"Lily where are you?!" "I'm here mom" when I was young I always played games with my mother I was 4 years old when I found out that mom was an astronaut I was happy at first but every day when she left I didn't like it "Mom, what time are you coming back?" "I will go home before nightfall" Since my mother had a job, only my father was always with me at home They have been together for 15 years now and I'm proud of my dad that he's still taking care of me "Dad, mom isn't here yet" "Lily, your mom is coming home" "let's eat first" My dad and I ate and the next day, mom didn't come home "dad, is mom home?" "Your mom came home last night but she left right away today, don't worry she gave you a goodbye kiss" I haven't been with mom for a few days in those years I liked being with dad more than mom "Dad, will mom come home for my birthday?" "I don't know, Lily, maybe she'll come home because it's your birthday"
today is my birthday January 19, on my fifth birthday, mom didn't come home I just cried those days "Lily, that's ok, there's still next year, ok, your mom will come home too" I really want to see my mom and I want to hug her A few months ago, mom suddenly called *On phone* "Hello Darling Tomorrow I'll go home and tell Lily that I'm sorry I didn't go to her birthday" "Ok no problem please come home immediately because your daughter misses you" "I'll go home right away" *Phone hangs up* "Lily good news, your mom is coming home tomorrow" I jumped for joy because of what my dad said because I will see my mom again "What time is she coming home dad?" "I don't know"
The next day I drew a welcome board for mom and I waited for her at the front door I waited for a few hours and while I was waiting someone called my dad on his cell phone and I couldn't quite understand what he was saying *On the phone* "I understand be careful" *phone hang up* "is that mom dad?" "oh no, that's my friend, I was just saying hello" "I thought it was mom, did mom say that she can go home?" "Yes, Lily, I will accompany you while waiting for her" Dad and I have been waiting for her in front of the door My dad and I waited for more than 4 hours and mom still hasn't come home someone called dad on the phone again *on the phone* "You're just lying, tell me the truth!?" I was surprised when my father shouted and I saw him cry my dad immediately hugged me and said "sorry lily don't wait for your mom" "but why she say she was coming home" My dad didn't answer and just hugged me tightly The next day I found out that mom was gone
"Lily come here" dad saw me crying and he told me what happened to mom "Lily, the rocket your mom rode to the moon exploded, there was an engine error in their rocket" I just cried about what happened to my mom, I didn't even hug her I didn't even see her smile "Lily, your mom is the best, she did everything for us" someone knocked on our door and talked to dad "Goodevening Mr. Flos, have you found out what happened to your wife?" "Yes, sir, I know" "We are here because your wife said something before their rocket had an engine error" What's her last words?" "Take good care of Lily" "That's it, we're leaving, condolences Mr. Flos" dad couldn't stop crying because of what mom told him that's why dad takes care of me because I'm the woman in his life last year a man talked to me and I talked to him because I felt that he was nice to talk to We talked for a few months then he said he was going to date me but I said it's not allowed because my dad will be angry if he finds out but he said he would wait for me I believed what he said but a few weeks ago I saw him with a girl and they were flirting I just burst into tears and accepted what I was seeing, I blocked the man from the social media I was using and I no longer talk to other men, I only talk to my friends I was traumatized and he was the first to tell me that, so I no longer believe what men say, Emily comforted me when I needed someone to talk to
that's why I don't have a boyfriend yet because dad wants me to focus on my studies "So focus on your studies first, it's ok even if you like Xyria" "I have no intention of having a girlfriend Lily, I'll just wait for who comes into my life and I don't like her anymore" "Hmmmm, since I have told a story about my life, you can tell a story about your life" "I have nothing to tell you, Lily" "Hmmm ok do you want to know how I met you but you don't know me" "ok sure" "Because it started in a coffee shop" "Lily, you always look at that man when you see him, there is nothing special about him" "because he's always alone so I'm just curious about the life he has" "You just want to talk to him" "Emily, you're really smart" "oh why what did I do?" "that's why I love you" I always see you alone so I followed you to see where you live and where your school is when I found out that your school was there I transferred and looked for you on campus I told my friends that I will transfer to that school The first time I saw you was that Kib bullied you and I just watched what you would do I thought you would fight but you choose to voice out when I found out that we were classmates, I had no problem looking for you and you told me not to talk to you because Kib might tease youI will only talk to you when we are together and there is no one around while you toured me around your campus, I liked the way you talked to me and how you explained "but I don't like you rome, I like your personalities" "You're a stalker" "No, maybe it looks like that, but I just want to be your friend let me finish my story first" "Go ahead, I'll just listen"
