What I did not clearly understand was, why would my big brother want my friends to go to our house right away? If the purpose really was to meet them and only that and nothing else, why did it had to be on our house and not anywhere else? I just could not deduce the possible answers and the longer I stayed and engaged my self in that one particular question, the harder it was for me to find a possible answer.
Big brother tossed his phone back to where it came from--inside his vest. He then stared at me blankly before he decided it was now the best time to move in the car and settle ourselves so that we could now begin the trip going to our home. Just by simply looking at the mirror, I saw how his hands were delicate as they moved to lay its fingers on to the steering wheel. Without saying a word, my big brother starter the engine and began to turn the car so it would move out of its parking spot. As the car’s air conditioner began to send cool air that alm
Big brother tossed his phone back to where it came from--inside his vest. He then stared at me blankly before he decided it was now the best time to move in the car and settle ourselves so that we could now begin the trip going to our home. Just by simply looking at the mirror, I saw how his hands were delicate as they moved to lay its fingers on to the steering wheel. Without saying a word, my big brother starter the engine and began to turn the car so it would move out of its parking spot. As the car’s air conditioner began to send cool air that almost frosted the inside of the vehicle, I initiated a conversation just so the ambiance inside would never become awkward. “Uhm, big brother, may I know why you gave our address to my classmates? Why do you want them to come there and why now? Is there any other agenda that you have other than meeting them and ensuring that they are safe?” I asked, and those were three consecutive questions in one dialogue only. “
CHUCKNo one could ever begin to describe how happy all of us were the moment we saw Travis slid the mayor’s van’s door open. The way his face appeared out of nowhere, and the way his eyes reflected the dimming lights of the stars only reminded us of hope and nothing else anymore. It was very dramatic. Too much drama. Loaded with drama. But that was the kind of drama that I would not get tired of being involved into, and the kind of drama that no matter how many times it would happen to me (or to us), we would never get used to it. It was one of the best feeling in the world, perhaps after a long time. It was one of the moments worthy of reminiscing, one of the moments that deserved a milestone carved in our hearts. And his face, his innocent, bare, and clean face. A face that reminded us of a beautiful and well-cared sapphire, that you would surely offer your life in exchange of its safety. That was the face w
The inside light of the vehicle flickered, gradually becoming vivid as I opened my eyes carefully. I rose from laying on the backseat, and stretched my body. I looked outside of the window and I realized the trip was not yet over. We were still on the run going home, and my big brother was still taking control of the steering wheel. This was indeed a long, tiring, trip, but I never thought that it was going to cost me another half an hour of nap before we could surely reach home. “Are we not home yet?” I asked big brother, and the way he looked at me through the mirror up above his head was a little confusing. He was sweating, I noticed, although the air conditioner of the vehicle was twisted to its fullest. There were also fear and tremor in his eyes, and that was what I could not understand why and where did they come from. It took me another three more seconds to finally decide if whether or not should I ask him about it or should I jus ignore it like it was nothing s
PHILIP The hotness that the water from the jacuzzi offered was so satisfying enough to cleanse our body from stress and body pain that we all had got after a long, very tiring and exhausting day at the Hamlet Creek University. The infinity pool, as expected, was filled with brimming cold water, and the breeze it had was blown by the wind towards our direction, which offered us a great sensation of having both cool and warm temperatures at the same time. Nothing else would give us this chilling feeling other than this infinity pool itself.While all of us were in boxer shorts with half of our bodies were soaked to the warm water of the jacuzzi, Travis was looking like an unbothered king on the air bed floating in between the rest of us. A plain and simple white bath robe was wrapped around his body, as he laid himself down in an inclined manner, where in his left hand was holding a bottle of champaigne
RABIYAIt was already almost midnight when the dinner was served. We settled ourselves one by one onto the long (when I said long, I meant super long) table, where in on top of it laid the bountiful and stomach-churning menus of variety of foods. There was this famous toasted turkey, there was also some meatballs dipped into a sauce made of some spices and tomato ketchup, there was three different kinds of salads, and four different kinds of pasta. It was as if we were just eating in a catered restaurant, and the foods were surely way, way too much for us. As we sat ourselves onto the seats, we could not help but just be amazed and overwhelmed of what were laid on the table. That was why, while we were still waiting for Travis’ big brother to join with us in this late night supper, we decided to take a mini conversation and talk about how majestic this set up was and why did it have to be that way.
It was already almost midnight when the dinner was served. We settled ourselves one by one onto the long (when I said long, I meant super long) table, where in on top of it laid the bountiful and stomach-churning menus of variety of foods. There was this famous toasted turkey, there was also some meatballs dipped into a sauce made of some spices and tomato ketchup, there was three different kinds of salads, and four different kinds of pasta. It was as if we were just eating in a catered restaurant, and the foods were surely way, way too much for us. As we sat ourselves onto the seats, we could not help but just be amazed and overwhelmed of what were laid on the table. That was why, while we were still waiting for Travis’ big brother to join with us in this late night supper, we decided to take a mini conversation and talk about how majestic this set up was and why did it have to be that way.“Is it just me, or is everyone also worried if are we
JANVICIt was probably the best night that we all spent together. We got to experience a good jacuzzi bonding, we got to eat a table full of splendid and variety of foods, and we got to enter a mansion with an infinity pool and a zoo brimmed with almost all kinds of animals particular to the place. It was as if we had went on a trip to four different destinations in just one night and in just one place. It was a cute, a definite cute experience, and no one, none of us, would ever deny it at least. I was so confident that this would remain in our memory forever, and this would surely top all the existed so-called happy memories we once had. In just a span of few hours, we were able to forget what gruesome and terrible event had taken place back when we were on the school. It was indeed true when the old men said that the more happenings occur, the slower the time you think was moving. Now I was able to prove that urban saying bec
It went very fast. Without a word after that sounding discussion I and Andrei had, we never heard anything from each other at all on the span of the succeeding hours. I did not know what he did on the following hours that we stayed awake, but I, I did everything in my power to keep myself busy until the sunlight shows up. On four o’clock, I went for a shower. Yes, whatever it was that you were thinking, it was right. Each and every guest room in this mansion had its own toilet, where inside was a shower and a mini bath tub. That was how amazing this mansion was. Anyways, so yeah, I did took a good and warm shower and calmed myself in the toilet, as Andrei remained muted on his bedroom, scrolling this his cellphone and looking at random funny pictures and videos on the internet. It was his hobby, I must say. Every time we had a break from the class, he would only do two things: he would either go to the nearest cafeteria and buy himself a snack, or go to the corner of the