Mile's Apart.

04

after hours that felt like a week, after 6 movies, after 5 toilet breaks, after 4 meals, naka land na kami. finally, were home.

"ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. i would like to welcome you to ninoy aquino international airport. our local time is 5:32 PM and the temperature is 32 degrees celsius. on behalf of Air Asia airline's and the entire crew, I'd like to thank you for joining us on this trip.
have a nice stay in the philippines." and the voice disappeared.

tumayo na kami nila mama at pumunta na sa exit.

the flight attendants gave us a smile. we thanked them and smiled back.

and let me tell you, when i stepped foot on land, i felt home.

"welcome to the philippines, sade!" sigaw ni mama, first time kasi ni sade pumunta dito. nakisabay si sade kay mama at tumalon talon pa.

nini and her fiance kuya james will be picking us up. we saw them holding a small sign saying 'welcome home!'.
it warmed my heart.

tumakbo na ako at niyakap si nini. she hugged me back. when we were done hugging and crying, pumunta na kami sa kotse. no one else but natasha knew we were going home. and i was so excited.

when we stopped infront of a familiar house, we got out of the car and took out our bags.

"ay dios miyo! umuwi na kayo?!" sigaw ni tita emma. niyakap nya kaming lahat ng maihigpit.

"dyos ko! ang laki laki na ng mga baby ko! pasok pasok!" sigaw ni tita.

pag akyat namin nakita namin di tita cell at kuya beng. lola at tito ko. sumigaw sila kaya napalabas ang ibang tao. lahat sila niyakap kami. i was so happy to be home.

when i saw natasha, i ran to her and hugged her. "oh my gosh! your here! hello!" sabi nya, at niyakap ako ng mahigpit. umakyat naman ang iba kong mga ate na sila ate sam at ate nadia. nagyakapan kami.

pagkatapos namin mag settle-in, pumunta kami sa robinson's manila para kumain. ang pinili nila aristocrat.

meron separate table kaming mga kids. sumama din si ogie, or si khloe, bakla to eh.

"kamusta naman chi! mapa suprise suprise pa kayo ah!"sabi ni ogie.

we did some catching up while eating. we were laughing so hard. ang dami naming kwento. we did some tiktoks and photo's.

"te we should hang out with aria!" sabi ni natasha. napakunot ang nuo ko, aria? oh my! now i remember.

"yes! sino sino ba?" excited na tanong ko.

"aria, athalia, james, kourtney, sophia, aurelia, and...." she thought for a second.

"si zaven!" sigaw nya. "actually anak nga yun ng friend ni nini eh. alam ko pupunta sya sa wedding." sunod nya.

zaven? i never heard of him before.

i just nodded and we talked about something different.

when we got home, tinulungan ako nila natasha with my school activities. nag tataluhan pa ang mga baliw. si khloe at si nadia nag susulat sa papel, di ate sam naman, nag ccalculator. si natasha nag ppicture na cellphone ko kaso, pinatulog na sya kase may school pa daw sya bukas.

tumabay lang kami nila ate at nag kkwentohan, umabot kami ng 2 am.
natulog nalang ako kase inaantok na talaga ako.

nagising ako ng 8 am at may naamoy akong mabango. paglabas ko may pandesal, omelet, hotdogs, pancit, lugaw, and pancakes. kumakain sila mama habang nakikipag usap kay nini. naka video call din si taboom.

nasa new jersey kase sya, at di makaka punta sa wedding since may trabaho pa sya, pero uuwi daw sya pag nanganak si nini. pero wala na kami nun.

pumunta ako sa sala kase ayaw ko pa kumain. nakita ko si khloe at natasha nag o-online class. si sade nakikipag laro kay ethan at athena. kapatid ni natasha at ate sam.

it was so peaceful.

"good morning!" natasha greeted. ngumiti nalang ako umupo sa couch.
nag chat na pala si julia, mgaa

7 pm ng gabi dun sa iowa.

nag chat nalang kami about how life is going and also random people.

naligo ako ng 10 am kase lalabas daw kami ni natasha ng 2 pm, after ng classes nya.

i was realy curious about aria and the others. especially.

zaven.