so when you went to the science lab first I immediately followed you and when I saw that you were just sleeping, I went in "You should tell me that you've been following me, what you're doing is scary" "sorry Rome" "You're weird sometimes too" "I will continue the story or you want me to slap you, you have no respect for me Rome" "Ok sorry just continue the story" when we were in the library I always saw you looking at Xyria so I guessed that you like her but I let that go and focused you on our report because I know you don't know anything about our report "Sorry Lily I'm just stupid" but I'm just laughing at what you did with the lines you'll read only the info you found but I see a lot but you are good at taking info from the book "I just did my best, lily, so that your effort wouldn't go to waste" "Don't worry Rome, I'm not a judgemental person, It's better to have a friend" "Just finish the story, Lily" "Ok ok just listen don't say a word" and I didn't follow you home, we're just neighbors and when we saw Kib and Xyria, I noticed that your face changed immediately you must be jealous single life is better finish your studies first before getting a girlfriend or wife, You remember when we saw each other through the window I saw that you were happy to look at the moon so I did it just to piss you off so that I could see the moon and what I told you was not really true I really want to be the only one who can see the moon to remember my mom
So when I found out that we have the same birthday, I was happy because I have never found a friend with the same birthday when you took me to the park and saw that I was not in the mood I actually cried that night I remembered my mom and I miss her she was brighter than the moon when I saw her smile, when I took you to the beach and you said you were going to get our food, I had something to say to you, but I don't think it was the right time maybe when I'm ready I'll tell you what I want to tell you while we were watching the beautiful view, I saw in your eyes how happy you were that's why I was happy during those days, maybe that was the happiest day that happened to me "I have a question for you, Rome, how does it feel to be alone?" "pieceful but sometimes I think I'm lonely" "I'm glad you met me maybe if you didn't meet me you would be alone now and live in a different dorm" "maybe" "I will continue my story" the gift you received from me has been with me for a long time since I saw you every day I bought that and plan to give it to you. I would have approached you when you were in the coffee shop, but you suddenly left when you finished ordering, and you didn't stay in the coffee shop first but when I found out from Emily that her brother is your classmate so she asked her brother when and it turns out we have the same birthday so I hid it first then I will wait for our birthday "Wait so you know Kib?" "No, I haven't met him yet I met him when I saw that you were bullied" "I was embarrassed in those days" "that's ok rome that's normal to me don't worry, I want to tell you a lot more but let's eat first" "that's good to hear i'm hungry, What dish do you want today?" "I like the Pinoy dish Sinigang" "oh yeah i know this one" "I always request that from mom" "dont worry it will be delicious" when I finished cooking her favorite I tasted it first to see if it was good "is it OK?" "you are good at cooking" "I'm not that good" "After eating, I just want to go to the mall, I just want to see something" "Ow ok I will eat quickly" Lily and I finished eating and we went to the mall
"What are you going to buy Lily?" "I will buy a new stuffed toy again so I can cuddle while im sleeping" "ow ok I also want to buy" We went to the stuff toy store here at the mall, when we entered we saw Lily's friend vernon "Vernon what are you doing here?" "ow hi Lily I'm just looking for the perfect gift" "Wow, since when did you have a girlfriend?" "Ow actually she is not my gf but she is special to me" "Wow, I hope the girl likes the gift" "Yeah I hope so, what are you guys doing here?" "I'm going to buy a new stuffed toy" "I hope you won't have a hard time choosing because their stuffed toys here are beautiful" "Yeah, it's so beautiful and cute" while Vernon and Lily were still talking, I looked for a stuffed toy to buy and vernon was right the stuff toys here is very beautiful it's hard to choose "maybe