Oh and I have been reading lately which I am really to go back for real after months (*What more feels like decades) on a book called 'The secret letters to of the monk who sold his Ferrari' by Robin Sharma who is the mean behind the best selling book on 'The monk who sold his Ferrari' plus I would like to get more books from him along with Mitch Albom who is the man who is behind the best seller 'Tuesdays with Morrie' additionally he also writes "Have a little faith', 'The first phone call from heaven' and 'The time keeper' as well as others books I would love to read and hopefully I'll find them personally.
This is the long awaited forth chapter of 'One last walk'.
*Alaia is the name of Chaz's younger sister, changed due to privacy concern.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: This is only a work of fiction therefore there is no need to take it seriously as if this happens in real life.
Chaz's P.O.V
By the time when my plane arrived to the San Diego International airport, I felt real tired; jet lagged and a huge headache I am suffering.
However I am really happy to see my family back home and my little sister is the one who give me a light hug however I felt nervous about the hug because any physical contact are not allowed due to the spread concern.
I didn’t want to hurt her thus I don’t ever say anything.
As my parents whom my dad helps me while my mum welcomes me home additionally I am really happy to see my family however I just couldn’t help but wonder about how my girlfriend is doing on her way back to Seattle.
As we all load into the car, my little sister ask me a question about her: “Are you going to see her again?”
I don’t know how to answer the question because it makes me want to cry even more after the last walk we did together and the last hug we did before we headed back to the airport and the question is ‘Am I going to see her again?’ Already we promised to stay in touch by video calls, phone calls and text messages.
“Alaia, please don’t upset Chaz; he is probably having a really long flight from Hawaii yet he feels really tired from the long flight from Oahu.”
“Sorry but I am worried about his girlfriend.”
“It’s okay, I’ll see her again but instead we have to go online.” I piped up while watching the cars go by on the freeway additionally while sounding tired and husky just as when I am having a sore throat with a phlegm stuck on my throat.
“Online, what does that means?”
“That means they have to contact each other on the computer, laptop; phone and tablet as well because already the world is already suffering the serious invasion and it is too risky to have classes in person as well as a graduation event yet it is too serious for them to have a face to face contact with the other person.” Replied my mom/ mum Melinda.
“Oh . . . like how classes are now moving online?”
“Yes, something like that because it is too risky to have a class in person yet risking the spread.”
“And more cases unfortunately increased by the day.”
“Oh.”
While everybody is talking about how everything are moving online; I thought about my beautiful girlfriend on how she is going to get a job back in Washington State?
Plus unfortunately, for most of the non essential business are closed due to the pandemic plus the only opening businesses are essential businesses based on hospitals; grocery stores and restaurants which they only do now takeouts as well as delivery services instead of dining in as long as people can actually wear a mask at all times as well as a face shield and practice social distancing by standing away from the other person at either six feet away from each other or 1 to 2 meters in addition to avoid and resist any physical contact such as handshake, hugs or kissing plus they need to look for alternative greetings to greet the other person while maintaining the social distance between each other yet practicing social distance.
It may be hard to understand/ acknowledge it at first however it is important for us to understand about how it is for us to prevent ourselves from spreading it yet it is important for us to practice following the rules and not to risk our own lives and our own health by breaking the rules yet ending up in the hospital at the ICU for risking breaking the rules in addition ignoring the red flags of the warning sign; by doing so—we also ended up placing a bigger risk on the essential medical workers who not only place so much at risk of overworking yet trying to save our lives by placing even more danger of their mental health which can actually lead to a lot of symptoms which does lead to anxiety and depression.
It really truthfully saddens my heart to see how many of the essential workers who are working at the essential business industry just to see how they get either very little rest or sorry to say; not having any rest or taking a leave for an unlimited number of days, weeks and even months off from work as their long well deserved break by spending more quality time with their family and friends as well as having their own alone time to either reflect on their own life or finishing a book they are currently reading, an abandoned project they do on the side which has nothing to do with work or practicing their cooking to learn how to feed themselves as well as their kids.
Plus I’d think this is considered to be a HUGE lesson for us to learn in the future, A REALLY HUGE LESSON FROM THE UNIVERSE.
