The whole week has passed and its been the same. Nakaalis na ako sa hospital without daddy. He's been busy on our business, he doesn't have enough time for us.
"Okay ka na ba talaga?" Jasper repeated his question for nth time.
I giggled and smile, "I told you, I'm better than fine."
May quiz na naman kami ngayon, and I have to pass it for my parents. For me to get what they expect from me.
"You better pass now Felicity. Kailangan mong bumawi," pagpapaalala ni Breune habang kaharap ang libro.
I nodded, "nag-aral ako habang nakaconfine ako!" I proudly said.
Maureen rolled her eyes, "That's what you said last semester, but you failed."
My smooth forehead crumpled, "I won't let myself drop."
Dahil nga sa may quiz kami sa lahat ng subject ay early dismissal kami. But my friends wants us to stay longer in the school so that kami agad ang makakita ng scores. 9 am ang simula ng test, and it will end at exactly 5 pm. The results will be posted at 7pm.
As the time passed by, narealize ko kung ano ang mga nalagpasan kong lessons. Nahirapan akong i-cope ang test pero nakabawi naman.
After the exam, we decided to go to the music room. I ran towards the piano and sit in front of it.
"I miss you!" I crazily talked to my keyboard and hugged it.
My friends laughed at me.
"I'm sure he misses you too Felicity," Maureen said, pertaining to my keyboard.
I nodded and turn it on.
"Let's jam?"
"Our song!"
"Okay okay!"
"One!" together we shouted as Jasper loudly bang with his drums
The music room was been quiet since we came.
"Two!"
We're in the middle of instruments. In the middle of our dreams.
"Three!"
And this is..this is freedom.
"You can count on me
Like one, two, three
I'll be there"
All of us with our genuine smile with our face, eyes shining through our instruments, and our voice shouting for freedom.
"And I know when I needed
I can count on you
Like four, three, two
You'll be there"
As I slowly reached my dreams, I know at the same time I'll reach my freedom. In the middle of people who are against us, who hates us, who are bashing us, we are really thankful because we experience something like that.
"Coz that's what friends
Are supposed to do
Oh yeah
Hmmm Hmmm"
The whole Retriever won't be complete without the people who continue to support us. As I looked up to my friends one by one I slowly realized one thing. Being judged is not important, but being praised is. Doing what others want is not important, doing what you really want is. Deadlines, routines, plans and schedules are not important, The whole Retriever is.
