All I Need Is You

"Catherina, have you taken your medicine yet?"

I stopped myself from reading a novel when I heard Lana's voice. I looked at her with a smile on my face.

"Why are you smiling? You haven't taken your medicine yet, have you?"

She folded her arms and shot me a malicious look.

"Huh?" Pretend I'm innocent.

"Cath! Tito Romualdo will scold me." She said and came to me. Lana is my cousin. She is the daughter of Dad's oldest brother, almost the same age as my third brother.

"I'll take it later." I opened the book I was reading again. I was surprised because she closed it and presented a medicine pill in my face. "No, you will take this now."

I was left to fight if I could get her to be cute but when her face suddenly became serious..

"Okay okay." I sighed.

"I'm going to drink." I promised and took the medicine from her.

While I was walking to get water, the blurry face of a man appeared to me. His face is always blurry, I can't fully see or reflect his face. I'm not even sure if I know that man or not.

I got water from the jug. I wish I could see his face clearly. I'm really curious right now. Who is he in my life?

"Cath, Kurt said don't go out. He's going to get your grades." Lana said while holding her cellphone.

"Okay. As always." I said tiredly, "Uhmm. Can I have five minutes?"

"Zach will scold me." She said and nodded.

I grinned. "Now, Zach..." Wow. "I love my freedom too much."

"We're just following your brothers' orders." She said and winked at me.

"It's very protective.." I snorted.

"Just taking care of you." She said and came to hug me from the back.

"Lana, I'll miss you."

"Me too."

We're leaving for good. I don't know what their reason is, Kuya Tyler just told me that Dad wants to move so that my sick will go away, I don't question that anymore because I know that they are not hiding anything from me. I took a deep breath and looked out the window, my brows furrowed when I saw a suspicious guy. Honestly, I don't really know if it's a boy or a girl because he's wearing a hood. He was looking in my direction, at the same time I saw the blurred image of the man.

Who are you really?

The wind is cold here in San Isidro, which is the furthest area covered by Valle Verde, the news says the weather will remain this cold until the end of the year.

I was with my two cousins and three friends, we were outside the subdivision and we thought its good to hang out in the park outside.

"What's the plan?" I asked Dominic, whom is my cousin.

"You? What's your plan? Your brothers won't let you do that!" I heard him scream.

"I don't know..." I said, "They're always like that. so overprotective when it comes to me."

"They are just concerned. You know?" My cousin, Martha, Dominic's sister, raised an eyebrow.

I just ate the junk food that Earl, one of our friends, bought.

Yes. I know they are just worried, it's not a joke to have a disease. I have a Dementia, I forget, especially if I didn't take my meds. My cousins and three brothers are here to remind me to take medicine.

"Have you ever taken your meds?" Dominic tapped my shoulder.

I don't like it when they always have to remind me to take my meds. I felt like a child who needed to be remembered.

"You always have to take that on time." Martha

I just nodded and didn't respond because of the anger. Why is it that so many people in the world are still suffering from my disease?

There was an incident where I forgot to drink and God! I forgot my brother's name. My brother was so angry that I forgot to take my meds on time.

"You think they will allow you, Cath?" Shine opened a junkfood and presented it to me.

I took a few pieces, "I hope.." shrugged.

"They are not going to let you go, but Kurt will let you go." Earl smiled at me.

Of course.

"What if Zach is there? Woo. You're dead, girl." Racquel laughed with Dominic.

They're obviously mocking me. They know how close my brothers are to me.

"Hey, it's 5pm. We're going to have to go, they are probably looking for Cat." Martha stood up and nodded at me.

I looked at her and smiled, took out my phone out of my pocket and read the text there, when I read that I quickly put my phone back in my pants.

"Okay, we'd better go." Earl stood up, "There is still intramurals practice at Valle Verde University."

We got up too. We were all in the same class, and now we are all moving to the San Isidro Institute.

I've been waiting for my friends and family to come along, but Martha is the only one left with me.

"Has he texted?" Martha asked.

I nodded. I'm going to see my boyfriend again! I'm just a little bit of a jerk because my parents and my brothers didn't want me to be friends with them.

"He's in Deondre." I said and sat down again where I had been sitting.

"Look they'll let you go?" Martha came to my side.