"Chaz, Chaz.” Called a voice; snapping the long train of personal thoughts and philosophies I have been thinking right now.
It is my older sister, Cambria who is calling me from her side of the car seat while I am still deep in my own thoughts and philosophies I have been thinking right now.
“What.” I asked, trying to sound neutral however with all of the long flight while sitting next to an empty seat (*Unfortunately the air stewardess had told me passengers cannot sit together unless if they have a small child or an elder whom they are allowed to seat together; other passengers must sit separately to practice social distancing.); sounding as if I am having a husky voice on a sore throat with a phlegm stuck on my throat.; making my voice sound more nasal.
“Are you okay? You hadn’t said anything all day from the moment when you arrived home.” She replied sounding worried.
I ignored her, I felt so tired yet I am not in the mood to talk to anyone or anybody at all—especially with the long flight; the check-in and test on medical condition—this is actually giving me a really painful headache I couldn’t handle yet I lost my appetite all so quickly.
“Chaz!” She called me while slapping my arm as I am giving her a glare to say “Shut up” without saying anything.
“Cambria!” my mom suddenly snapped when she turned around and see what happened.
My dad sighed; this is going to be a long and painful ride home with my older sister get annoyed, my little sister is sleeping peacefully with her book open on her lap; my silent yet resilience mom and a tired dad who still have to drive us home personally I have a feeling; this is going to be a really painful ride.
Paula’s P.O.V
As the plane reached the Seattle Airport without a hitch, I am happy to be back home and to see my dad again is a really amazing opportunity but still, it doesn’t feel good as I felt miles and miles away from the tropical, sunny and happy yet hot and humid vibes of Oahu, Hawaii it reminds me of how I realized by the time when I finished school in Punahou; my dad had decided to move back to Seattle for good and I am feeling really sad on how I had to leave Hawaii however I do realize I can always go back to Hawaii plus I didn’t expect to go back to Hawaii by the time when I am signing up for an art scholarship as well as choosing to be there for my art career as well.
I thought why don’t I share my art with the art community and maybe I can definitely turn it into a business personally?
However unfortunately with the bad news of the invasion of how we need to cancel the art event where many local artists decided to share their art and some even decided to turn it into a business opportunity in addition to having commissions on helping the artist out yet it also helps to donate to the local charity events as well as other events as well; I felt heartbroken to hear the bad news from the organizers who had originally planned and organized the event however with the pandemic is getting critical then they have to cancel many of the events due to the safety concerns of the local citizen.
Anyway, I managed to wait patiently to get out of the plane except it is going to be a really long wait because people are now checking in in addition to doing the medical test on knowing is the person’s result are either positive or negative—however it must be negative as the test result because if a person is positive then no one can manage to enter in or going out.
Plus even though I am happy to be back home in Washington State nevertheless I still felt heartbroken and sad on leaving Oahu thus even though my dad prefers Seattle mostly because it is the climate of Seattle does reminds him of his home in London thus he still chooses Oahu as our choice of home in his heart.
Thankfully the check in is just a short wait because they wanted people to go to the different check in lanes while practicing social distance by either standing six feet away from others or one to two meters away from the other person.
In addition, you also need to wear a mask before wearing a face shield and a pair of gloves for safety because many people have to now required to wear a mask on their face as well as standing six feet away from the other person or one to two meters by keeping your distance from the other person.
Thus the weather outside for Seattle, Washington State is more of a cool climate than the hot, humid; sunny and tropical climate of Oahu: Maui, Big Island of Hawaii; Lanai, Molokai and Kauai on the islands of Hawaii—thus the one thing I wanted to do is definitely go to the baggage claim and get my luggage from there and see if my dad does have any of the spring-autumn clothes which I normally save it for the cooler months.
“So you did come back from Hawaii?” Ask the check in staff while placing my passport into the reader.
“Yes, I did.” I answer, calmly and nonchalantly.
“Okay, so how long you have been there?”
I looked up, people are now frowning with confusion about what or why would a check in staff would even ask me about why am I returning to Washington State from Hawaii when I am there for more than years and I finally make a return trip back in 2014 then this year; I have to return due to the invasion concerns.
