Second Chances

Toast to Freedom

Leslie smiles as she poured the champagne on each of their champagne flutes, "A toast to our freedom!"

Hana looks at her flute its content was boiling, Tina sat next to her daughter, "What's bothering you?"

Hana sighs and placed the flute on the desk, "I'm just worried about the kids; what happened was traumatizing especially for Nico and Karolina, and Molly is way too young to experience this… Sorry, worried big sister."

"We really should be toasting Nico." Leslie claimed, "She did what we all should have…"

Hana stood up, "That's it, I'm going home." Hana shoves her things in her mini backpack.

"We're almost done here, honey…" Robert said, "if you need a ride… Or are you taking a Lyft?"

"I'm taking the bus…" Hana walks out.

Not a complete lie, but also not completely true. Hana went home in a Lyft but took the bus to the to the Hostel.

Hana walked five miles up the rocky mountains to the door of the hostile. As she pushed the door open, the runaways all had their weapons at the ready. "Guys! It's just me." Hana sighs, as the teens lowered their weapons, "I come bearing gifts… Gert, a copy of Feminine Mystique. Molly, my old CD player, with a bunch of CDs. Chase, a hockey stick. Alex, this untraceable laptop. Karolina, a copy of your grandfather's journal. Nico, I copied down the book of spells mom had."

"Cool…" Chase looks in awe, "but how did you manage to fit all these in your small backpack?"

"Shrink spell…" Hana responded, "when I was in Japan, I'd learn a few spells. I put a shrink spell in certain pocket in this bag so that everything I put in it is shrunken. It is completely untraceable."

"That's really smart, but won't our parents look for you?" Alex asked.

"I told them, I was taking the bus…" Hana explained.

"And they believed that?" Chase's eyes widened.

"Tina Minoru will believe anything I tell her." Hana smirks, "And since she's her, no further questions will be asked."

Nico looked at her sister, "She trust you; can you really break that trust?"

"For you?" Hana sat down next to Nico, "Without a doubt. After what happened to Amy, I made a promise that I won't let anything happen to you, to any of you…" Hana then stood up, "Well, I really need to go, bus can only be late for so long…"

It was almost dark out when Hana walked in the door of the Minoru Mansion.

"Where were you?!" Tina demanded.

"Sorry mom," Hana walked towards the dining table, "bus took forever."

"Tina…" Robert sighs, "I think we should let our daughter eat before you attack her with your questions…"

"Actually," Hana looks at both her parents, "I'm too tired, I think I'm just gonna take a shower and go to bed." Hana sighs and turns around to walk up the stairs. She hums, Love on Top, as she walks towards her room.

Tina looks at her husband, "I wonder when you're going to put my love on top…"

"Tina…" Robert started.

Tina stood up, "I know, I know I pushed you away but…"

Hana ran down stairs, "I'm just gonna go for a walk…"

"A walk or a run?" Tina asked.

Hana smirks, "Probably a long jog…"