12 Alessia’s Point of View:“Can you please all stop looking at him?” I groaned with annoyance and scratched the back of my ear. It has been almost an hour of silence while boring their eyes on Yadiel who seemed to be feeling the awkwardness and embarrassment. The sun is now hiding behind the clouds and that replaced the gorgeous half-moon on the night sky. The cold breeze of the December filled the surroundings along with the sound of falling leaves swirling with the wind. Yadiel offered earlier to pay our electricity. Even though I want to refuse, I still accepted it. I told him that I will pay him after my payment and he was okay with it. It’s dark outside and clearly, our neighbors were now on their beds, sleeping peacefully yet here we are still wide awake, sitting on the living room and waiting for the egg of the dinosaur to crack. Earlier, after Naomi recovered, I was about to excuse Yadiel but that didn’t go well because of Noah who seemed to have a huge hatred on him. W

14 Alessia’s Point of View: “What happened next?” I can see how interested Sandra is by just measuring how wide her smiles. We are now currently spending our one-hour lunch break here in the cafeteria. We both just finished our works earlier and I have to say that Sandra, being my office mate friend is worth it for she guides me in everything I do. Every time I have a question, she’s always there. It’s really funny to think that instead I will be the one who’s guiding her, it’s now working in the opposite way. In fact, she also volunteered a help in case I needed some guidance or a hand with my works. She started to expressed her concern and care for me after I told her what happened to my sister. “The charisma and hotness are filling this cold cafeteria.” Smirking, she stated and gestured the whole place where there’s a lot of people wearing thick clothes to prevent themselves from catching cold. I winced in disagreement. “He was just concerned about my sister that’s why he le

16 Author’s Point of View: “I hope he will like this.” With a smile on her face and a genuine happiness in her heart, Alessia whispered to herself as she glanced at the box of cake that she saved money for. This is her first time buying this kind of cake. It costs half of Naomi’s medicines for her to take it and give it to Arthur for their monthsary. She worked hard for it and did multiple part-time jobs just for her to afford this cake. The sun is just about to set when she arrived in front of Arthur’s condo building. She decided to visit him unannounced instead and give the monthsary present in person. They both didn’t see each other in the campus because Arthur’s not around because he’s having a cold. Alessia didn’t bother to ring the doorbell and just opened the condo using the spare key that Arthur gave her. Without any hesitation, she stepped in and walked towards the sala set only to gasped and froze in pure shock. She unconsciously took a few steps backward along with th

18 Alessia’s Point of View:I was spacing out the whole time!My mind is flying with the birds chirping outside the huge and majestic glass window along with my heart who’s silently beating with emptiness just like how I scanned the folder on the top of my desk.It was surely noisy inside the conference room because of their chattering’s but all I could even hear is the swishing sound coming from the aircon and the scratching sounds of the paper while blankly looking at Arthur who seemed to be more professional than ever.The way he lifted his hand to flip the page and the way he scratches his chin with the bottle cap of his pen is just so fascinating to see.I can’t help myself but to compare him from the way he was when we were still together.He was such an immature yet caring guy before!“Meeting adjourned!” Yadiel announced after closing the booklet that he was reading.Synchronized as ever, all of them moved together by closing their folders and pushing their chairs using the b

20 Alessia’s Point of View: “Dad, stop crying. She’s going to be alright.” Noah’s concerned voice is what caught my attention. He looked at Dad who’s sitting beside Naomi’s hospital bed and holding her cold hand while tears cascading down his cheeks. “I have been feeling uneasy this whole night as if something will happen wrong but I still chose to sleep, Only if I know that this would happen…” regret and pain were written all over his face as his voice with full of anger with himself covered my ears. Dad wiped his tears using his other hand while tightening his grip on Naomi’s hand, slightly caressing her palm. He lowered his head to kiss Naomi’s hand before biting his bottom lip to prevent himself from sobbing. “Drink up,” Dad raised his eyes to the glass of water blocking his sight causing him to see my Mom. He accepted the water before drinking it, eyes were on my Mom. “Crying won’t do nothing. Why don’t you have a rest first?” She said while pulling a chair towards his d