‘I remember that it hurt,’

           

            It’s been a day after that incident - a big incident that change my life. since then I’am alone-abandoned in this world. I lost my family, my friends—best-friends.

            As I close my eyes I feel it all coming back to me. And the days begin to move in reverse, slowly ticking backward, like the hands of a clock rotating in the wrong direction. As if through someone else’s eyes. I watch myself having a great time with my family and my friends...

 I open my eyes and pause. I am standing outside in our house. And when I stare at it. All those memories came back.

‘A day before.

“Get up!!” she yells , shaking my body. “You have twenty minutes, and then Justin leaves!” 

“five more minutes.” I groan

“No! Get up now!” she yells again. And more shaking of my body.

“Okay, Mom,”

            As I stand in the shower. Trying to make a quick shower and getting ready for school before Justin leaves me again. Justin. My older brother. A senior. My ride to school.

--

“Hey.” I say when I saw my friends. Grace, Avon, and Mia.

“Hey.”  They said in chorus.

“See guys at lunch.” I said as we hear the bell ring- it is a sign that first period is coming. They nod at me as they answer. The four us have a different classes since we take different course’s

--

“I remember that it hurt,

 Looking at him hurt”

I say in my mind while looking at him. he’s Stephen, , my love—secret love for a long time. But he’s never been mine. never. he and I are classmate in English literature class.

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At lunch. My friends and I decide to go in this new open restaurant near in our university.  And we decided to order their menu of the day. After a minute they serve us this food called “Spicy Chicken Soup” the soup is so red (I think they a lot of amount of spicy ingredients in it.) I taste salty and Hot—really hot! But is it so delicious…

When we finish our lunch we start heading to the university to attend our classes… while walking we are having this funny conversation.. we were laughing so hard while walking and then just then we feel the ground is shaking for about one minute then it stop.

“Whoa! What was that!” Mia said.

“That’s an earthquake.” Avon said  

“An One minute earthquake.” Grace said. 

“Whoa! That was fun and exciting!” I said with all excitement in my voice—after I said that thing my friends are looking at me like an idiot.

“What?” I ask them.. and they shaking their and start walking. Leaving me behind.

And just a minute a feel it again—we feel it again the ground is shaking and the intensity of earthquake I getting stronger and stronger…..

--

I don’t what happened next I just myself lying in the bed hospital all I can hear is crying, shouting people all around and what the most I hear is the sound of siren coming from nowhere… what happened? I try to remember what happened during the earthquake but my mind won’t remember it!

“E—excuse m-me?” I feel my throat dry—really dry as I speak. I try to touch myself but my hands are too weak to lift-up it. after a minute a nurse come to me and ask if I’am feeling better or If I’am feeling something strange in my body.

“Wat—water ple-please” saying those words is so hard for me… A minute later the nurse came back with a glass of water in her hand. She immediately gave it to me…

“Thank y-you” I said to her after i drink.

“Do you know the reason why are you here?” the nurse ask me. I’try to remember it—but nothing I get nothing in my mind..

“Yes--No., all know is their been an earthquake—a strong one then after that I found myself lying here.” The nurse nods her head as she hear my answer to her.

“what is your name?” suddenly she ask.

“Karen—Karen Suvilla.”

“ok. Karen just wait minute.” the nurse said then she leave the my room.

10 minutes past. Then the nurse came back in. she hand me this two four paper and without saying a word she leaves.

 I read the first white paper she handed to me.

Name: Karen Suvilla

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Height: 5’5”

Weight: 120 lbs

Address: Metro Manila.Philippines

Etc…. I read more but it’s look like a boidata/ certificate to myself but there is status in this white paper. It’s say

-Survivor

So it’ means that I’am one the survivor in the earthquake.. I read the three other remaining white paper that nurse hand it to me.. and it is all about my family. Before I read their status I been praying and hoping—a hope  in all my heart that they are ok that they survive like me..

But then it break heart to know – to read that their status is that they didn’t survive like me… my tears keep flowing like a river after I know that they are dead now..

All of a sudden the nurse came back to me and hand me a piece of tissue and my medicine.

“I’m sorry for you lost.” She said to. And their one thing that pop in to my head.. my friends did they survive? I want to know.

“could you search of this name Mia Gonzales, Avon Santiago and Grace Dela Cruz. Please I want to know they survive or not” I say, my voice are broken.

“sure.” She answer me with a little smile in her face. A minute pass she came back and hand me the those three white paper.

Before I read I’am praying with all my heart that they are not dead as my family.. but it’s look like my prayers did not reach god. Cause they didn’t survive too.

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“We need to go back to the hospital now.” The nurse said to me.,

I nod as my answer. Tears keep flowing in my eyes and in my heart..

Those memory with my family and my friends.

I will always remember it.

Always.

                                                                                            

-My first 'EVER' short story in english. like! nakaya kong gumawa ng ganitong story. 

Original Story @ Copyright 2013

R. ♥

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