Chapter Eleven

“tell me how did you met Mitchie” bigla nyang binago yung usapan
“me? I met her at a convention”
“convention?”
“yeah, I‘m a photographer and she was my seatmate at the bus going there, so yeah the rest is history”
“where is that convention exactly?”
“hmm, South Korea, why?”
“is that at the middle of the year, like May?” tanong nya

oh, pano nya nalaman na May yun?

“actually yeah, how did you know?”
“Jestine and I went there too!” sabi nyang medyo masigla
“Jestine?”
“my girlfriend .. I mean ex girlfriend”  tapos biglang nagbago expression nya

natahimik kami pareho, awkward ..

“umm, I‘ll go inside now okay?”
tumango lang sya tapos bumalik ako sa loob saka humiga sa kama ko

nakatingin lang ako sa kisame nung pumasok na din si Pedro
ang down down ng itsura nya, sorry naman at naungkat pa bigla si Jestine

“Pedro, can you tell me a story?”
“what? are you a child?!” sabi nya -______________________________- pilosopo mo talaga eh!

“pssh! I mean, something about you”
 tumaas kilay nya “about me? what about me?”

“tell me something about you”
“ne, don‘t wanna”
“okaayy, so.. mmm, something about Jestine?” kinakabahan kong tanong, baka magalit kasi sya saken

narinig ko yung mabigat na pag buntong hininga nya
kabahan ka Jamie!! kabahan ka!! baliw ka kasi eh, ayan tuloy, magagalit na yan, magagalit na yan! >.<

“I --”
“if you don‘t want to talk about it, it‘s okay.. I‘m sorry” bigla kong putol sa sinabi nya
nakita ko yung pag slightly smile nya

“I can tell it to you, but I don‘t know where to start” sabi nya

o_O talaga? sasabihin nya??

“you know, there are radio stations back at my country where they help people with their love issues and --”

pagtingin ko sa kanya nakatingin lang sya saken na parang na-aamaze?

“what?” tanong ko sa kanya
“nothing, it‘s just that.. you‘re different aren‘t you?”
“different? what do you -- anyway, forget about that, let‘s talk about you for a change” sabi ko
“okay, so what?” tanong nya, ay wala kaming mararating neto!
“wait there, okay?” tapos kinuha ko yung cell phone ko
“hello? ah, ano yung kaibigan ko kasi, sya yung magpapatulong po, foreigner kaya ako ang tumawag”
“………………”
“okay po, salamat”

“here!” saka ko inabot kay Pedro yung phone ko
“what‘s this?” tanong nya
“take it!! it‘s a long distance call!”



His POV

she’s crazy I tell you!
how can a stranger help me with my problem?
well, technically she’s a stranger too and she’s helping me but that’s a different case

anyway..

“Hello?”
“yes hello! how may we help you tonight?”

what the?! I looked at Lailah and she have her hand gestured as a phone, like what the hell?!

“are you kidding me?” I asked her
“I‘m sorry what?” she answered in a “DJ” kinda way

“hello, are you still there?”
I was looking at her, amazed!

“hello??”
okay Damon, just play along

“yes, I‘m still here”
“good! then how may we help you tonight?”
“I don‘t think you can”
“really? try us” she said
“no, I --”
“come on!” she said

“okay, fine.. here goes ..”

“I had a girlfriend, she broke up with me thru phone call”
“and why did she broke up with you?”
“I don‘t know”
“oh come on! how are we going to help you if you won‘t tell us the story?”

“fine … I love her still, that‘s why every time I have, I call her. but she always hung up on me”
“and why does she do that?”
“because I didn‘t fight for her. my family, well, they don‘t like her for me”
“why don‘t they like her for you?”
“simply because they don‘t, I really don‘t know their exact reason”
“okay, but why didn‘t you fight for her? I mean you love her right?”

“yes I do, but something at the back of my mind told me that I should just shut up and do nothing that‘s why I didn‘t fight for her, then I just realized that I do love her, but I was too late, she broke up with me”

“well that was stupid” she said in a Lailah way, not the DJ way
“I know right?”
“if she‘s not answering your call why don‘t you mail her?”
“mail? are you kidding me?”
“no, I mean it” now she’s back to Lilah, so I turned her phone off too

“here” then she handed me a post-card-like thingy from our hotel back in Singapore
“what am I going to do with this?” I asked
“mail it to her tomorrow, I think they mail it here faster that my country” then she laughed

“what am I going to say here?” I asked again
“am I you?! that I have to dictate to you everything you will do? huh??”
“well you‘re telling me already, so I --”
“fine! fine! tell her that --”

“on second thought, its much sweeter if it all came from me”
“gulo ng lahi ng baliw na to, sarap lang batukan, ang ewan ewan!”
“what did you say?”
“ah, wala wala!”
“you‘re pissing me again”
“I said -- nothing!”

“whatever, hey can I borrow a pen?”
“here”

“done! we‘ll mail this tomorrow, and by the way -- thanks. I feel a lot better now”
“sure, no prob! mmm, what did you say to her anyway?”

