Hey Guys! So I felt really bad about not posting on Monday and I have some really good chapters lined up that I want you all to read. This chapter isn't one of my favorites, I'll be honest, but just like all my other "bad" chapters, it's setting up for excitement to come! I'll leave it at that for now, happy reading!

"Tante Tess." I whisper in a harsh voice rushing up to her. "What happened?" She takes one glance at me before breaking down again, covering her face with her hands bawling. "Aunt Tess!" I whisper a little louder. "What happened!" I grab hold of her and begin shaking her shoulders trying to release her from her suffocating tears. "Tell me Tante Tess! What happened? What the Hell happened?" My voice raises. She sobs even harder.

"Stop crying, you're making yourself look like a fool! Are you seriously going to let everyone see you like that? You're such a baby just tell me what happened!" I don't even realize I'm screaming until I'm faced with silence.

There's a gentle hand on my arm and I whip around to face Nurse Jackson. "Come here baby." She says pulling me aside.

"What's going on?" I ask still shouting. Nurse Jackson takes a deep breath.

"Bee, your mother slipped into a coma last night." She states softly. "They expect it to only get worse from here." This hits me hard like a brick to my throat. Then anger takes hold of me and I lash out at Nurse Jackson.

"What do you mean she's in a coma? Why am I just now being told this? She MY mother!" I shout. My eyes have been glaring so hard at anything and everything that tears begin to pool in them. I'm not sad, I don't feel like crying. I'm angry and I want to break stuff.

"We are just now getting this information." Nurse Jackson states calmly.

"That's a lie!" I scream. "You've known all along, so why are you just now telling me?" I've called her bluff because Nurse Jackson glances away just slightly for a moment regain her composure.

"You've been, unstable lately. We did what we thought would be best to help you recover smoothly. You don't need any more stress than what you are already under. It's not good for your head and we wanted to just take things slow."

"That's bull! She's my mom, the only family member I have left, and you've kept me from her!" My voice begins to break making me even more angry. I don't want to cry, my aunt looks so stupid crying I refuse to do it myself. I snap my gaze up to Nurse Jackson quickly. "I want to see her." I state. Automatically I can tell she's against it.

"Bee, honey, that's probably not a good idea at the moment. Why don't you just stay here and spend some time with your friends for a bit or get some rest and we can see what we can do about getting you some visiting hours with your mom another time." She's trying to distract me, deter me from going to see my mom. I won't fall for it.

"I have no friends here!" I exclaim. "And I'm not just going to sit around an-and wait while my mom gets worse and worse! You can't do this to me! I need to see her Nurse Jackson, I need to!" My emotions are getting the better of me as my eyes begin to leak and my speech becomes shaky.

"This is what is best for right now. Come on, let's go find someone to keep you company." She consoles softly putting her arm around me and leading me away from the scene. She doesn't leave me any room to argue since we are already making our way towards another room. I can't help it but I begin to sob into her shoulder.

Time skip

"Bee," I hear a voice cry and there are instantly arms around me embracing me. "What happened?" My vision is so blurred that I can hardly make out Emma's soft features. I look around. We are in Leo and Jordi's room, everyone is gathered, minus Hunter who I'm assuming already left to go out with his family.

Nurse Jackson clears her throat and ushers the group into the hallway. Emma walks me over to Leo's bed, sitting me down before following the crew out to the hallway. I use this time to compose myself, wiping under my eyes and pressing my cold hands to my face in hopes of lessening the red heat that's taken over them.

I watch silently as shock begins to take over the Red Bands' faces as Nurse Jackson explains the situation. Dash shakes his head sadly, while Leo intertwines his fingers in Emma's. Even Kara seems to show a little remorse as she lowers her head. I have to force myself to look at Jordi who is stiff, his hands straight at his side, eyes directly in front of him. A lump grows in my throat, it feels like guilt or longing but I know any feelings from before were all based on some forced friendship.

Nurse Jackson finishes and they all file back into the room. "Bee, honey, I want you to stay here with your friends. Don't be alone, please. It's for the best." She takes one last sad look at me before wandering out of the room. Everyone stands looking at me, no one knowing what to say.

"You've had it rough bumble-Bee." Dash begins making his way to sit beside me. I shake my head, pushing myself up and away from them.

"Look," I start coldly. "You guys don't have to do this."

"Do what?" Leo asks confused.

"Pretend to be my friend. I already know Dr. McAndrew asked you all to do this and believe me when I say I don't want your pity." Emma's jaw drops.

"What are you talking about Bee?" She asks baffled.

"Don't play dumb." I scoff.

"I'm not!" She exclaims. "This is ridiculous! Where did you even get this idea?"

"From our meeting." Jordi finally speaks up. Everyone turns to look at him.

"What meeting?" Leo says

"The one where Dr. McAndrew asked us to befriend Ivy. Bee overheard all of it." Jordi explains to Leo. A sense of realization washes over Leo's face as he begins to shake his head dramatically.

"Oh no, Phoebe! You thought that's what we were doing with you?" He cries. I just cross my arms and shrug. "That's not it at all. I became friends with you after you handed me that fruit cup." He laughs. "Not because Dr. McAndrew asked me to."

"Yeah, and I became friends with you when you got lost trying to find your room." Emma explains. "NOT because Dr. McAndrew told me to."

"I've never been friends with you." Kara scoffs causing me to laugh.

"One thing I can always count on is your brutal honesty Kara." I say.

"Well unlike Kara, I'm friends with everyone, including you bumble-Bee." Dash declares. Everyone spoken their peace except for Jordi. We all look to him expecting him to say something but he avoids our gazes and stays silent.

"Well," I start after the awkward silence. "If you guys truly are my friends, you'll have to prove it." A plan begins to take shape in my mind.

"Anything Bee." Emma says eagerly. I look at each of them declaring that I mean business.

"Take me to see my mom." I answer clearly. They all look at me shocked before Leo steps up to put a consoling hand on my shoulder.

"Phoebe, Nurse Jackson said you need to stay here. Why don't we go get some ice cream? That always makes you feel better." I tilt my head to the side and give him a disapproving look.

"I don't want ice cream." I enunciate clearly, which is a lie, I always want ice cream. "My offer stands, take me to go see my mom, or I'll go myself."

"What is this, some sort of business meeting or something?" Dash laughs. I shoot him a glare.

"If by that, you are asking if I mean business? Then yes it is." I snap my attention back over to Leo. "So what's it going to be?" We stare each other down for a few moments and the room is tense with our silence. We're both alphas, dominant personalities, natural born leaders, but sometimes you just need to accept the fact that girls are always right. Leo finally breaks away from our stare down and sighs.

"Dash get the keys."

Thanks again for all of the reviews and love. I'm thinking once I hit 50 reviews I'll post a page from Bee's journal with prompts sent in BY YOU GUYS! So please be sure to send in plenty of ideas with anything you want you know about Bee. They could be anything from what her favorite color is to something a little more deep like what are her dreams. I can't wait to hear what you all have to say! Special shout outs to xoElle23 , Ravenclaw-or-Gryffindor , Cinderella , SopherGopherroxursox , and percyjacksonforevah ! You're review had me laughing for probably 20 minutes!

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