Riley Meets Anger

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You could say Riley felt bad about all the stuff she'd done to her sister. Or you could say she felt bad because of the consequences of all the stuff she'd done to her sister. Either way, Riley was in a terrible mood.

Lucas, Farkle, and Auggie weren't speaking to her, she was grounded for three months, had been suspended for three days for fighting, and Val was gone. Riley didn't know what was worse, her crush hating her or her sister hating her. Maya was her only real friend.

"Peaches?" Riley asked.

It was the last day of her suspension and she would be going back to school tomorrow.

"Yes, Riles?"

"What's it gonna be like for me at school tomorrow?" Riley asked "I mean, are people still gonna like me?"

"Honey, I have no idea what's gonna happen." Maya sighed "But I know it's not gonna be pretty."

"What do you mean?"

"Riley, Val had a lot of friends at school. She was popular and, well, after everything that happened, I think a lot of those people are gonna be mad at you." Maya explained.

"I messed up, Peaches." Riley whimpered.

"Yeah, but you can fix it. You just have to make the school like you again."

"How?"

"Oh, I have an idea." Maya smiled devilishly.

"What is it?" Riley asked.

"Oh, you'll see."

The next day Lucas was walking down the hallway to history class, texting Val as he walked.

'Hey, Val, I hope you're doing okay. School's not the same without you. Farkle and I really miss you. When are you coming back?'

"Lucas!" Riley's voice rang down the hallway "Wait for me!"

"Uh-oh." Lucas muttered and ducked his head pretending he didn't hear her.

"Lucas!"

Lucas closed his eyes, this girl just couldn't take a hint.

"Lucas!" She shouted right in his ear.

"I can hear you, Riley." He rubbed his ear "Well, kinda."

"Lucas, I wanted to apologize." Riley spread her arms wide as if that was all it took.

There was a long silence "So are you going to?" Lucas asked.

"I just did."

"No, you didn't. And you shouldn't be apologizing to me, you should be apologizing to Val. She's the one you hurt." Lucas ground out.

"But I want-"

"I don't really care what you want, Riley." Lucas groaned "Just...don't talk to me. I don't want to talk to you."

"But why?" Riley whined "I apologized."

Lucas rolled hie eyes "No, you didn't. You said you wanted to apologize. That's not an apology. I have to get to class."

Riley pouted and followed him like a lost puppy into Cory's classroom.

"But, Lucas-" She tried to say.

"I said, don't talk to me!"

"Easy, buddy." Zay said, gently taking Lucas' arm and pulling him into his seat "It's not worth getting in trouble over."

Maya walked in and stood up on Cory's desk "Listen up, losers." She called

"Oh, no, Lucas, hold me back." Annie sighed.

"'Cause I've got an announcement to make. You all probably blame Riley for what happened with Val, but what you don't know, is that Val is a complete and utter-Ahhh!"

Annie had broken out of Lucas' grip and lunged at the blonde "You wanna talk about my best friend like that? Huh?" She screamed "You're gonna regret that!"

Annie pulled Maya's hair. Maya shrieked and kneed Annie's side but Annie didn't seem to feel it. She socked Maya in the stomach, knocking the air out of her.

"I'm gonna teach you a lesson you'll never forget!"

"Enough!" Cory shouted, standing in the doorway looking shocked "Andrea, get off of Maya. Maya let go of Andrea."

The girls reluctantly released each other, but not before Annie kicked Maya's shin.

"What is going on here?" Cory asked.

"She was talking shit about Val!" Annie shouted.

"She attacked me!" Maya screamed.

"Annie, no cursing." Cory scolded "What do you mean, she was talking about Val?"

"She said that the class had no idea what had really happened between Riley and Val, and then she was about to call Val a name!" Annie cried "If you think I'm gonna let someone badmouth my best friend when I can do something about it, you're dead wrong." She glared daggers at Maya.