“I said I want us to get back together, and I‘ll see her soon”


Her POV

ngumiti na lang ako, at least natulungan ko si Pedro sa love life problem nya
at lease isa samin, e may masaya pa namang ending

kinabukasan

punta kami ngayon sa shopping area
mamayang gabi kasi yung kasal nila Mitchie, e wala pa akong regalo, kaya hanap muna kami

“how about this?” tanong ni Pedro, tinutulungan nya akong maghanap
“I don‘t think it‘s a good idea to give them that” tapos natawa ako, baliw talaga tong kasama ko
“wait, I‘ll just go outside to look for anything else”
“okay, I‘ll be here”

nakapili na ako at nagbabayad na ngayon dito sa counter
pagtingin ko kay Pedro sa labas may dalawang babae syang kausap
kanina medyo masaya pa yung itsura nya, tapos ngayon bakit nag-iba?

umalis yung dalawang babae, lumabas na din ako

“hey, what‘s the problem?” tanong ko
hindi sya nagsasalita, pero parang bad trip sya na hindi ko maintindihan
parang galit na gusto manapak pero para syang naghihina?? ewan! basta di ko sya maintindihan!
eto tuloy ngayon, habang naglalakad kami ang tahimik nya. hindi ako sanay sa ganito ha..

Chapter Ten

“yes, they are beautiful” I answered staring at her

I can’t help but stare at her, even though all I can see is a side view, still .. Beautiful
I removed my eyes from her when I realized something

‘why the hell am I staring at her?’ I shook my head, I’m getting crazy!
I looked up in the sky

I’m actually staring on blank air, thinking of .. hmm, now that I mention it, I’m just randomly thinking.

“you know what?” she suddenly asked, I looked at her, and she looked at me too
“what?” I said

she smiled, but she’s not happy

“I always ask Chis-- well I always, always! ask him to go on a trip to the province with me, cause I want to see the clear sky. away from the city lights, away from the city pollution, away from everything, I just want to be lying under the sky with the stars shinning bright.. ironic, cause when we broke up, that‘s the only time I get to see this” then she gestured her hands towards the sky

“I also want to see a meteor shower, but I guess that won‘t be happening tonight. but if I could just see a meteor, even if it‘s just one meteor, I‘ll take it. call me childish, but I guess that‘s my ticket, by wishing to it” she paused

“that, if I could get my parents back here with me” she continued
I looked at her, so she don’t have her parents with her anymore?

I saw a tear from her, then she slightly laughed and then wiped it

“Christian always tell me that it won‘t happen and it will never happen even in a million years, I know. but there‘s no harm in wishing right? I mean, what if the sky get crazy and grant it? I can’t take the chance of loosing it.” she said wiping every tear falling down from her eyes

“anyway, how about you? if you would wish, what would it be?” she said smiling at me
“me?” I asked, then I looked up

what would I wish?

“I would wish.. for.. ”
“no wait! don‘t tell me, it might not be granted if you would tell me, so don‘t” then she smiled

she always flash a smile, but I can see in her eyes that she’s not that happy
now, I can prove that ‘the smile is one of the greatest mask of a broken heart’
and she is the perfect sample of it.

the next morning, she tried to woke me up early, cause they say that it’s a seven hour trip to Malaysia via bus, but I woke up late.. and she was kind of, mad a little?

anyway, “inaantok naman ako dude!! pano ako mag sasight seeing neto?”
I heard her saying while were on the bus, it’s already 9am
and by the way, the only thing I understand in her sentence is ‘dude’ and ‘sight seeing’

after that, she took out her earplugs and putted them on
she leaned her head on the window then closed her eyes, does she mean in her sentence that she wants to sleep?

anyway what else should I do? I also putted on my earplugs, then took some shuteye

I was drifting in my dreams when something slapped me back to consciousness
I opened my eyes only to see Lailah leaning on my shoulder, sleeping

I smiled then get back to sleep


Her POV

naalimpungatan ako nung naramdaman kong hindi na gumagalaw yung bus
pagdilat ko, nagulat ako nung nakasandal na ako kay Pedro, OMG! nakakahiya!
agad ko ding kinapa bibig ko, baka naglaway ako, lalong nakakahiya! pero buti naman at wala

tinawagan ko si Mitchie kanina bago kami umalis, sabi ko kung pwede ba ako magsama ng bisita
okay lang naman daw sa kanya, kaya eto nga at papunta kaming Malaysia

“Pedro” gising ko sa katabi ko saka ko sya niyugyog
“hmm?”
“the bus stopped” sabi ko
“are we there yet?” tanong nya habang nakapikit
“no, not yet I guess, we‘re here to eat” sagot ko, idinilat nya yung isa nyang mata
“are you hungry?”
“mmm, are you?” tanong ko naman sa kanya, kasi ako ewan, parang hindi na oo
“let‘s go then” sabi nya saka umayos ng upo

bumaba kami, saka humanap ng makakainan
sabi ko take out na lang, sa bus na lang kami kumain, baka kasi maiwan kami
mukhang kanina pa kasi naka stop eh

after 4 more hours

“Pedro! Pedro! wake up, we‘re here!” gising ko sa kanya

“Mitchiiiiiiiiieeeeeee!!” sigaw ko nung makita ko yung kaibigan ko
sinalubong nila kami dito sa bus station

“mom, dad, this is --”
“Lailah” pakilala ko sa sarili ko
di pwede masabi ni Mitchie ang pangalan kong Jamie.. di pwede malaman ni Pedro, ayoko
nakita kong napataas yung kilay ni Mitchie sa pagpapakilala ko sa magulang nya

“umm, and this is Peter” pakilala ko kay Pedro, ayaw ko naman sya ipakilala na ‘Pedro’, hello nasa Malaysia kami, ang awkward naman kung ganun ko ipapakilala ang isang Aussie..