I looked up and felt the cold breeze again. "I'll say goodbye to Kurt."

"Oh look! He's here!" Martha stood up and pointed at something.

I was quick to act, I ran and ate the distance between me and Sean and hugging him.

"Hey! Easy!" He laughed and gave me a hug.

I heard Martha's laughter coming towards us.

"I missed you!" I nodded before I turned to him.

He kissed my forehead. "Me too." Sean smiled.

"Oh? 5 minutes, it's late. Uncle and Zach may have called a Search and Rescue team." Martha shrugged.

Sean and I nodded, he took my hand and took me away from Martha who was now making faces.

"Cath, we haven't seen each other in two days I feel like its two years." Sean's crop and kissed me on the forehead again.

I smiled. He's really like that. So sweet. "Me too, I missed you so much!"

"You're not going to be on your roadtrip?" Sean seemed to be sure of his words.

We kissed. Even Sean is overprotective of me. He didn't want to take me on the trip, even though it was in Valle Verde.

"Deondre is safe." I said it.

"My tricycle passed through the Deondre river, someone was found dead, Catherine." Sean, trying to change my mind.

I left his hand on me. "I want to go, it's an adventure."

"Screw adventures! What if you can't take medication?"

"My cousins are there to remind me!"

"Catherine!" I was shocked when he called my name. I don't want a fight with him. It's just too nonsense. I'm already 18 and I can take care of myself.

"Hey, stop that. Your five minutes are over." Martha pulled me away from Sean.

"Another five minutes, Marthella?" I'm sure he'll be fine, but I know Martha won't let him go.

Martha was struggling and I was more distant from Sean. "What are you? Crazy? After you mention my full name? Let's go Catherine!"

Before I could get to the door, I heard Sean's voice.

"I love you, Cath. Don't go on the trip, please?"

I bit my lip. I wanted to answer him but it was like a lump in my throat that prevented me from speaking.

Sean is my first boyfriend. We've been together for a year and a half, but he's been a good friend for a while, and he's not the only one who's been here. I don't get it. Nothing bad seems to happen. Why do people always have negative thoughts? They are just stressing themselves.

"So you're not going?" asked Martha, we're walking on our way home.

I shook my head. "I'm going."

"What if you and Sean fight?" She looked at me to see my reaction.

I shrugged. I don't want to think about it first.

When we got to the house, two guards opened the door for us, and my dog ​​greeted me, which I immediately hugged.

My father is already here! His car is already parked here! My heart clapped even more when I saw that Tyler and Zach's cars were gone..

"Kurt Martin is here." Martha smiled, "You're lucky, it looks like you'll be coming." Martha and I went inside, papa appeared to me who was quietly reading papers. Must be paper works.

"Good afternoon, uncle!" Martha greeted and kissed dad.

"You're already here, thanks for taking Catherine, Marthella, huh?" Dad stood up and left his reading for a moment to hug me.

"Hi, dad! Look, Martha is pouting!" I laughed and pointed at my cousin's unpainted face.

"Uncle! Not the full name, please?" Martha almost threw a tantrum. Dad laughed.

"Are you going to sleep here?"

"Oh no, no, uncle. I just delivered your princess. Actually, I'm leaving."

I peeked at the papers that dad was reading for a while, I thought it was paperwork. It turned out to be a newspaper with a name on it.

Sage Acosta.

Dad came out and brought my cousin, maybe they were talking. I took that time and went upstairs.

I immediately went to Kurt's room. I knocked.

"Brother!" I threw myself at him, he was shocked but eventually recovered. He hugged me back!

"Little girl." Kurt said softly. I can smell his natural scent, as well as the shower gel he used.

It turned out that he had just taken a bath, his hair was a mess and he had no top on, only jersey shorts.

"How's your day?" My brother asked, I entered his room and lay on his bed.

"Fine..." I took a deep breath. "If I'll go on a trip will you allow me?" I can't see his expression but I know his forehead is already wrinkled.

"Why did you ask?" .

I quickly stood up and sat down. "You'll let me, won't you, Big Brother?"

"Ask dad's permission, first." He spoke in a baritone.

My shoulders slumped. I thought it would be easy.

"I know that he won't let me." I played with my fingers.

"I won't let you either."

