TNRS I: To The Bone (Ongoing)

Chapter 19: Away

Kinabukasan naabutan ko sina mom sa dining table. I sat with them and sumabay na kumain ng breakfast.

"So, rai your finals is coming?"

"Opo. I'll be reviewing din for the whole weekend. May ipapagawa po ba kayo?" I looked at mom.

"Just do your best at your exams, dear. That's good enough for me." She responded.

"I know you'll do well, anak." Dad smiled at me.

"Where's tita pala?" I asked. When I walked passed her room she was not there.

"She just left for Paris kanina. She will also visit sienna before going back to the country." Anang dad.

Oh. I remembered that my cousin just graduated.

"Will ate sienna be visiting ngayong bakasyon dad?" Tanong naman ng kapatid ko.

"I don't think so anak. But I'm planning to organize a sched for us para bumisita sakaniya instead. Maybe this summer even for just a week."

"Omg. Talaga?! Oh, I can't wait to go to Paris!"

Ipinagpatuloy ko na lang ang pagkain ko habang nakikinig kina mom at dad. I hope sienna is doing alright. But hearing that tita is going to her across the country made me feel a bit better. She may be alcoholic but tita has the most purest of hearts.

Through the years, tita has always been the one who understood me the most. She's always been there for me lalo na kapag wala sina mom and dad because of their responsibilities in the company.

She did even as far as taking a break from modelling just to accompany me after I was rescued from the kidnapping. She also did the same to sienna after the crashing incident.

Since it's the weekend, nandito lang ako sa bahay at magrereview siguro buong araw hanggang bukas. And that's what i did. I told axel to not call because we both need to study, it's not just for me but for the both of us. Thankfully, hindi naman siya nangulit.

For the whole weekend hindi ako lumabas ng bahay maging nga sa aking kwarto. Bumababa na lang ako kapag nagugutom ako.

I made sure that I reviewed everything and everything.

My mind has been set to a goal for years now, I can only top the class or top the class. Although no one in the family has put pressure on me, I feel pressure on my own accord.

That pressure I set for myself has helped me push myself to surpass my own limits.

My family never told me to be this and that, especially to be ever-perfect. But every de Leon from generations to generations has built their own name and standards within the family that contributed to the standards that my generation is now looking up to.

And so, I wanna build my own name and make history just like they did. I always admired the thought that perfection is a must to live up the name of a de Leon.

I want to work harder than anyone else. I wanna prove to myself-not to my family or to anyone else.

That come hell or high waters, I can and will withstand anything and everything that life has installed for me.

And so the week of our finals has come. I made sure to sleep early kagabi so that my head would be in a good condition when the exams starts.

"Brey-aubrey! Hey! Bigyan mo naman ako ng hint sa number 47 oh! Dali!"

"Nagbar ka kase! I told you to review. Magdusa ka ngayon."