they have a duck stuffed toy" I looked for the stuffed toy animal that I choose and unexpectedly I found a cat stuff toy that can be hugged "OMG it's so cute" I took the stuff toy that I liked and looked for lily when I found lily I saw that vernon hugged lily and left "Lil- , what is that hug for?" "Ahh, he is leaving our country first because they have concerts in other places" "Oh, I couldn't say goodbye to him" "why do you seem lethargic are you jealous?" "What no!" "It's normal to hug a friend" "I thought you were jealous" "why should i be jealous i'm just your friend I'm not your boyfriend" "did you find a stuffed toy?" "yes, I choose a cat" she really likes to change the topic when I see her blushing "I will pay for what I bought, I will wait for you here" I let Lily search for her new stuffed toy I wanted to help her but she was still blushing maybe due to Vernon's handsome face I'm also handsome, but only once nevermind "did you find something nice?" "yes I've seen something and this is what I'm looking for" "A bunny" "he's cute isn't he?" "yes it's cute" Lily has already paid for the stuffed toy that she choose and so we can go home while we were walking home Lily thought of going to the beach to get a piece of mind first "do you want to go to the beach?" "oh yeah sure why not" Lily and I took a taxi to go immediately to the beach we went to on our birthday
we arrived at the beach but unexpectedly we were the only two people here "wow it's really beautiful here, let's go there lily so we can watch the sunset" We watched the beautiful sunset and while we were watching I saw a beautiful moon "Lily, look at the moon" "Wow sunset and a beautiful moon perfect at this time" "they are both very beautiful" "I miss my mom" I hugged lily and said "cheer up, it's hard to imagine that she's gone but you have to accept that she's gone" Lily couldn't stop crying so she also hugged me tightly "Thank you Rome for being there to cheer me up" "always welcome lily, I'm your friend, not just a friend but a best friend" Lily continued crying until she fell asleep I let her sleep on my shoulder first It was late at night and I woke Lily to go home "lily wake up let's go home" "Ow yeah sorry I fell asleep" "It's ok Lily" we got up and walked to the waiting shed while we were waiting for a taxi, I asked lily to sit down first lily fell asleep again while she was sleeping she suddenly spoke and said "Thank you for listening Rome" I didn't understand much but I hope she remembers that she said something to me there was a taxi coming, but because of the light, I couldn't tell if it was a taxi or just a car *beep beep* "Rome, how are you?" "I'm pretty ok" "What are you guys doing here?" "ow because lily said she wanted to go to the beach" "are you going home?" "Ow yes we were just waiting for a taxi" "get in here and I'll take you to your dorm" "Are you sure Kib?" "Yes, I'm your friend" "Thank you" I picked up Lily and put her in the car she's really sleepy, she's tired today of what's already been done "Okay, Kib, we can go" while we were still on the road Kib talked to me "Rome, I'm really sorry for what happened, I really didn't expect Clark to be such a bad person, I don't know anything about him" "It's ok, Kib, it's been a while and until now I feel like he's still holding me but I don't pay much attention because I might lose myself, I just control it" "Tell me Rome if you need anything, I'm ready to help you" "Thank you Kib, you are very kind" "You are my sister's friend and I am your friend, I've known lily for a long time but I don't talk to her" "It's good that you met Lily, Lily always cried so Emily was her comforter" "I only saw her cry twice" "maybe because he met you she became happy again" "Maybe she always laughed when she was with me" "Take good care of Lily, she is also the only one who can understand you" I was shocked by what Kib said, he seemed to know Lily very well "We are here" I picked up lily and said goodbye to Kib "Thanks again Kib take care" "No problem Rome" I entered our dorm and put Lily on her bed I'm taller than you but you're heavier" I left Lily in her bed and rested for a while on the sofa while I was resting I thought of moving the sofa near the window to see a beautiful moon "You are really beautiful" I fell asleep watching the moon
