me and Riya was already standing at the gate of the school that we're assigned to looking at the school gate while remembering how small and bare it was before but now, looking at this it was already big and more aesthetically pleasing
"we're the Journalist that Mrs. Kira Yvarez sent in here" I said to the guard to let us in
"can I see your I.D's lady?" he asked and we handed him our school ID that we have
"welcome ms. Riya and welcome back Raya it's been a couple of years sorry I didn't recognize you" he welcomed us and apologized to me I just smiled at him before walking inside
this school really become more pretty and fresh looking
"good morning ma'am we are the Journalist that Mrs. Yvarez sent" I said to Mrs. Domingo the school principal in here
"Raya it's been a long time, you're always welcome in here" she said and I thanked her
"thanks, anyway can I see Chloe's record before we interview her?" I asked Mrs. Domingo
"yeah sure" she said and handed me the folder
I opened it and saw how good her records are, she's a consistent honor student since freshmen year she has no guidance record and she's active during class
"she's really doing well, she's also a grade 10 student huh" I commented
"I remember you to her, before you're our golden student and we still didn't know her yet but because you leave we discovered her and all of her works" Mrs. Domingo said and I smiled
"okay, can I excuse her to her class?" I asked and Mrs. Domingo nodded and smiled before I stand
"let's go" I said to Riya and walked away
"Raya! glad you're back" one student approached me when I looked at her it was Monette one of my classmates before
"academic purposes" I said and smiled and show her the mic I'm holding and the digital camera on Riya's hand
"wow okay I won't bother bye!" she said and entered the principal's office I just laugh
"you're pretty popular in here" Riya said
"I'm their so called baby before at young age I'm already writing a poem until I decided to pass my works when they're looking for a person who can go to national competition but I pass mine just for fun, and that's the start" I answered her before walking
some students are approaching me and having a little talk to me while some are just ignoring me because they didn't know me at all
"can I excuse Ms. Chloe Fernandez? we're the journalists" I asked to the teacher
"sure she said and signed to Chloe that she can go
"how are you?" I asked
"I'm good" she said
"can we interview you now?" I asked and she nodded
"okay, maybe let's do it at the gate" I said and looked at Riya and she nodded
when we're already at the gate I told Riya to set and ready the camera and she nodded and immediately set the camera on tripod that we have while I'm talking to Chloe because I can feel that she's kinda nervous
"you just jeed to be natural and a little bit formal just imagine that I'm your teacher and I just asked you to recite" I calmed her down and she smiled
"it's actually my first time to be interviewed" she confessed and my eyes grew bigger
now I understand her more.
"okay I'll teach you the technique that I used during my first presentation on our campus" I said to her and I saw her eyes sparkled "inhale through your nose for 4 seconds and hold it 7 seconds then exhale through your mouth for 8 seconds repeat it until you feel good and just tell me if you're ready okay?" I said to her and she smiled and nodded like a child
"thankyou I'll try it now" she said amd I nodded and she inhaled
I leave her at the bench and walked towards Riya
"she's nervous that's why I helped her to calm down let's just wait for her" I said amd she nodded
"president texted me and she said we need to go back in there in two days" she informed me
"yeah sure good thanks" I said amd looked at Chloe who's still doing the breathing exercise I decided to buy a smack for us while waiting
good thing there's a tree near the gate Riya set the camera in there to prevent the heat from the sun while Chloe was at sitting on the bench beside the guard house
"3 spaghetti, 3 bottld water and 3 canned cola please" I replied the girl at the vounter here in cafeteria after she asked what's my order and she immediately gave my order to me
"thanks" I said after I gave the money and headed to school gate
I saw Chloe was still doing the breathing exercise but now I think she's just doing that to clear her mind from overthinking such things when she saw me she stand up and smiled
"I'm ready" she said and I smiled back her before placing our food at the table infront of the bench
"okay let's go?" I asked her and she nodded happily bedore walking beside me
"all set" Riya said I placed the mic infront of my mouth and start introducing after I introduced my self I let Chloe introduce herself before I start asking questions.
"Let's eat" I said to them and sat at the bench
"I can feel my heartbeat, it's like a running horse" Chloe said and sat infront of me
"you actually did a great job" I said and smiled at her
it's true, I can say that after asking three questions to her she become more comfortable infront of the camera
"it feels like you're a reporter and your asking me what happened" she said and let out a small chuckle I laugh at her because I can sense that she's socially awkward person I want her to feel comfortable around us
"I actually love how you talk infront of camera it's nice more nicer than the first time I talked to camera" I said before laughing and she laughed too
Riya was just quiet eating her spaghetti and laughing with us sometimes we were just talking about lives and sometimes Riya also talking and after a couple of minutes I can say that Chloe was finally comfortable with us
"so when will you guys go back to Manila?" she asked us
"today is Wednesday right?" I asked them and they both nodded "Friday" I answered Chloe's question
"you guys planning to go back in here?" Chloe asked again
"me and my friends are actually gonna visit here on Christmas break" I said
"what about Riya?" she asked again
"My family was planning to go to Netherlands this coming Christmas so, no" she said
"what? omg I thought you guys are siblings or twins but not Identical because of your names!" Chloe exclaimed
"everyone thought that but we're jot related at all" we got shock because me and Riya said the same line at the same time the three of us laugh
after we ate spaghetti Riya get back to her class and I decided to tour Riya here in PNHS so much things got more prettier actually and after we had a tour we had a snack at school cafeteria first before going back to my uncle's house, we got back at my uncle's house at 3pm and we had a so much fun playing with my cousins all time this afternoon untill my grandma called us for dinner and my cousins stop talking and playing with us
after eating dinner earlier we decided to go back into our rooms Riya was on guess room while I'm at my own room here at my uncle's house since it's big my room was just beside my cousin Sherizah's room while Shenalie was on the next room bedside their parents room, their parents room was located between Shenalie and Sherizah's room
I was just reading a book here in my bed untill I feel sleepy