I trembled in fear, remembering the last time we were in the hospital.

"We have to leave. Now." Liam commanded me.

"Do I have to go?" I mumbled.

"Wait. Did you just ask if you could NOT go visit your dad in the hospital?" Ray spoke up.

Both me and Liam ignored him.

"C'mon, I have your headphones in the car." Liam nudged me.

"You do?" I looked up at him.

"What am I supposed to do?" Ray asked.

Liam thought for a moment, "Just come with us."

"Okay...................?" He replied.

~~~~~~~Hospital~~~~~~~

Me and Ray waited in the lobby while Liam went and saw our dad. I was getting anxious waiting, not having anything to do.

"Can I braid your hair?" I asked Ray.

"Excuse me?" He looked shocked.

"I mean, your hair looks long enough for me to braid it into little pieces. Plus I have nothing to do." I ranted on.

"Umm, sure?" He shrugged.

"Sit on the floor."

He went and sat in front of the couch. I started to braid his hair in multiple sections.

"Where did you learn to braid like that?" He asked me.

"When my mom was in the hospital, she would ask me to braid her hair in different ways. She always said, 'If I'm in bed rest I might as well look pretty.'" I told him to turn around so I could do the front of his hair. "But I always replied to her, 'Mother, you look pretty no matter what.'" I started to feel the tears in my eyes. "I told her this because she would tell me that I was beautiful every time she would put me to bed when I was younger. I never got to tell her how much she meant to me before she died." I put my hands in my face to try and stop the tears flowing down my face. "I never got to say goodbye." I whispered. "She left us in the middle of the night unexpectedly."

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but are you miss Blanca?" A male voice spoke.

I looked up to see a doctor standing before us.

"Y-yes." I stood up

"Would you please follow me to see your father."

I followed him to a room near the back with Ray trailing behind me. When we walked in I could see Liam sitting next to a bed with our father laying in it. Liam stood up and walked over to me and Ray.

"There's bad news."