CHAPTER 1: Born and Grow as a Swan
Via's Pov
I open my eyes and a light green ceiling welcome me napabuntong hininga nalang ako at tumingin sa bedside table..... isang buntong hininga nanaman ang nagawa ko nauna nanaman ako sa alarm clock kong naka set sa 5:40am. 5:33am palang Bumangon nalang ako at dali daling nag ayos ng sarili bandang 5:55 ay natapos rin ako 8:30am hanggang 12:00pm ang schedule ng pasok ko. Third year college nako sa edad na 19 because mom and dad decided back there na maaga akong ipasok sa school na siyang gusto ko rin naman sa musmusin kong edad noon.
Ang tahimik ng bahay nung bumaba ako pero sabagay kasi masyado pang maaga dinako kumain at dumiretso nalang sa Garahe sakto namang nandoon si Kuya Sid, driver ko.
" Magandang umaga Lady Via ang aga mo nanaman " agaran niyang sabi ng mapansin ako
ngumiti naman ako ng konti at tinignan ang kotse kong nililinisan niya ewan ko ba if it's really mine diko lang dama marami akong kotse na karamihan ay regalo lang sa mga birthday ko pero ni isa dun di kopa nagamit feeling ko kay Kuya Sid lahat yun siya palang naman nakapag drive sa mga yun.
" It's in my system na Kuya it's like something was waking me up so early even tho wala naman " i replied while looking at him, he's just 27 years old kaya i called him Kuya Sid instead of manong he's way to young to be called in that way.
" Aalis naba tayo? patapos naman na rin to "
Tumango ako at ilang minuto lang rin ay umalis na rin kami papuntang school.
Napa aga ako sa school kaya nagmuni muni muna ako i was always the first to come, kaya mag isa ako sa room.
My whole life has been weird for a long time. They said girls have strong guts and i kinda believe on that. Parang simula nong ipinanganak ako ilang minuto lang yung may normal feeling sakin the rest was weird i cant tell what is it but i have this feeling na i cant explain. Ang weird ng lahat ng nakapaligid sakin even my parents i can't help it but to feel this unexplained feeling towards people na alam kong wala namang ginagawang masama sakin. It's bugging me for a long time pero I'm so clueless I don't even know how to deal with this or am i able to deal with this?
I have a good life, good parents ,loving big brother and crazy friends yet i sometimes feel unsatisfied.
"Eurivia Saquez?" I fall asleep while thinking kanina buti nalang my sense isn't in a deep sleep kaya nung marinig ko ang pangalan ko nagpupungay pungay kong itinaas ang ulo ko
"Ms. Saquez? Are you okay?" Real weird this teacher was a terror yet her treatment towards me just dont match her true color
"Yes, im okay" mahinang sabi ko habang inaayos ang sarili
"It's okay if you rest or sleep on my class maybe your tired Ms. Saquez" i just nodded in reply and then she continue checking the attendance.
"Lucas Sy.?"
"Lucas Sy?"
"LUCAS SY!?"
"My class isn't a free sleeping time for you Mr. Sy!" See? She's weird gwapo na si Lucas niyan pero nagawa pa ring sigawan.
"My apologies Mrs. Savan" he coldly said as he slowly look at me
Nagtinginan lang kami ni Lucas and i just raised my eyebrow habang nakatingin sa mapupungay niyang mata... halatang puyat.
Instead of resting or sleeping like what Mrs. Savan said nakinig ako sa lessons niya same sa rest of the subject and exact 12 naglabasan rin kami.
While walking at the corridor two people show up at my both side out of nowhere.
"Alam mo favoritism talaga yang si Mrs. Savan" Kajie said while looking at my right, kay Lucas.
"Real witch" Lucas shortly replied while diretso lang ang tingin niya sa dinadaanan namin
These two was my best friends, Kajie was my childhood friend also my cousin Kajie Monique Morgan and Lucas Sy our highschool friend which is cousin naman ni Kajie, Lucas and i isn't blood related pero both of them is a family for me.
"Most of the people i knew was weird so nothing's new" Kajie agree and Lucas just shrugged his shoulders. Nagkanya kanya na kami pagdating sa parking lot and Kuya Sid was never late he's always on time and when i said on time i really mean always on a good and right timing.
So much for this day and as always walang bago same routine.
Pagkarating ko ng bahay i saw four figure at the living room, my mom and my dad and another couple?
"How's your day sweetie" mom sweetly ask pagkalapit ko sakanila.
I just hugged both of them then smile a bit
"Good mom, same routine" she just nodded and look at dad
"Via, anak this is your tito Jiro and tita Athena a family friend and Jiro Athena this is our daughter Eurivia" dad then look at the couple and gazed his hand towards them
They're both good-looking and the awra .....i sense wealth and power by just looking at them.
"Good afternoon Tito Jiro and Tita Athena" i bow a little and smile a bit, bowing is a manners na for me kahit nasa pinas kami.
" Goodafternoon rin iha, you had such a pretty name Eurivia what do you want us to call you?" Tita Athena gave me a sweet smile, i have nothing to say she's just so freaki*g pretty d*mn anong klaseng lahi meron tong dalwang to.
