Children // Faya

Chapter 6: Someone I'm Not

3 Weeks

Maya

I was most likely no longer a friend to my friends. I've been so rude...

Just get away!

Why won't you leave me alone?

Go home!

I don't want to be rude. I don't know what to do. I'm so scared. I'm seventeen, and having a baby. How much scarier can it be?

My friends haven't been to my house in two days. I've skipped school. I don't know what to do. I can't go back and face them like a crying, rude mess. I want to talk to someone, but no one knows.

Riley

Buzz

I skip over to the buzzer. "Riley speaking."

"Hey, it's Lucas and Farkle for the after school Maya talk." I buzz them in. For the past week we've been doing this to talk about Maya. I feel bad about talking about her behind her back, but she has been acting weird and giving us an attitude. I want to know what's going on with her.

"Hey." Lucas says as him and Farkle walk in. We all walk to my room. I sit on my bed and Lucas lays on it as well. Farkle sits on the ground.

"So, Maya..." Farkle starts.

"She still hasn't responded to my texts." I say.

"Neither mine." Lucas and Farkle say in unison.

"I talked to her mom. She says she has no idea of what's going on." I stare out the window. It was a gloomy, rainy day. "I want to know what's wrong, and for Maya to be happy." I lay my head down on Lucas's chest.

"She's not being bullied, is she?" Farkle suggests. The thought of that makes me flinch,

"I wouldn't think so. She would tell us." We all sit there in silence. "I really hope it's not that." I sit up and look back at the window to see her. "Maya!" I open the window she was soaked.

"Never mind." She says. "It looks like you all are better off without me." Her make up was down her face. I don't know whether or not it was because of the rain or if she cried.

"No Maya!" I say. She looks at me. I couldn't tell her we were talking about her. "It's not the same without you.." I say. She rolls her eyes.

"Nothing's different no matter if I'm here or not." She walks away.

"Dangit. Dangit! DANGIT!" I stomp. Why does she have to be like that?

"Riley calm down." Lucas holds me from having a fit.

"I can't!"

Farkle walks out, slamming my door along the way.

Maya

I go home and dry out my hair. It wasn't that wet since I had my hood up. I take the test out of my bag. I stare, and stare. I get angry and throw it across my room.

"Why did you have to destroy my relationship with my friends?" I yell. I put my hands on my face.

Knock knock

I stand up and walk to the door. I open it to see Farkle.

"What do you want?" I ask him. He looks at me.

"I need to talk to you." He says. I move out of the way without saying a word. He walks in.

"I don't like guests." I shut the door. I start walking to my room and he follows me.

"I'm here to talk about us four." He says.

"What about us? It's more like The Three Musketeers without me. You're all happy and fine." I say.

"No were not. Riley didn't want you to know but we ave an after school meeting every day to talk about you and think about if we've done something to upset you, or if we know why your upset. We don't have fun without you, we-" he stops talking. I wasn't even facing him so I turn around.

"C'mon finish your sentence. What're you doing?" I ask him. He was just standing there.

"Uh.. I don't think I was supposed to see that." He turns to me. I look and.. Uh oh.

"Farkle! Why!" I semi-yell. My hands go to my head. "No one was supposed to know!" I was screwed. I was screwed.

"Maya.. Maya listen. MAYA!" He screams. I look at him. "Maya, calm down okay?" He asks. I went from scared to crying.

He wrapped me in a hug. I cried, and cried, and he let me. Once I pulled away, but still crying.

"I-I'm sorry Farkle... It-It wasn't supposed to happ-en." I sob out. I'm never this sad.

"You mean that in a "it wasn't supposed to go this far." or "it wasn't supposed to happen at all"?" He asks.

"I mean it.. Like.. I was forced." I say. He stares shocked and sympathetic. Then wraps me in a hug again. We sit on my bed. Once I control myself, he asks questions.

"Do you know who it was?"

"No"

"When was it?"

"Homecoming."

"Oh.. Are you keeping it?"

"I have to. At least for now."

"When will you tell everyone else?"

"I... I haven't got that far yet."

He sighs and looks at his feet. "Y'know you'll have to tell her." I don't know who he was talking about. I didn't know if he meant Riley or my mom.

"Who?"

"Riley."

I bite my lip. "I know I'll have to tell her, or she'll figure it out." I stand up. I lift up my shirt. If you didn't know you wouldn't be able to tell. But I can see the bump. It's so tiny.

"I can see it." He says.

"Yeah, I can too." I smile. For once, this baby made me smile.