A New Beginning

Accident...

Maya POV:
Farkle shakes me awake. "Just 3 more days..." I whine. "No Maya. We have school today." Farkle demands. "Fine, if I must." I sigh. "Yes, you must." He says. I laugh, sometimes Farkle makes no sense what so ever. I slouch over to my closet and get out a dark purple shirt with a Polaroid on it and white jeans. I slowly make my way to the bathroom to change and then straighten my hair. I put barely any make up on and then I put on Uggs. I mope over to the kitchen.

"Well Maya, you seem super energetic today!" Farkle says sarcastically. "Yeah yeah so funny." I laugh.

*Time Skip*

We are all in English when one of the office workers comes in. "Is Riley Matthews in here?" She asks politely. Riley raises her hand nervously. "Do you mind coming in the hall for a minute? I need to talk to you." The lady asks. Riley nods and walks out behind the lady. I look from Lucas to Farkle, but they are as clueless about this situation as I am. I have no clue what's going on here.

We can't hear the lady but we can see them through the window in the door. The lady is talking for a long time and then Riley turns as white as a ghost. "What's going on?!" Lucas whispers to me. "Like I know anything." I reply. "She looks really upset." Farkle adds looking towards Riley who is now crying a river. "Hart! Friar! Minkus! Pay attention!" Our English teacher yells at us. We straighten up, but we are still looking out the glass. The lady is hugging Riley now. "This is bad..." Lucas says not taking his eyes off of his upset girlfriend. "I wonder what it is..." I say furrowing my eyebrows.

"I can't take it." I say raising my hand. "Yes Miss. Hart." Our teacher says. "May I go to the restroom?" I ask. "Be quick." She replies. I get up and speed walk to the door. I open the door and Riley and the lady stop talking until I pass them and go in the bathroom. I close the door and lean against it. But I only hear parts of what Riley is saying. "Why... No... Crash... Hospital... Scared..." I tilt my head. One of her family members must be hurt. Aww my poor Sunshine.

I walk out of the bathroom and once again the two stop talking until I enter the classroom. "What'd you find out?" Lucas asks. "I only heard bits and pieces." I say just before Miss. King yells "That's enough you three! If I tell you again you all will visit the office with a write up slip!" Farkle's eyes widen with terror. Lucas and I laugh quietly as Miss. King turns back around. I look back out the glass and Riley and office lady aren't standing there anymore.

Another office lady now barges in. "Hello, I need someone to gather Miss. Matthews' things." I look between Lucas and Farkle. Lucas bites his lip so hard it starts to bleed a little. "I will." I volunteer as I raise my hand. "Okay, just bring everything to the office." The lady says. I jump out of my seat and bend over at Riley's desk to pick everything up. I go to her locker and get her lunch box.

I get to the office and Riley has her head hung low. "I have Riley's stuff." I announce loudly. She looks up at me and makes eye contact for a quick second and looks back down. I set her stuff by her feet and sit beside her. I rub her back and soothingly say "Everything is going to be okay." Even though I don't know what happened.

Riley POV:
When I get pulled into the hallway, I get news that would officially change my life. The lady who I later found out was Mrs. May, told me that my brother was on his way to a field trip this morning in his friends car when another car swerved right into the car he was riding in. The mom who was driving was killed instantly. His friend only has a broken arm. Auggie, however, has major brain damage and a broken collarbone. Oh and if that's not enough, his brain damage is so severe they believe he only has about 4 weeks left to live.

I picture Auggie's young 11 year old body sitting lifeless, in my mind and it makes me sob even harder. Auggie is my baby brother, he helped me plan my dream wedding and I helped him plan his. He can't leave me. I decided I wanted to leave early and my mom was going to pick me up, bring me to my apartment so I can change, and then we are going to the hospital.

Maya comes in and soothes me. It helps a little, but how can she really help when she doesn't even know what happened? Soon I hear a door slam open. "Riley!" A familiar voice calls. Lucas. He walks over to the chair beside me and sits down. He rubs my arm gently, not questioning a single thing. How these people get to just leave class boggles my mind, but that's not important right now.

I raise my head when the door opens again. My mom walks in looking puffy eyed herself. "Oh Riley!" She yells and rushes over to me. I stand up and hug her. She combs her fingers through my hair.

We release and she looks behind me at my friends. "Do they know yet?" She asks sniffling. "No." I answer plainly. Maya looks at me expectantly. "My- b-brother i-is umm umm in umm cr-critical condition. He was-i-in a umm car accident." I choke between sobs. Lucas and Maya both hug me at the same time. I am so glad I have friends like these two.

*Time Skip*

My mom drove me to my apartment where I changed into a plain black v neck shirt, black yoga pants, and one of Lucas' other sweatshirts. I put on my tennis shoes and take off all my make up. I decide to curl my hair in a pony tail because who knows when I'll do my hair again.

When we get to the hospital, my dad and Uncle Josh are in the waiting room. They both look like they have been crying as well. My dad stands up and hugs me. I sniffle and then Josh embraces me. "I'm so sorry Riles." He says rubbing my back while we are still hugging. "Thanks, but I'm sorry too. He is your nephew after all." I reply.

After we release I sit beside Josh. I'm so scare for my brothers life, I start shaking. Josh grabs my hand, "Riley, everything is going to be okay, alright?" He says. I nod.

A nurse comes out, "August Matthews family." We all get up and follow the nurse. "His room is room 214. But he is not in there right now. He is getting x-rays. You all are welcome to go in his room though." She says politely.

We walk into his room and it all becomes so real. My brother is really about to die. He is really in critical condition...

I start crying again; it's like I have an endless supply of tears in my body. It's pathetic. I sit on the bench in the corner of the room and put my head in my knees. I curl up into a ball. I don't really know how much time passes, but at some point I feel a body beside mine. I look up to see Uncle Josh. He gives me a hopeful smile and I try to give him one back.

After another amount of time, Josh falls asleep. I decide that that's the best way to spend time, so I fall asleep with my head against Josh.