“okay! so let‘s go now? you two have to rest, tomorrow will be a memorable day for me” sabi ni Mitchie

eto unang araw naming sa Malaysia, yung pangalawa kasal nila, tapos yung pangatlo?
ewan, gagala na lang kami ni Pedro kung saan

oo nga pala, pangatlong araw na to na magkasama kami
saglit pa lang, pero parang napaka close na naming dalawa

“Jamie, why did you introduce yourself to my parents as Lailah?” tanong ni Mitchie

andito kami ngayon sa kusina, nagluluto ng hapunan

“well, I guess it‘s our deal.. Peter is not his name either” sabi ko
“but why? I mean --”
“I don‘t know, it‘s kind of a game I guess?”
“a game?”
“yeah, hmm, we won‘t tell each other‘s name”
“I don‘t get it, why?”
“I don‘t know either” kahit alam ko naman talaga kung bakit.
ayoko lang sabihin kay Mitchie, weird kasi ng reason ko

“anyway, let‘s not talk about that anymore. let‘s get this food to them. I know they‘re hungry” dagdag ko

“just make sure you won‘t lose to your own game Jamie” naring kong sabi ni Mitchie, haaayyy

“here‘s the food” sabi ni Mitchie
“Peter! you should try this, it‘s a Malaysian specialty” sabi nung mama ni Mitchie
“really? okay”

“you cooked this Mitchie? it‘s delicious!” sabi ni Pedro
“uhh, no. I helped .. Lailah, she‘s the one who cooked it” sagot naman ni Mitchie
“well, it‘s good” sabi nya sabay ngiti saken
“I just --”

“if you like it, why don‘t you ask your wife to always cook it for you? we‘ll give you the ingredients you'll need” sabi nung mama ni Mitchie

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“wife?!” sabay naming sabi ni Pedro, tapos nagkatinginan pa kami
“no! no!! she‘s not my wife!”
“yeah, I‘m not his wife!” dagdag ko naman

ngumiti yung mama tsaka papa ni Mitchie

“you don‘t need to deny it!” sabi ni tita

oh dear!! hindi naman po talaga kami eh T_______T
he’s just a Stranger I met at the Bridge!

pagkatapos kumain pinapunta na nila kami sa kwarto namin, at oo sa iisang kwarto na naman

nasa labas si Pedro, dun sa parang veranda ng kwarto? yun

“Lailah, can I use your phone to make a long distance call?” tanong nya bigla saka lumapit saken
“huh? okay, sure”
“thanks” tapos lumabas uli sya dun

“hello Jes --” narinig kong sabi nya, kaso naputol tapos dismayado yung itsura nya
bumalik sya tapos ibinalik yung cell phone ko saka nagmukmok uli dun sa veranda

sumunod ako sa kanya
“what happened?” tanong ko
umiling sya tapos bumuntong hininga saka yumuko
hindi kami close na as in alam ko meaning ng lahat ng kilos nya
pero kung ako ang tatanungin, halatang may problema sya, ayokong manghimasok, pero ano kaya yun?

“are you sure?” tanong ko ulit, tapos tumingin sya saken

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A/C lang.. wahaha

natagalan ba update? o hindi naman?

basta ayun! may update.. haha

sino po yung nagsabing nabasag ko pagiging silent reader nya? wahaha \m/ astig!

at salamat sa mga nag comment pang iba.. waaaaaaaa ansaya saya lang.. haha

bibilisan ko na talaga tong FF na to.. di sila pwede magabot nung case study ko, baka madeads ako.. haha

sa next chapter malalaman nyo na back ground ni Pedro/Damon.. hindi nyo pa sya kilala talaga diba? ^_^

Chapter Nine

“hey Lailah!! I told you earlier that we‘ll go out around 7:30! like what the hell is the time now?! hurry up!!!” sigaw ni Pedro

natataranta naman ako sa kanya! saan ba kasi kami pupunta at kung makapag madali sya saken?!

“wait, I‘m done!!” sagot ko naman
nandito kasi ako sa CR, sya nandun sa labas
at opo, nasa iisang kwarto padin kami, pero hiwalay kami ng kama ha!
kumuha kami ng family room para dalawa kama, kawawa naman kasi sya sa lapag dun sa dating hotel

paglabas ko, nanunuod naman tong isang to
“you ready??” tanong nya sabay patay nung TV saka tumingin saken
“yeah, where are we going?” tanong ko ulit
di naman kasi nya ako sinasagot kaninang hapon pa ako nangungulit at iisa lang lagi ang sagot nya
“just wait ‘til we get there” arte lang nya!
tapos kaninang bandang 5 iniwan pa nya ako! lalabas daw saglit
e ang tagal tagal naman nya, halos kakabalik nga lang nya kaninang 7 eh! saglit ba yun? -___-

“let‘s go then” sabi nya sabay ngiti
ang weird na naman nya sa totoo lang

lumabas na kami tapos pumunta sa bus stop
bus po talaga ang means of transportation dito, taxi din pala, pero bilang practical bus na lang

pumara sya bigla ng taxi
nung papalapit na ako, bigla nya akong sinenyasan ng ‘stop’
edi tumigil naman ako, ako na uto-uto.. -___- sorry ha?

“come faster!” sabi naman nya, ay ako ba niloloko netong isang to?!
lumapit na ako saka pumasok sa loob

“wear this” sabi nya sabay bigay ng blindfold, haa???
“wha --” tapos napatingin ako dun sa driver, ngumiti naman saken.. hala!
“just wear it. you‘ll be fine, I promise, trust me on this one, ‘kay?” sabi nyang nakangiti
okay, sabi nya eh.. lagi na lang nya akong nadadala sa ngiti nyang yan! kainis

nahihilo naman ako dito sa blindfold na to.
at ang tagal naman namin makarating dun.
saan ba kasi yun eh!

“we‘re here!” sabi ni Pedro
hinigpitan ko yung hawak ko sa kamay nya
di ko naman kasi makita!! gusto ko nang tangalin tong blindfold ko!

