Her last letter to Earth

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Venus' POV

I groan as a sudden attack of pain hit my head. Minulat ko ang aking mga mata only to be surprised by another cute pairs of eyes. Umayos ako sa aking pagkakahiga at umalis naman ito sa aking uluhan. She look at me as if she is studying a new object. I found myself warmly covered in a thick blanket. Naka-on din ang aircon. 

Kinapa ko ang noo ko and tried to remember the things I went through before I got in here. 

"Okay na po kayo at?" The cute girl asked curiously while gawking at me. 

"Umm, Yes? Anong pangalan mo?" I asked kindly so that she won't get scared. I bet her age is around five or six. She's wearing her hair into pigtails. Wala rin ang dalawang ngipin nito sa unahan but that doesn't make her less cuter. She is a stranger to me but somehow look familiar like I've meet her before or I don't know.

"Patricia po. Patty po yung nickname ko dahil chubby daw po ako," masigla nitong sagot sa akin. I smiled at her and pat her head. 

"Nasaan ba si ate?" I asked the kid because the room was so unfamiliar. Everything in the room has a touched of pink so there's a big possibility that this room belongs to this kid. 

"Nasa bahay ka po namin ate, Wala ka pong maalala?" the cute kid answered me kaya napatingin ako sa kaniya. I slowly scanned the pieces of memories inside my head just to remember what happened.  

Sabay kaming napalingon ni Patty sa pintuan ng bumukas ito. A beautiful lady entered wearing her motherly smiled as she approaches us. She had a few wrinkles in her face as a sign of aging but that only makes her looks more matured and sophisticated. She also had the same figure as I've seen her before. I guess alagang alaga ito sa katawan. The woman whom very familiar to me, the woman who carry me on her womb for nine months, the woman whom I've loved more than the stars and the moon slowly appears in front of me smiling. 

Nakatitig lang ako kay mama. How come that she suddenly gets so old? As far as I can remember mama was just nineteen. natutup ko ang aking bibig when I suddenly realize something. Ibig bang sabihin nito ay nakabalik na ako sa sarili kong timeline? My eyes sparkled with happiness as I watched how my mother scoops the kids into her arms. She looks so healthy like she was before. No terminal illness and the likes. 

Hindi ko inalis ang aking tingin sa kaniya sa pag aakalang baka panaginip lang itong lahat o di kaya'y halusinasyon. Maingat niyang inilapag sa aking kinahihigaan si Patty at umupo naman ng komportable si Patty sa kutson. She kissed her head when she's settled down.

She look at me again and I was so ready to addressed her as my mother but I suddenly halted as I saw her eyes. Her eyes doesn't seem to recognize me. Nangunot ang aking noo. Confusion took place inside my mind. nakangiti nga ito sa akin but it is not a smile a mother would give to her own daughter. instead it is a smile you give to someone you first met again for a long period of time. An awkward smile. 

Dinamba na naman ako ng kaba. Ano bang nangyayari. When I was just in the middle of letting the things sink in a piece of memory flashed through my mind. I suddenly coughed so hard as a memory of cold water engulfing me and I am drowning. Nag aalala namang lumapit sa akin si mama at mahinang tinapik ang aking likod. 

Napatitig naman ako kay Patty na nasa aking harapan habang hinahabol ang aking hininga. I stare at her eyes. Those eyes, why didn't I realized it before? She has eyes the same as Earth's. Then I suddenly remember kung ano talaga ang nangyari. I was saving Earth from taking his own life when I fall to the bridge instead and got drown.