"But, Brother!" I moaned. "I'm already 18."

He raised an eyebrow. "But you're still our baby." He smiled, he came to me and ruffled my hair.

I was annoyed and removed his hand. I'm not a baby anymore, Ugh! I heard a car honking one after another.

I stood on Kurt's bed and peeked out the veranda. I can see the two black Mustangs of Zach and Tyler. They went down together, maybe this is the only difference between us siblings.

Zach and Tyler's features are almost the same.

The only difference is that Tyler looks more gentle, although Zach's hair is clean cut and Tyler's is a bit long and messy, Zach's eyes make his handsomeness stand out while Tyler's asset is his dimple.

Kurt is the most playful of the three, he is also the closest to me, he has serious eyes, thick eyebrows and a pointed nose. They're like angels in disguise.

"Are you just going to say goodbye to me?" Kurt asked, he was next to me.

"Yes, is it possible? It's just a trip. Roadtrip! Nothing will happen and I'll bring my medicines."

"You have to." My brother answered.

My eyes widened and I looked at him. "Will you let me?"

My brother smiled at me. "No, ask our brothers permission too."

Oh man!

I went down with my brother Kurt to meet my two other brothers. I'm not surprised that my dad is gone, he's always like that anyway, even if he's free at work he's always doing something.

At least he's finding time for the four of us.

"Little girl." My eldest brother, Zach, was in the hospital. I can see through his eyes that he is already tired.

I kissed. "I'm not a little girl." At the same time laughing.

"Wow! You're still young." He was followed by his brother, Zach, Tyler.

"Kurt!" I'm going to make fun of my brother Tyler.

My brother Zach stroked my hair. "What?"

I nodded to him and my head was shaking. "What do you mean, Brother?"

"You're not going to hug me that tight, without any reason, Cath. I know you're going to ask for something."

"Come on! You're terrible, brother?" Well that's true..

"You're still denying it, Cath." Kurt laughed.

Grr. I'm still looking for a perfect time! Why is my brother a fortune teller?

Tyler sat on the couch and gently laid his feet on the coffee table. The three of us looked at him. "Maybe there's a boyfriend."

"No ha!"

My brother Zach asked me. "Too defensive."

Am I that obvious? That's why Tyler thought of it. Sometimes it's really nice not to call him a big brother! Of the three of them, my brother Tyler was the one who always bullied me. But he loves me. Maybe that's the only way he can show me a little bit of a love.

"Cath, have you taken your meds? I don't want you forgetting my name again." My brother Kurt reminds me, he drinks water.

I nodded to him.

"So what is it, Catherine?"

I looked at my brother Zach and saw him raise his eyebrows.

"She wants to go to a trip." Suddenly asked my brother Kurt. What the eff?

"Trip?"

I gulped a little. That's what I'm saying. This is now a 20-80 chance that I will go to the trip. I'd rather have my brother say goodbye.

"Fieldtrip? Is there anything like that? It's 12th grade. And I thought it's your vacation this month." Tyler tilted his head.

"Roadtrip, Ty."

"What? Have you said goodbye to dad?"I jumped over. If my brothers were hard to be allowed to say goodbye, how could I say goodbye to my father?

"She's already 18, Zach. She needs to be independent." I felt Kurt's presence behind me.

My brother Zach's gaze remained on me. I don't know what he's thinking... even Tyler was silenced!

"So... Martha and Dominic were there. I know that they're going to remind me about my meds." I'll add more so they can let me.

"Where the hell are you going?"

asked Tyler who was now sitting in a tight seat.

Fck. I shouldn't say D'eondre, they won't let me. after what happened five years ago. I know that they won't let me!

"Vista Verde."

My two older brothers looked at each other. My brother, Zach, was deeply thinking, and Kurt put his hand on my shoulder.

"I'll drive her there. She's definitely going to be in the green." He assured our other brothers.

"Your call. Jusy bring your meds, Cath.." That's my brother Tyler.

Shit! Two down, one to go!

It took about two minutes before Zach took a deep breath and smiled at me.

"We won't tell dad. Just take care of yourself, okay?" He said and pulled me to hug.

Oh my God! They let me go! I was allowed! I jumped and stayed as the three of them laughed at me, I pulled Tyler out of his seat and I heard a few complaints about him. I took him and the two and hugged them three at the same time. The four of us laughed.