3....2....1...LIFT OFF "Mom, don't leave me!" I had a dream about a girl again and she looked just like her, I woke up suddenly because of my dream and when I woke up Lily was next to me and she was sleeping I woke her up because ahe was so heavy I couldn't breathe "Lily wake up you're so heavy I can't breathe" I couldn't wake Lily from her deep sleep I just pushed her so I can breathe I got up and prepared our breakfast "I'll make pancakes to wake her up" while I was cooking the pancake, she suddenly woke up "Is that a pancake Rome?" "ow yeah sit here so you can have breakfast" "I'll wash my face first" I put the pancakes I made on the table so we can eat "Can you make me coffee rome?" "yeah sure" "You seem happy now Rome" "Oh yeah because I heard something last night and of course I won't tell you that" "That's not important for me to know" "ow yeah because those words came from you" "wait how?" "Secret" "give me my coffee" "Here is your coffee Ms Flos" "I'm not in the mood rome" "Sorry Ms Flos" "You're weird, By the way our school schedule is 2pm" "Ow yeah I know that, can you continue the story" "sure sure you really like my story" "By the way Kib has known you for a long time but you don't know him" "Oh, he told you, yes, I really know him for a long time, I just hid it from you because you might think the bully is my friend" "I'm not judgmental" "I will continue the story"
You remember when we were at the mall when you said you were going to buy a carpet I followed you and I looked at what design you choose so when I saw that you choose a good one I decided to go to the arcade because the design you choose on the carpet is beautiful So playing in the arcade was a reward for you I also asked your mom if you are used to being with a girl in the mall she said that it was your first time with a girl at the mall So it seems like your mom thinks we're dating but she doesn't know that we're just friends so while we were at the arcade I saw that you were nervous too It's obviously your first time with a girl but you look so cute, you become a child when I look at you *Laughs* "not funny Lily" "I'm sorry" So when we were at the coffee shop I noticed that you were nervous and it seemed like you were planning to do something so what I did was I turned on the fake ringing sound on my cell phone and pretended I was talking to someone so I guessed that you were planning to do something and I was right "It was just an accident, lily, I didn't mean it" "Oh, that's why you're so nervous" "No, because I have social anxiety, I don't like crowded places" "why did you just say it now so I could comfort you that day?" "I'm still ashamed of you" "don't be shy we are best friends so it's ok with me" "Didn't you say you don't like men?" "I didn't say that I don't like all men, Just be nice to me, I'll be nice too I'm comfortable with you, Rome, don't worry" I felt the weird feeling again Is this what they call in love? Lily just continued her story and I was stunned by her "Rome are you focused on the story or are you focused on me?" "Ow sorry I was focused on the story" "okay, which side am I on?" "The part that you are comfortbale to me" "You are wrong, we are at the part where we saw Vernon" "oh sorry" "pay attention to my story not on my face my story is not written on my face, I'll say it again" when we saw Vernon, I had a plan to do because I noticed that you didn't join other people's conversations so I talked to Vernon for more than 5 minutes and I noticed that you are worried so I approached you right away and you asked me what we talked about so I asked you if you were jealous I can easily predict your moods Rome "Sorry, I'm also an overthinker" "You don't have to overthink anything because we're just friends" "Yeah I know but because it's late at night and I'm hungry" "You have many reasons, I will finish the story" when we got home and I saw you looking out the window and watching the moon and I saw you happy I stood beside you and I wanted to tell you to leave because I wanted to be the only one who could see the moon but I couldn't because I was already comfortable with you when you said that the moon is beautiful and while you said that you were looking at me "It was just an accident, Lily" "I know it's just an accident" but because while you say that, your face is serious so I ran to my room and just laughed so I just left you watching "Lily, continue the story later because we might be late for school" "It's only 11am" Yes, but we need to review our reporting"
Lily and I got ready and went to school While we were waiting for the bus to school, Lily decided to walk to school because it was only 10 minutes away "Let's just walk" "Ow ok Ms Flos" "You're really weird, don't call me that" When we got to school, people were looking at me [Person 1] "Rome, I heard what happened to you, are you ok?" "Yes, I'm fine" [Person 2] "clark is really bad but he is already imprisoned for what he did" "I don't know why he did that to me, but I'm ok now thanks to your concern for me" We immediately went to our room to review our report while we were reviewing Lily asked me "Are you really okay?" "Yes why?" "Tell me if you need someone to talk to, I'm here" I'm really ok, lily, thank you for being there" We finished reviewing our reporting and our science teacher's class has started "Ok Good afternoon" "Goodafternoon sir!" "So are you ready to report today, who will report now someone has finished a report to present in front?" "Me sir and Rome but our reporting is on Friday sir" "Me too sir and Lhia" "Hmmm okay Lily and Rome you go first tomorrow Lhia and Xyria get ready tomorrow" "Yes sir!" "Lily