The Other Side

Chapter 1

12:00 am

Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.

I was busy checking my instagram when I heard that something is ringing. Anong oras naa! Who would have the nerve to call me at this hour?? The f*ck? So I can't have the privilege of enjoying my late night snack in peace?

Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.

"Ugh! Nakakairita! Hindi ba titigil yan?"

I stood up and checked my old phone pero hindi ito yung nagriring. So you mean to say hindi pala ako ang tinatawagan but they had to share the annoying sound to me? Naiinis na ako!

Lumabas ako ng kwarto to check if someone's still up among my family pero napatigil din kase naalala ko na si Mommy and Tito went to Boracay for a trip kasama si Niko. Si Angel naman ay nagpunta sa bahay ng bestfriend niya para doon magsleepover.

Which means I'm alone in the house right now.

"Did someone left their phone and thought it was missing so they kept on calling their number? Ugh! Those dumb people!" I went to every room and checked if the phone is in there but to my dismay had the most unfortunate luck of catching a ringing phone. So nasaan?

Binuksan ko lahat ng ilaw sa buong bahay. Pinuntahan ko na ang lahat ng sulok because the ringing won't stop pero may isang room pa ako na hindi napupuntahan.

'My Nanay's room. The empty, dusty, and never opened room.'

Since my Nanay went to heaven 3 years ago, no one dared to open her room. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ayaw ni Mommy buksan ito, siguro nalulungkot pa siya hanggang ngayon kaya hindi niya maatim na buksan. Niko is 4 years old pa lang kaya hindi naman niya kaya itong buksan, si Angel naman never naging close kay Nanay so she never bothered to check the room while tito on the other hand just don't care. Would he care for a dusty room? F*ck no! That dork!

I was super close to my Nanay, she was my world! My treasure.

Between Nanay and Mommy, Nanay loved me more than my Mom could ever do. So when she died my heart went with her.

Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.

Hindi pa rin tumitigil ang pagring. Papalapit na ako ng papalapit sa tapat ng pintuan and I held the doorknob. The moment I held the doorknob it stopped.

Like poof! Nag stop na lang bigla.

Imagine it was a nonstop ringing. Diretso siya but then suddenly it stopped. Pero ano bang paki ko? Now I wouldn't have to suffer from that nonstop ringing.

I went back to my room to continue what I was doing. Ipinagpatuloy ko ang pag iinstagram at nang maburyo ako ay lumipat ako sa facebook. I watched funny videos and cooking tutorials. It was like that for 15 minutes, watching funny videos and cooking tutorials but when I proceeded to the next video the pattern was ruined.

A 27 minute documentary video. About what you say? About parallel universe or whatevah.

Hindi naman ako naniniwala sa mga hindi makamundong bagay like aliens, time travel or parallel universe. Duh! Kung totoo man yang mga bagay na yan edi sana may valid proofs na silang ipinapakita sa atin. Mga hunghang, masyadong mapagpapaniwalain!

I kept on saying to myself that those are not real but I don't know why my fingers slipped and clicked the play button. The video played.