Losing The Dream

04

Alas dose na akong nagising pero feeling ko puyat pa rin ako. Mag-a-alas tres na akong nakauwi at bagsak agad ang katawan ko. Naligo ako at kumain muna. Mamaya pa namang alas singko ang flight namin sa Siargao.

"You were with the Bonifacios last night?" Mommy asked while I'm eating. I gently nodded.

"It's Seb's graduation party." I answered.

"I heard about it. What's going on with you and that kid?" I almost choked on what I was eating as I heard her. "Are you okay?" She panicked.

"We're just friends, Mommy. Nothing special." I rolled my eyes and she chuckled.

"Geez, calm down, love. I'm just asking." She laughed. "But Sebastian's a good kid, huh?"

"Yes, Mommy." I sighed.

After eating, I went back in my room. I opened my phone and checked my social media accounts.

louiseb mentioned you in a story.

Madali kong tinignan ang mga story n'ya. Those are layouted pictures from last night. 4 people in a story. When I swiped more, I found the story where he mentioned me. It's in layout mode too. Those are our photos together and the photo of my gift.

Thank you, boss @steleanor! Ang expensive mo talaga.💸💸💸

Natawa ako sa caption n'ya. I typed a reply and sent it to him. He's not active yet so he's still probably sleeping by now.

Nag-ayos na ako para sa flight namin. I wore a white cami top tucked in a denim short. Pinatungan ko ng gray checkered ang cami at nagsuot na rin ng puting sneakers.

"Where are your luggage?" Jian asked.

Naghintay ako sa loob ng kotse habang hinihintay si Jian na makabalik kasama ang mga bagahe ko. Agad din naman kaming nakaalis dahil hindi traffic. Pagdating sa eroplano ay nag-picture pa ako at ini-story 'yon sa instagram at nag-caption ng "Here I come, Siargao!🌊". Pagkatapos no'n ay natulog na lang muna ako dahil hindi ko naman makausap si Jian. Meron s'yang ka-call.

Nagising ako sa mahinang pag-alog sa 'kin ng kapatid. We're here already. Paglabas ng airport ay sinalubong kami ng mga tauhan namin.

"Ang laki mo na, Stella, ah!" Mang Luisito said. Matipid akong ngumiti habang patuloy na naglalakad.

"And you look younger, Mang Luisito." I chuckled. The old man laughed and shook his head.

"Kumusta naman sina Diana? Busy talaga sa business, ano?" He asked. This time, Kuya was the one to answer him.

"They're very busy, Mang Luisito. There's a problem in the company so they can't take a rest for a while." He scoffed.

I almost run when I saw our house near the sea. I missed this. I can recall that I used to play sand on the shoreline with a childhood friend. I don't know if he still lives here.

I went on my room. It's clean and everything is properly organized. It was years ago when I last went here. I think it's 9 years ago? Gosh, I'm 20 years old now.

"Wow, I look cute when I was young, huh?" I smirked when I saw a photo of me in a frame. I was wearing a Moana costume and I also have the same necklace and flower like hers.

I changed my clothes and went to rest. It's nighy already and tomorrow, I'm going to swim. I checked on my phone and saw some new messages but I only opened one message.

steleanor: I really hope you liked my gift tho.

louiseb: It looks cool, Stell. Thanks.

louiseb: Ingat, boss! Sana mabigyan ng pasalubong.