and Rome go to the front" Lily and I did our report perfectly and we will know our score when the rest of our classmates finish their reports "ok you can sit down, so I will explain in the part how the fragments of the shells ended up in the rock" Our class ended and lily asked me to go to the coffee shop "Let's go to the coffee shop rome" "Your friends are there" "Yes, let's go" We went to the coffee shop and when we got there I saw Kib and Xyria "how fast you got here" "ow while sir was explaining, I asked Xyria to go to the coffee shop to help me with my report, I was the only one doing the reporting" "Ow yah Clark is your partner by the way" "What topic was given to you, kib?" "Ow about the solar system how our solar system was formed" Lily and I were happy with what we heard because this topic is the best to report
"I can help with that" Lily and I helped and in less than two hours we finished Kib's reporting "Thanks to the three of you, from now on I will focus on studying, to make my parents proud of me, especially Xyria" "Always welcome Kib my friend" Xyria was very happy to hear from Kib "Just make sure Kib our future depends on it" "wait how old are you guys?" "xyria is 19 and im 20" "So Emily is older" "Yes, Emily is 21 years old" "are you talking about me?" "Ow hi emily how are you" "I'm fine Lily" Lily's friends have arrived and they are talking about what happened to them today "How are you Rome?" "oh i'm ok now" "I don't know why he became Kib's friend" "Emily, xyria and I have left, we have somewhere else to go" "Ow ok be careful you two" Xyria and Kib have already left, while lily and her friends were talking I felt sleepy and Lily noticed that "Rome, are you sleepy, can we go home now?" "You and your friends are still talking" "You guys can go home now" "I can even go home alone" I tried to tell Emily that I can go home by myself but Lily must be with me "Take care you two" "Rome, don't tell Emily that you can go home alone, that will make her angry" "You guys were still talking so I thought of going home alone so I wouldn't look like a nuisance"
"Emily is a kind person so it's okay with her that I'm not there" We got on the bus and I fell asleep on Lily's shoulder she smells like a flower lily woke me up because we got to the dorm "Rome wake up we are here" We got off the bus and I immediately entered the dorm and lay down on the sofa to rest I didn't expect lily to lie down on the sofa, I couldn't do anything because I had no energy left, so I let lily lie down on me
A few hours ago, my body suddenly felt lighter and I saw Lily looking out the window when I looked at the time it was 7 in the evening "did you finish eating lily?" "I haven't eaten yet, I'm waiting for you to wake up so we can eat together" "Ow ok what do you want me to cook?" "I just ordered a pizza" "what pizza did you order?" "Pepperoni pizza" "That's my favorite" "Come here Rome, I have something to ask you" "What is that about?" I saw that Lily's mood changed, she seemed to be out of her mood "Did I say something while I was sleeping, can I know what it was?" "What you said was thank you for listening, why did you ask lily?" "because I had a dream and my dream was that I was telling mom about you, that's why I said that because I told mom that thank you for listening" "That's why you said that" I saw that Lily cried again so I hugged her "It's okay to cry, Lily, I know you miss your mom" "I didn't even hug her even in my dreams" Lily hugged me tightly and I understood her feelings because my dad also died and I know Lily's mom because her mom and my dad were together in the rocket they rode I didn't tell lily about my dad because all I know is that he is an astronaut just like his mom, that's what my mom just told me and my mom said that dad never reached the moon so that's one of the reasons why I want to be an astronaut to fulfill my dad's dream *Door bell* "The pizza is here, let's eat" "I'm sorry Rome I couldn't stop crying" "It's ok, Lily, I'm just here to cheer you up" "Thank you" While Lily and I were eating, mom called me on the phone *on the phone* "Hello Rome son, I heard what happened to you, you are ok?" "Yes mom, I'm ok now and I don't pay too much attention to what happened because I might lose myself" "ok, be careful there, I love you" "I love you too mom" *Phone hang up* when I finish talking to my mom I looked at the pizza box and it was empty. I only ate once. How did she ate all the pizzas that fast "Lily why is the pizza box empty?" "I'm sorry, Rome, I'm hungry because I couldn't stop myself" "It's ok, I'll just cook my food" "can you make pancakes now?" "Lily its 7:30 at night let's have pancakes tomorrow" "but I want to eat pancakes now" while she saying that she made a cute face "ok, I'll cook for you" "YEHEY!" I think I changed Lily's mood, she is happier now compared to the days when she was happy she has more happy now Thank you Lily because you make me happy, you can't hear me but I'm happy now.