POSSESSIVE

ONE

(3 years later)

"Irene"

"Irene, baby wake up."

"Irene, darling, we have to leave for the airport now," I groggily opened my eyes at that. Mom was hovering over me with a soft smile gracing her lips. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, wondering why I was being awoken so early.

"Are you going somewhere?" I mumbled sleepily and yawned afterwards. She patted my head and apologized for waking me up soon.

"I and your dad are leaving for our trip. You told me to wake you up so you could see me off," she replied and tried to pull me out of the bed.

"Right," I muttered as I left the bed. Dad and mom are going on a vacation. They are supposed to be away for two months so they want me to see them off before they leave. I had forgotten I agreed to their request. I nodded to my mom and asked her where my fluffy slippers were. She pointed to the corner of my room, where they were lying around like an abandoned toys.

Without caring how I look in a tank top and shorts, and with my hair as I kept as a bird's nest, I just slipped on my fluffy slippers and followed her out of my room, and down to the main gate. Dad was loading all the suitcases inside the car when we stepped out.

"Good morning Princess," Dad chirped and pulled me in for a hug once he spotted me.

"It's 3 am right now so it's still night for me," I yawned once again, feeling sleep creeping up to me but the chilly morning air kept me awake. He kissed my forehead lovingly and apologized for waking me up. I complained to him about how inhumane he is for waking me up so soon and hopped into the backseat of the car with mom.

"Sorry, princess. I'll bring back lots of gifts for you as my apology," he said from the front seat. I clicked my tongue and reluctantly forgave him for his crime.

She hugged me and put my head on her shoulder. "I'm sorry for waking you up too," She apologized, putting my head on my shoulders for me to rest. I nuzzled her neck like a child and pouted as I forgave her.

"It's okay mom, really," she smiled softly and kissed my forehead. I snuggled more into her side, almost clinging to her like a koala. This is what I mean when I said that she makes me feel like she is the one who has given birth to me.

Ever since the first day we met, she did everything to me that a mom would do. She always felt sad that I never had a mother to put me to sleep so she started the tradition to tuck me in bed before going to sleep. She said she wants me to experience all the things I've missed upon.

Sometimes she reads me bed stories too, though they are more often the novels that I read. Her voice is angelic so I most often request her to read me a novel, which she did.
I hugged her tighter as I remembered all the precious things we have done together.

I'll miss them both a lot. I thought to myself. Their future absence made me think about a lot of things, like spending more time with my friends and finishing all the books that I have to finish and then eventually my mind drifted off towards Lisa.

Will she visit me once Mom and Dad are away? I knew the answer to my thought. There is a zero chance she still remembers me.

Not even once had she visited the home after the wedding. Sometimes I think the reason is me but then again why would she not visit her home because of me? As I said before, she doesn't even remember me probably so why didn't she visit? Mom said that she is always busy with her work but deep down I know she is just making an excuse for her.

I didn't dwell much on the topic because I knew I'll start to blame myself if I continue to think about her.

My mind wandered off to the day she was left. Was she going to kiss me? My hands touched my lips unconsciously. Only if she had tilted her head just a little more, our lips would have touched. I still wonder how it would feel to kiss her. Will it be sweet? Or will it be intense, just like her?