“don‘t worry, I‘ll guide you. just wait there, I‘ll go around the cab” saka binitawan yung kamay ko
tapos saglit lang, naramdaman ko na uli yung kamay nya

“let‘s go” sabi nya
“I can‘t see!” sabi ko naman
tumawa sya bigla

“yeah I know, so hold my hand and trust me okay?” sabi nya saka ako inalalayan makababa ng kotse
medyo mabagal kami maglakad, natatakot talaga kasi ako -______- ikaw ba naman walang makita eh
bigla akong na-out balance, lumambot kasi yung nilalakaran namin, di man lang sinabi ng baliw na to
hmm, nasa buhanginan ba kami? bakit ganito?

“just in time” sabi nya sabay tangal nung blindfold sa mata ko

~_____~  <--- ako yan, sakit kasi sa mata!!
tapos may narinig akong … o_____o

“wooooooow” sabi ko sabay ngiti

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, pwede kiligin??! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
nasa beach pala kami ngayon!! kaya pala ang lambot nung nilakaran namin kanina
tapos “woooooow” fireworks.. ang ganda gandang fireworks!

O_O
nagulat ako nung bigla syang may nilagay sa tenga ko

“may I have this dance?” sabi nya, offering his hand

VERSE 1:

I remember so well
The day that you came into my life
You ask for my name
You had the most beautiful smile


VERSE 2:
My life started to change
I wake up each day
Feeling alright
With you right by side
Makes me feel things 
Will work out just fine


CHORUS:
How did you know
I needed someone like you in my life
That there's an empty space in my heart
You came at the right time in my life
I'd never forget 
How you brought the sun to shine in my life
And took all the worries and fears that I had
I guess what I'm really trying to say
It's not everyday that someone like you comes my way
No words can express how much I love you


repeat chorus





>///< pwede na kiligin? pwede na?!
ngumiti ako tapos binigay ko yung kamay ko

nilagay nya sa batok nya yung kamay ko tapos yung kamay naman nya sa bewang ko
nag-i-slow dance kami habang kitang kita yung fireworks sa ibabaw ng dagat

hindi ko inakala na eto pala yung surprise nya.. hindi ko kinakaya ito!!
magkatinginan lang kami, natatawa ba ako o sadyang ayaw lang mawala ng ngiti sa labi ko?
sakit sa pisngi ha? ewan ang saya ng pakiramdam ko ngayon, pero naiiyak ako

“you can lean your head on my shoulder if you feel like crying” sabi nya bigla
di ko na mapigilan kaya naiyak na ako sa kanya
naalala ko kasi yung kaninang umaga, kung pano kami nag break ni Christian
pero feeling ko pag inilabas ko tong bigat sa dibdib ko, magiging okay na ako
kaya sige Jamie, iyak mo na lahat yan!!

nung matapos yung kanta, natapos din ako sa pag-iyak, sakto din na grand finale nung fireworks display
ngumiti ako, saka pinunasan yung luha ko

“that’s better. you‘re maganda when you smile” narinig kong sabi ni Pedro
napatingin ako sa kanya bigla

“where did you learn that?!” tanong ko, wala naman kasi akong tinuturo sa kanya
diba nga asar na asar pa sya pag nagtatagalog ako? pano nya nalaman yung word na ‘maganda‘??

“oh, thank you by the way” nasabi ko nung nag sink-in saken yung sinabi nya saka ko sya nginitian
“but really, where did you learn that?” tanong ko uli

“well ..” napakamot sya sa ulo nya.. haha, para syang batang gumawa ng krimen!
“yeah?” atat kong tanong.. haha, nakakatuwa kasi, ang cute nya mag tagalog!
“remember earlier, I went out? well I kinda bump into some Filipino’s, so I asked them to teach me few a words” sagot nyang nakatingin sa dagat

cute cute mo Pedro! promise, haha

“really? what other words did you learn?” tanong ko
tumingin sya saken tapos ngumiti ng nakakaloko, as in big time na nakakaloko!
parang may evil plan?? eh, ewan!

“now what?” tanong nya, ay ako daw ang tanungin? sya nga tong nagdala saken dito eh
kibit balikat lang sagot ko sa kanya

habang naglalakad kami, napansin ko dumadami yung mga nakakasalubong naming tao
tapos pagtingin ko duuuuuun sa bandang unahan, may nakita akong parang bar??
saka ko tinignan si Pedro, tumingin din sya saken.. mukhang nagkakaintindihan naman kami

“umm, do you have Vodka?” tanong ko sa bartender
“what?! Vodka? are you crazy??” singit naman ni Pedro
“uhh, I think that‘s the only drink I know here” mahina kong sabi sa kanya
tumawa sya saka umiling.. edi sya na! hmp

“give her Adios ************” sabi ni Pedro sa bartender
ngumiti naman yun tapos nagumpisa nang gumawa

“in fairness I kinda like the name, like saying goodbye to Chri--”
“hep, no.. call him a ************” sabi nya sabay tawa
“no way!! you‘re so mean” sabi ko sabay hampas sa kanya
nagtawanan lang kaming dalawa

maya maya lang nandyan na yung inorder nya para saken
“bottoms up?” tanong ko
“NO! you don‘t wanna do that” sabi nya, napalunok naman ako, ano bang meron dito
inamoy ko, medyo matapang, saka ako uminom ng madami at inipon sa bibig ko, isang lagukan na to!

biglang umikot paningin ko
“aish! I told you not all at once!!” biglang sermon netong si Pedro, e sya kaya @__@ nagbigay saken neto
“what‘s in this anyway??” tanong ko sa kanya
“Vodka, Tequila, Blue Curacao, Gin, Rum, 7 Up, Sweet and Sour Mix, madam” biglang singit nung tender

@O@ napatingin ako kay Pedro, walanyang to, papatayin ba nya ako sa dami ng alak sa drinks na to?!
hinampas ko sya sa balikat
“you Jerk! you made me drink liquor again!” sabi ko sa kanya
tumawa sya saka inubod yung iniinom nya

“let‘s go” saka sya nagbayad, ngumiti yung bartender saken nung paalis na kami -___- I hate you too!!

