An Alluring Fire (High School Teen Series #2)

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"Are you okay?" Vanessa asked me with his anxious voice. "You were having a bad dream."

I nodded my head slightly just to answer my friend. I was having a bad dream and it made me vulnerable. It was so real that even myself can't believe it. Am I going crazy?

"Anong nangyari diyan?" I was surprised when my twin brother interrupted us with his arch eyebrows.

"Binangungot ata."

"Kapapantasiya mo yan kay Leo!" He snorted, mocking me.

"Do you have a death wish?" I warned him.

"Wish lang walang death," he scoffed which made me irritated.

I hideously rolled my eyes and I went back thinking about my dream. It was vividly projected in my mind... but I know I was in agony in that dream, trying to get myself together in so much pain.

Malabo naman atang mangyari iyon, 'di ba? Produkto ng isang panaginip na malabong mangyari sa reyalidad. Ngunit naalala ko naman 'yong mga kasabihan at paniniwala na mga matatanda.

May mga panaginip na nagiging prediksyon mo sa kasalukuyan. Puwedeng mangyari tulad ng napaniginipan mo o mas malala pa roon. Kung masasaktan lang naman ako, h'wag na lang sanang manggaling sa kanya.

"Balik na tayo sa room, magsisimula na ang first subject natin ngayong hapon," paalala ni Brandon.

Dali-dali na akong tumayo pati na rin si Vanessa. Sa katunayan, magkaklase kaming tatlo at senior high school na kami. Pareho naming kinuhang strand ang ABM.

I decided to took the strand because when I was young, I was dreaming to have and run my own business. I honestly dreaming big for myself that is why I keep working for that dream.

Brandon in the other hand, wanted to be a successful entrepreneur like my parents. He look up so much to them which made him strive hard to meet his goals.

Baka sa dugo na yata namin ang pagiging masipag para lang maabot ang matatayog naming mga pangarap sa sarili.

Si Vanessa naman... ewan ko kung anong plano niya sa buhay niya. Kinuha niya lang naman ang strand na ABM kasi 'yon ang gusto ng magulang niya sa kanya.

Halatang hindi niya naman gusto ang kinuha niya. Palagi ko siyang sinasabihan na kunin niyang strand 'yong gusto niya at mamahalin niya pero natatakot siya marahil na rin sa kanyang mga magulang.

She obviously wanted to take the Arts and Design strand to pursue her dreams, which is to be a fashion designer. Her hands were literally born to make a masterpiece, but her parents refused to do what she wanted to pursue.

That is what I disagree the most about parenting. Comparing their beliefs and experiences to their child's actions.

I know that they are just concern about their child's future but they should ask first, if their child like what they wanted them to be.

They should let their child take what they want and love. Manipulating their goals in life will never let them grow.

They will always end up hurting and make things complicated for themselves—undecided to the goals which their parents set for them.

Dreaming is big and taking risk is hard but when their child knows how passionate they can be in doing their own dreams, eventually everything will follow.

"Berl..." bulong ni Vanessa habang ako ay nakikinig sa propesor namin.

"...instagram... story ni Leo, dalian mo!" atat niyang na namang bulong at sinunod ko naman.

Pagkabukas ko ng instagram agad lumitaw sa story section ang profile ni Leo. Ipinakita ko iyon kay Vanessa at kuryosong nakatingin ako sa kanya. Atat itong kinumbinsi ako na pindutin ang story niya.