Enchanted

10. Another Day Spent With Him

“I wanna go fishing. Gusto nyo’ng sumama?” aya ko sa dalawa na kasalukuyang busy sa pagma-manicure at pedicure sa mga kuko nila.

“Fishing? How boring! Pass!” sagot ni Cassie habang nagni-nailfile sa kanyang kuko.

Hmp! Duuuh?

“What about you, Julianna?” malakas na sigaw ko kay Julianna na nasa terrace.

“Don’t bother asking her babe. Kuya Magnus was on the line. Hmmm. Na-miss siguro si Julia. Yieeeee!” Kinikilig na kwento ni Cassie.

Napailing nalang ako. For sure, super kilig din ngayon si Julia.

“Well, it’s look like you’re really busy on your own stuffs.. well, ako nalang ang pupunta mag-isa. Baka magbago ang isip nyo, the lake was located sa may greenhouse ng hasyenda.. magpahatid nalang kayo sa ibang trabahador o kaya kay Kuya Mark if makita nyo sya.”

“Okay babe. We’ll try to come over. Take care!”

Tumango na lang ako at lumabas na sa isa sa mga guest room ng mansion na ino-occupy ni Julia.

Alam na ni Lola Anna ang plano ko’ng mamingwit. Nagpaalam na kase ako sa kanya after naming mag-lunch.

I love fishing. It reminds me of my childhood memories here at this place.

Naaalala ko pa noon nung nabubuhay pa si Mommy at Daddy, we always went here to spend our week. Hahaii. How I missed those days! T_T

Kung bakit pa kase sila maagang kinuha sa akin.

It was my parent’s 10th wedding anniversary. Sa isang resort daw sila magsi-celebrate together, kaya di na nila ako pinasama.. pumayag naman ako agad and I even still remember that I teased both of them to give me a little brother or sister na. But that didn’t happen, dahil pauwi na sana sila that time nang maaksidente sila sa daan. They were bumped by a 10-wheeler truck, and they were declared Dead on arrival when they were brought in the hospital.

That was the most anguish days of my life. Hindi ko alam ko’ng ano ang gagawin ko. I always cried at night  and never spoke to anyone for almost 6 months. Sobrang nag-aalala na nga si Lola at Lolo sa kondisyon ko.. I also remember that we went to the doctor regularly to checked me up.

Because of that tragedy that I experienced at my very young age, I became distant to other people around me. I always want to be alone and hardly speak to anyone until I reached highschool and eventually meet those 2 girls who maybe so crazy but still make me happy in any little way.

Sa sobrang occupied ng isip ko sa pagbabalik-tanaw sa buhay ko, hindi ko na napansin na nakarating na pala ako sa may lake. This place was open to public pero hindi naman palaging madaming tao.. katulad ngayon, ako lang mag-isa ang nandito.

Nilapag ko muna ang dala ko’ng fishing equipments sa damuhan at naglatag ng isang malaking picnic blanket. At nilagay din dun ang dala ko’ng libro ni Nicholas Sparks.

Ang ganda talaga dito! Napaka-peaceful. Napakapresko ng hangin. This is heaven :”>

Nagsimula na ako’ng mamingwit. Habang hinihintay ko kung meron ba ako’ng isdang mahuhuli, kumakanta-kanta pa ako.

I have died everyday waiting for you

Darling don’t be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years

I love you for a thousand more..

Bigla ako’ng napatalon dahil sa gulat ng may biglang may pumalakpak sa may likuran ko.