“you‘re a stubborn aren‘t you?” sabi ni Pedro saken habang naglalakad kami sa dalampasigan
nahihilo ako, anu ba yan. ang hina ko talaga sa alak


His POV

“I thi --” I looked back, but saw no one following me, so where the hell is Lailah?!
I looked down and saw her lying on the sand under clear sky and bright stars

we’re a bit far from the people, and lights of the bars already
so it’s perfect for a star gazing, well if that’s what she intend to do
she’s just lying there, so I lay beside her

“aren’t they beautiful? shining up there, even though people don‘t care about them sometimes, they still provide a beautiful view up there. they are so unselfish, they are beautiful!” she said, in a drunk way I guess?

ka-emohan ko (BASAHIN NYO!!)

waaaaaaaa.. huhu

gusto ko nang tapusin ito.. hindi ako sanay na umaabot ng matagal na panahon ang FF ko
I mean yung pagpupublish ko.. hindi ako sanay na matagal bago ko sundan ng next chapter..
pero hindi ko alam kung papano ko ibabalik yung dati!!

yung dati na halos araw araw may next chapter ako, yung halos araw araw din sabog at pressured ako
di ko alam kung pano ko ibabalik yung dati..

ang laki ng problema ko sa pagsusulat ngayon! yun tatlong una kong gawa, lagi ako may mga reserved chapters, pero etong ngayon, wala! as in wala.. nalulungkot ako.. feeling ko nawawala ang writing skills ko..

lagi naman akong may nakikitang inspiration, pero ewan ko bakit parang kulang..
tapos sa mga kanta din nakakahanap ako ng inspiration, pero ang laki talaga ng kulang.. hindi ko na alam gagawin ko!!

gusto ko na din tapusin to before ako maging sobrang busy sa studies.. kasi Finals term na namin, ihinahain na samin mga case study namin na kasing tindi ng Thesis.. -____- seryoso ako, 3rd yr pa lang ako, pero On Line System na ang pinapagawa samen, Server Client pa yun.. kamusta naman at yun din ang ginagawa ng mga 4th year ngayon, pareho kami ganun? -_____- at ang daldal ko dahil ikinwento ko pa talaga sa inyo.. haha

anyway, sana naiintindihan nyo ako bakit medyo puchu-puchu ang mga updates ko.. feeling ko tuloy hindi ko namemeet ang standards nyo.. T^T

gagawa ako ng paraan para ibalik yung dati..
yung may reserved chapters ako, tapos kaya ko na uli makipag kulitan sa inyo.. nakakainis kasi, namimiss ko talaga yung dati.. T^T

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Chapter Eight

“well you answered his call, if you didn‘t I wouldn‘t know what exactly he was thinking of me.. I mean --” then her eyes are stating to be teary again

“okay stop, I get it, don‘t cry anymore” I said
she just nodded then get back to what she was doing

I was looking outside the window when I heard a door clicking
when I turned to see if she’s done

……………

“hmm?” that simple noise that she made, slapped me back to reality
“I umm, uhh, lets go?” I asked, damn this hormones!!
she’s wearing a black see-through blouse and a jeans. as in I can see her freaking curves, flawless flesh. damn this!!

“uhm, Lailah, you sure you‘re gonna wear that outfit out there?” I nervously asked
“yep” she simply said, then she used her shades to run up her hair

as we go outside, we both put our shades on
but even if I’m wearing a shade, I can still see how people look at her, and I’m freaking hating it!

“hey” I called her attention
she faced me immediately

“what?” she asked
without any word I grabbed her hand then pulled her  to the nearest bus stop

“hey, where are we going?”
I just looked at her, I hate it! I can’t tell her directly what I want to do.. urgh!

“what the?!” she said when I pushed her inside the bus
“hey! tell me where we‘re going!”
I looked at her, a bit irritated, then she shut up

now, here we are at Orchard street, the shopping street of Singapore
and now she’s standing in front of me with a questioning look

I grabbed her hand again then pulled her to a boutique

“aray ha! kanina mo pa ako kinakaladkad, bad trip ka!”
“get inside” I commanded her
she looked at the store we’re standing in front of

“what are we doing here?” she asked
“aish! just get inside!”
“answer me why?!”
“because!!”
“because what?!”
“people are looking at you, wearing that .. that .. urgh!! that see-through blouse of yours!”
“and so?!” she asked raising her eyebrow
“I hate it when people, mostly guys, checking you out! so change clothes!”
she was startled

I looked away from her
“I don‘t want to be roaming around Singapore with an eye catcher, I‘m a private guy you know”
“huh, what?!” she asked in a laughing way
“just go!”

“okay, okay!” she said raising her hands, as if surrendering to the police

after 30mins, she finally picked out a fitted shirt, still showing her curves.. oh shit!

“can‘t you get a descent clothes?!”
“what do you want me to wear?! my gosh! do you want me to look like a nun?!”
“if possible” I whispered
“what?
“nothing” then I scanned her from head to toe

“okay, let‘s go” I said
“where?” she asked

I stopped in front of another boutique
“wait here”

after 5mins, I went out of the store

she was controlling her laugh when she saw me
“what?!” I asked
“why are you wearing a same printed shirt as me??” she burst out a laugh
“you look gay!!” she continued
I smiled, I guess she’s back now, the Lailah that I‘ve met, the bubbly one

I threw in a jacket, even if it’s fridgin hot here, I don’t want to be seen wearing a same shirt as this girl
I still have my pride you know

she was still laughing when we get back to the bus station, but ..

