Fated Stars

THREE

We all feel trapped in a maze sometimes. You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day...but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.

But for someone like me who is still stuck in the past, there's no way I can move forward and continue my escape from the uknown labyrinth.

My forgotten memories from the past is the labyrinth that I am trying to figure out in this life.

I opened the window terrace in a hotel where I am staying for my shoot. The cold breeze immediately enveloped my body which gave me a familiar feeling from the past.

I watched the sun as it slowly be one with the sea, making a beautiful scenario.  The sun will leave the sea at the end of the day but be back by the next day, like how I left A in my memory after the accident happened and now I'm back to know what really happened.

"Miss Fauzia, shoot na daw po" katok sa pintuan ang narinig ko

For today's shoot, I have a summer magazine shoot. Summer. So of course, the bikini is on.

Lumapit na ako sa mga staff na naghihintay sa akin at binati sila, ilang batian at mga sinabi ng staff ay nagsimula na nga ang shoot

Under the beautiful and mesmerizing sunset of these beautiful and peaceful place, I feel alive and relax. I feel free.

With the sunset as my background for the shoot, it made me look livelier and  hotter on the photos that they've taken. I didn't even do that much effort but the photo that they shoot is already out of their expectations.

"God! Look at you Fauzia! Efforlessly slaying in the photos!" papuri sa akin ng photographer

Tumawa lang ako doon at naupo sa sun lounger pagkatapos ng shoot namin. Sunset lang ang theme namin for today. Tomorrow maaga din ako magigising because they want to do sunrise shoot.

"Shake, Miss Fauzia?" lahad sa akin ng PA ko ng isang buko shake kaya ngumiti ako

"Salamat, Jas"

Habang umiinom ng shake ay tinanaw ko ang kabuuan nitong lugar kung saan kami nagshoshoot. Maraming media ngunit hindi sila makalapit dahil na din sa higpit ng security nitong private resort at ng management ko.

Binalik ko ang tingin ko sa malaking resort na ito at ngayon ko lang napansin na may ibang bahagi pa nito ang under construction pa.

Nagpaalam na ako sa mga staff pagkatapos kong magdinner at sinabing magpapahinga ako ng maaga dahil maaga pa gigising bukas, hinayaan naman nila ako kaya bumalik na ako sa hotel room ko.

Kahit sinabi kong magpapahinga na ako ay hindi padin ako makatulog. Tinignan ko ang oras sa cellphone ko at nakitang malapit ng mag alas nuwebe. Dahil hindi talaga ako makatulog ay  pumunta ulit ako sa window terrace para magmasid masid

Napatingin ako sa langit dahil sa dami ng bituin na nanduon. Each star has its own place in the sky, and we can find that place in our own lives. Though we don’t always shine bright, we’re always there.

Napatingin ako sa baba ng may napansin na tao doon. It was a guy in a plain white shirt talking to somebody on the phone. Nakatalikod siya sa akin but his physique is kinda familiar. Napalingon siya sa banda ko at laking gulat ko ng matanto ko kung sino iyon

Why do we always have to meet? Why do we always run into eachother in the most unexpected place and time?

Hindi niya yata ako masyadong kita sa parte ko dahil nakapatay na ang ilaw sa kwarto ko kaya medyo lumapit siya upang tignan kung sino ako pero agad na akong bumalik sa loob ag sinara ang window terrace at napasalampak sa kama