Im on my way to the school conference that will be held at our school at 8am.
I'm just running slowly because I'm not in a hurry, it's only 6am in the afternoon and there's not much traffic here unlike in the Philippines.
After I graduated, I helped my brother so that I could work and teach here in Thailand, I chose to work here because it is my dream country and the salary is higher. I'm just being practical in life, where the salary is high that's where I am, I've been here for 5 years.
Because my major is English, I teach English subjects, the students here in Thailand are kind, you can really compare the students in the Philippines.
The traffic light is stopped so I stopped now, I just checked my phone because Sam sent a message, Yes, we always keep on touch with each other, I didn't let us lose connection because he was also a part of high school life I. He was just saying hello to me and talking about his crush, because he hasn't had a boyfriend since he broke up with Kaiser because he found out he had another girl. When he dates someone, he often ends it because he doesn't feel good about them, but the truth is that he hasn't moved on yet.
I was surprised by some people honking behind me and I saw cars flashing their front lights to signal that I should drive, I immediately looked at the traffic light and when I saw that it was green, I immediately turned on the my car.
When I arrived at school, I immediately went to the conference room.
"Good morning" I greeted my co teachers
"Good morning Jane, did you already hear the news?" Another colleague of mine asked
"What news, ma'am?" I asked back because I didn't know anything about the news they were talking about.
"Our new, clinic doctor" they answered
"Clinic Doctor? But where is Doc. Thawong?" I started asking because Doc. Thawong is the registered doctor assigned to the clinic and a Health teacher.
"He assigned to another school" was Ms.'s simple answer. Soknon is a Math teacher, he was kind to everyone when I first came here, he assisted me and went with me so that I wouldn't be out of place.
"And we have a new registered Doctor here and guess what he's from your country, Philippines" he added
I immediately got nervous because I remembered a person I think of when I hear Doctor, the person I left behind in the Philippines, the person I loved so much, but it's impossible, it's impossible for him to follow me here. It's been a long time so maybe he has a wife and a child, I immediately put all that out of my mind because I'm still hoping.
The door of the conference room opened and it spat out Sir. Phrasawat is the head of the school, we all sat down and prepared for what he had to say.
"I know all of you heard that Doc. Thawong is already left and move to another school" when he started, we just nodded because we all knew this.
"But there's a good news, we already replaced him"
"I want to introduce to all of you, our new Doctor in charge, Dr. David Arinuevo"
I was taken aback by what I heard, as if everything suddenly stopped. He's here, is he here? But why? Why still here?
I was just staring at the door that was slowly opening, praying that he wouldn't spit it out, but he didn't listen to me. It spit out the person I've missed for a long time, the person I abandoned, he's here in front of me. The size of what he changed, he's featured aldo change, he got taller and his shape became more manly, his body is now a man's shape, I wonder if he's always been in the gym.
His gaze was fixed on me, but there was no sign of shock on his face, he seemed to be expecting it.
"Hello, Im Dr. David. Im looking forward to work with you all" he greeted
"Hello, welcome to our school" greeted my classmates at the same time.
"And Ms. De Lapaz, Nice to meet you....again" he looked directly at me while saying that.
"I told you"
"I'll come to you, wherever you are"