4 Chapter 04 - Carina's P.O.V. 4

The next morning, I woke up with a terrible headache. I didn't drink that much last night so maybe this was caused by the stress from what happened. I got up, made my bed and after that, I went to the bathroom, brushed my teeth and took a bath. I wore my usual white blouse and a long-skirt. I knew Jack wasn't here anymore but I was used of wearing these clothes and changing my style of dressing never really occurred in my mind. Besides, all I had were these kinds of clothing. After I went downstairs, Nancy and Annie had already prepared the breakfast.

"Good morning Nancy, Good morning Annie!" I greeted them cheerfully.

"Good morning too Carina." They chanted in unison. I was a frequenter in this house so I felt comfortable around them and vice-versa.

"Where's Christine?" I asked them and sat on the chair.

"She's still in bed. You know, it's Sunday. She will be up later so just eat without her." Nancy said. She was the nanny of Christine since she was a baby. She was so loyal to them for another work. Christine treated her as her second mom. As for Annie, she was Nancy's daughter and she worked here while studying. The family of Christine pays for her tuition fees. She insisted of working with her mom when she was not schooling to repayed their kindness.

"Okay. I need to go out early today. I can't wait for Christine to get up. Please inform her that I am going to meet Gian." I said and started eating.

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I went to the church to aattend Sunday's mass and to meet my friend, Gian. I met him when I was 15 yrs old. He was a transfer student in our school. Compared to the other guys, he was so kind and gentle. He was the only guy that I could trust during those times when I was living in agony. I wasn't allowed to talk to guys before but when I was in school, I could hang out together with him because my stepfather wasn't around to supervise me. He's my guy bestfriend while Christine's my girl bestfriend.

After the mass, my eyes wandered around, trying to find Gian. Then I saw him talking to a nun. I waited for them to finish their conversation, only then I approached him.

"Hey! How're you doing?" I said and pat him on the shoulder.

"Hi Cari! I'm good. What about you? Are you okay now? It's been a while." He kissed me on my cheek and sat on a pew, pulling my hand and signalling me to sit next to him. I feel so calm when I'm with him. I felt he's like a brother to me.

"Yeah. After what happened.... you know. It's difficult but I'm fine now." I felt my throat suddenly tightened. Gian noticed that and held my hand tights.

"You okay?" He asked, staring at me with his concerned eyes.

"Yeah. Sorry about that. So, what were you and Sister Angelina discussing a while ago?" I said to avoid the unhappy topic.

"Hmm.... Nothing. It's just about my plans regarding an event at Saint Peter's Orphanage."

This's one of the things I like the most about him. He's rich but he knows how to share his blessings to the less fortunates.

"So what are we going to do today?" I asked him trying my best to lighten my mood.

"Okay. Let's eat first. I don't really have anything in mind so it's up to you where we go next." Then we went out from the church.

After our lunch, we decided to go to.an arcade and we played to our hearts content. We were like kids who were competing with each other on every games. We laughed at each other's mistakes. It's been a while since I felt this kind of happiness and I was so grateful to him. When we got tired of playing, we went to the cinema to watch a movie.

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It's already 5pm when I got home. Christine was upset with me for leaving her behind and I explained it to her that it was her fault for waking up late. I gave her the sans rival cake that I brought In Goldilocks and her mood lightened up. I was expecting that she would be upset with me, so I brought her favorite. Being her bestfriend, I knew her weakness. I liked seeing her happy like that and at times, she was like a little kid but cute in a way.

"Since you went on your way to buy me my favorite, I forgive you." She went to the kitchen in a hurry, put the box in the island and unboxed it excitedly.

"Hey, you should probably eat that after dinner or else you won't have the appetite to eat a proper meal." I said but she was so excited she already sliced a portion and put in on a small plate and started eating.

"Since, I especially brought it for you so it's all yours, my lady." She laughed and cut another slice and gave it to me. I knewbit, she's going to share it with me. I preferred to eat it after dinner but seeing how she was eating it heartily, I gave in to my craving and ate.

After dinner, I left Christine at the living room. She's busy watching a movie. Since I didn't really like the movie she was watching, I went to my room and worked on my laptop. I was searching for any jobs available on the internet. I will be graduating soon and I wanted to find an office job, which was related to my course. I earned a little bit of money through teaching piano and guitar lessons. I may not be good In singing and dancing but playing these instruments was my passion, it's what I'm good at. My mom made me learn these 2 instruments when I was still young.

At first, I didn't appreciate nor enjoying it, maybe because I was still a little kid but as I grew up, l learned to love it. Right now, I work at a small music school teaching kids how to play the instruments. Its fun but I know sooner ir later, I need to find job. It's cool and not bad working in this type of job and I get to do what I love as I can utilized what I learned.

My mom left me some money but it's not such a big amount. I decided not to touch it and keep it for future plans. I was planning to find my own apartment as soon as I find a job. Christine told me, I could stay here as long as I like but I know, I must learn to be independent. The thing that I'hv been longing to do before. I forward my resume to all the job vacancies I saw.

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"Tin! I am going ahead of you if you're nit ready. I don't want to be late In school." I shouted while knocking on her door. She opened the door, still combing her hair.

"You don't like being late, do you? Don't worry, it's our last day in school today. It's not that big deal if we're late."

"Even so. That's not enough reason to be late. C'mon, hurry up and let's go."

She hurriedly picked up her bag and car keys and we went out of the house. Luckily, she has a car. Its took me at least 1hr and 30mins from taking the bus from our house so I needed to wake up early. Now that I live here, I don't have to worry about missing the bus. Since, we go to the same school, it's convenient for me to take a ride from her.

After Christine parked her car, we got out and started walking towards our classroom. Then I spotted Gian, who was happily approaching us.

"Hey girls! Let's walk together to the class." He happily said and walk alongside with us.

"Hi Gian. What's your plan After graduation?" Christine asked and looked at Gian.

" I wll be joining our company soon after graduation. I can't believe we're already graduating. Time sure flies. What about you guys?"

"Well it's the same for me. This sucks! Our school fun will end very soon." Christine answered. Her tone has a hint of sadness.

"As for me, I will be doing an intense job hunting unlike you guys."

"Why don't you work in our company? Guan offered.

"Okay, I'll apply if there're vacancies." I answered. Our conversation was cut short when we reach our classroom. We immediately sat down because our teacher had arrived.