Feline get out of her bed; it was midnight again. She's woken up in the middle of the night, every night at exactly 12 am. The moon seems so bright that night, as she leans into her veranda, facing the beautiful shore and hearing the waves howls.
"I'm here again, staring at you every time. How long would I be like this, you think?"
She looks up to the white orb majestically shining but it did not answer to her pleading. Feline keeps asking the moon, talking to it as if it would talk back, if how long would she be like this. Her sleeping pills does not even work, it is like her mind has its own alarm that would wake her up every midnight. She keeps wondering her mind as she stares to the moon and did not notice that two hours had passed.
"I should get back to sleep, thank you"
Saying "thank you" out of nowhere, is like a routine for her after staring at the moon. She does not know why she was even doing that, but she suppose it was a 'thank you' because it was there whenever she wakes up and feel the sympathy that as if someone was there for her.
It was seven am in the morning when Feline was finally awake, again. Feline immediately go to the shower and change her clothes. She was planning on having a breakfast in the hotel's restaurant where she stays. Maybe it was another day of her, wondering again and unwinding in her uncle's resort. After finishing what she should do, she grabbed her crochet bag where her wallet, phone and her hotel room's card put in, she walk off to have a breakfast.
"Maayong buntag.. Great morning, milady. What can I serve for you?" Feline was greeted by the waitress with a big smile.
" A cup of coffee and pancakes will do for today, Lire" She answered and call by the waitress' name indicated in her tag on her left shoulder and then wondered her eyes outside the restaurant through the big glass window beside her. After a couple of minutes, her order came in, but it wasn't Lire who's holding the plate of her ordered food. "River?"
"It was nice to see you here, My Lady." Feline was shocked to see one of her friend here in Southre. River placed Feline's order in her front as well as his and sat in front of Feline. Feline was out of words, she could not fix what she want to say to her friend, still in shock Feline just drank her coffee slowly to calm. Was he here because he was asked to convince me? It is because of the wedding? Feline thought.
"Calm down, Feline. I am not here because of what you were thinking" River giggled answering the question in Feline's mind. "I am here to do business, remember the museum that I was building?" Feline remembered, how River would talk about his new project which a museum outside Eastre. "Yes, I remembered. That's the one that you said when Sam keeps asking you where you were going because you are always not in Eastre."
"It is almost done and ready for opening next week! Sam is also excited about this when he knew it and even said, he considered it as one of our reception when we get married" River said with excitement in his voice. Upon mentioning the word "married" Feline almost choked in her pancakes. She immediately grabbed her coffee and drank a big chunk of it.
"Hey, are you- ohh right I'm sorry, I was not supposed to say bad words" It was a teasing phrase from River. So, Married or marriage is now a bad word? Feline, once again thought in her mind and did not bother to talk back to her friend who is now casually drinking his tea in front of her.
Feline was not really fond of those word, she somewhat hates it. It's as if "marriage" is a big word for her and should not be casually say, well only, in front of her. Her hate to that word get bigger, when she found out she was getting married to an unknown man that was selected by her parents. She was, of course did not agree with it and Who even in do fixed marriage nowadays? Its year 2023! but it resulted her to where she is right now, in Southre. With her, staying in Southre for two days now, she began to like it and for a while she forgot the marriage waiting for her in Eastre.
