Maya & Kate
Maya was still young, and hadn't suffered over much in her life. She'd grown up without her dad around, and she'd always known that he left and chose a life without her, but as painful as that was, her mom had been there and had loved her and had done her best to take care of Maya. The suffering she had endured wasn't catastrophic, and wasn't exactly fodder for great songs, either. But even she knew rainbows and puppies weren't going to cut it.
"Yeah. Riley is just this really positive force of energy. No matter how bad things get, she's always looking for the sunshine. And that's great, I wouldn't have her any other way, but yeah. It's not exactly what I need for my music."