A whole week has passed now and Mrs Zikora's condition wasn't getting any better, which only made both I and Frederick somber. I don't know why I felt this way, she wasn't even my own mother but I knew that the sadness I felt was bonafide.

The past week I made it my top priority to always be there for Frederick. I even began to skip classes on my own free will just to keep Frederick company in the hospital. For the first time in my life, my sole attention wasn't on anything school related, but on someone I earnestly cared about. And I have to say, it was quite...