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Anna

You guys might be thinking that I'm fine with everything that's going on but I'm really not, cause all I've been doing was chanting the words 'f***' inside my head while smiling. 'Smiling relieves stress, they say. Yeah f****** right, I'm having a mental breakdown right now while hopping to my death, how fun! Thank you!' I thought. I saw the door to hell—I mean the door to the Director's Office where I'll be sentenced to dea—I meant, we're going to talk about the s*** I volunteered for...accidentally. Oh, how fun it is to live, am I right? I stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath raising my hands to knock 'Okay Anna, let's build a snowman' I thought. I knocked in a certain pattern and waited for an answer from behind the door, unfortunately for me a voice was heard inside saying "come in". I held the knob and pushed it to open with my eyes closed. 'How dumb are you?' I thought as my face crashed into the door which was supposed to be pulled open. I cursed under my breath and pulled the door this time and entered with the others chuckling behind me.

"What can I do for you, Ms. Aikawa and...the gangs?" Mr. Clinton said. "Is Professor Sanchez here?" I asked. "She will be here in a few minutes. Why? Do you have any business with her or something? If so, just sit down on the couches and wait" He said. "Yeah, we do have and I need your help with this one. I made a mistake" I explained. While the others sat down on the couches, I went to the mini bar and grabbed a cup and poured hot water in it and grabbing an apple flavored teabag. "So, Mr. Director. How's your life inside the office?" I asked him. "Oh, you know, the usual. Sorting and writing reports about the students" Mr. Clinton replied. "I see" I replied and nodded sipping the tea. "You literally just saw your uncle 3 hours ago Anna" Simon said. "Excuse me sire, we're in an office. Hindi dapat tayo feel at home" I replied. "Actually...hindi ba kay Mr. Clinton yung tea and cups diyan?" Jade asked. "Yeah" I answered blowing on the tea. "What does the cup of tea have to do with this?" I asked pointing at ourselves. "Sabi mo 'Hindi dapat tayo feel at home' a second ago, and you're literally just standing there sipping on a cup of tea" Simon answered. Before I could answer, Professor Sanchez entered the room with a folder in one hand. "I see that you've brought the volunteers, Ms. Aikawa" Professor Sanchez said. "Ah, you see Professor Sanchez. I wanted to—" I tried to talk but got cut off. "Mr. Clinton, I need you to sign here and here" Professor Sanchez said while pointing to different part of the page. Mr. Clinton, or should I say Uncle, went and signed the papers without reading it and gave the paper back to Professor Sanchez, who then gave me the paper and asked me to sign the paper as well. Unknowingly, I signed the paper without reading the title part and continued sipping on the tea. "What is this about Professor Sanchez?" I asked while she was writing something down on the paper as well. "Oh, just give me a minute to jot something down" Professor Sanchez replied. "Okay" we replied. I poured myself another hot water so I could continue drinking the beverage.

It seemed that Professor Sanchez finished what she was doing earlier while I was waiting for the beverage to cool down. "Okay, I've finished the things needed to be filled up and have received confirmation from Mr. Montes." Professor Sanchez broke the silence. I quietly sipped the tea while waiting for her to continue. "Since you've already signed the form, the only thing I will need is the name of the volunteers" Professor Sanchez said looking up from the form. "Wait! Professor Sanchez" Miggy said, cutting Professor Sanchez. I tuned out of the conversation and continued sipping the tea, I was focused not to get burned that I didn't even notice that I was being called. "ANNA!" they screamed at the same time making me jump from surprise and got my tongue burned because of the beverage. "TEA! S*** THAT BURNS, TEA!" I yelled back. Tears were pricking my eyes and I looked at them "What?" I asked. At that moment, I regret not paying attention to what they were talking about earlier.

-time skip-

I was quietly sipping on my third strawberry milk looking at the others daunted face. "So...when are we making the designs?" I asked after a whole minute of silence. They groaned in answer, I continued sipping waiting for one of them to answer. "I f****** give up" Richard groans. "Why did you sign the paper without looking at it?" Elisha asked. "I don't know, she just gave it to me, and I instantly signed our death sentence" I replied. They looked at me with disapproval. They moped for a few more minutes before planning and taking notes of what we'll do with our café. I continued sipping on the milk while racking my brains for ideas to help. "Hey, remember when one of us were making a thesis paper and saw an interesting article online?" I asked. "Yeah, what about that?" Lyra asked. "What if the concept of that café is based on that article? What if we make tea out of flowers and herbs or some s***?" I asked. The others looked at me as if to disagree when suddenly Miggy stood up. "I think that idea is great! The café could be a place where workers, students, or anyone can relax and have some alone time. Since the environment and the atmosphere have the 'Alice in Wonderland' kind of a theme there will be flowers and just basically a forest inside. We could even mix something into it like adding books or library for the book lovers, we could even make it like a café that also sells flower," Miggy proposed. Everyone started nodding at the idea.

'The amount of disrespect I keep getting from this children. That was my idea! Why are you guys disagreeing when I say it but when the big guy comes you're all like "Yeah we should do that," smh'

"Well, is everyone alright with the plan?" Miggy asked. "Yeah, I mean it's alright. Plus, we'll be building the café in the middle of buildings and universities so I think we can get lots of potential customers," Jade said. Everyone started nodding as if to agree with Jade's statement. I looked at Miggy with expectation. "Well, no backing out anymore guys, because I already have assigned the tasks for each one of us," Miggy said with enthusiasm. He started giving out the tasks and I finally got a grasp of what will happen in the future. 

'F***'

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The page where one blooms:

Hyacinth - this flowers symbolizes: sincerity, play or sport or engage in sport, rashness, jealousy, sorrow for a wrong committed. The meaning also differs in colors like: Purple – asking for forgiveness or symbolizes deep regret; Yellow – yellow means jealousy in the world of hyacinths; White – means loveliness or prayers for someone; Red – play time or recreation

The flower's message:

Be happy and make time to play, but do not act rashly, as this can lead to deep regrets.

(Flower Meaning: https://www.flowermeaning.com/hyacinth-flower-meaning/)

Credits to: Google, Canva, flowermeaning.com

Publish: March 19, 2020 (5:33 pm)

Edited: March 19, 2020 (11:11 pm)