All she did was stay and that was what she did most of the time.
As a child, she would stay home waiting for her parents to return from their business trip. She would wait for them for days and weeks, only to see them late at night, kissed goodnight and went to bed.
She stayed in the morning and learned all the things that made her a well-behaved girl of her social status and if she did them well, Stella would let her play outside.
She stayed and waited for mom and dad until late at night to show them a video she made in the garden, but she always fell asleep.
She liked to stay at Grandpa's place and at night they would watch old Akilian football matches, tricking Stella into thinking they were already in bed sleeping.
That day she even stayed and waited for him to come and pick her at ballet lesson as he had promised, but he didn't. Stella later said that where he had gone, he would never come back.
She stayed and waited fifteen years to tell her parents about her passion for football, which to her dismay they said was not an activity for an Ambassador's daughter.
The next day she stayed home and waited for them to leave for their business trip and in the evening she carelessly took a spaceship and then she did it; she flew to Akilian.
She was told that the girls shouldn't kiss boys first, so she waited for Rocket to admit his feelings and kiss her first, but he didn't.
She stayed and waited for him to come back from his suspension, but he didn't.
When she found out her parents were imprisoned, she could have stayed and waited for the Pirates to save them, but she didn't. She would never have forgiven herself if anything had happened to them.
She stayed and watched Rocket that night transform into a beast there in his so-called new home, the Netherball.
Although he came back to her, she stayed and waited for him to be himself again and ignored others' comments about him becoming a selfish and violent man.
She stayed and waited for him to prove to her all that Lun Zia's dramas were fake, but he didn't.
She stayed and waited for Mei to come back and become a roommate again.
But the only times she stood up for herself were the days she didn't stay to wait.
The day she ran away home, she chased for her dream.
The day she left with the Pirates to save her parents; she faced her fear.
The day she faced Rocket in the sphere when all the odds were against her; she fought for love.
Tia knew better than anyone how hard it is to be the one who stay. And this time, she wouldn't wait for Mei and Micro Mice to come home. If she did not wait for family and love, she would not wait for friendship. The Snowkids' journey has just begun, and she had no idea what would become of them after the disappearance of their teammates, but one thing Tia also knew, she could face whatever came her way.
