The Day that I will never forgive
( looking at my grandmother's picture outside my garden) On March 8 1988, It was a dark and quiet Thursday morning. Reminds me of an event
that used to haunt me in my sleep. That used to take me in the place of nowhere. That makes me feel like my heart has been taken by the devil's hands.
Crushed...and a shattered soul that couldn't have been put together. What was that day that made me feel empty and full of hell?...Oh...it
was my mother's funeral. Until a light, put my heart back between my breast and sprouted into a ' Prunus Serrulata ' tree. Whoever was that light, was
the one who saved my life. But now, I'm trying to find my light so it can take away my grandmothers pain. Where would I go?
" Prue...it's time to go " Piper said.
Piper was in the passenger's seat in a black car with Phoebe in the back. I didn't say anything. I didn't looked at anyone. I went inside the car and start
the engine. While I was driving, I noticed Phoebe looking completely blanked...full of hopeless. When I turned my head to my right , I see Piper in tears.
I looked out my window and see a sign that said " Valiente Marini Pereta Cemetery." I went inside the gates of the dead and see a peaceful garden full of tombstones everywhere.
" Well Gram...at least you won't feel lonely" I thought.
When I went inside the church, I see people wearing black like me and full of tears. I can hear people whispering behind me and my sisters back saying
"I feel so sorry for them" and "I'm not so sure if they can handle being by themselves" and last, but not least, the one that made me collapsed "They
have nobody left."
After we did our prayers for my grandmother, everyone went outside to get ready to buried her. When I saw my grandmother, I didn't know how to say
goodbye. Just looking at her face...I can't believe today will be the last day that I will ever see her again. I will never see her smile, her laughter, her
advice , her getting angry at me, or her telling me a bed time story. All of it will soon be gone, when I close that coffin in front of her. Each of my sisters
had a rose, and at the same time we put it beside her
tombstone. Then we left and moved on with our life.
When we left the cemetery, we went to McDonald. The worst fast food place for the worst day. Piper got a 'Premium Chicken Club sandwich' , I got a
'Big Mac' and Phoebe...had french fries.
"Hey are you sure you just want french fries?" Piper asked.
"Yeah" Phoebe answered.
Piper and I stared at each other.
" I can cut my sandwich in half for you" I said.
"I'm a vegetarian" Phoebe said.
"Oh... yeah" I said.
SINCE WHEN DID SHE BECAME A VEGETARIAN!?...I bet Piper is wondering the same thing.
" Ummm...what type of vegetarian are you again...vegan, pescatarian, lacto vegetarian?" Piper asked.
" None of them above...I'm Lacto-ovo-vegetarian" she answered.
" Why did you say none of them above?" I asked.
" Because she was wrong" Phoebe said while pointing at Piper.
"No I wasn't" Piper argued.
"Yeah...you were" Phoebe said.
" I said Lacto vegetarian!" Piper yelled.
" Good for you " Phoebe said.
Piper was looking at me confused, with her mouth open, trying to understand but I shrugged my shoulder. Then Phoebe saw our confused faces and
tried to help.
" Look..I'm 'lacto-ovo' it means to eat eggs/dairy products. Lacto vegetarians means to eat dairy products EXCEPT eggs." Phoebe explained.
"Ohhh" Piper and I said.
Finally we understand what she met , but what we don't know is why she didn't tell us sooner.
"How longed have you been a Lacto-ovo-vegetarian?" I asked.
Phoebe looked at us like we were stupid, like literally.
"4 years" Phoebe answered.
As soon as Phoebe told us her answer, I spit the chicken , from inside my mouth, towards Phoebe face. Piper dropped her lemonade because she was
scared that chicken magically came to Phoebe's face...Poor Piper...hahaha.
"You're so stupid!" Phoebe laughed.
"What?! I thought it was pretty creepy that chicken came out of nowhere to your face." Piper said.
"What about the 4 years being a vegetarian?" I laughed.
