𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 [On Hold]

Chapter 1 "The Start"

Walking down the stairs of my once so called home, I will miss this. The ambiance of this place, the familiar faces, the neighborhood. All this.

"Thalia, ready ka na ba? Your bag? Passport? Asan na?" I heard my mom's voice echo down stairs while I carry my luggage down.

"Mama okay na po, lahat po ng gamit ko nasa bag ko na. Okay na din po ang luggage ko, kompleto na po. Parang kayo pa yata yung nag request umuwi sa Pilipinas" natawa na lang si mama sa sinabi ko. Well, it's been so long since we came home, miss ko na din sina Mamilola at si Tatay. Matagal ko na din silang hindi nakikita.

"Ma, si Daddy po? Ready na po ba sya?"

"Thalia ano ba, sobrang gusto mo na yata umuwi sa Pinas ah. Ayaw na ayaw mona ba dito? How about your former aquaintances? Di mo ba sila mamimiss?" My dad said with a playful tone lacing on his voice.

"Daddy naman ehhh~ alam mo naman na matagal na tayong nandito sa US. Miss ko na din po sina Mamilola at Tatay, besides Philippines is where I grew up so I want to return there someday. When I asked both you and Mama if we can go back, pumayag naman po kayo so obviously excited ako umuwi."

"Hay nako Nathalia, pag ako nalaman ko lang na kung sino ang kikitain mo sa Pilipinas, malalagot ka talaga sakin" Si daddy naman. Ang tagal na namin dito, wala naman akong kilala sa Pilipinas kundi sina tatay. Sino naman ang kikitain ko dun.

Napasimangot na lang ako.

"Hay nako Richard tigilan mo nga ang anak natin, para bang ayaw na ayaw mo na umuwi dun ah. Di mo ba namimiss sina mama?" Sadness dripped down Mommy's voice as she said those words. None of them spoke the moment mommy said that.

Breaking the silence, Daddy spoke.

"Ano ka ba Katie, of course miss ko na sina mama, you know how much I want to see them again. Matagal na tayong nandito. But imagine, parang biglaan ang pag uwi natin and pano naman ang work natin dito? Basta basta na lang natin iiwan?"

Mommy and daddy barely fight, but whenever they do, laging work related. My mom is an engineer while daddy is a pilot. Very different platforms diba? Mom said that they met through mamilola because daddy was actually working for her sa company nya. I thought of a way to break the tension between us.

"Daddy, mommy wag na kayong mag away. Sige uuwi ako mag isa, sinabi na naman sakin ni tatay ang address nila so I know where to go na" I crossed my arm and attempted to cool their heads off. Alam ko naman na di nila ako matitiis. Mom said that since I was a kid, I was always spoiled by them and my grandparents so I know na kapag may hingin ako, susunod agad sila. I am spoiled by them but not in a bratty way, they are just like this because I'm an only child. My mom had trouble bearing a child so when they had me, they became so over protective over me.

"Sige na nga, hindi na ako mag rereklamo. I know naman how much you both wanted to go back to the Philippines. Ang hirap ma-home sick." After daddy said that, he apologized to mom and me.

We went back to arranging our luggage and went out of our house. Since some of our relatives lives close by, sa kanila muna naming pinahabilin yung bahay namin dito sa states. Hindi namin sya ibebenta because we are never sure kung uuwi pa ba kami dito or mananatili na lang sa Pilipinas. We kept the house just in case.

Time passed by, we already boarded the plane. I breathed heavily as I stare at my window, I'm finally going home. I don't know what I'm feeling, there's something about me na nakakaramdam ako ng excite. I don't even know anyone sa Philippines because we moved here sa US nung 9 years old ako. Sina mamilola lang naman ang kilala ko, my grandparents on my mommy's side. I never got to meet my grandparents on my daddy's side because he said na college pa lang daw siya ay namatay na sina lola at lolo.