“More than a year, several years.” I answer; trying to sound neutral because already I want the passport to get finished read in addition to finishing the thumb fingerprint scan and going to the baggage claim thus I can get my luggage as fast as possible thus I can go see my dad and ask him for the clothes I needed for the cool spring climate because already it is way cooler than the temperature of the coolness inside the Delta Airplane. (*Yes, I fly with Delta Airplane on the return trip to Seattle, Washington State and Chaz is the same with his plane headed for San Diego, California.)
“Okay, now you are completed.” He said while passing back my passport with a gloved hand.
“Thank you.” I said while I go out to the baggage claim area thus all I need to do is to get my luggage.
As I managed to get my beautiful palm leaves tropical luggage; I decided to go to the arrival hall where my dad is now waiting for me with a sign which says in a hand written font sign which said
Plus I am surprised to see how he is carry a bag however I don't know what is inside the bag; are they the layered clothes I do needed for cold climate of Washington State.
"Dad!" I called while walking faster to meet him and he calls me at the same time: "Sweetheart!" just as everybody arrived back to Seattle or they just arrived to Seattle for their essential trip in addition to the returning trip to home.
We wanted to hug each other however we couldn’t because sadly due to invasion becoming so serious by the day: we couldn’t give each other a hug.
"Sorry, sweetheart: I am afraid to said this but I couldn't give you a hug personally."
"Me too, dad: unfortunately we couldn’t due to the serious pandemic."
"Exactly; I just wish we can get a physical contact for once but with all of the serious issues on going; perhaps for now we can give each other a distant hug."
"Agreed, it is for the safety of our health."
As I check into the bag; it turns out it is the clothing I needed for the cool climate of Seattle: I asked "Did you actually pack this?"
"Yes, I did just in case because it might get cold thus I thought it would be a great idea for me to bring it with me thus you can get changed when you get home."
"Sure, I will."
While I go into the washroom; it does feels very different to wearing a lot of lightweight clothes I am so used to wearing in Hawaii because Hawaii is really hot and humid; however Seattle is more of a temperamental season thus we do need to get to wear layered clothes for the spring and autumn season as in the winter on thick woolly clothes and summer on lightweight clothes.
After I get changed; we both go down to the parking area to the Subaru car which my dad decided to get just when he is in Seattle for the very first time.
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As I managed to get my beautiful palm leaves tropical luggage; I decided to go to the arrival hall where my dad is now waiting for me with a sign which says in a hand written font sign which said
"Sweetheart, I have been waiting for you everywhere! ~Dad"
Plus I am surprised to see how he is carry a bag however I don't know what is inside the bag; are they the layered clothes I do needed for cold climate of Washington State.
"Dad!" I called while walking faster to meet him and he calls me at the same time: "Sweetheart!" just as everybody arrived back to Seattle or they just arrived to Seattle for their essential trip in addition to the returning trip to home.
We wanted to hug each other however we couldn’t because sadly due to invasion becoming so serious by the day: we couldn’t give each other a hug.
"Sorry, sweetheart: I am afraid to said this but I couldn't give you a hug personally."
"Me too, dad: unfortunately we couldn’t due to the serious pandemic."
"Exactly; I just wish we can get a physical contact for once but with all of the serious issues on going; perhaps for now we can give each other a distant hug."
"Agreed, it is for the safety of our health."
As I check into the bag; it turns out it is the clothing I needed for the cool climate of Seattle: I asked "Did you actually pack this?"
"Yes, I did just in case because it might get cold thus I thought it would be a great idea for me to bring it with me thus you can get changed when you get home."
"Sure, I will."
While I go into the washroom; it does feels very different to wearing a lot of lightweight clothes I am so used to wearing in Hawaii because Hawaii is really hot and humid; however Seattle is more of a temperamental season thus we do need to get to wear layered clothes for the spring and autumn season as in the winter on thick woolly clothes and summer on lightweight clothes.
After I get changed; we both go down to the parking area to the Subaru car which my dad decided to get just when he is in Seattle for the very first time.