“Dude!!” I heard a familiar voice, and that made Lailah and me looked at the one calling
“Arnold?! what are you doing here?!”
“whoa! we‘re here to pick you up, why do you sound surprised?”
“hell yeah I am! how did you guys find me?”
“well, this is accidental actually, we‘re only shopping here, but since we found you already, let‘s go!”
“huh?” I asked, looking at Lailah, she was smiling but I can see in her eyes that, she’s not happy

“ooohhh” I heard Arnold
“and you are, Miss?” he asked
“umm, I‘m ..” she looked at me
“yes?”
“Lailah” she answered
“nice name, I‘m Arnold by the way”
“nice meeting you” she said, then she looked at me

“I‘ll leave you two, to talk, ‘kay? we‘ll be waiting for you over there Dude” said Arnold
is this goodbye already??
I don’t feel like it yet!

I run my fingers through my hair, I can’t think of any words to say
“mmm, guess this is goodbye huh?” she started
“I guess so, so.. nice meeting you?”
“ne, nice not meeting you, remember, we don‘t know each others name?”
“oh right” then I offered my hand, she shook it

then I went to my friends
last look at her, I saw her waving a hand on me, so I waved back and smiled at her

we’re already on the road to airport, today, we’re departing for Hong Kong
I was looking outside, not minding my friends yelling and doing crazy stuffs
until Carlos took my attention

“Damon! you missed one hell of a night dude, we were at Sentosa beach the night you left us, we partied like freaks!! there was this fireworks show before the party and it was awesome! you missed it, then after partying, we headed to Malaysia, and maaaan --”

“hey stop the car!!” I yelled
they are all flabbergasted on what I did
“whoa?! what happened to you?”

Her POV


“Lailah!! Lailah!!” narinig kong tawag, kanina pa ako naglalakad pero imposible akong magkamali, si Pedro yung naririnig kong tumatawag saken

lumingon ako sa likod ko at nakita ko nga syang tumatakbo palapit saken

“hey, why are you here??” tanong ko nung nakalapit na sya
hinihingal sya kaya hinayaan ko muna syang makapag pahinga saglit

“did you forgot something?” tanong ko
umiling sya

“then what are you doing here?” tanong ko ulit
“I didn‘t go with them to Hong Kong”
“huh? but why?”
“I want to stay here for a while, and be with you having a tour” sabi nya
“aa- why?” wala akong ibang masabi, kakaiba kasi yung dating nung sinabi nya
“I just want to” sabi naman nya
“but, I‘m going to Malaysia tomorrow”
“then it‘s the perfect day to go to Malaysia with you, well if it‘s okay I mean”
“yeah, sure” sagot ko sabay ngiti

ang gaan ng pakiramdam ko sa kanya
parang, part of me trust him so much

“oh by the way, later let‘s go out, around 7:30 okay?”
“hmm?”
“I said --”
“yeah, I heard you but why?”
“it‘s a surprise, okay?” sabi nyang naka ngiti
“okay?” sabi kong medyo alangan

saan naman ako dadalhin ng Aussie na to?
at parang kabisado nya ang Singapore kung mag-aya ha?!
bahala na nga, last day na namin to dito ngayon
pupunta na kaming Malaysia bukas, para maghintay sa kasal ng kaibigan ko
ano na naman kaya mangyayari sa loob ng tatlong araw?

Chapter Seven

aray.. ang sakit ng ulo ko, ano bang nangyari kagabi? wala akong maalala
ang bigat ng pakiramdam ko..

may mali eh, dahan dahan kong dinidilat mata ko

-___- ~___~ o___o O___O

bakit, bakit ako naka bathrobe lang?!!
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

lumingon lingon ako, wala naman si Pedro

oops, teka, bakit parang iba tong kwartong to??
hindi yung kwarto na.. oh my gulay!! anong nangyari ba kagabi???

tumakbo ako sa CR
tapos tapos..

“oh, I forgot to lock the door, can you please go out for a while”
“waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
“whoa?!”

tumakbo ako pabalik sa labas
tapos saglit lang lumabas na din si Pedro na topless

@Q@ gulay, natutulala ako.. pero waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!

“jerk! hayop ka! anong ginawa mo saken?! walanghiya ka!!” sabi ko habang hinahampas ko sya..
waaaaaaaaa T_T

“what are you saying?!”
“you! you! aahhh!! bastard!”
“what the hell?!” tapos tumawa pa sya

“hey calm down! I didn‘t do anything to you”
natahimik ako sa sinabi nya

“then why am I in robe?” tanong ko
“well you started to strip off last night when you got drunk --”
“aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!” tapos hinampas ko uli sya, hayop! hayop!!!

“hahahah! I‘m only kidding! you said you‘ll take a shower coz you‘re feelin‘ hot, then you came out with just a robe.. don‘t worry, I slept on the sofa, okay? hahaha”

“I.HATE.YOU”

tapos tumawa lang sya ng tumawa, baliw!

*bzzt bzzt bzzt*

“hey, do you hear something?” tanong ko
“what?”

*bzzt bzzt bzzt*

“that! don‘t you hear that?!”
hinahanap ko kung ano yun feeling ko, cell phone ko yun!!

“hello?”
napatingin ako kay Pedro, shit! cell phone ko nga!!