"Okay, Maya is that what happened?" Cory asked.

"No!" Maya protested "She's lying, she just attacked me out of nowhere."

"That's a lie!" Lucas shouted, standing up "Annie's telling the truth. Ask any of us."

"Alright, class, is that what happened?"

"Yes!" The students shouted, calling out over each other.

"Maya, principal's office."

"But-"

"Now!"

Maya stomped out.

"But, Daddy, she was just sticking up for me." Riley tried to excuse her friend's behavior.

"She was going to discredit Val to try and make you look better." Annie growled "And if you don't want to taste my fist, you're gonna shut up."

"Stop threatening people, Annie." Cory ordered.

"I'm without my best friend who happens to be the only one who can help me stay calm when I'm around her!" Annie cried "This is exactly what happened during detention only this time, I'm actually going to get in trouble because you favor your daughter and her friends above the rest of us. All we want is a good, solid education and you aren't giving us that because you're so concerned about your precious little girl that you can't see what's happening under your own nose!"

Cory was stunned into silence.

"You know what?" Annie sighed "I'm out of here, see those of you who aren't jerks tomorrow. Maybe some of you can get your act together by then."

Annie left, dialing Eric as she went to get him to pick her up.

"Um..." Cory shook his head, speechless for a moment "Well, let's start class. Everyone take your seats please."

The remaining students glared at him but did as he said.

Maya sat in the principal's office, arms crossed and red-faced. Her stomach hurt, her head hurt, and her knee hurt. As much as she hated to admit it, maybe she had been wrong to say those things.

At least Yancy wasn't the principal anymore, he hated Maya. The new principal was a man called Casey.

"Miss Hart." The secretary said "The principal will see you now."

Maya got up and shuffled into the office.

"Miss Hart," Mr. Casey said "Take a seat." Maya did so "Do you want to tell me why you're here?"

"Not really." Maya scowled.

"Well, then we can sit here until Mr. Matthews finishes his lesson and joins us." Mr. Casey folded his hands together "Would you prefer that?"

"No." Maya shook her head.

"Then I think its would be best if you told me what happened."

Maya hesitated "Fine."

"Get started." Casey told her.

"I-I-My best friend is Mr. Matthews' younger daughter, Riley." Maya began.

"I know Miss Matthews." Mr. Casey nodded.

"Then you know what happened between her and Val." Maya said "I guess ii just wanted to make coming back to school easier for Riley."

"So what happened?"

"I went into Mr. Matthews' classroom and I was going to call Val names and say mean stuff about her." Maya muttered.

"What? I couldn't quite catch that."

"I was going to call Val a liar and a bunch of other stuff in front of the class." Maya growled.

"And then what?"

"Annie tackled me before I could."

"Annie?" Mr. Casey asked.

"Andrea Carson." Maya explained.

"Ah, Miss Carson, I'll have a word with her when she comes back." Mr. Casey mused.

"What do you mean? Where's she gone?" Maya asked.

"Miss Carson has gone home for the day." Mr. Casey told her "Now, tell me if I'm understanding this right. You were going to discredit Miss Matthews the elder and Miss Carson stopped you by starting a fight?"

"I guess." Maya sighed.

"Well, I appreciate you telling the truth." Mr. Casey rubbed his temples "I hope you understand that we can't allow the bullying of another student to slide."

"I wasn't bullying-!"

"Miss Hart, you were going to call Miss Matthews names, yes?"

"Yes."

"You were trying to make her seem like the bad guy in the fight that happened between Miss Matthews and her sister?"

"Yes."

"You were trying to make her feel less than what she is?"

"No, I just wanted to make Riley feel better." Maya protested.

"By making Val feel worse?"

"That wasn't what I wanted." Maya argued.

"But it's what would have happened." Mr. Casey pointed out.

"I guess." Maya murmured.

