Incision | Rilaya

twenty five ❥

Sorry for that last cliffhanger. Well, no, not really. But seriously, I love you guys - Rick Roirdon

Part II

Girl Meets Recovery

[ R i l e y ]

4 months later

I woke up for the 5th time tonight. I was startled awake by the absurd dream I was having. Maya was still here, and we went to our favourite place, 'Topanga's' back in New York. Except, we weren't just hanging out like we used to. Farkle, Lucas and Sarah were there as well, and things were like the way they were, before Lucas decided to go insane.

But reality woke me up, and I remembered that miracles like that don't just happen, people don't come back to life, and things don't go back to the way they were.

I moved to Chicago with mom and Auggie, leaving Cory and Katy behind to participate in their little schemes involving putting their daughters at risk.

Dylan and Asher went back to Texas, so I was far, far away from those good for nothing dirt-bags. Yeah, they tried to help me, but Maya ended up passing away, and Lucas is still roaming free.

He's a criminal, and he deserves to be locked up behind bars.

I turned my phone on, and I squinted my eyes in reaction to the light from my screen.

3 texts from Lucas

I grabbed my phone, and clicked on the texts, I was shocked, we haven't spoken once ever since Maya's "so-called-accident"

Hey Riley!! How's Chicago? I bet it's peaceful there knowing I'm no longer around :)

Do tell me all about your new school!!1!1!!1 Maybe you wouldn't get bullied there! We'll see.

Have a nice first day! Love you xoxo

If only there was a way to get rid of his existence without ending up in the slammer.

Tomorrow was the first day of a new school, and I don't need more anxiety piled on top of me.

It's like all he ever does is put his problems in a jar and pour it over the next person's head.

Where was the Lucas I used to think about all the time, and go crazy for?

I wanted to go back to sleep, but seeing as the sun was already rising, I decided to get up instead, and get ready before-hand so I wouldn't have to be running late on the first day.

I checked my phone, 5:30 AM

School doesn't start until 8, and I was ready. What in the world do I do for the next 3 hours??

Usually, I would sit by my bay window with Maya, and we'd talk the hours away, but the thing is, she's not here right now.

I sat in the living room, with the lights all off, and sunlight seeped through the cracks of the curtains.

My phone beeped.

Yay! Human contact!

Unknown Number: Hey Riley! It's been so long, but don't worry, I'll see you soon :) - Maya

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hey hi hello :)

first of all I just really really need to apologise for taking 2 months to update this thing

and second thank you for putting up with this, even if this plot is all over the place and yeaah

how are you guys?

- Rowan ♡