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Chapter 25: Birthday Celebration

Third Point of View
Althaea is very busy packing her things because she is going back to Bicol to celebrate their birthdays with Athena. 
Flashback:
It was fifteen days earlier when Althaea took her cellphone and she surprised that there's someone who uneexpectedly showed up on the monitor. No other than but her twin sister. Athena greeted same as her.
"You are called?"
"Yes, I am. It is just today to talk to you since I was very busy here in the office." She replied.
"Same to you." Althaea's brief answer. "I noticed that our birthdays are really near when I saw the calendar. It was very excited, the November month will come. I talk to our Mom and Dad about this." As Athena continues to explain.
"When you will return back here? We have only a few days to wait." Althaea seems bored talking to her sister to their bornday's celebration. She doesn't really excited. She doesn't understand herself why feeling that way.
"I'm looking for it, Athena. I should tell this to my manager for having my permission to leave on my job." Althaea replied with a boredom on her face.
The best way to do is to let her friends will join too for their sister's celebration. It is the decision that make Althaea feeling easy. She will never be lonely.
"Sure, sis. I would like to meet your boyfriend also." Her sister replied with a smile.
"Thanks." Althaea responsed.
"Alright, Thaea. I have to end this call now. I forgot that still a lot of things to do here. See you soon." Then, they bid a goodbye to each other after the conversation.
Althaea really felt sad about the situation when Greige was finally moved on from her and he stood it.
*End of Flashback*
She checked all things that have must brought when they go to Bicol. Later, her phone is ringing and Althaea answered it.
Zen and her friends were already outside waiting. She secured first all the things in the apartment before she carried all her belongings and closed the door.
Finally, Zen helped her to hold these things. "Let's go?" Althaea nodded in response. 
A few minutes have passed, one of their friends spoken. "Zen, I have reserved now for the hotel we will use temporarily." said Rayver who is the one driving for them.
"Good but we have to accompany Althaea and Ginger first to their house." Zen replied as he turned to his girlfriend.
Althaea instructed Rayver towards the direction towards of their mansion and he simply nodded.
"Is there any problem about this to your sister? You know her well right? She is very unapproachable and stagy…." As Ginger responded beside of Althaea.
"Don't worry, bez. I can manage it. I recently talked to Athena about us and she admitted your temporarily visit into our house." They are looking amazed as they reaching Althaea's house.
"Althaea is really a rich kid, hehe. We can't imagine that!." As Xavier commented on the elegant mansion appearing to them.
"Yeah, she is." Rayver agreed.
Afterwards, Althaea introduced some of her friends to her sister. Then, Zen just decided to go to their rented boarding house.
"Is that your sister really? She seems hard to approach." As Ginger complained.
"Sorry for treating you badly by my sister." Althaea apologized while putting a body lotion on hers. 
"Both of you were really different. She just disrespect us and went away, uh!" Ginger said in frustration as she rolled her eyes.
"Let her be. We cannot change her way of treatment to other people like you." Althaea stated then she allowed her friend to take asleep because tomorrow they need to wake up very early. The next day everyone seems excited for the trip except Althaea.
They used a private plane to reach their destination, a beach resort owned by the Greige's parent. Several hours of travelling before they get there.
Some are chatting until fall asleep excluding Althaea who is yet listening music as leaning to her boyfriend's shoulder. A few seconds, she cought the attention towards Greige and Athena's direction. She can't help but feeling jealous about the scenes she is seeing right now. Althaea hurts as if Greige doesn't notice her presence. It seems like she cut her heart by a dagger which painful to see them very sweet to each other She stop herself leaning on them.
Later, Zen woke up. He pinched Althaea's nose that made her annoying.
"Ouch, it's hurting me uh." As she complained.
"You're so cute that's why!" Zen replied and Althaea pouted.
"You're teasing me, tzk." Althaea reacted with childishness.
"What noise is that? I am sleeping and you two are flirting? Duh!" Gin murmured so Althaea and Zen stop what they are doing.
"Wow bez, you're so bad. We are just throwing some jokes here." Althaea is trying to make Greige notice her but he doesn't. Her heart is hurting again.
*Maybe he forgot me now and tired of following me again.*
"You don't have a boyfriend so you jealous on us." As she leaned to Zen that appeared she was mumbling to her friend.
"Yes I am envious because you are so much perfect couple for me." Gin stated. "Oh no. I knew that these conversations seem imply something." A lady feels it too.
"Yeah. Your boyfriend who cheated on you, isn't?" Troezen amused.
"Zen, can you please don't mention that name? It's irritating you know." Ginger responded with a little frustration on her voice that's why Althaea calm her.
A few moments, they have already arrived on the said place, the Vanilla Island where surrounded by many trees. It has a white sand beach with a clear crystal of water. They are only one who occupied that place.
Althaea and Athena's parent is temporarily keep a distance to meet their daughter's friends.
"Mom and Dad." The lady said in a surprised. 
"So, you are friends of my dear daughter?" Dianna, Althaea's mother asked.
"Yes mom and here is Zen, my boyfriend." As she introduced them to her parents. " Ginger is my bestfriends, Kuya Rayver and Xavier our Zen's close friends too." Mr. and Mrs. Muestra nodded in response.
"Nice to meet you all. I don't know that our daughter…" They stared towards Althaea's direction. "Has friends like you." Her mother stated again.
"Althaea didn't tell us lately that she has someone like you guys." Virgilio said as he observing these people in front of them.
"Most especially to her boyfriend uh." Her mother responded again while leaning to Zen. After that conversation, they decided to proceed on each rooms assigned to them.
"Wait." Greige's father said that one of them made to stop.
"I just wanted to remind of all ladies and guys have separated rooms. No girls can enter the guy's room. Is that clear?" Enrico uttered in authority that some of them were agreed.
"Here Yaya Celestina and Yaya Helena to guard your actions." Marcela, a Greige mother added.
Afterwards, they currently go to their respective area. "Let's go, bez." Ginger invited her friend to go to their room.
As they are strolling. "Still thinking about him?" Ginger asked when she is seeing her friend, Althaea seems occupied.
"I don't understand myself why still thinking about Greige. It should be done and never been cared about him anymore." Althaea answered.
"Because you loved him right? So it is." Ginger confronted.
"Why did you allow yourself fall in love with that guy instead of your boyfriend, Zen?"
"I tried but when we meet again, it came back." Thaea replied while leaning beside her best friend. "Although, I attempting to stay away myself yet there's something that can initiate us to meet again."
"I understant you, bez." As Ginger making her friend at ease because she feels she is hurting too when seeing her like that.
"Yeah but I don't want to ruin my relationship with Athena. I don't want to lose her trust on me." She answered in low sad voice.
"I don't really want to go here but I am for my twin' sake.This is the time also we have bonding together."
 "It is very hard, bez and have no choice but to admit this situation. I am so much admiring you for doing that. It's so brave that's why these two man fall in love with you."
Gin hugged Althaea tightly. "I am very luck to have someone a friend like Ginger Penelope."
Althaea uttered after they separated. "Alright, it is already 10PM of the evening so we must take asleep now. I know you are tired and we need to wake early tomorrow, isn't?" She nodded as the reply before close her eyes before make asleep. 

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