I love them so much!

The next morning, Martha came and picked me up to plan the roadtrip. We just walked out. My three brothers were the only ones left.

"You're going to have to remind me that you're taking a medicine." Martha.

I told her what happened that night. She couldn't believe the depth of her eyes.

"Really? You were actually allowed!"

I find it weird. He liked my brother. Well, it's just a plain crush.

As we walked through the vastness of the land in San Isidro I couldn't help but be amazed.

The city of Valle Verde is large, you need four hours to get to Manila. The largest part of it is Vista Verde which is part of the Monteverde family. It is like Valle Verde is the Philippines and Vista Verde is Manila. It's full of trees here, you can see a few cows tied up and being walked by the caretakers. Herds of goats that roam freely and various other animals that are not too dangerous.

I was born and raised here but I haven't been around the entire Valle Verde. This is where the oldest mountain was recorded. Mount Ahlu which is still in the middle.

"We really need to plan that trip as soon as possible." Martha said. We boarded the tricycle terminal.

"Pay two, in Rosario." Martha said. The driver quickly spelled the length of the province. I still see a few horses tied up. My school is near there, in the Rosario area.

"How about Sean? Have you told him yet?" Martha asked me. I closed my eyes tightly. By the way, I haven't told my boyfriend yet that I decided to go on the road trip. I know he will understand me, if my brothers would have let him be my boyfriend should too

"Maybe later.." I don't know, I don't want to think about it.. Martha and I got off in front of Earl's house, because that's where our meeting place was.

We caught up with Dominic and Shine laughing.

"Raquel?" Martha asked after coming down.

"His father had an asthma attack. He said he might not be able to go on the trip. You know, he's a bit busy too." Earl shrugged.

I sat on the wooden chair, so did Martha.

"Are you allowed?" Shine looked at me.

I nodded.

"But we'll pick her up at Vista Verde."

"What?" Earl snorted, "that's a long way! San Isidro is the very end of Valle Verde, so we're going to pick her up at the opening?" He said.

I bowed slightly. He has a point. "Calm down! We want her to come right?" It's hard for Shine.

"Also, Vista Verde is close to D'eondre. We won't have any trouble." Dominic said.

"But Dom, isn't it dangerous? What if your brothers follow you, Cath?" Earl turned to me.

"They probably won't do that."

"Besides, Martha and I are together, who will bring you Catherine?" I looked at Dominic.

"Big Brother Kurt."

"See, it's Kurt.."

"What about your two brothers? Zachary or Tyler?"

"They have something in school. Our trip is two days from now. We need to plan it and you should stop being so negative!" Martha folded her arms.

They immediately planned where we would meet and what we would do in D'eondre. It is to capture the place. It is said that the interior of D'eondre is beautiful and it is not just the river itself. They say there are many more places surrounding D'eondre. Suddenly my mind wandered and I remembered the movie I watched.

A group of students who went to Amazon to stop the deforestation then later on, the plane they were riding crashed and was caught by red tribes who eat people.

Wow, Catherine... there must be nothing like that in D'eondre!

"Hey, Cath. We'll go inside. You don't want to come?" I don't know how far my mind went and ended up at the point where they were about to enter. I shook my head first. I need to get rid of this thought!

"Okay." Martha said. They entered Earl's house.

I was left sitting outside. I gasped when I remembered! My medicine! Fck! I can't forget that! I fumbled in my pocket but couldn't find my medicine cabinet! I was about to call Martha when I heard something.

I felt dizzy. I'm thirty minutes late taking the medicine..

"Miss." I finally looked behind me. I saw an unfamiliar man. He's wearing a simple shirt and shorts. He is also wearing a cap so I can't see him even more.

"W-What's that?" I can't focus my eyes anymore... shit, Martha I need you!

"Are you going to D'eondre on Monday too?"

I nodded.

I think I saw him smile. "Eros, let's go..." Another man who just appeared behind Eros said deeply.

The man that was called Eros nodded and walked away. The man who called Eros remained standing. He's also wearing a cap!

Damn, my vision is getting blurry.. I know he's not stupid and I know he can see my situation but why doesn't he want to help me? For the first time,

I saw the man's eyes, then everything went black.