"Then I'm sorry to tell you this, but you are going to be suspended for three days. You can have in-school suspension where you sit in the office all day doing the work you miss or you can take the work home. Which would you prefer?"

Maya didn't want her mother to know she was suspended and she would definitely notice if Maya didn't go to school for three days, so Maya shrugged "I guess in-school suspension."

"Very well. As it's the beginning of the day, this will be your first day of suspension, go collect your things and come right back."

Maya got up and started towards the door.

"And, Miss Hart, I'll be calling your mother."

Maya froze. She spun around.

"No, please don't!" She begged "I don't want to bother her with this."

"I'm sorry, Miss Hart, but I have no choice, it's school policy."

Maya hung her head, she would be grounded when she got home, she knew it.

Farkle was walking down the hallway after Mr. Matthews' class, he checked his phone. Val had texted him that she was going to a sleepover with some new friends that night and he was excited for her. He knew she'd been going to school with her Uncle Josh for the past few days and he hoped she was doing better.

"Farkle!" Riley called.

Farkle turned around "Yes, Riley?"

"Do you know where Maya is? She never came back to class." Riley said worriedly.

"Well, I assume she got in trouble. She's probably still in the office." Farkle told her.

Yes, he was mad at her but he felt kind of bad for ignoring her for the past few days, he knew he shouldn't but he couldn't help it.

"I'm going to go get her out of trouble." Riley announced.

"Riley, it doesn't work like that."

"Why not? I'll just explain that Maya was sticking up for me."

"But she wasn't. She was trying to make you look better by bringing Val down and that's not okay!" Farkle shouted.

"Please, don't yell at me." Riley whimpered "I'm sorry for what I did to Val."

"Are you really?" Farkle scoffed "You say that, but if you were really sorry, you would have tried to stop Maya from doing what she did."

"I didn't know she was gonna say those things." Riley argued.

"Then you should have asked more questions." Farkle scolded "You know what they say, the devil is in the detail."

"I know, and I'm sorry." Riley started to cry crocodile tears "I just wanted people to like me again."

"Stop crying!" Farkle sighed "You just-you don't know when to stop."

"Farkle!"

But Farkle walked away. He couldn't deal with Riley anymore today.

Topanga sat with Auggie at home, her youngest child was hurt and upset. He missed his oldest sister.

"Do you wanna call her?" Topanga offered.

Auggie looked up from the sweets Topanga had gotten him to try to cheer him up "Can we?"

"Absolutely, Josh's school is out so she should be free." Topanga pulled out her phone and dialed Val's number.

"Hello? Mom?" Val picked up on the second ring.

"Hi, honey, we miss you, Auggie wanted to call and talk to you." Topanga passed the phone to her son.

"Vallie?"

"Hi, Auggie!" Val squealed "How are you? I miss you."

"I miss you too, Vallie." Auggie sniffled "When are you coming back?"

"Oh, sweetie, I'm not sure. But you can call me anytime. Do you want me to read to you over the phone for a while?" Val suggested.

Auggie looked at his mother who nodded that it was okay with her "Yes, please, Val!"

"Alright, you go to my room and I'll start a video chat so you can see me, okay?"

"Okay." Auggie got up and ran to Val's room "What are we gonna read?"

"I have the first Harry Potter book here, we can read that. There's another copy on my bedside table, do you wanna follow along?" Val asked.

"Sure." Auggie nodded and as he opened the door to his sister's room and Val started the video call "Vallie!"

"Hi, Augs!" Val wiped a tear from her eye "Oh, I miss you, I'm sorry I had to leave."

"It was Riley's fault, not yours." Auggie assured her.

"How do you know that?" Val asked.

"Lucas came over and talked to me."

"Really? What did he say?"

"He said I had to know that what happened wasn't your fault or mine. It was Riley who made the choice to say mean things to you and hurt you. I'm sorry she did that, Val." Auggie said.

"Oh, sweetheart, you don't have to be sorry." Val insisted "Like Lucas said, it wasn't your fault at all."

