0ctober 04, 2020
@_aesthella
"How about the babies?" Estella asked with excitement.
"I guess we'll have four, two boys and two girls." I smiled at her. "Isang archi, isang engineer, an accountant, at doctor syempre."
"I want a pilot, love." Nakanguso nitong tugon, cute.
"Then let's make it five." Sabi ko dito at niyakap siya.
I stared at her, slowly examining her face. Her deep brown eyes, her pointed nose, and her kissable lips. I tilted my head and saw her long hair that is being caressed by the wind. I wish we could last like this forever. Maybe soon.
"Let's go back to work love." Sabi niya at kumalas sa pagkakayakap sa'kin.
"Yeah, lots of patients are being admitted."
Tumayo ako sa pagkakaupo at kinuha ang kanyang kamay, inabot naman niya ito at nagpaalalay sa'kin na tumayo.
We put on our mask, face shield, and gloves. Pagkatapos ay bumaba na kami sa nakatoka naming trabaho.
"Keep safe love." Sabi nito sakin
"You too." I said before we parted ways.
We are both nurses. We became together since we are in college. And here we are, roughly and slowly reaching our dreams to become a doctor.
Agad akong nagtungo sa ER kung saan ang daming pasyenteng dumating. Ang dami nanamang cases, tila di nauubos, napapikit ako ng madiin at sinimulan ang trabaho.
Mahirap at delikado, lalo na't hinaharap naming nga doktor at nurse ang pandemyang ito. Kaya hangga't kaya pa namin, tutulong kami kahit pa madamay ang kalusugan namin.
Napatingin ako sa relong suot ko at nakitang alas-tres na ng madaling-araw. Agad akong kumilos at nag-assist sa mga doktor.
"How's your day?" Estella asked me.
"Kinda rough, as usual." I told her, while smiling a bit.
Nilapitan ko ito at tinanggal ang helmet sa ulo niya, kakarating lang namin sa apartment na tinutuluyan namin. Ipinarada ko ang motor ko at inakay siya papasok. Pagkapasok ay agad kaming naligo upang makaiwas sa anumang sakit na maari naming makuha.
"Come here Stephen." Sabi nito at sinenyas na humiga ako
"What is it?"
"Let me massage you." Sabi niya na ikinangiti ko. Agad naman akong pumwesto at sinimulan niyang masahiin ang likod ko.
"When we became a doctor, I want to have a big house, a pool, a garden, and a big backyard." I said while grinning.
"And buy expensive furnitures, a huge flat screen television, and we'll have rooms for our children, everything that we could imagine stephen." Sabi ni estella
"Yes, love. We'll have everything." Nakangiti kong sabi.
"Gavin or Gabriela."
"Huh?"
"Name for our first boy or girl."
Natawa ako ng bahagya at humarap sa pagkakahiga, humiga naman siya sa tabi ko at humarap sa'kin. "Napag-isipan mo na agad?"
"Why not right?"
"Yeah, but I'll marry you first."
"When everything is okay, love."
I was busy on checking patients when I felt something different. I coughed, I had a difficulty in breathing. I stopped on checking the patient, pinakiramdaman ko ang sarili at baka nagkakamali lang ako ng naiisip. Hindi ko na lang ito pinansin at tinuloy ang trabaho.
