ONE WITH THE STARS

HER MISSIONS

TIMOTHY

I still can't believe na pumayag ako sa plano ni Simone.Ang weird lang kasi ng sinabi niya kagabi
"ill miss this"
Hindi ako mapakali dito sa upuan ko and I can't concentrate sa sinasabi ng prof namin.Bigla nalang din nagbago mood ni Simone ngayong araw,she's back to being alive again.Tawa na sya ng tawa and mostly nakangiti.

"Class dismissed"

Sa totoo lang,I hope that school won't end kasi kinakabahan talaga ako sa gagawin namin ni Simone mamaya.Never ko pang naranasan tumakas ng bahay namin kasi I don't want to leave my mom and my sister alone at night especially because of what happened to my father before sa luma naming bahay

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IT WAS A COLD MONDAY NIGHT,Mom was cooking dinner,Kriz,who just turned eight,was playing at the living room,and I (12) was doing my homework at our dining table.Si Dad pumunta ng work pero sa mga ganitong oras pauwi na siya.

"mommy pauwi na ba si daddy?"
tanong ni kriztina

"Yes anak,malapit na daw siya sabi niya sa text niya"
nakangiting sabi ni mom while arranging the plates for dinner.

"tulungan na kita mom"
i offered sabay ligpit ng books ko para malagay yung mga plato.

Nilalagay na ni Mom yung mga pagkain sa table nung biglang narinig namin yung busina ng sasakyan ni dad.

"DADDY'S HOME!!!"

excited na sigaw ni kriz sabay takbo papunta sa pintuan at lumabas.I went after her and we waited sa porch habang palabas si papa ng sasakyan.He waved at us and,while he was walking towards us,we heard a gunshot.
Nabigla kami ni kriz kaya bigla siyang umiyak at niyakap ako.While i was hugging kriz I noticed that dad was on the pavements,bleeding.I heard mom came out of the house and looked at us with worried eyes.

"OH MY GOSH!ARE YOU TWO OKAY?!WHAT WAS THAT?WHERE IS YOUR FATH—"

napatigil siya sa pagsasalita nung nakita niya yung kanina ko pang tinitingnan

"m-matthew??MATTHEW!!!"

Sabay takbo papunta kay dad

"DADDDYYY!!!!"

Sumunod naman si Kriz nang biglang sumigaw si Mom.Sinundan ko sila at napaluhod ako sa gilid ni Dad.Hinawakan ni mom yung part kung saan natamaan si dad.He was shot at the right part of his stomach and there were lots of blood coming out of it.

"t-timothy,wag m-mong papab-bayaan yung m-mom mo at kapatid m-mo ha."
sabi ni dad while he held my hand and I gripped it.

"DON'T SAY THAT MAT!!YOU CAN'T GO!!NO!!WE NEED YOU...I need you."
sabi ni mom habang pinipilit itayo so dad

"Y-you were the b-best thing that happened to me,Van." sabi ni dad habang hawak ang mukha ni Mom.Lumingon naman si dad kay Kriz.

"b-be a good g-girl ok?"

"a-are you leaving us dad?"
tanong ni kriz,but dad just smiled at her

"I-i love you" then he closed his eyes

"mat?mat?!MATTT!!!"

and those were his last words

Nadamay lang si Dad sa isang away sa kabilang bahay sabi ng mga pulis.Nakulong naman yung taong pumutok ng baril pero pinatawad din siya ni Mom,kasi alam naman niyang hindi niya toh sinasadya.He didn't make it to the hospital.He lost so much blood kaya hindi na siya kayang irevive ng mga doctor.I can't believe he's gone.Everything just happened so fast.
After what happened Mom was so devastated.She doesn't go out with some of her friends anymore.She doesn't eat.She's  always by the window looking nowhere.And I always see her crying on Dad's side of the bed.