A/N: Okay, I admit that I've been slacking off… I'M SORRY! Seriously. I'm not even gonna use the holiday excuse. Plus, I was just in Texas. No, seriously. I'm on a plane back to Baltimore right now.
Maya looked down and felt a sadness inside. Gabe let a few tears escape. "I-It's my fault. I should've told her that I needed to go to Lids or Hot Topic or something. Now she's gone…" Gabe said mournfully. Riley sighed and sat down next to them.
"Honestly, who the heck is Vanessa?" Riley asked. Maya looked at her. "His girlfriend." Maya sighed. "I can't believe this…" Gabe said shakily into his palms.
"The police will find her." Maya said, somewhat doubting herself. "We don't know that. She could be getting r-raped and we're here in a coffee shop talking about it." Gabe said morbidly.
"Gabe, stop. We need to have at least a little hope." Maya said sternly. It was true. If they wanted to get through this, they needed to have faith in Vanessa's case. "I know it's just…" Gabe suddenly got out of his chair and stared out the window. Riley raised an eyebrow.
"Gabe…?" Maya looked at where he was looking and saw a huge man with sunglasses on. Vanessa was next to him. Gabe clenched his fists together in rage. He ran outside with Riley and Maya struggling to keep up. As they got closer, they all noticed that Vanessa was bleeding through her nose and had dry tears on her face. Gabe growled at the sight.
He reached them and pushed the huge man about 4 feet back also sending his shades flying across the sidewalk. "Gabe!" Vanessa clung onto him. He gave her a quick hug and told her to stand by Riley and Maya. The man he pushed recovered and walked up to him. "What the hell, man?! You lookin' to start a fight?!" The big man asked with his voice booming. "I could ask you the same thing! You went and kidnapped my girl!" Riley and Maya watched the situation quickly begin to escalate.
They were both horrified at the thought of the aftermath. Maya knew that they couldn't just stand here and watch so she took responsibility. "Vanessa, we need to get you cleaned up." She said calmly. "What about Gabe? We can't leave him here." Maya sighed and turned to Riley. "Riley, I need you to call the police." Riley reluctantly nodded knowing that now wasn't the time to argue.
Maya took Vanessa indoors and left Riley to call. She dialed and looked at Gabe. He was bleeding pretty much everywhere. The bigger man was too, though. She shivered at the amount of blood. She always felt a little queasy when it came to blood. "911, what's your emergency?" Riley looked at the growing crowd. "Um, there are two men fighting and they're really going at it." She said. "Okay, sweetie. Where is this going on?" Riley looked around. "Thomas street." Riley heard the operator typing. "Okay. How bad is it?" Riley glanced at the men. "Well, my friend started fighting the guy because he kidnapped my friend's girlfriend. They both have really bad cuts and scrapes." Riley said.
"Alright. We're going to send down an ambulance and the closest officers." She said. "Okay. Can they help his girlfriend, too?" She asked. "Yes, they can. They'll be there in a few minutes." The operator hung up after a few minutes of explaining what to do. By now, the crowd was cheering them on.
Maya came back outside with Vanessa. "Did you call?" Maya asked. "Yeah. They'll be here soon." Maya looked relieved for a brief second. Her relief faded when she saw the men fighting.
The larger man raised his fist and sent it flying into Gabe's face. Crack! The poor guy was knocked cold with blood pouring from his nose. "Gabe!" The girls cried. "Yeah!" The crowd cheered. "You creamed his ass, big guy!"
Gabe actually recovered, though. He was whimpering from pain, but he got up. "You… You… can't expect me to go down s-so quick. Vanessa means a lot to me and I will always fight f-f-for her…" He stuttered through his bruised lip. The man chuckled and wiped some blood off of his face. "Obviously you're lying. If that were true, I wouldn't have gotten my hands on her!"
Maya and Riley gasped. Vanessa stared blankly while some "Oooohhhh's" were heard from the crowd. Gabe clenched his fists in seething anger. He pushed the man down and began pounding his face. "You don't ever touch my girlfriend you stupid bastard!" There was so much blood splattering all over the place. Riley couldn't handle it. "M-Maya…" She passed out and Maya quickly caught her. "Riley? Riley? Riley?!" Vanessa grabbed Maya's shoulder catching her attention.
