Maybe this TIME

V. A Grand Reunion

Not long after I decided to move on, I didn't engage into any relationship since then, I focused on my course and my career.

but since I'm a very sentimental person I still got in touch with my classmates before, I created group chats and hoped for a reunion once in a while, It's Chris that made my HS life completely different pero kapag kasama ko mga kaklase ko before pakiramdam ko kasama parin siya.

Nagkaroon nga ng reunion, it was year 2014 and I received an invitation from one of my batchmates saying there will be a Grand Reunion sa school mismo.

Naging maingay na nga sa aming group chat, it was incomplete though kasi unreachable na talaga yung ibang classmates namin including Chris. I was really hoping that an invitation reached him.

It was scheduled December 05, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the school pavilion.

A day before that, I met with Darlene and Joy, we shared finances for some food and beverages. We also groomed ourselves in a salon. That's how excited we were and up to now I can still feel that moment.

At night, Khael messaged me directly saying "Aika see you tomorrow, can I have a piece with you?"

I said "Sure", well matured na kami that time so there's nothing wrong with it.

I'm sure all of you are still hoping for a continued love story between me and Chris, well that time I already moved on, I accepted the fact that he was just my High School lover and nothing more. I didn't even expect him coming to that reunion.

Until...

It's D-Day! December 5th, I was wearing a black loose backless shirt with a ribbon at the bottom paired with a denim skirt and a 3-inch stilettos, my curly hair matched with a dangling earing and a gold necklace with a heart pendant in it.

As I walk at the entrance there was a photographer standing and told me to pose a little, there was a booth at the entrance and you have to choose "batch 2009" as props in the photoshoot.

Dinig na dinig ang napakalakas na musika kasabay ng lakas ng pagtibok ng aking puso. Kinakabahan talaga ako I don't know why.

As I proceed to our area, someone approached me saying "Miss Cruz, can you give us a short speech representing your section?" sabi ng program organizer

Haaaayss, same feeling, ako parin talaga until now hehe. Well, I had no choice but to say "Yes", impromptu speech to mga sis, pero sige dahil nasanay ako sa public speaking as an educator, G tayo jan!

So ayun na nga dumiretso na ako sa aking area, I saw my classmates very matured na sila, some of them hindi ko na makilala dahil talagang nag glow up na sila, then I saw John Ford

"Aba, binata na talaga ah! Napakagwapo naman, ngayon ka mambully tignan natin kung may panama ka" pang-aasar ko sa kanya habang tawanan kaming dalawa.

It's sad na wala si Dave dahil nasa bakasyon daw sila sa Aurora.

I sat beside Darlene and Joy parin hehe. I can hear my classmates sobrang ingay parin talaga, madami na kasing dapat ikwento ee, almost 5 years nadin na ngayon lang ulit kami nagkita kita.

There was a part of the program na gagayahin ng mga estudyante ang kanilang mga guro before, the way they speak, the way they get mad, isama nadin ang kanilang iba't ibang expressions and gestures habang nagtuturo.

At dahil nga impromptu ang lahat, we have to pick someone to represent our section. Bakas sa kanilang mga mukha ang tuwa at saya. Dati, kami yung mga batang puro away ang alam kapag naipapasubo sa klase pero ngayon tawanan nalang at asaran.

Until now, I have our pictures with me, talagang naka album yun sa facebook account ko.

And ayan na, the moment that everyone was waiting for, yung speech hehe talking about our memories and our life at present.