"WHOA WHOA! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Piper yelled angrily.
" WHY ARE YOU GETTING ANGRY AT ME?! I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK THAT QUESTION TO YOURSELF!" Phoebe yelled angrily.
All of us stopped talking...but to me... just hearing Piper's question just made me burst into laughter. Hahaha...Oh my god...hahaha...
Piper and Phoebe are so hilarious!
While I burst into tears, Phoebe and Piper laughed with me. Oh man, I'm laughing AT them when they are laughing WITH me:D
" Okay so you kept this secret being a vegetarian..."
"For 4 years!" I interrupted and laughed.
"For 4 ( Laughter)!" Piper laughed.
We were laughing like crazy that we didn't notice that we were out in public. To not pay any attention, we left McDonald and ran straight to the
car. While I was driving back to our home, we were still laughing...and laughing...and laughing. Then I realized that we were laughing because of
Piper's late reaction, and her stupid question. I stopped laughing when I parked the car in our driveway. Then when the engine stopped, Piper and
Phoebe stopped laughing.
While we were going strait to our home, I asked Phoebe a question but serious,
"Why did you have to keep it a secret?" I said to Phoebe.
"I know! being a vegetarian for a long time deserves a reward from the animals" Piper said.
Phoebe just stared at us and didn't say anything. When I was about to ask her what's wrong...a miracle happen.
"Hey look a cat!" I said.
The cat walked politely to us, jumped to our stairs, and came straight to us. Phoebe hold the cat in her arms.
"Oh my god! She's Siamese!" I yelled happily.
" A who?!" Phoebe asked.
"Siamese...is a type of cat originated from Thailand." I explained.
"You see Phoebe...here's your reward!" Piper screamed.
It was kind of scary that a cat appeared right when Piper said that Phoebe deserves a reward from animals.
"Okay...Where is the reward?" Phoebe asked.
We looked around the cat then we saw a card hanging from its collar.
"Read the card" I told Piper.
" It said..."
Piper hold the card in front of her face, and see confusion...
"Does any one of you guys speak in Thailand?" Piper laughed.
I took the card away from Piper and translate...
" Dear the Halliwell sisters, Enjoy this gift as your own...From: The Elders" I translated.
"WOW! It's like the other way around...for being a vegetarian your reward is a cat...from old people!" Piper laughed.
"Hahaha let me remind you that it says 'Halliwell sisters' not "Phoebe' " Phoebe said.
"Whatever" Piper said.
"Hey, When did you learn how to speak Thailand?" Phoebe asked.
"For 4 years now" I answered.
"4 years...now where did I heard that before?" Piper wondered.
Phoebe and I rolled our eyes, then chuckled.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Phoebe asked.
Then she looked at Piper. Worried that she might be a retarded.
"I mean us" Phoebe corrected.
"Well...first...why did you kept being a vegetarian a secret?" I asked.
Phoebe didn't say anything. Piper and I stared at each other, and we both looked worried.
" It was our little secret" Phoebe whispered.
"Who?" Piper asked.
"Gram" Phoebe answered.
Phoebe let go of the cat, then I came in and hugged her including Piper.
"Gram will always be with us no matter what" I said.
"Now is the time to move on" Piper said.
We all looked at the cat.
"And start a new beginning" Piper said.
Phoebe grabbed the cat and said...
"Look at the collar...it looks like a symbol"
"Do you recognize it Prue? After all you know Thailand better than us." Piper said.
"I don't know?What I also don't know are the elders?" I said.
We all looked at each other very confused.
"It's better if we worry about it later" Phoebe said.
" I agree" Piper said.
Piper grabbed the keys from my hands and open the door. Piper walked in and Phoebe went inside to show the cat its new home.
During Gram's funereal, I felt darkness,hopeless, and thought that maybe this feeling will last forever. But just like my mother's funeral...it didn't last.
I finally found my light...and all this time it was...my...car...just kidding!
All this time, without realizing, it was my little sister that was my light after all.