Hi, Ako Si Clairina

Chapter 9

Philippines

Kakababa lang ng airplane na sinakyan namin..

Bukas na ang 16th birthday ko

"Mom, diba sabi mo dito ako dati in just a short period of time? "

"Yes"

"Then, who were my friends? I'm sure I have friends here before. But who are they? "

"Well, I forgot their names. And marami ka namang naging kaibigan, since mahilig kang pumunta dun sa favorite park mo "

"Oh... Then can we go to that favorite park then"

Una ay nagulat si mommy, but she nodded afterwards...

Pagdating sa park ay skateboarding park siya.

Sa gilid ay playground.

Naglibot libot ako dun. Kaunti lang naman ako...

Many people stared at me...

Oh well, di naman sa nagmamayabang. But I thing nakakaattract lang talaga ang pananamit ko...

Almost everyone is wearing jeans kasi with their own style of shirt or spaghetti strap clothes.

May ibang naka uniform...

I'm wearing a simple pastel colored dress (light pink) with a white belt with it's gold chain. Naka 3 inched pink wedge heels, and nakalugay ang hair ko. Hindi siya maikli. I think it's just an inch lower as armpit part ko.

I stayed at the railing. Sea side pala ito. Well, I just noticed when the salty air blew my hair.

I was looking at the sea when my mom sat at the bench near me. The bench was facing the shore, too.

She wore a dress, too, but red ang ginamit niya. Naka bun sya. Naka red doll shoes din siya... But she wore a dark, red lipstick (and I just used lip tint) and a black glasses

Naka rinig ako ng tawa at ng usapan...

Papalapit sila sa amin.

Nilingon ko...

Oh, just college people walking pass us. Akala ko papalapit. So tinitigan ko sila.

Unexpectedly, the girl with an artificial brown hair looked back at me.

Which made her stop walkin and her big smile turned to circle...

Nilapitan niya ako, which made me gave her an awkward look and smile...

"Hey! Nakikilala mo pa ba ako? Kumusta na?! Muntik na kitang di nakilala! Malaki ang pinag... "

She stopped nung narealize niyang di nagbago ang expression ko

"Uhmm... Hi. Uh... "

I looked at mom. Her lips were in a thin line. But when she saw me looked at her, she smiled formally.

"Ahh... Sorry baka nakalimutan mo ako.. I'm Ella. Pero tinatawag mo akong ate Ella dati. "

I don't know what to say... It's really awkward... Sooo... What I did is...

"Hi Ella. I'm Clairina. Nice meeting you"

Her smile faded little by little when I said that and held a hand to her...

She smiled fakely when she shake our hands.

"Ahmm.. Sige, Sta- uhmmm. C-Clairina... I have to go"

My smile was still awkward...

"Oh. Uhm, well, let's exchange numbers then. So we can hang out some time? Para maibalik ulit ang friendship natin... "

Her face light up and cheerfully said

"Sure! "

And we did...

"Clairina darling, let's go back now. Nauuhaw na ako. "

When I switched my view to mom, nakatayo na siya with her formal smile.

"I have to go, Ella. It was nice talkin with you for a few hours. "

"Uhm. S-sure! "

She flashed a cheerful smile to me,
And in exchange, I flashed a formal smile to her too before I turn my back to her.