To Your World [ Completed:2017 ]

Chapter 18

Mom explained that I met an accident a year ago. I actually can't remember how did that happen but according to the police who saw me I was running away from someone or something when someone saved me.

This is so confusing but the moment I woke up I think I just came from another world. Napailing ako sa sarili ko. I think crazily sometimes. How in the world na mapupunta ako sa ibang mundo? Not that there is another world.

"You wanted to visit your friends and classmates?" Mom and I were talking about migrating to California last night. I agree with the plan since I missed a class a year ago. I'll just start all over again in California. Last year, I'm so off to the point they were having a hard time to know what my problem is. Yan lang nag naalala ko.

I can't remember most of the things that happened. "Mom, did I have a partial loss of memory? I think may hindi po ako maalala." Napakunot ng noo si mommy. Tsaka siya umiling.

"Wala ng further diagnosis si Dr. De Guzman sayo. You were in coma for a year. We asked if you lost a memory. He said no." Tumango-tango ako. Maybe because it's been a year kaya hindi ko na rin matandaan pa kung ano man ang huli kong mga ginawa last year.

Although it feels like just yesterday. Yung mga napanaginipan ko. O kung panaginip ba talaga yung mga yun, because those feel like, they happened for real.

God. Ang sakit sa ulo.

"Zerinaaaaa!" My friends are running their way to me. Napanguso ako sa kanila habang nagpipigil ng ngiti.

Nang makalapit na sila sa akin ay mahigpit nila akong niyakap. "Na-miss ka namin." Si Joanne ay maluha-luha pa nang yumakap sa akin.

"Ang daming nangyari last year. May boyfriend na si Sharida." Napanganga ako at nahihiyang tumingin sa akin si Sharida. Gusto kong asarin si Sharida. "Naunahan niya pa tayo." Biro pa ni Joanne.

"Gusto kong makilala." Tsaka ako ngumisi Kay Sharida. "Hmm... Nasaan na yung 'hindi ako magbo-boyfriend, hindi ako mag-aasawa mo?' Di ko talaga makakalimutan yun." Pang-aasar ko pa sa kanya.

"Unexpected..." I was expecting her to curse me just because I teased her but no, she's blushing right now. "Mahal ko talaga...sobra." Dagdag pa nito, kaya sabay-sabay kaming napa- whoa nila Marie.

"Hindi na yan nagmumura Riri." Si Marie ay makahulugang ngumiti Kay Sharida. "Banal na yan, sobrang banal na." Nagtawanan silang dalawa ni Joanne, hindi pa ako makasabay dahil mukha ngang marami akong na-miss.

"Nakahanap ka rin ng katapat mo 'no?" Marahan kong siniko si Sharida habang papunta kami sa isang coffee shop. Makikipagkita siya sa boyfriend niya at third wheeler naman ako. Sina Joanne at Marie ay may lakad with their family kaya hindi na sila nakasama pa, ilang beses na rin naman kasi nilang nakita yung boyfriend ni Sharida.

"Kasama niya yung best friend niya. Tigil-tigilan mo ako sa pang-aasar." Aniya. Natawa ako dahil bahagya pa itong nagtakip ng kanyang mukha na halatang nahihiya.

"Oo na. Oo na." Nauna siyang pumasok ng coffee shop. "Sha, wait lang, washroom lang ako." Tumango ito sa akin at dumiretso na patungo sa reserved table nila.

First time ko sa coffee shop na 'to kaya hindi ko alam kung saan ba yung washroom. Napabuntong hininga ako. Ang lawak naman kasi nitong coffee shop na 'to eh.

I decided to just go straight to their table. Kumaway ako kay Sharida. "Can't find the washroom." Ngumuso ako sa kanya, only to realize she's sitting with her boyfriend already. Nakaramdam ako ng kahihiyan. "Your boyfriend..." Tumango si Sharida.

"Zerina this is Grey. My boyfriend. Grey this is Zerina, my best friend." Nang mag-angat siya ng tingin sa akin ay agad din akong natigilan. God. He looks like the boy I described in my story, as far as I remembered I wrote a story entitled The Fall of a Nerd and Grey is one of the characters. "Zerina...Hello?" Bumalik ako sa katinuan at nalilitong tumingin kay Sha.