They arrived at the hospital, then Tia led her aunt Rosa to the room where her mother is resting, Rosa slowly opened the door and it let out a quiet creak, she peeked through the small gap and saw Mia, Tia's mother, who is just eating her favorite snack, dried vegetables.
Rosa let out a low giggle and mumbled to herself " she hadn't changed a bit", Mia heard a noise but she ignored it thinking it was the people from next door visiting the patient there, she then continued to mind her own business. Rosa smiled and tried to widen the opening of the door without getting noticed but she accidentally tripped on who knows what, Mia heard the noise and her gaze shifted quickly to the door and there she saw Rosa, her eyes widen immediately at the sight of both her best friend and daughter together and are visiting her.
"oh my! what are you both doing here?" Mia asked.
"we came to visit you, duh" Rosa replied jokingly.
"hello mom, how are you?" Tia asked Mia with a worried look on her face.
"I'm doing fine honey, by the way, Rosa! haven't seen you in a while, how are you?" she said to Tia then looked at Rosa and asked.
"doing good as usual" She replied.
Tia smiled while she watch them bond together then she placed a basket full of fruits on the table next to her mother's bed then she went out for some fresh air, she was thinking about how she's going to pay for the bill but then she was startled to the sound of her phone ringing, Al was calling her, she went back in and excused her self since she had to take a call, she went back out and answered the phone,
"yes?" she spoke.
"Tia!! there is an emergency!" Al screamed on the phone and she sounded like she was panting.
"woah! chill girl, what happened?" she replied.
"so Luke our group member got admitted to the hospital just earlier and he had our group research and our presentation is for tomorrow!" she said.
"wait, what!?"
"what do we do??" Tia questioned.
"I don't know!" Al replied.
Tia hanged up and went inside the room and kissed her mother's cheek then excused her self again, she was in a hurry so she immediately went out before her mother said anything, she ran out of the hospital and bumped into a tall guy, she stood up immediately and apologized she then called out for a taxi and went to the school dormitories, Tia went inside and saw the three of them laughing and Luke seemed okay,
"It's a prank!!" they all yelled.
"what the heck?" Tia said with an angered tone and they all fell silent.
"I had to hurry back here to the dormitories leaving my mom at the hospital before bonding with here, bumped into a guy without apologizing properly, tired myself from all the running, all of that just for a stupid prank?" she exclaimed.
"Tia I- uh" Al tried to apologize but she was at a loss of words.
the others too were speechless at Tia's outburst.
Tia went out and slammed the door behind her, Al was worried that Tia might come back late but she let her be knowing that she will just release some anger and come back but after hours of waiting it was already 7pm but she still hasn't come back, and the others had already gone back to their dorms.
Al messaged their group chat and told them that Tia is still outside, she also told them how she called Tia at least 20 times already, they planned to meet up outside the dormitories and split up to find Tia.
20 minutes have passed and the 3 of them have already explored the whole school and still nothing! Al and the rest were already getting worried then they remembered her mentioning something about her mother being in the hospital so she might be there, they went to the hospital and asked at the register table if someone with the name "Tia Smiths" is here, but the nurse said she had left 1 hour ago!
they were trying to call her while sitting at the park, when Al was already stressing out she went by the nearby beach to calm herself when she saw a girl laying on the sand, she went up to her and saw that it was.... "Tia?!?"
it was Tia! she passed out, Al picked her up and brought her to the others, they then brought her to the hospital and...