“hey!” tapos kinuha ko sa kanya
“sorry, it‘s for you”

inirapan ko sya, obviously saken yun! malamang cell phone ko eh!

pagtingin ko sa screen

OH MY GULAY!!

“he-hello Babe?”
“**** ***! anong babe?!! nanlalalake ka noh!”
“Christian, pagpaliwanagin mo ako”
“ako ba ginagago mo Jamie?!”
[a/c: yan po real name ni Lailah, pronounced as ‘Jey-mi’, pero syempre hindi alam ni Pedro yan..]

“Chris --”
“bullshit oh! tapos nagsinungaling ka pa saken?!”
“anong --”
“hindi mo kasama si Kristal jan diba?!”
“pano mo --”
“huh, pano?! nakasalubong ko sya sa plaza kagabi! ano ha?! manlalalake ka na nga lang, sa ibang bansa pa, ****!”

“ano ba! hindi ako nanlalalake!”
“anong hindi?! hindi ako tanga Jamie!”
“nandito ako para sa kasal ni Mitchie!”
“edi sana sinabi mo saken!”
“e ayan nga diba?! magagalit ka?!”
“e pusang gala naman kasi Jamie! napaka sinungaling mo!”
“ang kapal ng mukha mo sabihin na --”

“at may kasama ka pang lalake dyan ha! kelan ka pa natuto lumandi ha?! dito nga ni hindi kita maipagyabang sa mga kaibigan ko eh, wala ka kasing katawan! bwiset! tapos dyan kumakalantari ka, syet! sana natuto ka din dito nun! yan ang hirap sayo eh, boring ang ipinapakita mo saken pero hindi ko alam makati ka pala!”

“gago!!! bwisit kang lalake ka! kung yan pala tingin mo saken eh sana mamatay ka nang hayop ka!! break na tayo!! walanghiya ka!!”

tapos binabaan ko na yung gagong tarantadong hayop na yun!!

“aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” sigaw kong inis na inis
“hey” narinig kong sabi ni Pedro

“I -- I‘m sorry, I didn‘t mean to answer it --”
“waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh” tapos sumubsob ako sa dibdib nya at umiyak
[a/c: may T-shirt na po si Pedro jan, haha]

“hush, I --” naramdaman kong huminga sya ng malalim



His POV

I know, I shouldn’t have answered her call
but there was this feeling that I should

now she’s crying, and I don’t know what to do..
I feel guilty!
sorry Lailah, I didn’t mean to hurt you

“come on, let‘s get out of here” I said to her while patting her back
but she shook her head

“come on Lailah, we‘ll go on tour, my treat”
she shook her head once again

“are you going to shook your head all day?”
she nod

oh boy
I pushed her slightly away

“look, if you don‘t want to move on with all this shit of his, then be it, but remember this.. I won‘t let you, so if you want this to be done the hard way, I‘m more than willing to do so”

she’s staring straight to my eyes with those puffy red eyes

“crap!” I can’t bare seeing her like that!
then she’s starting to cry again

“if you‘re going to cry again, I swear to whoever there is, I will kiss you!”

she sniffed, and tried to control her tears

“good, let‘s go” then I pulled her
“wait” she said in a husky voice
“what?”
“I‘ll go take a bath first”
then she looked at herself

“oh, sorry”
she smiled weakly
damn you Damon!! look what you did to her!
[a/c: Damon po ang real name ni Pedro, ahaha, ayan ha? yan na mga real name nila.. :)]

I’ll make sure to make her happy today, besides, this is the last day that we will be together..

“umm, Pedro!” I heard her calling me
“yes?”
“thank you”
“for what?”
“answering Christian‘s call”
“huh? what do you mean?”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AC!! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, wala lang.. haha, salamat po sa comments.. salamat salamat! mwah
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drama lang.. lol

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Chapter Six

Her POV

“what do you think you‘re doing?” tanong ko dito sa buang na to
kanina pa ako tinititigan, baliw na ata eh!

“staring at you, what else do you  think?”
“yeah I can see that, but why are you doing that you weirdo?!”
“well to annoy you, of course”
“what?! are you crazy??” natatawa ako sa kanya napaka baliw nya talaga!

nagpipigil ako ng tawa ko ngayon, pero nakangiti ako

“why are you smiling? are you falling for my charm now?”
“wahahahhahahahhahaha” natawa ako sa sinabi nya, pero sheeet! di ko kinakaya, ang gwapo nya talaga sa totoo lang

“what? why are you laughing?”
“too much confidence” tapos tinapik ko sya sa balikat

ngumiti lang sya tapos bumalik na uli sa tabi ko, may sayad ang isang to e noh?

buong araw na kami dito sa Universal Studios, halos nalibot, napasok, nasakyan, at napag pahingahan na namin lahat ng pwede

naglalakad na kami ngayon pabalik sa Sentosa mall.

hindi kita ang araw dito, pero yung horizon kita naman.
ang ganda ganda ng langit..
pero eto lang ang kakaiba dito sa Singapore, alas Syete-y-media saka lang nagtatakip silim
kamusta naman at kung sa Pinas to ang dilim na

kinuha ko yung camera ko saka ko pinicturan yung dagat na nagrereflect ng sunset
yup, dagat, tama ba dagat? haha, hindi ko din kasi alam, basta large body of water sya

“hey! walk faster! I‘m starving here!”
ay ou nga pala, may kasama pa nga pala ako, sorry naman at nakalimutan ko

