Girl Meets Forbidden

Girl Meets Finding Out

L: What?

M: Nothing.

L: No, you said something.

M: No, I didn't.

L: Yes, you did.

M: You heard what I said, Huckleberry.

L: Who did it?

F: What?

L: She said that she didn't do it.

F: Then who did?

M: Someone.

L: And who's that someone?

M: I can't say.

L: Why not?

M: Farkle, will you lock the door?

Farkle gave me a questioning look, but he did it anyway. I sighed and decided to tell them.

M: I'll tell you, but you can not tell anyone. And Lucas, you have to stay calm. You can't freak out.

F: Okay.

L: Deal.

M: Tyler.

L: He did this?

M: Yes.

Lucas's Pov

I was practically seeing red. Maya's stepbrother was doing this to her. I can't believe it.

F: Maya, you have to tell someone. Tell your dad.

M: He knows.

F: Then why doesn't he do something?

M: Because. He does it, too.

F: What exactly does he do?

M: He hits me. With a belt. Sometimes with his hands.

F: Okay, what exactly does Tyler do?

M: He punches me and kicks me. And he does one other thing.

F: What is that one other thing?

Maya lifted up her shirt a little bit, and we could see a bandage wrapped around her stomach. She slowly unwrapped it, and there was a huge cut on her stomach. It was bleeding and looked like it hurt. She put the bandage back on and winced in pain as she did it.

She lifted her shirt just a little bit more to where we could see just under ribs. There were a bunch of cuts around her ribs. But even worse, she was so skinny that you could easily see her ribs.

F: You don't have to say anymore if you don't want to.

L: You told me he didn't do anything to you. After you and your sister left him at the airport.

M: I didn't want to risk getting in more trouble.

I hugged her, and she buried her face into my neck. It kills me seeing her this way.

F: Lucas, can I talk to you outside for a second?

L: Yeah. I'll be right back, Maya.

Maya shook her head no and wrapped her arms around me so I couldn't get up.

L: Maya, it's okay. I'll be right back.

M: No.

L: Why not?

Maya started crying and said something that was barely audible in between her cries. "You went first."

L: What?

F: I'll explain it to you in a second, Lucas. Maya, we'll be right back. We won't even leave the room.

Maya nodded, and I went over to Farkle in the corner.

F: We can't leave her here.

L: I know, but there's nothing we can do.

F: Technically, Kermit has no legal rights to Maya.

L: Yeah, but we can't just take her.

F: If we told Mr. Matthews, then maybe she could come back with us.

L: She told us not to tell anyone.

F: For her own safety, we might need to.

L: Wait, what did she mean by "you went first"?

F: Sometimes when you pass out, only your body passes out, and your mind doesn't, so she probably had a dream. In her dream, something probably happened to you.

L: How do you know that?

F: Amber told me.

L: How does she know that?

F: Apparently, it happens to most people who have trauma.

I went and sat down next to Maya again. She immediately laid her head down on my shoulder and smiled.

There was a very loud knock on the door, and Maya jumped. It seemed like she recognized the knock and got scared. The door slowly opened, and a boy walked in. He looked surprised to see me and Farkle in there.

T: Maya, you know you're not supposed to have people in your room.

M: Nina told them to bring me up here.

T: Well, they need to leave now.

L: No thanks.

T: Excuse me?

L: You heard me.

M: Huckleberry, stop it.

Riley and Zay came upstairs to check on us and saw Maya on her bed looking scared, Farkle comforting her and me in Tyler's face.

Riley ran over to Maya, and Zay came over to me.