A Taste of Summer

CHAPTER ONE

I wore the necklace my best friend gave me last 2 years before I leave my room.

*knock knock*

"Are you ready sweetie?"

I opened the door. I sighed, "I'm not yet ready to leave without you, mom."

"Come here..." she hugged me, "you'll be fine. And in fact, I can see in your eyes that you really miss the Philippines especially your best friend."

"I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too, sweetheart." she kissed me on my forehead. "Bakit ang dami mo naman yatang dala? You'll just stay there for two months, not two years." she laughed.

I pouted. "Kasama na diyan 'yung mga pasalubong ko kay Bryle at sa family niya at saka sa mga friends ko sa Philippines."

"I see." She shrugged. "Ethan's waiting for you downstairs."

I came down to see him.

"So, I guess this is good bye?" he stood up from the couch.

"Silly! Am I going to die?" I raised my eyebrows and chuckled.

"Oh my God Sky come on! Of course you'll be gone for two months. I'm going to miss you a lot."

"You're such a... hmm, what do you call that?"

"A hottie?" he smiled, the pa-cute smile.

"Yuck. Get lost." I rolled my eyes.

"So arte!" I laughed when I heard him say "arte".

I taught him to speak tagalog even though he already knew how. Ethan's a half Filipino half Canadian. He also speaks French. Cool, ayt?

"So did you say yes already? Is he already your boyfriend?" my mom came out from nowhere.

"Mom!"

"Just kidding! You two look so cute together. Come on, let me take you some pictures." We smiled as my mom took us some pictures.

"Tell Bryle I miss him so much. And also, give these to him." My mom handed me two paper bags.

"What are these?"

"Secret."

"What?! You two have a secret? How come I did not even know that?"

"I said it's a secret honey." She chuckled. "Come on, get in the car Skylette."

"Hey Sky. Tell Bryle I said hi." Ethan said.

"Got it. Thanks Ethan. I'll miss you."

"Je vais vous manquer trop, Sky."

It's 8 o'clock in the evening when I arrived in the Philippines. I'm on my way to the beach house where I'll stay for the rest of the summer. When we got there, I paid the taxi driver and helped me get my bags.

"Thank you." I smiled at the taxi driver.

I opened the house. I'll stay here for two months alone? Geez.

It's very dark in here. I couldn't even remember where the switch is. I'm so tired, I feel groggy. I lied in the couch. The next thing I know, people are talking out loud. Why is it so loud? I opened my eyes...

"WELCOME BACK SKYLETTE!" I was surprised when Bryle's family were here standing, welcoming me, except Bryle. I stood up. Wait... how did they get in?

"Skylette! Ikaw na ba 'yan pangken? Ay kaganda mo sobra!" Tita Reena hugged me.

"Hi tita, uhm, what time is it?" I asked her, still feeling sleepy.