Chapter 2- Is This It?
Neil boarded the plane, he checked his belongings to see if they were intact before sitting on a chair in the plane close to the window.
Neil stared out the window with full concentration as he searched for Treasure. He was already missing her dearly, left alone he would have ran back into her warm embrace.
Closing his eyes he rested his head on the head rest and let out a cool breath. His brain replayed all the fond memories he and Treasure shared.
Opening his eyes he ran his fingers through his soft thick auburn blonde hair.
He'll be back! He was sure of that, he will surely come back to Treasure no matter what. He sighed while deep in thought.
He never thought he would miss Treasure this dearly, even more than his mother.
LOVE was really a strong feeling, Neil chuckled. A man came and sat beside him and greeted him cheerfully. Not long after, the plane was in action, ready to fly.
"Wow! Am so excited I can't even wait." The man beside Neil spoke happily, full of joy.
"And why is that sir?" Neil asked trying to get his mind off Treasure or he would run mad with missing her.
"I get to see my family again...it has been over six months now since when last I saw my little girl and wife."
"How old is she?"
"Four...but she'll be turning five tomorrow and I want to surprise her." The man was overjoyed at the thought of his baby girl making Neil laugh.
"What's wrong?" The man asked, confused.
"Nothing really, you're missing your daughter while am just leaving my woman."
"So is life boy...why didn't she accompany you?"
"Well, she's still in high school and I have to leave for college." The man nodded in understanding with a serious face.
"At least it won't be long before you get to see her again as long as she wait for you."
"She will, she's very loyal and I will prove to her how loyal I can be." The man smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"I wish you all the best boy...make her proud." Neil nodded with a wide grin.
Suddenly the plane shook violently, forcing some passengers to hit their head on the hard chair in front of them. Luggages and bagpacks fell out of place.
When it stopped everyone had complicated emotions and expression on their faces. The plane speaker at the top cracked before a voice boomed.
"We're so sorry for the blockage in one of the engines. Don't panic, it is back to place and we won't be having any fault...sorry for the inconvenience once more." And it went off.
"Phew! That was close." The man beside Neil was already mad with worry at first. Neil just kept quiet as he prayed for safe journey. But who knew what next would happen?The plane shook more again causing passengers to scream and shout in panic. Neil didn't know what to think again, staring out the window he saw the engine on his side caught fire. Everything froze around Neil and his first thought was Treasure!
'Is this how he would leave her...God NO! Not this way...after all the promises'. He thought sadly as tears gathered his eyes at reality.
"GOD please NO! Not when I want to do something wonderful for my baby girl," the man beside Neil wailed.
The fire spread wide due to the wind causing the engine to disconnect....HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? no one knew. It was just unexpected.
"Is this it?"
Was the last question Neil asked before the plane sped down and crashed horrifyingly.
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"I wrote it for you." Tressure grinned widely as Neil read through. He looked at her with a surprised expression.
"Wow!...this is creative." Neil praised Treasure as he looked back into the notebook.
"Keep it up babe, this could get you where you want to be...sing for me."
Treasure smiled shyly as she took the notebook from Neil's hand, she shyly peeked at him and laughed when she saw him put on a cute face. She was about to sing when Neil cut her short.
"What's the title sweet?"
Treasure fumbled the notebook in her hand and thought for a moment...
"NEIL"...
Treasure laid on her bed as she read what she had written months back to Neil. Tears slid down her temples as she remembered singing it to him with so much affection.
A knock was heard and in came her mom, she walked up to Treasure's bed and sat at the edge.
"We need to go Treasure...its time."
Her mom calmly informed Treasure. Salome tried consoling her daughter, she even called friends to help her talk about how she felt but Treasure never said anything.
Sitting up, Treasure stared into space as tears kept pouring. Salome patted her on the back soothingly without saying anything.
Later, Salome and Treasure boarded a cab and arrived at a catholic church. Pamela saw them and found her way over to them, she embraced Treasure along with Salome.
"Treasure are you sure you want to do this?" Pamela worriedly asked Treasure and Treasure nodded dully.
They found their way into the church and sat down in silence, Clauda sobbed quietly but painfully while Pamela tried calming her down.
After a short sermon, Pamela was invited to give a speech on the pulpit.
"The day I will never forget was when I feel and tore my dress on our prom night at school and everyone laughed and ridiculed me....but....someone walked up to me, took my left hand and helped me up...he tore the edge amd made the dress short and free to move about....but it didn't stop there, he spun me and danced with me like in the movies. I was envied by all and we where the talk of every gossip that night...but I will never forget when he pulled me close and whispered....'I will never leave you humiliated'....and my brother kept to his word. He never let anyone humiliate me...his memories will forever remain in my heart..."
Pamela sobbed at some point but she still succeeded in ending the speech. Walking back to her seat, Treasure stood up and went past her. On the way she patted Pamela on the shoulder.
Climbing the stairs and standing on the pulpit Treasure gazed ahead, she made everyone vanish in her mind and concentrated ahead.
She took a deep steady breath and parted her lips to sing a song from her notebook;
"It will surely come sooner or later. That was your favorite motto, i asked why they never named you PATIENCE
You told me 'I dont need to be patient when I already have TREASURE.' You had many powerful motto which were;
"NEVER stop believing, ENJOY when you've worked hard, I can do anything, LOSING is not failing"
And all the first letters of your motto carried an alphabet of you name...NEIL
That name suited you because you were a CHAMPION in everything you did...afterall it was a name with a great meaning 'CHAMPION'...."
Treasure broke down on the pulpit after the wonderful song she sang that touched everyone's soul. Her melodious voice forever remained tattooed in their hearts.