she arrived at the hospital later on, she ran to her mother's room and when she got there she saw her mother sitting, she smiled and hugged her mother very tight,
"mom! I got accepted to my dream school" she said excitedly.
"that's very nice to hear sweetheart" her mother caressed her cheeks " my daughter have grown so big now"
"yes mom, and I will start college tomorrow so I better get going, I will buy some food, do you perhaps want anything?" Tia asked.
"no I don't, go now sweetheart, good luck sweetie" her mother kissed her on the fore head and waved her goodbye.
Tia went back to the dorms building, she went in her dorm and smelled a very delicious aroma
"Al??" Tia called out.
"I'm in the kitchen!" Al replied.
Tia unpacked her stuff and fixed it, she placed all her clothes in her closet and went to the kitchen, there she saw Al cooking, the food she was cooking isn't familiar to her so she assumed it was from her country,
"hey Tia, are you allergic to some food?" Al asked.
"nope, why'd you ask?" Tia responded.
"good, can't be called a food poisoner" Al said jokingly followed with a quiet chuckle, Tia scoffed and grinned at her from the door, She walked closer to Al to see what she's cooking, it looked like some sort of pasta with a beef or whatsoever kind of sauce,
"hey, what is that?" Tia asked.
"it's called a beef stroganoff a dish from my home country Russia" Al replied with a soft tone.
Tia looked closer to the dish curious of it, she gave Al a can-I-taste-it look on her face, Al understood and nodded now that I can see her face closely, she's actually so pretty.. Tia said to her self, she grabbed a nearby clean fork and took a taste of the beef stroganoff, Tia's eyes widened
"this is actually good and flavorful, I like it!" Tia complimenting her dish made Al so touched that she somehow almost teared up, it was her first time getting complimented,
"thanks.." they then moved to the table to eat properly, Al watched Tia eat like a lion who haven't eaten in days, it was so clear that she was enjoying the meal.
after eating, they immediately went to bed since it's their first day of classes tomorrow and they have to wake up early, can't be late on the first day, that would be embarrassing!!
Tia groaned while Al was shaking, pushing, and calling out her name to wake her up, it was already 6:34am class starts at 7:20am,
"Tia!! it's already 6:35am!" Al yelled at her ear and this finally made Tia get out of bed, Tia almost tripped running to the bathroom to take a quick bath 'cause they were gonna get late, Al prepared a simple breakfast for Tia since she'd already eaten and is just waiting for Tia,
Tia finished taking a bath and wore her clothes as fast as she can, then ate the breakfast Al made for her, after eating she brushed her teeth and took her bag, she was already about to go out of their dorm when Al pulled Tia's bag.
"you're still wearing slippers" Al said and pointed her feet.
"oh! I forgot" Tia said with an awkward laugh and quickly wore her shoes, Al pulled Tia out of their dorm and dragged her all the way to their first class, luckily they made it just in time, they got to the room on 7:19am then went to their seats.
"good morning students, I will be your professor for today's class, you can call me Mr. sol"
the class started and 5 minutes before the class is dismissed the professor assigned a group project and each group includes 4 members, the professor was assigning everyone to their groups,
"and for the last group the members are: Tia Smiths, Luke Anderson, Alexandria Solvetsky, and lastly Andrew Rosales"
after that the bell rang and everyone went to their next class, while waiting for the teacher, Tia was jumping and is very energetic.
"can't believe we're on the same group!' Tia said.
"yeah, so exciting" Al said sarcastically.
"awh, don't you want to be with me?" Tia said her mood suddenly changing, she all of a sudden became all gloomy and upset.
"no it's not that, I'm just joking" Al said. worried that she might have hurt her feelings.
"yay! okie!" her mood instantly lit up.
they then heard the door open and closed, a very mean and strict looking lady went in, the professor was quiet and glared at them for a second then her gaze went back to her laptop. she introduced herself as Ms. Rosalia and proceeded to discuss.
the class was very boring and the time was so slow, Tia wanted to just lay down and eat some chips while watching her favorite youtube channel MSA, "Tia Smiths" the professor called out her name with a very angry tone.
"I'm here!" Tia said in a panic.
"come to my office later after my class"
The professor said then continued to discuss in front, Tia was confused but she decided not to utter a single word and just sat down.
after Ms. Rosalia's class, she immediately went to her office, she knocked on the door. "come in"
Ms. Rosalia pointed at the chair just in front of her gesturing her to sit down and have some tea she prepared..
"you may not know who I am but, I'm your mother's best friend, I heard she's in the hospital now, is she okay?" she said.
"ah yes, Ms. Rosalia" Tia replied.
"no no, call me aunt Rosa sweetie" Ms. Rosalia said in a low tone.
"Ok Ms. Ro- I mean aunt Rosa" Tia gave her a soft smile. Then she asked "aunt Rosa, would you like to come visit mother with me after class?", Ms. Rosalia smiled and the mean and strict look on her face was gone, "it would be a pleasure " Tia had to get going so she said her goodbye and went to her next class with Al waiting for her in that class, the time went by until it was 6pm, school day was over. She then went to her aunt Rosa's office,
"Aunt Rosa! Let's go visit mother!" Tia said with a tired face but still a genuine smile.
Rosa smiled and gave Tia a head pat then led her out to her car.