Behind her Back

Sleep! Over!

Riley's P.O.V
A few hours after I tell Maya about the sleepover, her and Lucas arrive at my apartment. "Hey guys!" I greet them as they make their way into my living room. My dad walks in and says "A little party you're having, huh?" He grins as he starts preparing dinner. "Doesn't Mom usually make dinner?" I curiously ask. His face suddenly pales and he has a deathly look on his face. Gosh, did he kill my mom? He quietly says "She's at the hospital. I forgot to tell you that she got into a car accident on her way home." Maya and Lucas turn to me and I try to keep a straight face that lies that I'm okay. "How the hell did you fucking forget to tell your daughter that her mom got into a car accident? Huh? Now I can say that I'm not the one fucked up-" Lucas quickly pulls Maya away so that she can't continue her sentence. He covers her mouth tightly and she whines. My dad picks up his car keys and walks out the door. Lucas releases his grip on Maya and she lets out a big breath while saying "I guess you don't have such a perfect family after all." It takes all my strength to not slap her. Lucas sternly looks at her and says "Riley, do you want to get back together?" Lucas looks me in the eyes as he says that. "I'd love to." I smile as he hugs me and we turn to face Maya. "Ready to start our sleepover?" I excitedly say. "Ready." Maya says that unenthusiastically and just shrugs. Hmm, weird. Maya usually loves our sleepovers. Is it because of Lucas? Is she jealous because she really does like him? I lead them to my room and Lucas sits on the bay window and Maya lies down on my bed. Maya looks at the both of us and says "Spin the bottle anyone?" Lucas shrugs and says "Shall we invite Farkle?" I quickly nod and Maya raises an eyebrow at him. "Oh? So you wanna kiss Farkle then?" We all three laugh and I try to erase the pain I feel. Hopefully my mom's okay. Maya rings Farkle and once Farkle is here Lucas says "So where will we get the bottle from?" Maya says "Isn't it supposed to be like a beer bottle or something?" Farkle nods and I then murmur "I'll be right back." I walk out of the room with my best friends and dig into the trash. Sure enough, there's a few corona bottles left looking unscathed. I take the first one I see. Now I know why my dad was drinking a lot this whole day. It was because of my mom. I take the bottle into the room and Maya says "What the hell Riley were you drinking?" I shake my head vigorously and say "My dad." We start the game of spin the bottle.