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“Wait, what!? You're finally going back??”
I pulled the phone away from my ear, a bit annoyed at how loud she was, and said, “Can you just chill for a sec?”
“I'm literally at Isla's place right now, oh my gosh! When are you flying back? What date? What time? Which airport? Tell me bili!” I heard Freia actually running while holding her phone, I guess she's off to share Isla the news.
“What's so important about me coming back to the Philippines anyway? Who knows? Maybe umalis din ako agad.” I said with a low tone, enough lang para marinig ako ni Freia.
“Oh come on now, Evelyn Arkhava. Don't be like that girlie.” rinig ko galing sa boses ni Isla. “Girl, true the fire!!” Freia added.
I mean, it's not really any big of a deal isn't it? I just miss my life in the Philippines before. A little vacation would be nice since I'm getting bored here in LA, wala akong kakilala. Also, one thing about me is that I'm really into travelling, money was never a problem to me. Probably because mayaman ang parents ko, yes, not me but my parents. Plus, only child pa ako. In short, I'm spoiled, but not in a bad way of course.
Even though they never really had any expectations for me, they were the type that's just like a friend to me. Super supportive sila sa mga gusto kong gawin sa buhay, with the stuffs I wanted to try, my personal needs, attention, and so much more. I have them all, pero tinuruan pa rin nila ako how to respect, and value the things I was given, they would always tell me na there's a lot of other people, begging for food, working for hours just to earn a little bit of money na hindi pa nga kasya sa mga kailangan ng pamilya nila. Kaya hindi lumalaki ang ulo ko.
I
graduated years ago, Bachelor of Arts in Photography, and then my parents were the type to travel a lot, also because of their business and that's why I go along with them, great opportunity to take pretty pictures.. of different people, different places, food, the weather and just.. life around the world.
They have business here in LA, though last month nasa London ako with some of my cousins. And now I'm off to the Philippines.
Tinapos ko rin agad ang call with Freia and Isla, I need to start packing up. Dahil nag book kaagad si Mommy ng flight for me tonight, matagal na rin niyang sina-suggest na bumisita ako sa pilipinas. I was hesitant at first, as I remember I still have some unfinished business back home.
Argh! Naalala ko na naman! Move on, Eve. Move on.
I shook my head, bumalik din kaagad sa pag-aayos ng mga gamit ko. It's 5:47pm already, my flight's at 7pm!! Kasalanan 'to nung dalawa eh, they were talking nonstop. As in, nonstop!
Suddenly, I feel a strange mix of nervousness and excitement. Once again, I'm stepping to the place where everything about me started. Where I was carefree and could show my true self, express my feelings and thoughts, learned the sport I excelled at, found happiness, made friends, and went through the experience of falling in love.
‘Will this be a good journey for me, or just another phase that I'll end up hating?’
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