Tears stung down her cheeks. She didn't know what to do anymore. Who to go to anymore. They were all gradutating in six months and yet, the clique six hardly spoke anymore.

Smackle and Farkle broke up because Farkle called her Riley one night.

Riley and Lucas broke up when Riley thought she was moving to London and they agreed they were better off as friends

Farkle and Riley started dating at the end of freshamn year.

Maya and Lucas dabbled into dating each other and they lasted for almost two years.

Then she broke up with him when she realized how in love with him.

Zay and Smackle started dating and still were to this day.

Maya Hart had no where else to go with the tears running down her face. She knocked on the familiar apartment door. Number 3555. And was met with sea foam eyes.

Lucas looked down and frowned. "Maya, what the hell are you doing here so late?" He asked. Not in anger. Never in anger. But in concern.

Maya slowly looked up. Eyes puffy as tears still ran down her face. Mixed with the freshly falled snow on the streets of New York.

"Kermit is dead."

Lucas knew all of her secrets. Every little thing that Kermit did to her. To her mother. To her family that wasn't even blood to Kermit.

And she knew the secrets about Lucas' father that not even Zay knew the full truth on. How his dad would rather spend time cheatin g on his mother. That's why he because so angery at everyone. He caught his father making out with his algebra teacher and his father played it off as nothing.

Strong arms wrapped around Maya's small frame so tight.

"I-I don't even know why I'm so upset. He was an ass. He hit us. He stole everything we everything we ever had. Everything my mother had ever worked for. And now he's dead. He was mugged and the guy shot him and now he's dead and I-" Maya said all in one breath.

Lucas closed his eyes. "You're upset because your father, the man who's name you used to carry, is dead." He said softly.

Maya couldn't help but nod slowly.

Maya broke up with Lucas on a sunny Tuesday after she realized just how truly in love with him she was. She saw a future with him. One full of hope and love and something she knew would would be taken from her in an instant.

Lucas was by Maya's side throughout the next nine days until Kermit Hart was lowered six feet under the ground.

Maya was still in shock over everything that happend.

And all around her were five people who hadn't been in the same area as each other since the whole Team Maya vs. Team Lucas split the six down the middle.

But they all knew she needed them.

And God.

She was so glad they were there.

The priest asked for Kermit's children to come up and sprinkle dirt over his casket.

Maya watched as her half siblings, 9 and 5 and 3 all cried as they did so.

Finally Maya went up and sprinkled the dirt on top of the casket. "Go to hell. " she whispered.

She went back to sit next to Lucas.

Her hand automatically went into his.

"I'm right here." Lucas whispered.

And she believed him.

Maybe this is what it took for Maya Hunter to have hope again as she held onto the love of her live's hand.

She had hope again.