Destiny's Crossroads

Simula

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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"Gail! Gail! Gail!" Napabalikwas ako sa aking pagkakahiga ng marinig ang sigaw ng aking best friend.

"Ano ba natutulog yung tao,aa!" I groaned in annoyance, inaantok pa yung tao. I immediately grab my phone on the table beside my bed.

"Ahhhhh! Ba't ngayon mo lang ako ginising!" I quickly get up on bed, pumasok agad ako sa bathroom at madaling nagligo.

Pagkalabas ko ng kwarto ay nadatnan ko si Loureen na kumakain na ng umagahan.

"Good morning, señorita" pabirong bati nito kaya tinaasan ko ito ng kilay. Umupo ako sa harap niya at naglagay ng pagkain sa plato, fried rice, bacon and fried egg. Oppsss! Oily hahaha.

"Edi magkikita kayo ni Sir?" She suddenly asked, muntik na akong mabulunan kaya uminom agad ako ng tubig.

That girl is so arghhn nevermind!

"Gaga, hanggang ngayon ba naman, Loureen?" I rolled my eyes at her, bwesit na yan hanggang ngayon pinapaalala. Yung naka moved on na ako tapos siya hindi pa.

"Atsaka, malay mo lumipat na siya ng school after what happened between the two of us."

"Whatever! Boto pa rin ako sa kanya, I never thought na magiging kayo, bawal pa naman." she laughed.

"Sige ipaalala mo pa, baka pamilyado na yung tao"

Pagkatapos kumain ay bumalik ako sa aking kwarto at nag-ayos ng sarili. I put some light eye shadow, red lipstick and add blush on my cheeks. I blow dry my long wavy hair. Then, I wear khaki brown straight cut jeans, white turtle neck and a pair of cream pointed heels. I also brought my eyeglasses.

Now, I'm ready to go. Almery High School, my Alma Mater. They invited my dad to be the guest speaker for their high school moving up day. Unfortunately, busy si daddy, may event syang a-attendan.

Hinatid ako ni Loureen sa AHS using my car, ipinag-drive niya ako kasi pupunta din siya ng talyer para tingnan yung sasakyan niyang pinapagawa. It took us an hour bago makadating sa AHS.

"Good luck, engineer!" she said bago nag-drive paalis. I looked at my wrist watch, it's already nine forty-five and I am fifteen minutes early before the program starts.

As I entered inside the school, students are already lined up for their graduation march. I roamed around, maraming nagbago simula ng grumaduate ako. Sabi nga nila, kung kailan tayo nawala ang daming nagbago, kung kailan tayo nawala doon gumanda at lalong sumaya ang paligid.
I can imagine it might have been a mix of surprise and maybe even a bit of sadness. Change can be both exciting and challenging, but it's a natural part of life.

In this place, many memories were left behind, whether it be joy or sadness, victory or defeat.

Malapit na ako sa gymnasium nang mag-vibrate ang phone ko sa bag. I take the call of Ms. Alia, the one who sent the invitation to me.

"Hello, Miss Alia"

"Yeah, I'm here na sa tapat ng gym, papasok na din naman ako."