Keep Holding On

Alyana Montefalcon is living at Malayo, Bukidnon City, in a mountain area. She is 20 years old. Study at Malayan Technological University taking BEED. Her mother is a housewife while her father is a construction worker. Alyana is the eldest of the three. Her parents proud and support her always.

ALYANA'S POV

Early in the morning, I wake up, I pray and then look outside of the window watched on it then feel the surrounding. The place and the atmosphere are not the same as before that people wake up early and create some noise in preparing and get ready for schools and works. The only I feel is the trees swaying side by side. The grass and leaves are dancing because of the wind touch by it. The crowded place and the town are like a ghost town that only a few people can go out and walk in the street. The world is like having no sound. The people are like a " rat " that hid in their place, go out when buying needs or hungry. People are scared of the virus that spread all over the world that called now a pandemic disease that might kill hundreds and millions of people if we didn't avoid it and be safe. It has been two months since the quarantine implemented because of the virus that some companies, stores, tourist spots, etc. including the schools, are closed or suspended so that everyone will be safe and avoid the virus. The government makes sure also that it will not spread to everybody by giving protocols. Children, senior citizens, and persons that sick already will not allow to go out because they are prone to it.

And then my thinking and surveying the surrounding stop when my sister Anna showed up in front of the window.

" Good morning, Ate Alyana, " Anna said while shouting and smiling at me.

" Anna, what are you doing? You made me stunned! Can you lower your voice? " I said to her with a terrible or shock face.

" Sorry, (laughing while showing her hands with peace signing on me)I do it because I saw you thinking deep that made me drown or sink, " Anna said with a worried look and tone is joking.

" It's alright, don't do that again. Don't mind me, just watching the surrounding. You wake up early, " I said to Anna.

" I woke up early to help you and mother do the chores. " Anna said proudly to me.

" Okay, let us go to mother and father now. Oh, wait, has Mario wake up already? " I asked her.

" Yes Ate, He helped papa getting woods, " Anna replied.

Before I go out, I check the old phone that I have if there is an update about school but nothing.

" Good morning Mother, Father, and Mario, " I said to them while getting the right hands of mother and father to tap in the head as a sign of respect (Bless in another way),

" Good morning too, Alyana and Anna, " Mother and Father replied.

" Good morning too, Ate Alyana," Mario said and hug.

" Mother, we will do the other chores. You look tired. You have to rest, " I said to her worriedly.

" Thank you, my daughter. I will prepare first the food and the lunch box of your father and rest in the room for a while. " the mother replied.

I nodded and started doing the chores together with Anna.

AUTHOR'S POV

While Alyana, doing the chores, her cellphone rang for notifications. She looks and reads it. It is the message of her different subject teachers in the group chat wherein they need to compile and finish the activities that are given by the teachers. They need to do even they are at home, require to send the compile activities through pictures in Facebook messenger. Through this, they will pass the second semester.