Chapter II: 2.4. His Mother’s Heart

She was just standing there. Staring at the pictures. Smiling at some of them. This was where she found herself right after she changed her clothes.

Mommy Aida and her husband, Daddy Chito went to watch ASAP live that Sunday. Her sister came with them. It was not their first time to see the show, but for Mommy Aida this Sunday was different.

She didn’t know if she would be happy or be sad to see her. The TV plug said that the princess was back. Sarah was back, and Mommy Aida had a chance to see her.

As a mother, she was not unaware of the changes her son had since he worked with Sarah in a movie.

She noticed that John Lloyd became happier. He smiled a lot. He would just literaly light up whenever he would talk about her. When he would say her name. Sarah.

Mommy Aida liked her. She liked her not for her son, at first. She was her favorite. She had a fondness for the girl. But when John Lloyd and Sarah did their first movie, it was inevitable that Mommy Aida fell in love with her.

Sarah was the girl any mother would hope for her son to marry. There were times that she almost directly told John Lloyd. But she knew her place. After all, it was still his son’s choice. So, all she could do was watch in the background and hope.; and keep little souvenirs. Just like the one she was holding.

She stared at the keychain in her hand. It was a souvernir from a movie that John Lloyd did a year ago. The fans gave it to them when they watched during the premier night. It was really not a concious effort on her part to keep it, but she put it in the box in their room. That was where it stayed , up until she opened that box earlier that evening when they got home.

The keychain had a picture of John lloyd and Sarah.

She sadly smiled to herself. She sighed.

She missed seeing them together.

It had been a year already, and Mommy Aida knew her son well enough to see that he was still struggling. John lloyd might be in a relationship, yet she knew her son. She knew his heart. Even if he didn’t talk about it.

Despite the fact that she never really asked, Mommy Aida knew that John Lloyd, her Idan loved a girl whose name was Sarah but he chose to be with someone else. A mystery even to Mommy Aida.

It was heartbreaking to see them all together that afternoon when they had their production number in ASAP.

Sarah, John Lloyd, and the girl he was with.

Mommy Aida watched how John Lloyd’s eyes followed her. She could see how much he wanted to go to Sarah but couldn’t. She could see the pain in his eyes, and the longing to talk to her. She could do nothing but just watch.

It was her son’s life. It was his decision.

Her husband elbowed her. Mommy Aida didn’t notice that she was starting to tear up. She looked at the floor, afraid she would embarass herself by really crying. She tried to compose herself. When she looked up, and there was Sarah coming toward them.

She was smiling.

This was not the first time they met. They had talked in several ocassions. And each time Mommy Aida saw her, a thought would pass her mind.

This is the girl I want as my daughter-in-law. The girl I want for my son.

Sarah said hi. Mommy Aida just hugged her tight. She missed her. She adored her.

It was a brief moment, but she was happy to see that Sarah had remained the sweet girl that she knew. She started to hope again that there was still the future for John lloyd and Sarah.

That hope brought her to where she was now.

She looked around. The place was tidy enough. She looked at the pictures at the piano. She again looked at the keychain at her hand. She was about to go when she heard the sound of a car.

John lloyd was home.

She hurried to open the door.

A surprise look registered at John Lloyd’s face. He wondered what his mother was doing in his house at that time of the night.

“Yes, mommy?” John Lloyd asked as he alighted from his car. He drove himself home. It was already late in the evening and he had come from a quick dinner with some of his old buddies, after ASAP.

“I was actually waiting for you. Have you had your dinner already?” His mother asked.

It had been almost two years since he started living on his own. Though his parents’ house was just across to where his house was, still it felt different. He had been used to times like this, when his parents would wait up for him. His mother especially. But that was also the reason why he decided to move out. With his kind of work, schedules were very erratic. He didn’t want his parents to worry. Also, he knew he needed the privacy. His parents could be the most intuitive individuals on earth. Though they would not ask him directly, there were those looks that they would often threw at him.

“I’m okay.” He replied. “Is everything ok? Are you okay? Why wait up?” Worried tone in his voice.

“Nothing, i just thought I’d wait for you.” Mommy Aida smiled.

“It’s late already. Aren’t you tired yet?”

“I was about to go when you got here.” She explained as she went inside the house again, with John Lloyd following her. She went straight to the refrigerator and poured a glass of water for him.

John Lloyd was now seated in the couch in the sala, looking exhausted. His eyes closed. Mommy Aida let a few seconds pass before she approached him with the glass of water. He looked up. John lloyd saw the glass. He also saw a question in his mother’s eyes.

“Why are you here really?” He asked.

Mommy Aida let him drink first before she said anything.

“You’re tired. You should get some rest. I’m going now.” She said as she walked toward the door.

“Wait, mom. I’ll walk you home.” John Lloyd stood and got his keys.

Mommy Aida smiled at him. They walked in silence. They reached the gate of his house. She looked at her son and said,

“You can always tell me if you miss her."

He continued walking.

"Son, please follow your heart”

John Lloyd looked at her mother. He had no reply to give.

He also didn’t think his Mom was expecting any answer. He looked at the skies. There were few stars that night. He sought the brightest, the one which was always there.

Others called it the North star. John lloyd called it by a different name.

He called that star Sarah.

He walked his mother home in silence.

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aaaahhhh!! I used flashbacks, i had to. I had a hard time writing about her. I guess i'll have to be a mother first before i could write how a mother really feels... Thank you for reading anyway. :)