“sorry” sabi ko sa kanya nung lakad takbo akong lumapit
“where are we eating?” tanong nya
“I heard that there‘s a restaurant a bit far from here --”
“if it‘s far, no way!”
“eeee! masarap daw dun eh!”
“what?! you‘re starting to piss me off with your language okay!”
“ay sorry ha! galit agad? galit?! I said, they say that the food there is delicious! let‘s go there, please???”
mag mamakaawa na ako.. gusto ko talaga dun eh

“mmm, here! eat this first, saka ko inabot yung biscuit sa kanya”
tinignan nya ako ng masama saka sya lumakad uli
init naman ng ulo ng isang to! may monthly period? haha

nakatayo kami dito ngayon sa bus stop, well sya nakaupo sa bench
lintik na bench yan, ang taas! di ko abot!

puno na karamihan ng bus, labasan na kasi ng mga empleyado tsaka wala din yung bus na papunta dun
kaasar naman to, lalong naiinis tong lalakeng to saken eh

hinarap ko sya

“lets go” aya ko sa kanya, sa mall na nga lang kami.. gutom na to eh
“where?” tanong naman nya
“back inside the mall?” sagot ko na medyo nagpangiwi saken, natatakot ako sa kanya

ang sama ng tingin nya tapos tumayo sya
hinawakan nya ako sa braso saka dinala sa lampas ng bus stop, hindi eto yung daan papuntang mall
saan ang trip neto???

pumara sya ng taxi saka nya ako pinapasok
nakatingin ako sa kanya
nakatingin naman samen yung driver

“tell him where you want to eat”
“huh?”
“faster!” dagdag pa nya, okay.. sorry na, katakot talaga!

“uhh, umm near China town uncle please”
“where to?” sagot nitong driver
“I don‘t know the exact location, but I can tell you where you can drop us”
“okay”

tahimik lang kaming tatlo, nakatingin sya sa labas ng taxi, tapos ako tinitignan ko naman yung paligid

haayy, parang wala naman akong kasalanan.. pero kung magalit naman tong kasama ko, grabe!

“uncle, you can drop us here now”
tapos pumara na yung taxi, nagbayad na ako saka kami bumaba pareho

“hey, can I call you Peter?” bigla ko na lang sabi sa kanya, anu ba yun?!
“what?! why?! why not just ask my real name?”
“no, I don‘t want to, anyway Peter is english for Pedro, a common name in my country, well, back in the centuries I guess”

“huh, whatever Lailah”
“what did you call me?” in fairness, ang ganda ng ipinangalan nya saken ha?
“Lailah, well you‘re not the only one who can call other people a made-up name!”
“okay fine, call me whatever you want, but that name is waaaaaaayyyyyy far from my real name”

“I don‘t care, now you owe me our dinner”
“why?!”
“cause you made me starve!”
“freeloader” sabi ko, pero actually balak ko naman talaga syang ilibre dahil ginutom ko nga naman sya

“nee, you‘re right whatever you tell me won‘t affect much to my feelings cause we really don‘t know each other‘s name.. and, I can boss you around without minding what you feel, plus I can tell you to pay for my dinner, just like now -- and don’t nag please, it's freaking annoying!”

ay kainis!! bad trip to ah!

“hey, hey!! we‘re here!” ang laki lang ng ngiti sa labi ko, yehey!
famous daw kasi ang resto na to, kasi masarap ang putahe nila
gusto ko tikman eh, bakit ba? haha


“what the hell is that you‘re eating?!”

napataas ako ng kilay, ang arte ha! kanina pa kami naka order, at kanina pa din kami kumakain

sakanya kasi parang Nilaga yung order nya, saken din naman ganun pero may bituka pa ng baboy
abay ang arte huh! ngayon lang nakakita ng ganto?

“It’s delicious, you wanna try?” alok ko na lang sa kanya
“no freaking way!”
“chicken” sabi ko sa kanya, whoops, wrong move

“what did you call me?”
“nothing.. I was just.. umm, sorry?” ay naku po! gusto ko maglaho sa kinauupuan ko ngayon!
“you wanna bet?” naku po talaga!!

“I will eat a plate of that .. that -- thing you‘re eating there if you will drink a bottle of Soju”
Soju?? wait, kung hindi ako nagkakamali, alak yun diba?

“no way! my boyfriend will --”
“forget about your boyfriend! you chicken? Filipinos are chicken??” abaaaaa, yabang mo Aussie boy ah!
“fine! it‘s a deal!” lanya! kung makapanlait!! tignan natin kung makakain ka ng malaking isaw! yabang mo!

hmm, teka nahimasmasan ako, bakit nadamay nga pala si Christian sa usapan? anyway, sige bet na to!

“excuse me miss, can you give us another plate of this” tapos tinuro ko yung kinakain ko
“and a bottle of Soju please” dagdag naman nitong si Pedro

dumating yung order namin

“ladies first” sabi nya
“no, you first.. di na uso yang ladies first mo”
“shit that talk! I hate it when you speak Tagalog!” nakasmangot na sabi nya
“wahaha, sorry ah? I said mmm, never mind but I won‘t go first, you first! since you initiate the bet”

“fine fine!!” tapos kinuha nya yung plato
OMG, andami kaya nyan! pusta ko magsusuka tong si Pedro mamaya pagkatapos nya kumain

*blllluu*

wahahhahaha! ayan na! wala pa sa kalahati nasusuka na, mananalo ata ako sa bet namin

After 15 mins.

*blllluuuuaaa!*

wahahahhahahhaha, ayan na!! pag isinuka mo yan talo ka.. xD

“you‘re turn” sabi nya saka inabot yung bote ng Soju
nakangisi pa ang walanya!

T_______T naiiyak ako

“umm, I -- can we --”
“nope, a deal is a deal, I ate all those freaking intestine! the least you can do is drink two of those!”
“two?!”