"Don't worry. She probably couldn't handle the fight or maybe the blood. Just pull her somewhere and lay her head on something soft." Maya nodded and took Riley to a bench nearby. "Uh… something soft, something soft…" Maya looked around carefully. There wasn't really anything so she decided to lay her on her lap. She ran her fingers through Riley's soft, brown hair.
"I hope the ambulance gets here soon…" Maya said to no one in particular. She began to think. Why did she feel butterflies when Riley was dragging her to her house? She never felt so strongly. Especially towards another person. "This is all happening way too fast." Maya sighed. She didn't really know if she was talking about the fight or the situation with Riley. Maybe both.
"Hey! Gentlemen, stop fighting right now!" Maya looked to where the voice was coming from. It was a paramedic. She hadn't even noticed that they had arrived. She shrugged and lifted Riley onto her shoulder. At least they were quick. She walked slowly, careful not to shake Riley awake.
"Stop fighting!" The paramedic once again screamed. They were totally ignoring him. The paramedic groaned in frustration. He decided to wait it out since he didn't really have a weapon in case he was threatened by the two.
After an agonizing two minutes, a police car pulled up. The deputies slammed their doors closed and ran to the site.
"Get on the ground and put your hands where I can see 'em!" The cop with a shaved head and 5 'o clock shadow pointed his gun.
The men noticed and immediately obeyed. The other cop, a jet black haired Hispanic man, waved his gun before talking. "Could you two care to explain just what the hell is going on here? Is this some kind of planned fight that you're only doing for attention?!"
No one answered so the cops stood closer to them and aimed the guns at them. It was in safe mode so there was no need to worry. "Umm... Well... Sir, you see..." The big guy started but was cut off. "I know you started this, so you shut up. I'm going to ask the guy who looks like he's about to pass out. Or maybe already did."
Gabe looked offended but rolled his eyes. "He took my girlfriend and laid his hands on her. I saw him with her walking... I don't know where... Anyway, I came out here and I wanted to hurt him." The Hispanic officer put the gun back in his belt. "Right... Okay, so where is this girlfriend of yours?" Gabe pointed towards Vanessa and the officer beckoned her over.
"Good afternoon. My name is Jorge Rodriguez but you call me officer Rodriguez. I need to ask you a few questions." Vanessa nodded. "Ralph, you take care of the big guy." The officer nodded and began to talk to the man.
"As for you guys!" Jorge addressed the crowd. "If you're not out of here in 10 seconds I'm going to call for some backup!" The crowd left quickly, surprisingly.
"Okay, then. Let's get started. What is your name?" Jorge asked. "Vanessa Wright." Jorge nodded. "Is this young man your boyfriend?" Vanessa nodded.
"Were you kidnapped by that big guy?" Vanessa nodded. "Did he sexually assault you?" Jorge asked more quietly. "No, Officer. He took me from my car and punched me once. That's all." Jorge nodded. "Do you know who he is personally?" Vanessa shook her head. "Where is your car? And all of your belongings?" Jorge asked. "My car is parked at the mall, and I'm sure my friend found my purse when she looked for me. She wouldn't just leave it lying there." She said. Jorge sighed. "I'm sorry about this. We're bringing him in for interrogation." Vanessa nodded. The officer drove off with the criminal in the back seat.
Gabe and Vanessa drove Maya and Riley back to Riley's apartment. Maya thanked them as they pulled off. She smiled and carefully climbed the stairs with a sleeping Riley in her arms. She didn't really care if Riley's parents saw them so she walked through the front door like nothing. Cory noticed this and put down his hot chocolate. "Maya? What's wrong with Riley?" He asked with concern. "Just a bit sleepy, sir." She walked off to Riley's room and laid her down on the bed. She sighed and began to walk away. Riley groaned and grabbed her hand.
"Come back here." She said groggily. Maya sat down next to her friend. "…Wha… What happened with the fight?" Maya chuckled. "The cops decided to finally show up and arrested the guy on the spot." She said.
Riley laughed a little. They remained in silence for 4 minutes.
"Maya?" Riley sat up. "Yeah?" She asked. "Can you stay for a few more hours? N-Not that I want to hang out with you or anything. I just uh…" Maya laughed softly. "Yeah, I'll stay."
Once again, I'm sorry about making you wait since freaking BEFORE THANKSGIVING. A lot of stuff happened with me and I couldn't really focus. This chapter might be kind of sloppy because of it.
I'll try to be more active but I can't really promise anything at this moment.