The cab driver has a hard time to find my exact place, so I decided to be dropped near our village. Since it is early in the morning, I am safe to walk from here. Although I feel dizzy, I still managed to walk myself through the pharmacy to buy medicine for my headache.
I bought medicine for my headache pain relief, Tylenol. When I got the meds, I went to the store near the pharmacy drug store to stand by for a while. I walked in to find myself a place to sit in to take the drug and at the same time, to take a rest for a while.
My phone vibrates, I got an unread message from my mom.
'Hun, can you ask your dad to send me money? Mommy needed it badly.' the message mom has sent made me sighed heavily and annoyed.
'Why mom?' is my quick response.
'Sister Maxin will go to Canada on Monday, next week. I have money for the plane ticket fee, but I don't think it is enough to go back to the Philippines, right after.' is her reply that made me shake my head and ticks my tongue. I dialed her phone number to call her. When she picked it up, I asked her immediately.
"Do you really need to go there too, mom?" is my response, likely opposing her to go to Canada.
"Of course, hun. I am her mother and it is just a must for me to attend her wedding," she responded.
"I can't assure you as of today's mom. I'll think about that." I responded with a sigh.
"Hun, please don't forget. Thank you, I love you!" she said sweetly.
Sister Maxin is 10 years older than me. We used to be close when I was young while I was staying in the Philippines, but everything changes when I moved to Los Angeles. Maybe because of the reason that we don't have enough time anymore to tell each other's stories?
Another thing, maybe because we are now far from each other. Our deep bond slowly disappearing and become blurry.
Although our relationships become blurry and the fact that she was just my stepsister, my love for her is not just a just, I loved her like my real sister. It's hard for me to say no when it comes to her.
Mom told me last month I guess that she will be going to Canada because her boyfriend wants to continue what they have started planning for their wedding. She met the guy in her workplace, which is their loyal customer.
I am happy for her, and I can't deny that. I want to support her. That is why I have thought of giving her my own money. In fact, I don't have the courage to ask dad for money since it is not his responsibility to provide for their needs.
"I will send it later, mom. I will inform you if I already sent it." is my last response to her and hang up the phone call.
After the call, I saw Kier's icon on my contacts. I open the skype app and called him.
"Babe, good morning!" he greeted me excitedly.
"Good morning!" I said and smiled back at him.
"Where are you?" I saw him looking at my back that is why I asked him.
"I'm in class, babe, but we will have our break time in 5 minutes," he answered. I am not aware that he has the class today and just called him.
"Ohh~ sorry, babe. I will call again later." I said and after saying goodbye, he insisted to stay in the line because their teacher already announced their dismissal.
He's heading to the cafeteria. I can see his friends from the other side of him and another guy from his back that keeps on babbling and grinning. They look so happy, and it was like they are the ones who can feel the butterflies inside of them.
When they have found an empty table, they took a sit. Kier asks his friend to buy him food since he can't because he is talking to me.
"How was your day? And where are you?" he asked with confusion. Maybe he has seen the background filled with snacks. Obviously, he saw the view of a shelf that was filled inside of the store.
"Hmmm..." I was about to answer him when a girl suddenly called his name. The girl hugged him and kiss him on the left cheek. I am surprisingly confused. I just stared at Kier and give him a blank expression.
"KIER!" a girl shouted from afar. Kim turns his head and finds where this voice came from.
A short straight-haired girl gladly hugged him. She cupped Kier's face with both hands then pinches his cheeks. After a while, it was beyond my expectations to see her kisses Kier on both cheeks.
"Pierson," he said with glad but, at the same time, I can see his nervous look. He takes a look back at me, securing that I am still on the line.
I was speechless, emotionless, and confused.
"Clei," he calls my name to help me wake up to my senses.
"Oh, yes?" is my quick response while smiling at both of them.
"Uhmmm... Clei this is-"
"Hi, Clei!" she butted in, waving using both hands gladly. She smiled at me prettily. She looks so good.
I like her long eyelashes that were naturally curled up. Her red lipstick matches her thin lips. I like her vibes. She said my name without any hesitation as if we were friends, but not just friends, it was like we were best friends.
"Hello, Pier...-" I said trying to remember her name.
"Pierson," she said before me. Her bright smile made me smiled back at her automatically. She was like a good friend to Kier.
"Finally, I saw your beautiful girlfriend," she said staring at Kier meanly then rolled her eyes. He covers her mouth to shut her up but Pierson tried her best not to be distracted by Kier and starts talking again.
"Kier always told us about you, like he was going to be crazy every time you texted and called him," she said enthusiastically while laughing.
"Kier even told us the first time he saw you. He bragged out about what happened at that moment. He told us that you approached him first and said hi." Kier still keeps on covering her mouth but she's talkative enough type of a person to be stopped saying things.
She was like a kid telling a story that will never end. I chuckled a bit after hearing what she said.
One thing pops up on my mind. What Pierson said a while ago, how Kier perceived things before when I approached him is too different from what I thought during that time.
That moment I said hi to him, I wasn't aware that Kim has his twin brother. I thought he was Kim at that moment, the reason why I approached him. The reason why he just looked at me emotionless back then.
"You know what? When you kissed him back during the camping, he told us that his shyness attacked him and can't even do a thing. And-"
"And while telling us the story, his ears and cheeks were getting burned out. Almost his face was as red as that." Paulo butted in pointing to Pierson's red lips that his hand was thrown away by her.
"Ooops-, Paulo~" a teasing yell of Pierson while hopping in to reach Paulo's shoulder and slung her right hand on it.
"Why you're late?" Paulo asks Pierson in a sharp look while putting the plates he's holding on the table.
"Enggg~ Wrong question," she said then laughed.
"Are you with him again? Last Friday and even today?" Kier asks her and messes up with her hair.
"Ting! You're right," she answered while winking, pointing Kier with his index finger like a gun, then give a grin again pinching Paulo's hand muscle.
"Wait, wait," a breaking moment of Pierson looking at me. She suddenly gets the phone to Kier.
"I am Pierson, the only girl in Kier's life-"
"Hey! Stop owning Kier." Paulo tickled her.
"The only girl in Kim's life not until you came in, and now, you're his one and only, the number 1 special in his life." she gave me a beautiful smile. A smile that you can't even tell she is envy, but a genuine smile.
"Thank you!" I said and smiled back at her. Kier cleared his throat and started to talk.
"Can I now talk to my girlfriend?" Kier said and get back his phone.
"Bye, mwah mwah!" before Kier gets his phone, she strongly held it and said goodbye first, gave me kisses verbally, and flying kisses.
After the chaos they brought up, Kier finally will spend his time to have a conversation with me.
"Uhmmm... Babe... She's... She's Pierson. The only girl in my circle. Don't be too surprised because of what she did. That was just normal. Uhmmm-" Kier can't stop explaining things just to clear things to avoid misunderstandings between us. He's been trying not to stutter until I started to speak.
"It's fine. Nothing to worry about, babe. Now that I know that she was just your best friend, my mind is in at peace and things were already been cleared."
"There's no need to explain everything. I figured it all." a consoling voice of mine that makes him sigh as if he was relieved. I looked at him and I am not aware that I was giving him the brightest smile I have not until he voices it out.
"You look so beautiful in that bright smile, babe," he said that awakes me.
"Am I?" asking him with a chuckle. He gives me the look of contentment and happiness that makes me feel the tickling part inside me.