Once Upon He Was Mine (Good Girls Series #4)

Chapter 48: He Was Mine

Days---months passed by so quickly.

Hindi ko namalayan na gano'n kabilis lumipas ang araw, ang linggo at buwan.

January... January came.

After almost three weeks of vacation we're going to enroll again for the second semester.

"Pasok!" Her hoarse voice said after I knocked on the door thrice. I looked at the guard standing beside the door for permission. He just nodded so I opened it.

I know I shouldn't pity her because her ego might be hurt, but I can't help being sad for her. She has been locked inside this room like a prisoner.

"Ate Marra?" I called and she slowly looked at me, when our eyes met, I looked away and pretended to wander my gaze around her room. The cyan blue and white color of the wall's still there, the couch, the bed and the study table were all familiar to me. "We used to play here before," I whispered but seems like she heard it.

"Sh-Shanel..." Her voice is weak, I just looked at her and waited for her to speak up.

The cheerful Marra's not here anymore, the joy in her eyes weren't there and the only thing I can see is the dullness and sorrow. She must have fallen for him real hard.

"I'm just here to say po na Ate Shanty and Ate Xyle's there po sa baba. They're waiting for you dahil magpapa-enrol po tayo. I'm here po dahil hindi pinayagan ni Tita Miya at Tito Benj sila Ate magpunta rito. So I came up na lang, since I'm the only person allowed. And don't worry po, naipagpaalam ka na po namin," I said to break the deafening silence. I don't even know why Tita Miya and Tito Benj allowed me to go inside. Bakit hindi sila Ate Shanty, Ate Xyle or Ate Eycee? "Mauna na po ako." I am hurting to see her in this miserable state and I can't look at her that long. But she held my wrist and stopped me from walking away. I was dumbfounded when she started crying.

"I'm sorry." I felt something that pinched my heart after hearing that from her. "I'm sorry, Shanel." I quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and hugged her.

"You have nothing to be sorry about, Ate Marra."

"Sorry kung nagawa kong agawin 'yong lalaking para naman talaga sa 'yo. Nararamdaman ko pa lang noon na iba na ang turing ni Matthew sa 'yo bago pa maging kami. Pero ayon ako at pumayag pang ligawan niya ako, umepal pa ako sa inyo. Hindi ko na sana inagaw yung alam kong sa 'yo, Shanel. Kung hindi sana naging kami, baka matagal nang may kayo."

"No, kung hindi po naging kayo noon, walang kami ngayon. I'm sorry too, if it wasn't me, hindi po sana kayo naghiwalay. Pinagselosan mo na po ako noon, and there I was, I kept on bugging Vince," I apologized sincerely. I know that my friends will get disappointed of me once they heard that I apologized to her because of something I can't control, but here I am.

"No, kahit kailan, hindi ka naging isa sa dahilan kung bakit kami naghiwalay. It was me who fell out of love. Because I fell in love with my brother."

My mind was drifting somewhere while going out of her room. I'm just asking myself how. How did she fall for her brother? How did she realize that she no longer love Vince? How did she know that she no longer love Vince even though I know their relationship that time is just fine?

"Ate, I have to go. Ken's there, outside," paalam ko kila Ate nang makita sila.

"Huh? Bakit si Ken ang susundo sa 'yo?" Ate Shanty asked. "Si Matthew?"

That stopped me, the same question entered my mind.

"Uh, sinusundo ko po siya, Ate Shanty. Busy po si Matthew, eh." I was a li'l bit relieved when Ken stood beside me.