"Be comfortable with us iha" Tito Jiro said wearing a dark awra and plain emptions i guess they're couple naman base sa set up but this one Tito Jiro first glanced and you'll sense authority and power in him if my parents are wierd and so they are i mean lahat naman.
" You can call me Via po and that's a sure thing rin po tito" i politely answered them while giving them a small smile.
We did have a small talk and dito na rin sila nag lunch they decided to go na around 4:00pm napasarap kwentuhan namin, they're kind and magaan kausap even tito Jiro he looked scary at first pero he's so good at any talk maiintriga ka talaga for he talk with sense nakakahiya nga't kasali ako sa usapang pang matanda nila kanina pero im glad they didn't made me feel out of place specially tito Jiro he show less emotion but i like his humor and personality so careful sa bawal salitang lumalabas sa bibig niya i adore Tita Athena for having such kind of husband.
After they left nakatulog ako i woke up at 6:07pm madilim na rin sa labas. I was hungry kaya bumaba ako nadaanan kopa yung library which is nandoon yung office ni daddy everytime his working at home.
"Did you see how they looked at our daughter? Huh? Shiro? Everything is not what you think! So stop acting like there's nothing wrong when you know there is!" Hindi sumisigaw si mommy pero may diin at may kalakasan niyang sinasabi ang mga iyon at Shiro? she called daddy by his name which means she's mad or upset.
I stopped and faced the library door , it's close but rinig kopa rin sila i know mommy won't act like this if there's nothing wrong.
"Calm down hon, it's now like that" rinig kong pagpapakalma ni daddy kay mommy pero parang walang naririnig si mommy
"How can i calm down? Anak natin pinaguusapan dito Shiro, I can't just calm down and think thats everything was okay. A.N.A.K natin to do you hear me? it's our daughter for Pete's sake Shiro i cant digest what will happen sa mga susunod na araw when they're already starting" i dont get mommy's point what is she talking? im their only daughter kaya alam kong she's pertaining to me pero about what?
"I did work about this for almost 19 years Vien alam mo yan same as you do i can't imagine what are the possible things that may happen to our daughter pero she's born as a Swan and still growing as a Swan..... Do you think that'll make him change his plan?" Dad softly talked back to mom.
My life was weird but at this time it's more weirder.
I froze when i heard my mom started crying, what's happening?
"Im not ready for this Shiro, i-i just c-can't she's our p-precious even Viro would n-not approved this" mom said while crying, my heart was aching hearing her cry but i cant do something i cant hug her or comfort her
........i want to hear more gusto kong malinawan ano ba talaga pinaguusapan nila. I don't want to remain clueless.
Pero wala nakong narinig pa maliban sa iyak ni mommy mukha namang kinocomfort siya ni daddy kaya umalis ako't pumunta nalang ng kusina but then my phone beeb, it's in my pants pocket im already in a plain white t-shirt and in a cotton black long pants i mostly wear outfit like this if nasa bahay lang.
I get my phone as i sat in the counter sa may kitchen namin.
From: 0961*******
" Yes, You're a Swan little lady"
It's a text message from?unknown? This is getting weirder and weirder nalilito nako this day was full of confusing scenario for me. Who was this? Wala akong kasama mag eavesdrop kanina im sure of it so how come? A ghost? Nah there's no ghost.
I didn't sleep so good that night lot's of thoughts are bugging me, i dont even know what to believe and that unknown number i deleted his message and blocked it.
I get up around 6:30am and literally i didn't sleep i was just awake the whole night processing everything i heard that day. Under my eye was a so dark circle sobrang bagal kong gumalaw kahit yung pag ligo inabutan ako ng 7:00am.
"Lady Via? Okay kalang ba?aalis naba tayo?" Sunod sunod na tanong ni Kuya Sid paglabas ko ng bahay, i just nodded in return parang wala akong lakas magsalita.
Late akong dumating sa school kahit yung guard gulat ng makitang kakarating ko lang, pagdating ko sa tapat ng room namin i didn't knock binuksan ko nalang yung pinto and at walang ganang tumingin kay Mrs. Savan.
Dipako nakakapagsalita ay inunahan na niya ako
"Ms. Saquez why are you late?are you okay? You look sleepless" is that even a normal treatment para sakanya? She's a terror by now it's expected that she's mad or what pero diko na pinansin i just nodded and said my apologies tsaka pumunta sa upuan ko, idinukduk ko ang ulo ko sa arm chair alam ko namang wala pake si Mrs. Savan at di niya ko sasawayin.
I feel a lot of special treatment in my whole life which i know walang kinalaman sila mommy kahit na they are known as a so wealthy business tycoon. Walang nagagalit pag nagkakamali ako walang nagrereklamo pag may nagagawa ako di ako bata para di mapansin yun my life was so special para sa isang normal na studyante lang.
I don't know bakit ganto it's not like diko gusto to but this is too much i want a normal life like everyone has, i want to experience how normal living feels like pero diko alam kanino galing to this treatment this special life if it's not from my parent then from who?