Defending the Inevitable [On-Going]

Chapter Five- ALESSIA

"C-cant... m-maaam.. sorry—"

Dullness, everything is dark.

Frosty, under the sheets I can still feel the coldness.

Quiet, the tranquility of this place is unfathomable.

I don't want to open my eyes. I am afraid that the peacefulness will stop. I haven't experienced this kind of peace for a long long time.

But I remembered what happened when I was awake just now. "Hah! Shit," I finally opened my eyes when I felt my phone buzzin'. I then sat on the bed and answered the call.

Calling: "My Emergency Person"

Izar? I assume that you are awake now. How are you? Oh, you don't need to answer it, I knew what happened already. Please drink your meds right away, hmmkay? Call me if you're ready to talk.

Then she dropped the call. She's always like that tho. I looked at my phone and checked the time. 2:00 am. God. Madaling araw na. I opened my phone's flashlight and reached for my meds at the side table, binuksan ko na din ang lamp na nakita ko. Then I saw a note sa tabi ng gamot ko.

'Your emergency person said that
you must drink your meds when you wake up.
So, drink it. '

-Lessia-

Wait. Professor Verajuela? Alessia, that's her name, right? Nasaan siya? I assume that I am inside her house. Palautos naman to masyado si Ma'am sa note nya.

Alam ko at naalala ko ang mga nangyari kanina. Fookin' anxiety triggers. Kailan ba matititigil ang mga nakakahiyang pangyayari sa akin sa harapan ni Ma'am? Gusto ko lang naman mabuhay ng matiwasay at walang aberya. Pero the situation earlier was beyond my control. I knew that once I skipped my meds at sunod sunod ang trigger sa paligid ko, I tend to experience a Mental Shutdown, that's why I blacked out. This already happened before, sometimes ay mag-isa lang ako, pero bago pa man ako mag black out ay may natawagan na akong tutulong sa akin.

Kaya I wonder kung paano nya nalaman ang nangyari sa akin, as far as I remembered ay hindi naman ako tumawag sa kanya.

I got out of bed to find my Professor. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko sya hahanapin. I think that this is her room. I can smell her perfume scent surrounding the area. Where are you, Ma'am?

The room actually is her style. Just like at her lounge. It has vintage touch pero hindi din naman nawala ang contemporary modern style ng kwarto. It was like a mix of the two. Malawak ang lugar na ito. RK talaga to siguro si Ma'am.

Walking outside the room ay kumaliwa agad ako dahil dead end naman na sa kanan. The house is huge sa pagkakatanda ko bago ako nahimatay. Mansion nga ito e. Kabilaan ang pintuan na nakikita ko pero mga ilang metro din ang layo ng bawat pinto sa isa't isa. Dumiretso lang ako hanggang sa nakita ko na ang hagdanan.

I was supposed to go down the stairs when I saw a bar area on my peripheral vision. Hindi ko masyadong naaaninag ang lugar dahil mejo madilim parin, naka low dim lang kasi ang mga ilaw sa hallway, pati na rin sa bar area na iyon.

Tumingin ako sa gawing iyon at lumapit. So this is where I would find her. Professor Verajuela sitting elegantly at the back of the bar counter sippin' her white wine.

"So you're finally awake." She uttered those words without looking at me.

She worked out at this time? It's 2 in the morning. Seriously? Nakasuot kasi sya ng black dri fit leggings and black shirt. And then maybe after she worked out ay umiinom naman sya. May problema ba sa buhay tong si Ma'am?