CUPID ON VACATION (FRANDEESAL)

Chapter 20

Frances' POV

After dinner. Sa kwarto.

We were just kissing passionately. Hard, really really hard as I unbutton Jaydee's shirt nang biglang,

Toktoktok. Oh my. Dali dali nyang ibinalik ang mga butones na na natanggal ko.

"France--"

"T-tita. B-bakit po?." Bukas ko ng pinto. Sabay punas ko ng pawis ko.

"Here's the heels you need for tomorrow. Uhm uh mainit ba dito?." Sabi ni Tita Naomi.

"M-medyo po hehe."

"Okay. Sige, matulog ng maaga ha. Goodnight girls."

"Goodnight po." Sabi namin ni Jaydee. At umalis na nga si Tita Naomi.

"Where were we?." I seductively said.

"Ah pwede bang next time nalang?. Pagod na kasi ako eh." Nadismaya naman ako but I forced a smile..

"Okay. Goodnight." I said as I planted a soft kiss on her forehead. Humiga na kami. Nakatalikod sya sakin. Pinatay ko na ang lampshade na nasa side ko.

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Jaydee's POV

Madie is like an old song that I would always want to listen to, si Frances naman isang bagong kanta na excited akong pakinggan.

FLASHBACK

"Ang sabi nya kasi Destiny is an excuse for the weak. I mean you don't usually find the right person instantly because the right person always choose to stay in your life and most of the time you don't realize it was them that you're actually looking for."

"Bakit naman po?. Di ba po pag soulmate alam mo na agad yun?."

"Because sometimes people mistook love with friendship." 

I was 12. And that was Lola Mommy, my Dad's mother. And that conversation was the last one we had. Ang totoo ay lumaki ako sa isang medyo maykayang pamilya. Masaya pero hindi madali. Mahirap sa puntong a lot of people want us dead.

Yung pabrikang pinagtatrabahuhan ko ngayon is originally owned by my family. A group of loan sharks killed my grandparents after that day na nakausap ko si Lola Mommy. Nasa school ako nun.

Pauwi kami galing school nun nang hinabol kami ng dalawang sasakyan at bigla nalang kaming pinagbababaril. My Dad who's driving got shot kaya nawalan kami ng control sa manibela at nahulog kami sa bangin. I survived but unfortunately my parents didn't.

Nagising ako sa isang kwarto. Nasa ospital pala ako. Andito ang Lola at Lolo ko sa side ni Mama or mommy. Kilala ko sila because madalas kaming bumibisita sa kanila. Pumupunta din sila sa mansion dati nun kapag may mahalagang occasion.
Ngayon wala narin si Lolo.

My grandparents and parents' love story is tragic, should I hope mine to be different?.

EOFB

Niyakap ako ni Frances. Parang may mali. Hindi lang ako sigurado kung ano yun.

KINABUKASAN

Sa classroom.

Magkagrupo kami ni Madie ngayon sa isang group activity namin sa English Literature. Siya ang group leader. Nag-aassign na sya ngayon sa ibang members ng parts nila sa report.

"..and you Jaydee--yours is tragedy." How ironic.

"K. Cool." Sabi ko lang.

"Ah Jaydee--"

"Yeah?." Walang expression kong sabi rito.

"W-wala. Sige ah." Hmm.

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Amy's POV

Seeing them like that breaks my heart. Alam kong I should do something. Pero ano?. Papano?. Kahit si Kuya Pido hindi alam what to do.

Recess.

"I want to help Madie." Sabi ko.

"What?. Nasisiraan ka na ba?. You can't do that." Sabi ni Laney.

"Hindi na kasi kaya ng konsensya ko. Laney, we have to do something."

"We?."

"Yes, we. You're the one who chose Frances remember?. Kaya kasali ka."

"Okay. Then ibig sabihin pala kay Frances ako may atraso. So sa kanya ako babawi."

"W-what do you mean?."

"I chose Frances because I want to teach her a lesson dahil masyadong mataas ang tingin sa sarili nya pero dahil kay Jaydee nagbago sya. Frances obviously deserves Jaydee more than Madie. She was there when Jaydee needed someone."

"Because Madie can't. It's not like she doesn't want to be there. We don't know the exact reason why but maybe she has a valid reason to let go of Jaydee." Sabi ko.

"Let go of Jaydee?. Pero ngayong nakikita nyang may Frances na gusto na naman nyang bawiin? Tsk. Madie already broke Jaydee's heart once, at kayang kaya nyang gawin ulit yun."

"Bakit?. Di na ba pwedeng magbago?. Saka andyan lang naman si Frances because she's under a spell. Without that spell hindi nya gagawin ang kahit anong ginagawa nya kay Jaydee ngayon."

"Walang impossible."

"Well suit yourself. I'm betting on Madie." Wala akong paki kung stubborn ako pero sa tingin ko mas deserve ni Jaydee si Madie.

"Then let me show you why Frances is the one." Tsk. Never pa kaming nagtalo ni Laney, ngayon palang. Haaayst.

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Jaydee's POV

Masaya kaming nagkukwentuhan nang bigla akong napatingin kay Madie na nasa kabilang table, napatingin din sya sakin. I can see guilt in her eyes.

Ano ba tong nangyayari sakin?. Wala na nga kasi diba?. So, ba't ako nagkakaganito?. Ba't ko sya tinitingnan?. Ba't ko sya iniisip?. I don't get it.

Naramdaman kong hinawakan ni Frances ang kamay ko sa ilalim ng mesa. She looked a little worried.

"Are you okay?." Nag-aalalang tanong nito.

"Y-yeah. Kain ka pa." Sabi ko.

After class. Sa Pabrika.

"Anong ibig mong sabihin?. Bumabalik ang feelings mo for her?. Ganun?." Tanong ni Karla.

"No. I don't think these are feelings."

"Kung di feelings eh ano?."

"Memories."

"Naku, patay tayo dyan."

"B-bakit?."

"Sabi kasi ni mommy na kung traydor ang puso mas traydor yan."

"What do you mean?."

"Ang feelings napipigilan but memories--mahihirapan tayo dyan."

"Pero may kasabihan that the heart remembers what the mind forgets. Kaya possible yun."

"But you can't love someone without any memories at all. And you can never love someone in the most genuine way possible if you don't know them deeper. Frances is like a drug that made you happy once until it becomes addictive. While Madie is a sad song na kahit malungkot gustong gusto mo paring pakinggan because it makes you remember and invent new events in your head. English yun ah."

For short Frances makes me feel things and Madie makes me think things. It's like the heart versus the brain.