Lost Girl From Neverland

Chapter XXII: Broken Clock

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Wynter Jesslyn Lim

We didn't get a chance to blink an eye, hindi kami maka tulog lahat kaya buong magdamag kaming nag uusap sa group chat. Well technically speaking, naka idlip si Ember pati Bryson habang si Jianna at Cairo ay mukhang nag kakaayos na which is a good thing. Me and Peter are busy talking about a lot of useless topics, Xandra and Jeremy are unknown. Hindi ko na alam ang status ng relasyon nilang dalawa.

Umaga ang flight namin patungong Cebu City, nandoon si granny pati na ang rest house ng buong pamilya namin. We'll be staying there for a while or the whole summer but I hoped not, I was actually hoping na pwede akong mag travel around the world dahil hindi ko iyon nagawa last year. Yon pa naman ang plano namin nila Jianna kaso we're busy with the internship, same goes for Ember and Xandra.

Don't get me super wrong, it's not like I don't wanna spend time with granny but it's just that I already pre-planned everything with my best friends. I want to visit her and spend time with her but I'm also growing up, nagkakaroon din ako ng priorities sa buhay at isa na doon ang pasayahin ang sarili ko in a most effective way. Hindi naman ako habang buhay na bata, I want to do this while I'm still young and still able to go out, jump around and run freely.

It's 6:30 am and malapit pa lang kaming mag boarding, I don't understand why we still have to wait when my brother booked us a VIP trip. It'll only be an hour or at least two bago kami makarating sa Mactan-Cebu International Airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Everyone is currently busy taking pictures while me and Ember are both eating, hindi kase ako kumain kanina kaya eto na. Gumaganti na ang sikmura ko sa'kin, luckily? Peter prepared something for me!

Maaga silang umuwi kahapon para bumili ng mga ingredients para sa Lasagna then since hindi naman siya natulog, maaga siyang nag luto kasama si Jeremy. They prepared a lot para sumakto lang sa'min, naka kain na rin ang iba pero nahuli kami ni Ember dahil natulog kami on our way here. Pag gising ko, para akong gutom na pusa. I unintentionally stole his food but he said it's fine and that he's really glad to know na nagustuhan ko yung hinanda niya for me.

"Jansen? Did you really cook this? This is too good to be true! Just be a chef instead of a perfumer!". Masayang papuri ni Ember sa kaniya. Yan din ang sinabi ko sa kaniya kanina eh, hobby niyang mag luto kapag wala siyang magawa at na-perfect niya ang ganiyang dish when he was around fifteen? He watched to many videos about cooking and surprisingly? He learned without anyone else guiding him.

"Cooking is just one of my hobbies, being a perfumer is what my grandmother wants me to do". Tugon niyang paliwanag sa kaibigan ko. What? What does that mean? So hindi niya talaga gustong maging perfumer?

"What? Akala ko ba wala kang hobbies!? Sabi mo sa lahat when you first came to our department!". Sabat ni Jianna. Sa'kin niya lang sinabi ang lahat ng mga hobbies niya, at first? Nagulat din ako kase sinabi niya noon na wala siyang mga ganon pero meron pala. Ayaw niya lang talagang sinasabi yon sa iba para hindi nila magamit laban sa kaniya.

"Maraming pinagkaka abalahan yan si Peter kaya nga walang oras para mag hanap ng girlfriend noon pero ngayon? Hindi niya na kaylangang mag hanap. Ayan na oh! Kumakain ng Lasagna, yung mukhang manika ah". Singit din ni Cairo. They were all staring at me, I was just eating here. Ano nanamang ginawa ko? I wasn't even talking or replying anything.