The next day she woke up early and rushed to school, thinking that it would be useless to waste time like this because it was just silly. "I mean, so what if I'm going to die some day, doesn't everyone sooner or later. And just because my vital organs can stop any moment doesn't mean I'm going to die right now, I could die after living a full and happy life." She thought and looked up with her oh so famous smile again. If anyone would have seen her then they must have thought that nothing could bring this girl down, but yet again no one could be more wrong...
As the day continued, Mia couldn't realise how wrong she had been. The news had spread around the whole school and the result was horrifying. Everyone in Mia's class came to Mia and hugged her or gave her a pat on the back each and every one of them had a look of concern or sadness. Some even went to the extent of saying "We will miss you." Or " You shall never be forgotten." Mia just looked at them in horror as those dreadful thoughts she had been fighting against the whole day flooded back. Hot tears began to form in her eyes and no matter how hard she tried to fight them back, she couldn't help but let them escape. Her knees began trembling and before she knew it they had collapsed and she was sitting on the cold marble ground crying. To her happiness, her friends Ashley and Tamara surrounded her and shooed everyone else away as if they were her personal bodyguards. Once that was done they immediately helped her up and took her to the washroom where they wiped her tears and helped her tidy up. Mia felt a little better after her friends helped her and demonstrated their unwavering support for her. She managed a weak smile and hugged the two of them before they decided to head back to class.
To her plight her teachers too behaved extra kind and lenient. Though most kids would not mind this, Mia was disturbed and disgusted by this partiality towards her, and matters didn't get better when she saw random strangers look at her with sorrow while she walked through the corridors. But nothing too serious happened until it was end of school, where of course Katelyn had to come and made fun of her. Mia had never been affected by Katelyn snarky comments or sarcastic responses as she always knew exactly what to reply back but not today. Mia was just placing her books in the locker when,suddenly Katelyn comes and slams the door shut, resulting in Mia yelping in surprise. Katelyn smirked before saying" Look who it is, if it isn't Mia the girl who always wants to be the centre of attention. News is that you are going to die. Is that true? Actually you know what? I don't even care! I would be the happiest person on Earth on the day of your death. Why don't you just pass away now? No one will even remember or care in fact!" Mia stood in the corner silently just hoping that Katelyn would go away as she didn't have the strength or will power to defend herself anymore. She could feel herself agreeing to everything Katelyn had just told but immediately wanted to kick herself for even thinking that thought. Katelyn continued but Mia didn't care anymore.
The only thing that snapped her out of this was a familiar voice saying " Katelyn can you just go away? Or do I have to call your mom again?" Immediately Mia heard the sound of footsteps come towards her. She looked up to see Tamara with a look of concern. "Are you okay?" Tamara asked. "Yeah,yeah I'm fine." Mia said feeling relief flood into her when she saw that Katelyn had fled. Tamara kept asking questions but Mia just avoided them by replying " Its okay, I'm fine now." Tamara didn't look convinced but decided not to ask further. She hugged Mia before the two parted their ways.