Second Chances

Japan Trip

Hana sat in the back of the limousine that had picked them up from the airport. Gert sat across from Hana as Gert talked to Chase. Molly stood to peer through the sunroof and gasped, "Is that you, Hana?!"

Hana looks out the window and there it was her image on a billboard holding a cup of tea, as she looks to the HM tech laptop. Amy stood beside Molly and excitedly jumped, "Mom! Dad! You've got to see this!"

Robert who had his arm around Tina, who was freezing, smiles, "One of our kids made it, she's on a billboard in Tokyo."

Tina shivers, Nico took this opportunity to make fun of her mother. "You cold?" Nico asked mockingly.

Tina frowns, "I'm from Hawaii."

Hana took a teakettle and tea cup out of the compartment; handing the cup to Molly, "Hold please." Everyone looked curiously at Hana and Molly. Hana then poured hot water into the cup placed a tea bag in it; handing it to her mother. "Wow, she thought of everything." Hana sarcastic. "Now, dad you might wanna move three inches away from mom."

"Why?" Robert asked.

"Kasi maluluto ka." Guita smirks, "Okay lang ba kayo sa piritong itlog at hotdog?"

Hana looked disgusted, "Kadirs ka..."

"Well, one person will not angal..." Guita gestures to Tina.

"What?" Robert demanded.

"Just move." Hana stuck her tongue out to Guita.

Robert complied.

Hana pressed a button- labeled, "火". Tina let out a sigh of relief, "Thanks."

Hana nodded, "You are a despicable human being, Sampaguita."

Guita shrugs, "I know..."

"Iwan kita, makita mo..."

"Hindi mo ko pwedeng iwan alam ko yata kung bakit tayo andito..." Guita smirks.

Hana sighs. The driver asks, "どこへ行きますか?"

"家." Hana responds. "Then 事務所 I wanna show you, people, something..."

The driver nodded and turned left at a neighborhood with huge mansions and children in school uniforms walking around.

"Where are we?" Chase asked in awe.

"My home..." Hana smiled.

Janet props Victoria up on her lap to show her the view.

Hana looks at Tina and Robert's faces, "Yup, I lived there..."

"Mom, didn't you say our relatives here are poor?" Amy asked.

"Last time I checked," Tina looks out the window to see a girl playing jump rope, "they were."

Hana opens the car door and steps out, as a young girl run up to her. "花さん!" the girl bowed respectfully with a grin.

"幸子さん," Hana scooped up the young girl, "おかさん は どこ?"

The girl pointed towards the mansion; Hana took a deep breath, as she enters the door. "こんにちはアンティー!"

"Hanasan," a middle aged woman came running out the kitchen to hug Hana in a thick Japanese accent, "so happy you back... You eat, yet? You so thin, you won't get boyfriend..."

Guita, Nico, and Amy snickered. Guita chuckles, "花さんの会ったことがいる?"

"はい." the woman stared at the others, "あなたは誰？"

Hana sighs, "Auntie, these are my family. My mom, dad, sisters: Amy and Nico, Nico's fiancee, Karolina, her mom, Leslie Dean, Mr. Geoffrey Wilder and his wife, Mrs. Catherine Wilder, their son and Amy's best friend, Alex, Mr. Victor Stein and his wife, Mrs. Janet Stein, their son, Chase, and daughter, Victoria, Gert, Chase's girl friend, her sister, Molly, and their parents, Stacey and Dale Yorkes, my bestie, Guita. Guys, this is Noriko and her daughter, Sachiko."

Noriko looks at Tina, "You, Hana's mother?"

Tina nodded.

Noriko nods, "Hana is success because of you." As she turns to Robert, "You, Hana's father?"

Robert nodded.

Noriko smiled, "Hana good because of you. Hana help me and Sachiko. Gave us home. Gave me work. Gave Sachiko school." Noriko turns to Amy and Nico, "You, Hana's 妹..."

Amy and Nico both nodded. "Yes, we are!" Nico smiled.

Noriko looked at Hana, "You still beautifulest."

Hana grins gratefully, "と" も ありか"とう." Hana led the group to one room, "This is where mom and dad will be staying."

"Wow!" Robert looked around the room.

Tina walks in, "Yeah, wow."

Hana smiles, "The best part of this room its soundproof."

Tina scoffs, "She did think of everything..."

Hana sighs, "I still got a few tricks in my sleeve. If Mr. and Mrs. Stein will kindly follow Mei..." Hana walked out the room and into another bedroom at the end of the hall.

"What's so special about this room?" Janet questioned.

Hana walks to the one sliding door, "I present the toddler room!"

Janet put Victoria down on the floor, "Look, Tori, a bunny." Janet pointed at a stuffed rabbit on top of the book shelf.

Hana smiles, picks up the bunny, and hands it to Victoria. "This is Ms. Bonnie the Bunny..."

"Cute, Hana." Victor smirks.

Hana, walks out leaving the Steins in the room, "Everyone else pick your rooms, every door in this hall is a bedroom... I am just gonna be in the art studio..."

"Art studio?" Karolina shocked, "You have a studio here?"

"Yeah, top floor." Hana nodded. "I also have an indoor pool, spas in every bathroom, gym, training room, library, and game room. Oh and by the way, mom, fair warning the bedroom maybe soundproof but the bathrooms aren't..."

"What?!" Tina demanded.

Guita chuckles, "Girl was on a budget..."

"おやすみなさい." Hana waves before going upstairs.