Trois.
[JULIET]
Paris, France.
After the impact, it was chaos. A lot of people were screaming in panic and running. There was smoke coming from the bus that hit our bus. Tumagilid yung bus na sinasakyan namin. There were broken glasses everywhere. There were people on top of other people. The whole thing was a disaster.
Tumayo ako at nakita ko si Adrien. Gising pa rin siya at parang may inaabot siya. Bakas sa mukha niya yung sakit. Is he reaching for me? I went to him at hahawakan ko sana siya when my hand passed through his body.
I gasped and I immediately moved away from him.
What? What is happening? I must be dreaming, right?
"A-adrien," I called him. He just kept on reaching for something. I looked around, sinundan ko yung direksyon nung inaabot niya. Natulala ako at halos malaglag yung puso ko nung makita ko yung sarili ko na wala ring malay at may dugo sa noo.
Why am I seeing myself?
Am I dead?
No. Hindi 'to totoo. This can't be true! I can't be dead yet. Masyado pa kong bata. Marami pa kong dapat gawin. I haven't even lived my own life yet. Yung huli pang pag-uusap namin ni Mommy, nag-away kami.
My life can't end here. Hindi pa pwede.
There was a siren in the distance. Agad akong tumayo at lumabas sa bus. There were a few by-standers who were in shock as they watched the accident. May mga ilang tao mula sa parehong bus na conscious pa at kaya pang tumayo and they were limping as they got out of their buses.
"Help. You have to help me! My body's inside that bus! You can't let me die!" I screamed on top of my lungs but no one paid the slightest attention to me. Isang lalaking pranses ang tumakbo papunta sa direksyon ko and he passed right through me.
They can't see me. They can't hear me. Am I really dead?
"No..." I felt like I was hyperventilating and running out of breath."T-tulungan niyo. T-tulong! Kahit sino! Please, t-tignan niyo ko. Please." I squeezed my eyes to stop myself from crying. Pumasok ulit ako sa loob ng bus. Wala nang malay si Adrien. Lumapit ako sa katawan ko and I sighed in relief nung makita kong humihinga pa ko.
How can that happen?
The siren was nearer and louder. Nakarating na yung ambulansya. May mga taong pumasok sa ambulansya at sinimulan nang ilabas nang dahan-dahan pero mabilis yung mga tao sa loob. When it was my body's turn to be taken away, agad akong sumunod sa kanila. Pumasok ako sa ambulance kung san dinala yung katawan ako. I watched as they immediately performed first aid on my body.
Nakinig ako sa usapan ng mga medical personnel na nag-aasikaso sa'kin para malaman ko kung anong kalagayan ko pero hindi ko sila maintindihan dahil French gamit nilang lengggwahe.
BINABASA MO ANG
City of Light
FantasyA love story they're both meant to forget. They met in Paris. And then, there was an accident. The next thing they knew, they were different. They're souls but they're not yet dead. They are in the middle of life and death. As they try to figure out...
