Photographs of Her

19. Going Back

OCEAN'S POV

Halos buong araw akong walang tigil ma tinatawagan ni Nadine, even in my sleep. I almost broke my phone dahil sa paghagis ko non.

"Hell fucking yeah! Im fucking going home! Can you please let me sleep? For Pete's sake? Please?" Nagmamakaaawang sinabi ko. Narinig ko pa ang tawa nya sa kabilang linya bago ibaba ang tawag.

Laking pasasalamat ko at hindi na sya umulit ng tawag.

"Yes Mom, I'm on my way to the airport, don't worry. Yes Mom iloveyou." Paalis na sana ako ng condo pero tumawag si Mommy, asking if I'm leaving already.

I was looking at my white luggage thinking deeply if I'm ready to face everything. It's been years. Nang makarating ako sa airport ay agad akong nagcheck-in, at habang nagiintay ako ng flight ay ginagawa ko ang isa sa research consultation na hindi ko pa natatapos.

Ilang oras pa ang dumaan ay tinawag na ang flight ko, after I boarded my plane I just waited for take off and went to sleep. Being a doctor can be restless, restless because your bodyclock is changing and sleep isn't a must, if you sleep 2 hours or more, achievement na iyon lalong lalo na kung oncall ka.

Ilang beses akong nagising pero agad ring bumalik sa pagtulog, nagigising lamang ako para kumain o di kaya ay umihi.

"Goodafternoon ladies and gentlemen, we have just landed at AirAsia Airport, it's currently 10:15 PM, and we thank you for choosing AirAsia, your airline of choice."

After the pursuer announce the landing, I lazily wore my black aviators and got my small white backpack and stood up. Isa isa kaming binabati ng nga stewardess habang pababa, I just smiled at them, ramdam ko ang pagod ko habang naglalakad, gusto kong matawa sa naisip ko, ofcourse it's a long flight.

Pagkakuha ko ng luggage ko ay nagpunta muna ako sa CR, just to freshen up. I just put on my basic lip and cheek tint fixed my hair in a bun and curled my lashes, itinabi ko na rin ang aviators ko dahil gabi na at magmumukha akong tanga habang patuloy ko pa iyong isinuot. Looking at myself in the mirror I didn't changed, the way I dress is still the same, the only difference is that my body became more martured and also my fashion sense but still it's almost the same, I'm wearing a white skinny jeans together with a black fitted sweater, pinatungan ko lang iyon ng black leather jacket and matched it with my black boots. Napatingin ko sa buhok kong kulay asul, eversince then I started changing my hair colors almost everytime I want to, but still I'm always sporting long hair. After spraying some perfume ay lumabas na ako. Malayo palang ay kita ko na si Kuya Lake at Shore sa malayo, kitang kita ko ang excitement sa mukha ni Shore ng makita nya ako dahilan para manakbo sya papunta saakin.

"Ate! I missed you so much!!" Shore sighed and hugged me like a kid. Natawa naman si Kuya Lake sa inasal ni Shore dahilan para asarin nya ito. Kinuha na ni Kuya Lake ang luggage na dala dala ko at nagsimula na kaming maglakad palabas, Shore was hugging me while walking, he's being too clingy and he's cute.

"Ate can we have some chicken wings? Drive thru?"Shore asked the moment we stepped in the car, noong una ay nakipagtalo pa sakanya si Kuya Lake pero noong ako na ang nagsabi ay wala na syang nagawa tuwang tuwa naman si Shore dahil hindi ko daw sya matiis at hindi naman daw ako matiis ni Kuya Lake.

Imbis na drive thru ang gawin namin ay nagwalk-in na kami sa KFC, dahil nakita naming medyo mahaba ang pila sa drive thru since it's takeaway night, well in Germany friday is takeaway night isa iyon sa nakasanayan ko roon.

Nagorder kami ng dalwang bucket ng wings at iba't-ibang side dish, paglabas namin ay napakarami naming dala tuwang tuwa naman si Shore.

Pagkarating namin sa bahay ay gising parin ang lahat, as in lahat well except the kids pero gising parin silang lahat. Parang galak na galak na makita akong umuwi.