The Decision

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~Maya's Pov~
It was a few weeks after I was out of the hospital. They put me into a wheelchair, which sucks, but it's 'for the best' Riley tells me. But that was a few weeks ago. I'm out of it now. I'm still taking it hard with mom being gone. To make things worse, I might have to stay with dad.
"You ready, kid" Shawn asked
"Ready for what?" I questioned
"Today you're going to court to see if your dad is fit enough for a dad." Topenga said
"Ohhh OK" I said. We got into the Matthews car and drove off to the court house. It must have been pretty obvious I was nervous because Auggie whispered something to Riley and Riley grasped my hand. When we arrived at the courthouse the Minkus' Lucas, and Dad were already there. He came up to us but the Minkus' and Frier's blocked him out.
"Are you OK kiddo?" Kristanna (Farkle's mom) said
"Ya, Mrs. Minkus" I said
"Please, call me Kristanna." She said
We went inside and everyone decided to sit. While they did Shawn and I went up to see our Lawyer.
Hello, you must be my clients, Maya and Shawn?" The Lawyer said shaking our hands
"Hi, ummmmmm who are you?" Shawn asked
"I'm your Lawyer, Glen" Our Lawyer, Glen, said, "well let's take our seats, shall we. He said. We followed him to our seats. Once we sat down, it went, Glen, Shawn, then me. I felt a tap on my shoulder, so I turned around to face Farkle, Riley, Ranger Rick, and Auggie.
"Maya, we're right here always, even if I want to bite your face off" Auggie said. That got a chuckle from all of us. ~Shawn's Pov~
I heard Maya laugh. As her soon to be guardian I've grown to love that laugh. A few minutes later the judge called us to order. Glen called Kermit up to the stand.
"Mr. Hart, where have you been the last 9 years of your life?" Glen asked
"Umm... I've been with a new family, taking care of them." Dad answered
"So what made you leave your wife Katy and Maya?" Glen questioned I could here Maya sniffling about that...and our friends behind us.
"OBJECTION!" Kermit's Lawyer yelled
"Declined" The judge said
"Answer the question, why did you leave Katy and Maya?" Glen asked again
"I couldn't take care of Maya. Katy was getting mad at me because I was blowing off paychecks and not showing up at home." Kermit explained
"No more questions" Glen said. Kermit got off the stand and sat down next to his lawyer.
"Daniel, you can go." The judge said
"I call Maya Hart to the stand." Daniel said
"Not like that" the judge said
"Maya Hart" Daniel said. Maya got up slowly and walked up there. She was nervous, you could tell because she was shaking.
"OK, Maya did your Dad do anything to hurt you?" Daniel asked
"He left" Maya whispered
"Say that's little louder please" Daniel demanded
"Why can't we have Cory Matthews do it, he's her teacher?" I asked Glen. Glen stood up
"I'd like to have Cory Matthews ask the questions." Glen demanded
"Why?" The judge asked
"He's her teacher and her best friends dad." I explained
"How do you know him?" The judge questioned
"Best friends since forever" I answered
"OK, how will he know the questions?" The judge asked
"Have Daniel whisper the to him" Glen said.
"OK, Cory are OK with this?" Judge asked
"Sure" Cory said. Cory made his way up.
"Ms. Hart, has your dad done anything to harm you, please say it loudly,*whispers* like you're in my class." Cory said. At this Maya smirked
"He left" Maya responded
(Daniel whispering to Cory)
*Pss, phs, ps*
"I mean any physical harm." Cory said
"No" Maya said
*Pss, phs, ps*
"Did you ever see your dad after he left, before this time? Explain why or why not." Cory said
"Yes, my teacher had us do a forgiveness project on someone who has done something and we wanted to forgive. I asked Dad to come up and help me understand why he left so I could forgive him because Riley and Lucas made me. When he got here mom threw food at him. Riley said it was a bad idea that I did that, even though she told me to, and when she was done, he met Riley, explained why he was here, I asked him if her remembered the night he got me through a thunderstorm when it was actually mom who did because he was already gone, then he left. He came back the next day because he saw the letter. He told me that he was blowing off paychecks, and couldn't provide food for us. He said he kept a job, better than the ones here and has a great family. He says he has money now. I told him that his job was to stay here. I said I wasn't mad at myself anymore, thanked him, told him to have a safe trip home, went inside, told my teacher I couldn't forgive him, he said he didn't expect that kind of forgiveness, he asked if I forgave myself and ya." Maya explained. That's a lot
"You actually pay attention in my class huh." Cory chuckled Maya just smirked
"OK, hearing this, I have made a decision...." the judge said. By now I'm nervous
"The guardian of Maya Hart, if he accepts it, is... Cory Matthews" the judge said
"WHAT?! What about Shawn?" Topenga yelled
"Ohhh wait, that's what I meant. The guardian of Maya Hart is Shawn Hunter!" The judge said
"YYAAAAAAAAAAASSSSS!" We yelled

That's that chapter. Ya you're probably thinking there's no suicide in this story. BUT there will be, I promise. Keep reading to find out
~Mer

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