My journey to Planet Z

The Day I met Aaron

Year 10221

Dear Momo,

Ang graduation na ito ang, pinaka-masayang araw sa buhay ko. Akalain mo, grumaduate talaga ako? 50 years lang naman ang inaral ko bago makatapos. 50 years! But who am I to brag? Our Dean, Scottie Pippen, studied for 80 years, and counting ah! 

Kanina sa graduation nakita ko ang mga "parents" ng Deyans. I wonder how it feels like to have parents. In the whole universe, tatlong planets lang ang may parents sa kanilang lahi. Deyans, Teyans, at Yeyans. Most of the Deyans I met don't like having parents. But I think it's pretty cool that somebody calls you from 3 to 20 planet differences just to know you're okay. 

Momo, parang parent pala kita noh? I think you're the only thing that knows everything about me. I think parents are like that. I learned a good deal about them at "Parenthood at Planets D, T, and Y: Their Traits and Origin". In that class I learned that only couples who found true love will have babies during their relationship. If they are doom to fail, they will not have a baby even at series of attempts. I think that's the biggest reason why my friend Luna has doubts with her relationship with Ed. They've been having sex for quite some time, they've been together as long as we had school but they never got pregnant. That probably means, according to our class, they're not meant to be. If you become a parent, you get to choose where to live. Hindi ka naman kasi mabubuhay sa Ayan kung saan people were born from books. People who have parents are special kinds because they were bred from two different people. 

Parenting is the first thing that came to my mind when I was told I can't get in to the University dahil this year daw may new rule na, dapat 100 years old ka na. (SINO BA KASING GUMAWA NG PESTENG RULE NA YAN! HAY. KALMA.) Okay so naisip ko, baka naman, paglabas ko ng university na umiiyak may biglang babangga sa akin at sasabihing "Hey girl! Let's make a baby!" Like OMG momo! If that happens, and it will happen fast? Sobrang ganda talaga! Pipiliin ko talaga ang Planet Y, kasi ibig sabihin nun, makaka travel nako from B to Y man lang. 

Pero wala.

Wala yatang forever talaga. 

Pero, may nakilala ako kanina. Aaron. Oh Aaron. Aaron Aaron Aaron. Natamaan ko yata ang matipuno niyang dibdib. He was wearing a black leather jacket and a white shirt underneath. Naka brush up ang hair niya at naka skinny jeans. Parang walang pinag-aralan. Pero para ring mamamatay sa putla. Pero ang gwapo niya. Sobrang gwapo niya. Napakatangos ng kanyang ilong. Parang taga Planet Z. Lahat ng taga Planet Z ay gwapo. In other words, nobody is really good looking, because EVERYBODY is good looking. It is only when they travel when they become the hottest person in the planet. But that's almost impossible. People in Planet Z grows from trees and die a tree. Normally, traveling is not something they'd want to do. Planet Z people are born with good looks and no interest in education. Or maybe, Aaron has a Zeyan parent? ANYWAY! Kalma. He's staring at me. Kalma. He's smiling! Shit! Kalmaaa. 

"Hi" I said. 

"Hi" Okay, please don't be a Feyan. 

"Hi." I said again.

"Oh geez, are you a Feyan?"

"A Feyan? Oh no! I'm not." Feyan people are the dumbest. They copy what you say. They do what you do. They are a planet of who does mass production of well, different products that we use, they are ruled by people who has parents. 

"Of couse you aren't. Your name's Sue?"

"Yes. Bakit?" HE KNOWS MY NAME! I think, I want to sing like people in Planet M do! 

"Good. At ikaw ang Ayan na nagmula sa librong nilikha ni Tamar?" Si Tamar ang creator ko. Si Tamar, according to historians ay isa sa pinaka-weirdong Ayans sa Planet A. He did not graduate. Instead he spent most of his life creating me. The longest book who will ever live. Sana nga. Pwede naman kasing hanapin ang libro ko sa Library of Lives at pwede akong sunugin ng maaga. Yun ang ginagawa sa mga Ayan na pumapatay ng kapwa nila.

So why would I not want to travel until Planet Z? If I have 9 chapters of biography. Most people have 4. There's also a chance that on Chapter 5, Tamar created me to become a killer. 

"Ako nga. At disclaimer, I am a pretty normal Ayan." 

"But you're probably very smart."

"I can read and not forget it. EVER." In the time of my creator, being really good at memorizing was something nobody ever thought of when Ayans were making books. I am pretty exceptional. There is a copyright. You can't create a book quite similar to another. I was a very different book. But I dont think so.

"Can you fly?" He continued to ask. He looked very interested. I have never seen a man very interested with the fact that I might be the longest living book ever. 

"I'm afraid of heights, I have never attempted flying."

"But you probably can." His eyes sparkled. Must be a Z thing. 

"Never tested." An A thing. Never assume unless tested. 

"I'm dying." 

Ano daw? Nanlaki ang aking mga mata. "You look like you're 101. Buddy you have, 500 years more."

"Fascinating. You can predict?"

"HA? Hindi. I'm joking. Well, I'm not. I'm just guessing. Who lives 600 these days? Defected na ang Planet F. The food that we get isn't exactly as equal when it was invented. 

"Logical too."

"Ayans are all logical. We are books. We are made of thinking books." 

"True. But there's a chance that you could fly, breath underneath the water. Have you tried that?"

"Ofcourse not. I've read about it." 

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