leave for the hospital because of labor pains.We both pray silently in our hearts for Shazia's mom to be fine, the only thing that really bothered me in the back of my mind was why did her mom have to go to California for delivery? Why couldnt she have her baby in Chicago? But Shazia and me had never really talked much about it.There were no studies for the day; we were all too excited to talking and thinking about the new baby to concentrate on anything else. But then Shazia said, finally I can go back to my normal life in a few days. Seeing her in this condition for quite a few weeks I was relieved as well knowing that my friend will finally have sometime for herself and me and we can hangout together like before. Though Shazia and me never mentioned it, we both knew that ever since Shazias mom had gone a few weeks back Shazia was really exhausted of all the work and taking care o the children all by herself. Now that Shazias mom was in labor we knew she would be home in a few days which would give Shazia some time to study for the upcoming finals.A couple of hours later the phone rang again, and immediately we both knew, it was from California to say that the baby is already here, when Shazia answered the phone we knew we were right, her mom had given birth to a baby girl; but an instant later while she was still talking to her uncle she started crying over the phone and told her uncle they will be there on the next flight. The minute she hung up the phone she just came and held me really close crying and said her mom had slipped into coma, and she had very few chances of surviving. I started packing a suitcase for her while consoling her at the same time, but I hardly knew what to say to a girl who is my age and is losing her mom. Shazias dad came in a few minutes later with the tickets and all four of them left for California about two hours after the phone rang.I got the call early the next morning from Shazias aunt to say t...
