THE NEXT THING I FOUND OUT, MY KIDS WERE JUST TRYING TO PULL ME OUT OF MY BED. MY CONVERSATION WITH DAD LAST NIGHT ENDED OUT TO BE DRINKING HARD HIS WINE COLLECTIONS. AND PROBABLY, BOTH OF US WERE KNOCKED OUT. IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE, I'VE BEEN DRINKING SOME LIQUIORS. WELL, EARLY ACID IS RISING FROM MY INSIDES. IT HAS BEEN LIKE I HAVE A CALLING FOR MORNING VOMIT. I COULD USED TO GET TO THE WASHROOM FIRST BUT THE KIDS ARE JUST SO EXCITED FOR BREAKFAST. I WONDER WHY.
I TOOK SEVERAL TIMES AND MINUTES TRY TO VOMIT OR TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF MY STOMACH THAT MAKES ME FEEL WORST. AT THE SINK, I HELD MY HEAD UP WHILE IT STILL SPINS AND IT FEELS HEAVY WITH IN. I JUST NEED SOMETHING ELSE LIKE WARM WATER MAYBE. THEN I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING EVEN MORE DEPRESSING... I NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF ME. WHICH ALSO REMINDED BE OF MY DAD'S WORDS; BRING ME THE BOYS YOU DATED DURING YOUR COLLEGE. THIS SO PATHETIC. IT EVEN MADE ME FEEL BAD. WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL OF THEM. TO REALIZE, MY FUTURESELF TOLD ME THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMEONE OF MY PAST WHO RETURNED AND SHOWED THEMSELVES YESTERDAY AT THE WEDDING. I ONLY NEED THOSE THREE EXES WHO SHOWED THEMSELVES BEFORE ME. RIGHT. THIS WON'T BE HARD BUT IT WOULD BE DEFINITLEY SOMETHING. AND FROM THE THREE OF THEM... ONE OF THEM IS MY... THE FATHER OF THE... I COULDN'T SAY IT. IT IS JUST SO HORRIBLE TO FINISH EVERYTHING I THINK OF ABOUT THE REAL ONE.
"COME ON MOM! YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT AWAITS YOU DOWNSTAIRS!", I HEARD JULIO SPEAKING AT THE DOOR.
"JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE, SON!", I REPLIED, "I ALREADY GAVE YOU A LOT OF THOSE, MOM. LIKE YOU ALREADY SAID THAT FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN 15 MINUTES?"
DID I REALLY TOOK THAT LONG IN HERE. SO, I STOOD UP AND FIXED MYSELF A BIT AND OPEN THE DOOR AND SAW MY HANDSOME SON STANDING IN FRONT OF IT. I PASSED BY HIM TO LOOK FOR MY SLIPPERS BENEATH THE BED. JULIO SAT AT THE TOP OF MY BED AND STILL WAITING FOR ME TO FINISH. AS I WAS ALMOST DONE, I COULDN'T JUST GET ENOUGH OF HIS PRETTY LITTLE BOY THING. SO, I GRABBED HIM IN MY ARMS, KISSED HIM IN HIS CHEEKS AND SMELLED HIM AND IT WAS LIKE HE'S MY SON ALRIGHT. NO DOUBT OF IT. HE'S SUCH A PRETTY LITTLE GUY WITH THE WONDERFUL BLOSSOM CHEEKS. THE FRESH RED BABY LIPS. GIRLS WOULD LOVE IT WHEN HE GROWS UP.
"WHAT'S WRONG MOM? DOES THE ALCOHOL STILL KICKS IN?", JULIO BOTHERED ABOUT HUGGING HIM ALL OF THE SUDDEN. HE PLACED HIS PALM AFTER MY FOREHEAD TO CHECK IF I GOT FEVER OR WHAT.
"I'M FINE, SON. SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE DOWNSTAIRS?", HE THEN SMILED LIKE HE HAVE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW. HE JUST HAVE THIS MYSTERIOUS SMILE AT ME, "SO? WHERE'S ABBY?"
JULIO JUST WON'T GIVE A WORD ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWNSTAIRS. SO, I HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT ON MY OWN. I'M STILL WEARING MY NIGHT DRESS. WELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT PANCAKES WITH BACON ANG EGG THAT WERE PREPARED BY MY KIDS. IF NOT, WELL MAYBE THEY PREPARED ME A SWEET COFFEE TO START MY MORNING. BUT, IN REALITY, IT WAS LIKE THE HELL. LITERALLY, WHAT THE HELL IS GREGG JIRO DOING AT MY PLACE AT 8 IN THE MORNING!!! NOT ONLY THAT, DAD WAS SITTING LIKE IN FRONT OF HIM!!!
"SO... HERE'S MY SLEEPING BEAUTY. AWAKENED AT LAST.", OHHH!!! AM SO PISSSED OFF!!! DAD IS SOOOO PISSING AS IN PHISING ME AND PUSHING ME OUT FROM MY BOMB. GREGG STOOD UP FROM HIS SIT, STUNNED BY MY BEAUTIFUL MORNING LOOK AND I JUST WANT TO THROW SOMETHING UPON HIS FACE. MAYBE THE VASE NEXT TO ME.
"AURA... I...", GREGG SPOKE AND GOT INTERUPTED BY JULIO, "DON'T YOU EVEN SAY ABOUT IT, MR. GREGG. I WOKE HER UP AND THAT MAKES ME MOM'S PRINCE CHARMING."
WHAT A TOUGH WORDS FROM A ELEVEN YEAR OLD KID! THAT'S DEFINITELY MY SON. IF I COULD TELL HIM FROM THIS MOMENT THAT ASIDE FROM BEING MY LITTLE PRINCE CHARMING, YOU ARE ALSO MY KNIGHT AND SHINING ARMOR. THAT EXCITED FACE FROM GREGG GOT MELTED BY AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD KID. OUTSMARTED! THAT'S THE WORD!! WELL, I HAVE TO PLAY MY OWN GAME THEN.
I DECIDED TO BE LIKE A DAZZLING PRINCESS AURORA IN HER SWEET SPOKEN VOICE, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE GREGG?!"
"IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT AFTER THE WEDDING. I..I.. I GATHERED ALL THE COURAGE I NEED FOR THE PAST YEARS. THOSE ARE ALL FOR YOU, AURA", GREGG EXPLAINED, "SO I TEXTED YOU, AND YOU REPLIED TO ME LAST NIGHT TO MEET YOU AT YOUR PLACE.", OFCOURSE I WOULDN'T TEXT HIM TO MEET ME AT MY PLACE. WELL, I WOULDN'T CARE ACTUALLY BUT THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR MESSING ME UP LAST NIGHT... DAD.
