Hermosa Series 1: Dear Journey (Book 1)

Prologue

Hi! I'm writing this story because I have been missing the place where I grew up. I miss my friends, I miss everyone, the food, everything.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, some places, and incidents are just products of the author's imagination and are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Prologue

My shoes would touch the ground with my every step. The sunlight touched my face. I can hear the birds chirping. It's a nice day. I sighed a bit.

Bahagyang humigpit ang hawak ko sa mga bulaklak na dala ko muli ngayon habang papunta doon.

I remember someone who used to tell me that there would always be days like this. After the dark night the sun would rise again for another day. Even at night time the dark sky still shines with all the stars and the moon. Palaging may liwanag. A light that would guide us. Para hindi tayo mahirapang makita ang daan sa kung saan tayo dapat na patutungo. Para maiwasan ang pagkaligaw...

He's my light.

I will never forget him.

I would always remember him. I would remember the lessons he taught me... I remember everything... from the beginning.

"Here," hinila ako ni Will papasok sa isang walang taong classroom.

I just giggled at nagpaubaya. He shushed me with a naughty smile on his red lips and started kissing my lips again after shutting the door behind me at sinandal ako roon.

Nga lang ay hindi pa kami nagtatagal ay pareho nang natigilan nang nakarinig ng malakas na boses galing sa labas. Pareho kaming napatingin sa  nakabukas na bintana ng classroom kung saan nasilip kami ng isang teacher ko rin sa isang subject na medyo hindi pa ako paborito sa klase niya.

"Miss Gomez!" tili ni Ma'am.

I sighed and pushed William more.

"What is wrong with you, Erica?" si Mommy na mukhang stressed.

Hindi naman nagsalita si Daddy at tahimik lang na nag-d-drive. Sinundo nila ako sa school. Alam kong pagod pa sila at halos kakarating lang galing sa flight nila.

My parents works as a Pilot, si Daddy, at FA naman si Mommy. Palagi silang wala sa bahay at madalas naiiwan ako kasama lang si Yaya.

Bumaling ako sa labas ng bintana ng kotse.

"Hindi pwedeng ganito na lang lagi, Erica." nagpatuloy si Mommy pagdating namin sa bahay.

"Saan ka pupunta?" habol niya nang nakita akong paakyat na sa hagdan.

Binalingan ko sila ni Daddy. They actually look good in their Airline uniforms. They look good together. Mommy looks so young. Well she's younger than Daddy. At bata pa rin siya noong nagbuntis sa 'kin.

"To my room? I'll rest." I told them.

Mommy shook her head. "We're not done talking."