.

Never Give In

Chapter 2

Maya

The two girls sat beside one another at the bay window; waiting. The blonde looked at the brunette. The sun was setting and it casted an unearthly golden glow that illuminated the whole area, including her. The blonde thought then and there that she looked so beautiful even if she had the tear stains on her cheeks. The brunette looked like she was barely holding things together

"I messed up," the brunette whispered. The blonde's heart ached for her.

"No you didn't," as she moved closer wrapping her around the person was right and good with the world. The brunette rested her head against the blondes'.They were holding each other.

"You still want to know me?" Riley asked.

"Always," Maya said.

There was a pounding in her head and a nauseating smell. That was the first thing she notice when she woke up. She was lying face up, staring at the ceiling and wherever she was it was definitely sunny. The bright light was hitting her face, not the way she wanted to start her morning. She had no clear recollection of the events that transpired last night but something felt off and her body was aching all over. Without even needing to look in the mirror, she knew that her hair was in a hot mess and Maya was pretty sure that everything that happened was because she decided to drink.

Everything about last night was foggy; the events blurred in her mind after who knows how many drinks she had at the party and this was excluding the cheap beer cans that she had before hand. Maya winced; Riley was going to kill her. Her best friend never did hide her distaste for what Maya was doing. They had often fought on this very topic with Riley saying that she was better than that. Maya ran her hand through her blonde tendrils and sighed, knowing an impending fate was coming for her.

She stood up and the world tilted. Okay not good. Maya closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them up again. Everything looked fine and she stood in the middle of someone else's room for a while just basking in the silence. Slowly she began to look around. Her phone, she spotted was laying hazardly on the floor next to someone's feet. Well there were weirder places that she found her phone in previously.

Maya went to unlock her phone and immediately wished that she hadn't. 15 missed calls; four from her mom, one each from Farkle, Lucas and Zay and eight from Riley. Oh she was screwed. There were also texts, a fair bit of them which she knew was going to take a lot of explaining to do on her part.

From Farkle, 10:15pm: Riley's worried. Pick up your cell.

From Lucas, 11:45 pm: Hart, Matthews is gonna skin you. PS Lucas is gonna help -Zay. PPS My phone sort of died.

From Lucas, 2.10 am: Just got of the phone with Riley. You know what is going to happen when we come back later.

She was past screwed, she was dead. Riley's own messages ranged from, 'Where are you?' , 'Come on you're not suppose to do this' to 'PICK UP YOUR PHONE!' and 'I'm coming to get you'.

Images of last night made their way to the front of Maya's mind; dancing, taking shot after shot, what she said to Riley. Maya winced. She went out of control and now she is so very, very dead. Sighing she grabbed her jacket thanking her lucky stars that everything was still intact before leaving the house.

It was one of those morning where the streets of New York had a nostalgic feeling. Things were quiet and calm, Maya reveled in it. She knew that she has been out of control as of late, always going to loud and bright places. It has been a while since she just enjoy just being here in the moment. Not defined by anything.

By the time she reached home, her mom had left for Topanga's. That at least reduced her sentence by slightly. Maya made her way to the bathroom and winced when she saw the state that she was in. She looked awful.

Her hair was messy and gross with knots she knew will take effort on her part to remove. Her eyeliner was smudged and made her dark circles even worst. Maya sighed before taking a deep breathe.

By the time she was done with herself, it was almost noon. Maya grabbed her phone, keys and some change before heading out to Topanga's.

She should have known that Topanga's would be the place where she would get her lecture. Farkle, Zay and Lucas were already congregated on the couches with drinks in hand. Farkle, bless his robot heart, had ordered for her and allowed her to take a sip.

"So when we starting?" Maya said bluntly. She rather get it all over with now than drag it out.

"Take a chill pill girl," Zay said, "We ain't doing nothing."

Maya raised her eyebrows. The fact that Zay was so casually saying it wasn't the reason she was skeptical. It was the fact that the other two boys seem to not disagree with Zay's statement.

"It was agreed that Riley gets first dibs," Farkle admitted. Maya relaxed a little. If she was going to get majority of the heat from Riley, she could deal with that. The boys were usually the ones that played mediator to her and Riley's continuous debate on how she spents her free time.

"Not that we are going to be more laxed on you, if that is what you are thinking," Lucas said.

"Take a chill pill Ranger Rick," Maya quoted with a smirk before taking a gulp of her drink. Maya sat back and allowed herself to listen to the boys conversation of what had happened in Texas as well as the science convention that Farkle went. She allowed herself to relax and soon enough the four of them were joking and calling each other with laughter in their eyes. It was light heartedness and something she needed before her and Riley have a go at each other.

Maya knew Riley was right and that she was only looking out for her. But there were just time when she just wanted to experience what life had to offer. She had this discussion with Lucas before. Sure he was Riley's boyfriend (she spotted them making out when they were being secretive about it) and whatever between them sort of flaked out. But he understood that and sometimes took her side. Understood that sometimes she wants distance. Maya of course could not miss the look of pure adoration that Lucas had for her best friend. She wanted to find that. She wanted someone to look at her like that.

"Stop," Maya laughed before looking at the time. It was almost seven at night. Maya frowned, cheerleading should be out at noon. And if Riley had other commitments most of them should have ended by six. This was different, "Hey guys when is Riley getting here?"

"The cheerleaders had practice in the morning but Riley didn't show up" Zay supplied, "My cheerleading enemies told me that."

You know those moments when you know you are going to remember. Not the ones Lucas and Riley talk about that are worth remembering. Quite the opposite actually. Those moments where you wished you could turn back time or forget. Those moments which if someone asked you was there anything in life that you regret and it's the first thing that comes to mind. Yeah those moments, well those moments always begin somewhere.

"Strange," Farkle said before Mr Matthews came in a rush. He looked panicked and distraught before spotting them.

"Have you seen Riley? She didn't come home last night?"

Okay so I'll end of here. I've decided that for every two chapters that I write that are not in Riley's POV, I will write two chapter for her. So for example Maya, another character, Riley, Riley, Another character. You guys will get to know what is going on with Riley throughout this story. And just like a general question, I have wrote an outline for both Farkle and Zay's chapter. I wrote Farkle's before Zay and I just realised when I wrote Zay's that most of his POV happened slightly earlier than Farkle's. So which one do you guys want to read first? Farkle's or Zay's. Let me know what you guys think. Till the next chapter y'all :)