The Dream Me

Chapter 5. Dreamy Graduation

I have come so far, and now I'm here. I'm very happy I was able to make it. As I receive my diploma and wear my toga. I made sure that I would get Polo's toga and diploma as well and he still deserved to graduate after all.

That's why I get it after the ceremony and put it in my bag.

"Congratulations, Sweetheart," Dad said.

"Congratulations, honey, you made it. We are so proud of you," Mom said.

"Thank you, mom and dad, finally I'm done. I've got my diploma" And smile genuinely.

"So let's have some sushi for dinner later?" Mom asked.

"I will really love too, mom" I replied.

"But I will go somewhere first, I will have a little goodbye ceremony too" and wink to my dad.

"Sure, sweetheart. Take care we will wait for you for dinner" Dad said.

And I start walking out of the ceremony hall, but before you exit the School premises I will pass by the place wherein "Pita" is standing, my favourite tree.

"I'm done, Pita. I made it" I whisper while starting the place where "Pita" used to be.

And start to walk again to go to Polo's gravestone.

"Happy, graduation Polo. we made it, finally. If you're just here you will see how nerd the speech of Cassandra in the ceremony" I said while laying Polo's Toga on his gravestone.

"This should be the day that you will annoy me and keep repeating that I should not wear black toga because I love yellow. Well, I know you are happy for me, for us because still, we made it." I said with conviction.

"I won't stay for long, I just wanted to show you, your graduation stuff I request this to Miss Maricar since you still recognize as a graduate because you don't have any fail subject lol," I said while folding his toga and brushing away some dried leaves on his gravestone.

But before I stood from Polo's gravestone, I saw someone maybe two to three gravestones away from where I am. He looks strange or maybe new to me. For so long I have been visiting Polo's gravestone it's the first time I saw this guy.

So I decided to look him a little closer by walking in that way wherein the guy sitting, he has the same body frame as Polo, but he is taller than him. But weird, he is also wearing a toga-like suit that my school has.

"umm, hi," I said with a shy voice.

"umm-m, sorry I know this is weird. I'm Abby" together with lending my hand to shake hands.

But I receive no answer from him, he seems to be serious and quiet that makes him mysterious. And he stands and looks at me and gives me poker and a fierce face and says "What?" with a very deep voice.

And when I look at him, I'm shocked when I see his face, he has the same face as Polo.

"Po--oloo?" I said together covering my mouth because of shock.

"Who is Polo? and who are you? aren't you scared of talking to a stranger?" He said.

They really look the same, maybe they just have different heights, different voices, and attitude but I can really see Polo in him. 

"umm, I'm sorry. You just really look familiar to me very very familiar" I said while looking at him from head to toe.

"Hi, I'm Abby. I'm also visiting a friend here, and you are?" I asked.

He looked at me again with a very serious face and said: "Paolo, that's my name".

What's going on in this guy, is he playing me around or he is messing me around, Why he has sounds like the name with Polo, I'm really freaking out. and he starts to walk and I decide to follow him. It makes me very interested in him, maybe because I see Polo on him, or because I don't know if I'm dreaming.

"umm Paolo, is it also your graduation? and who are you visiting here?" I asked.

And he stopped from walking and said "Are you serious, we just give names but we're still strangers so why to ask some too personal thing? huh?".

And from there I stop following him, I just stop and he starts walking away. Maybe I just really miss Polo. That's why I keep making scenarios.

"Okay, Abby, they are way too different so stop thinking," I said to myself while walking all the way home.

And when I'm getting myself up in my room, I saw the house of Polo has lights and I wondered so I went downstairs to ask my mom.

"Mom, why does the house of Polo have lights? Is there a new owner of that?" I asked.

"Mmm, I guess yes, earlier I saw a family who is putting their thing to Polo's house," Mom said.

And I wear my sweater and go outside and stare at the house of Polo from the outside of our house.

"Sushi is ready," Mom said.

"Abby, where are you?" Dad said.

"Coming" I replied and just crossed my arms and just entered the house.

While we are eating I decided to share something with my parents on what I saw earlier on Polo's gravestone.

"Mom, in Polo's gravestone. I saw someone very very familiar" I said while looking at my mom then my mom looks at my dad.

"What is it, honey?" Mom asked.

"I saw a guy really really looks like Polo, as in way really close to his face. They really look exactly the same and the guy's name is Paolo. Sounds weird, right? but it's true mom" I said. 

"mmm, honey. don't think too much about it. Alright? Polo and that guy named Paolo, are different. Okay? Polo is gone, he is guiding us. That Paolo is just a simple guy that may just look like Polo. That's it, honey" Mom explained.

That will do, I guess maybe I'm just overthinking things. Before I sleep, I look to my window staring at Polo's House and tell myself.

"Oh, please Abby stops making thoughts" and breathes deeply.