Sia held the stainless warmer where she had packed food for her mom from the food they had cooked as she got down from the taxi. Adjusting the black hoodie over her head, she walked into the hospital premises and went straight for the elevator. She pressed the floor she was headed and leaned against the walls while rubbing her forehead. The elevator stopped at her mom’s floor and Sia stepped out, managing to drop her head in greetings at the Doctor and nurses who walked past her.She turned the doorknob of her mom’s room and stepped inside. The latter was eating peeled apples and instantly wore a smile upon seeing her. Sia quickened her steps and walked towards her mom relishing the sweet feeling that spread through her stomach when her mom hugged her. This was where she felt the safest.“You brought food oday?” her mom asked and Sia nodded her head anw playful raised her shoulders.“But this time around, your daughter made this food” Sia replied and her mom stared at her in surprise.
CHAPTER EIGHTEENWearing the new bandages around her arm had given Sia the space to think a bit. Her mom wanted to meet both Samantha and Nathaniel. The thought had driven her crazy. Why on earth would her mom want to meet them? Her mom was basically asking to show the duo what her life was like, something she had been trying to hide for the past one and half months. But she didn't tell her mom that, she nodded her head and assured the frail looking woman that she would ask Samantha if they had time which of course she knew they had.“It’s not a big game” someone's voice drifted into her ears and Sia turned to the woman who had spoken.“That’s why you didn’t tell me until an hour before the game” Sia replied, raising to her feet and grabbing the hair band on the table, stretching it to her.“Tie it up for me,” she muttered. The woman chuckled lightly before collecting the hair band from Sia and helping her tie her hair upwards.“How’s she?” She asked and Sia shrugged.“She’s quite fin
CHAPTER NINETEEN By the time Sia got back home, trickles of sweat had washed down her back soaking the lower part of her hoodie.She was pressed in the door code and opened the door and stepped into the house, much to her surprise, Samantha was sprawled on the chair in the seating room watching TV. She had heard the door lock being pressed in so she had turned to take a glance at who it was. A look of surprise flashed through her face and Sia remembered that she had gotten punched earlier at the ring. While thinking of lies to tell her, Samantha had already stood up and walked to the kitchen bringing back the First Aid box with her. “Come here” Smaantha muttered and Sia sighed softly before going ahead to sit on one of the dining table chairs. Just as she had taken care of her when she had arrived at school with a cut on her lip without asking questions; Samantha cleaned her up without asking anything except if it was hurting once or twice. “Why aren’t you asleep?” Sia asked, rubb
CHAPTER TWENTYSomehow a lot of the students who had seen Sia’s picture on Samantha’s story were shocked. The moment they walked into the school; Sia could feel numerous eyes on her. She had ended up wearing a sweatshirt on the turtle neck hoping that it would bring down whatever excitement Samantha was feeling but Samantha had further praised her and taken even more pictures.“Just take a look at how everyone is staring at you” Samantha gushed and Sia shook her head without a word.The moment she stepped into the class; Kelvin rushed to her with a smile spread across his lips.“When I saw Sam’s story; I honestly thought today was your birthday or something” Kelvin started and half of the class burst into laughter.“Don’t tell me you have more of these clothes hiding away in your closet?” Kelvin asked and Sia raised an eyebrow.“Girl, no way. We won’t be doing that from today okay” Kelvin said, bringing out his phone and standing in front of the two girls and raising his phone.“Sia s
Sia didn’t have any idea of how long she had slept, all she knew was that she wasn’t pinched awake and Samantha was the one looming over her head when she was shaken awake. She looked around the classroom with confused eyes before checking the seat beside her and realising that Nate was not in his seat.“He didn’t come to school today?’ She asked Smanatha who shook her head.“He just walked out of the class a few minutes ago” Samantha replied and Sia raised her eyebrow rising to her feet. Ever since she and Nate became seatmates, he had never failed to pinch her awake during class.“Did you say anything to him?” Sia asked and Samantha furrowed her brows at her.“If I had the chance or the balls, I would have but I didn't say anything to him” Samantha replied and Sia nodded her head. She knew there were zero chances of Samantha saying something to Nate in the first place.“Let’s go and find something to eat; I’m starving” Sia announced, slipping one of her hands into her pockets and wa
Sia pursed her lips getting angry by the second, she had promised herself not to butt into Samantha’s family issue unless Samantha told her about it but her eyes couldn't block out the whisperings of some of their classmates and even the kind of conversations and blogs that went on the school forum.By just reading a few blogs on the school forum; Sia was shocked to realize that she already had a rough explanation of what was going on with Samantha’s family and she found it hard to attach the girl in the blog stories to the cheerful and punky Samantha. While still in thought, someone that she was sure was definitely Samantha plopped on the seat next to her.“I had them pack your food, you barely ate anything” Samantha started placing the packed food in between them and Sia turned to glance at the packed food before turning to Samantha who had a blank look on her face.“Are you going home?” Sia asked flatly her question, taking Samantha by surprise. She hadn’t thought that Sia would as
After spending about three hours with Sia and her mom; Samantha only had one thought in her head. She was lucky. Sia’s mom had been suffering from a terminal illness for the past two years and she had nobody except her daughter, Sia to take care of her. Samantha tried to imagine how Sia had survived for the past two years but nothing was coming to her head. She didn’t know how sixteen-year-old Sia had survived by having her only family in the hospital.“I hope Sia isn’t bullying you,” Sia’s mom said for the hundredth time and Samantha let a wide smile spread across her lips.“Not at all. She’s good to me” Samantha replied there was a knock on the door and a man with a white lab coat and the nurse who had greeted them earlier stepped inside.“I heard you finally brought someone” the man started speaking and a smile coated his lips upon seeing Samantha who immediately nodded at him in greeting.“Hello,” the doctor greeted.“Hello,” Samantha replied.“It’s nice to have you here. I have m
Kelvin had a blank look on his face the next morning when Sia showed up without Samantha. He furrowed his brows at Sia who was puzzled as to why he was looking at her like that. “You allowed her to leave?” Kelvin asked a grim look on his face while Sia chuckled realizing what Kelvin seemed to be angry about. “She wanted to meet her grandfather” Sia replied and Kelvin sighed softly. “That prick of a human” he muttered, offering an apology with his eyes before walking away. Sia chuckled seating down on her seat and placing her head on the table. Thanks to Samantha; her insomnia hadn’t acted up the night before and she had gotten some sort of sleep. Turning her head; she realized that Nate’s bag wasn’t on the seat or anything that showed that he was around. Ever since Nate became her seatmate; she had always met his bag on the seat. She always came to school late and Nate always came early. She kicked the chair in front of her and the girl seated on it turned to her with a pensive f