"He's nice." Auggie said softly.

"Yes, he is." Val smiled wistfully.

"Is he your boyfriend?" Auggie asked.

"No, not...not yet at least." Val's smile was bright "But maybe someday. Come on, get the book and we can read for a while."

Auggie grabbed the book and opened it to chapter 5 and Val started reading.

They read for an hour before Val had to go for dinner. Auggie blew her a kiss and waved goodbye as they ended the call. When she was gone, he curled up not he bed and squeezed Val's favorite blanket tight to his chest. The door opened.

"Go away, Mommy." Auggie whispered.

"It's me."

"Riley?" Auggie sat up "What do you want?"

"I-I just-" Riley sighed "I wanted to see Val's room, I thought maybe if I did it would seem like she was here."

"It doesn't work." Auggie told her.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, I've been trying."

"Well, it's almost dinner time." Riley paused "Do you want me to read to you for a while? I've got some time."

"No, thanks." Auggie shook his head "Val and I just finished a few chapters of our book."

"Oh." Riley looked crestfallen "Well, maybe another time?"

"I don't think so." Auggie frowned "I don't really like you right now."

"Oh."

"Bye, Riley." Auggie got up and, still holding Val's blanket, went back to his own room.

Riley looked around the room and saw on the bed, her mother's phone. Val must not have blocked their mother like she had Riley, she realized. A plan formed in her mind and she grabbed the phone and found Val's number.

"Mom?" Val's voice came from the speaker "Did you need something else?"

"It's not Mom," Riley said quickly "Please don't hang up!"

"Oh, my God, can't you take a hint?" Val's voice was angry.

"Val, I just wanted to-"

"I blocked you! Don't you understand? That means I don't want to talk to you!" Val shouted.

"Please, Val just let me apologize!"

"Why should I?" Val hissed "I told you, you got your wish, we are not sisters anymore."

"But, Val-"

"Shut up! Don't call me again!" Val said "I don't have to put up with this anymore." She hung up.

"Riley," Topanga stood in the doorway, arms crossed "What did you do?"

"I just wanted to-"

"Stop right there, young lady. Your sister told you she doesn't want to talk to you. Why would you disrespect her wishes like that?" Topanga asked.

"I wanted to apologize so she would come home."

"Riley, an apology won't fix this. You said you wished she was never born, that she wasn't your sister!" Topanga raged "That's not okay. You knew Val has problems with depression, but you don't seem to care!"

"Because I don't know what that is!" Riley wept.

"What?" Topanga stared.

"I don't understand depression. Why can't she just be happy? It's not that hard."

"Go to your room." Topanga sighed "No dinner for you tonight."

"But, Mom-"

"No buts! Go. Maya's in your room. You can have a snack later but that's it."

Riley raced past her mother up to her room. She flung open the door and threw herself into a shocked Maya's arms.

"Peaches!" She wailed.

"Riley? What happened?" Maya asked.

"I tried to call Val and she hung up on me then Mom came in and now I don't get dinner tonight and-and-and..." She hiccuped herself into silence.

"Easy, sugar, it's okay." Maya soothed, rubbing her friend's back "It'll be okay."

"Really?"

"Of course." Maya said "Look, there's something I've gotta tell you."

"What is it?"

"I just won't be at school for a few days. Well, I'll be there, but you won't see me. I got in-school suspension." Maya said.

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault." Riley sobbed.

"I have an idea." Maya's eyes brightened "Let's go see Shawn!"

"What do you mean?" Riley asked.

"My Mom has his address. We can go visit him, I'm sure he'll be on our side." Maya exclaimed "Pack a bag, we're going."

"Okay." Riley sniffled but got up and put some clothes and toiletries in a bag "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Of course!" Maya cried "Come on, out the window."

"Okay, then." Riley followed the blonde out the window and this time, her father wasn't waiting to stop them.

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