Something More

Dreams

Friday on the Sixth Week of Easter

Imee Therese's POV:

"Imee! Imee!"

"Whoa! Ehehehe...what's the rush, Anthony? Why are you so happy today?" I asked my happy love.

"Well...we received an invitation from Antipolo! We get an pilgrimage from the Our Lady of Peace!"

"Re-really?! I've been dreaming to go to that place! Hehehe!" His happiness spread on me. "Let's travel with all our friends! It will be so much fun!"

"Hehehe! I know, right?"

The preperations then quickly went underway throughout the day...some nuns goes to the supermarket to buy our needs for the trip, Catherine and Evangeline takes charge with ironing my clothes, while Anthony and Joshua fixes the van where we could travel to our destination.

And on the night before our trip, my room is filled with all of my four friends for some time together...

"Woah! I never seen this before!" Catherine comments at our gathering tonight. "I want to know more all of you, guys! Hehehe!"

"Well, sure! How about you should describe yourself first? Hehehe!" I let the conversation begin. "I know that there's more that you're still hiding from us, right? Hehehe!"

"Really? Sure! Hehehe!" Catherine giggles and give it all out. "You know, Imee...I've always dreamed to become a tour guide...to travel around the country and know the places that I want to go. Oh, I know! How about tomorrow, let's go to places before reaching our destination? We have enough money to stay on the road for at least two days?"

"Hmm...well, okay. As long as Father Jean will approve that. Hehehe!" Anthony chuckles and replies. "How about your relationship with Joshua?"

As flirtness filled the atmosphere, I could feel that Catherine's blushing...while Joshua is brave enough to confess about it...

"Well...Catherine is helping me to getting back on track. In fact, I'm already preparing for being baptized into your church, Anthony." Joshua explains. "Though, I'm still don't know how I could pay her back."

"Oh! Don't worry about it! Take your time!" I could feel Catherine smiling at her boyfriend. "You know I could help you. If you want to hangout with me, just say the word!"

"Thanks, Kat! Well, if you're dreaming to be a tour guide, my own dream is to become a doctor...well, for me and for my cousin Evangeline." Joshua explains. "Coming from the family of doctors, we decided to continue my parents...and my grandparents' legacy of curing people from all their ailments...and also...I want to help my cousin who is scared of body parts."

"Oh, ge-geez! Ple-please don't say it out loud!" Evangline's voice becomes stuttered. "Whenever I saw blood, I'm starting to panic! Much worse if I see...a be-beating heart!!! WAAAAH!!! Please don't say it! I'm go gonna fa-faint!!!"

"Ehehehe...perhaps Evangeline is scared in more things than one!" I giggled as I realized something from my friend. "Don't worry, let's pray so you could take good care of the patients without being worried about blood and stuff...perhaps you could help Anthony taking care of me, as well! Hehehe!"

"Yes! I will, Imee! Please help me, okay? I promise, I won't let you down!" Evangeline is happy about my support, then turns to my love. "Hey! By the way, Anthony. I heard that you were a policeman! Tell us, what does it looks like being those people who serves and protects people like us?"

"Well...come to think about it...being a policeman would make me proud of myself." Anthony replies to me. "It is an honor to roll on the streets to prevent bad guys from harming people. You know...it's worth it when I sacrifice my time in sleeping, playing games and some recreation so I could doing some checkpoint roundups, inspecting every car that passes every late at night, responding every call for help and rescue, and my most favorite part...is taking sadistic criminals and bad guys to justice! Sigh...if I wasn't stupid enough to kill that girl five years ago."

"My love, don't think about it anymore...at least God has given you a chance...everybody's has given another chance." I comforted my love. "We should all thank God for everything that happened to you...every dream that you wished upon the heavens...it's all the blessings that God wishes to all of you. By telling to each and everyone of us about your dreams, you have just make our God happy at us...and we should give thanks to Him when we go to Antipolo, okay?"

"Yes, Imee!"

Then before going to bed, I led my friends to prayer...

"Lord, we thank you for all the blessings you had given to us...you had given us the reason why all of us have been gathered under one roof...to share the miracles that you had given...and provide hope and faith unto You so we could rely more on You. As we go on a journey towards Your Mother, let be our trip will a step forwards towards understanding Your plans in us...Our purpose in life...for we believe that there's something more within us. Help us to unravel that...if it is for Your glory...and for the greater glory of our souls, Amen"

We are about to take their places in my room, when I feel a bit discomfort inside me...there's not enough air entering into my lungs through my ventilator...I might be faint quick!

"Oh! Imee...are you alright? You look a bit pale..." Evangeline worriedly asked me.

"Oh...I'm fine...it's just...I can't get enough air from here..."

"...sigh...that's what I'm talking about, Joshua. We shouldn't decline Father Jean's offer to sleep in the nuns' dormitory! Hmph!" I hear Catherine scolding her boyfriend Joshua. "Good thing that I brought some camping tents with me. Come on, let's give Imee some space."

"Hehehe! Please don't do that, guys. I'm fine, really!" I tried to persuade my friends. "Besides, I don't want to let all of you fighting because of me."

"Oh! Ehehehe...we're not fighting, Imee. Don't worry." Joshua eases my worry. "You should take enough rest for tomorrow so...we gonna let you breathe more fresh air. Besides, I'm gonna camp out with my two friends...and that's so nice!"

"Well, if you say so." I smiled in the end. "Good night, have some rest as well!"

"Good night! Take care!"

As the door of my room closes, I hear some chatters and slaughters outside...as my friends Catherine, Evangeline and Joshua camps outside.

"Anthony?"

"Oh! Yes, Imee? Is there anything that I can do for you?" Anthony responds to my call and smiled at me.

"Well...perhaps I could tell you that this is the time that I could repay you for all the things that you did to me..."

"Hmm? How?"

I smiled back at him and simply said...

"Well, let's wait and see. Let God do something that I could think of to thank you."