"Yes yes! I'm going~ I'm changing already!" LOL. Truth is I still am lying down on my bed face on my pillow. I am too tired to get up. I don't know what with today anyway. =.=

"Arianna Thalia Merced Fortaleza!" Shoot. This is not good. Mom only calls me that if she's really angry. I jumped out of my bed, grabbed my glasses on top of my table and ran downstairs. Thankfully I slept in my shorts and spaghetti straps not my PJ's on.

I stopped on Ghelo's door and slammed it so hard. Hard enough to hear him moan and curse under his breath. Ghelo's a light sleeper. He wakes up in simple noises, when somebody turns on the light, and when someone around him moves. My exact opposite.

"Arianna! Hurry up!" Shoot, I forgot mom. I ran down the stairs again. This is tiring considering the fact that I just woke up and my body's still not functioning well.

"Mom! What's wrong with you?! Waking me up early in the morning!"

"You actually forgot didn't you?" She said while raising an eyebrow. How come she can do that while I can't?!

"Your silence means you forgot. For heaven's sake Arianna it's your 16th birthday today! Happy Birthday Sweetie. I love you so much!" And she hugged me tight, tighter than the usual, as if she doesn't want to let me go. She kissed both my cheeks, my forehead, my nose. I mean it's sweet but I can sense that there's something wrong. But I dismissed it immediately.

I hugged her tight and muttered "I love you too Mom. So much." And kissed her on her cheek.

"Now now, your Tita Minchet is already waiting for you outside. Final preparations. I don't want my baby's 16th birthday to go haywire. I'll be in the kitchen cooking if you need me."

"Thanks Mom!" I can feel the excitement creeping down my spine. I wonder what'll happen later.

As I was scanning our garden I saw a figure standing in a very elegant way. *gasp.* I ran towards the figure and embraced her.

"Tita Minchet! I miss you! I thought Mom was just joking when she told me you're here waiting. I can't believe it! Tita I missed you so much!" She hugged my tighter. In the same way Mom did.

"I miss you to sweetheart. I can't believe my little angel is now blooming into a fine young woman. Happy sweet sixteen dear. Oh and by the way, I have a surprise for you. At the back of the car. Be back here after getting your present." She threw me her car keys and winked. I giggled and ran towards the parking lot. I can see her Purple Porsche R8. Beautiful.

As I walked closer to the car, I am feeling excited and nervous. Tita Minchet gives me strange yet wonderful gifts each year. And she says that i should keep everything for further usage and she'll be mad at me if I lose a single one of them. She started giving me those when I was 9.

A felt a cold wind past me. *shivers.* Guess stepping outside in spaghetti-straps is not a good idea but this is better than nothing. LOL. I unlocked the door and opened it. To my dismay, my "surprise" is a 5x7 colored-cardboard box. But then again I remembered, tita is just to bizarre for this simplicity. I untied the ribbon, and opened the lid.

My jaw dropped and my eyes widened. What I saw was way beyond what I expected. It's a chain necklace. But no ordinary one. It's pendant is star-shaped and made from glass which allows you to see the universe-like content . Remember seeing pictures of black space with lots of colorful dots, that's what the inside looks like. I am at awe. I sat there shocked and amazed. Tita really didn't let me down.

I wore the necklace, something felt wrong but I didn't mind it maybe because it's just that I am not used to necklaces. I hurried back to tita. I stepped, locked the door and ran.

"I see you liked it." I reassured her with a smile.

"That necklace is a very important one Yana, so I hope like the other gifts I gave you, you'll take proper care."

"I will tita, thank you!" I kissed her again, suddenly I felt dizzy. What's wrong with me? Lack of sleep perhaps. I staggered when I walked and eventually fell unconscious.

My questions were answered by the figure I saw. The man in my dreams.