Chasing Rogue

Chapter 2

Chapter Two:
Dream or Nightmare

Sapphire

"Sapphire." He moaned out. "Sapphire..oh..that's good, keep going."

"Want me to keep going? Okay, but I need to hear you beg for it."

"Please, please Sapphire." He breathed out, gasping for air.

"Sapphire? Sapphire!"

I jolted from my sleep. Was that a dream or a nightmare? I felt like I was suffocating, and I was sweating like crazy.

"Saph? Okay ka lang ba? May lagnat ka ba?" It was my cousin, Geraldine.

"Okay lang ako, Geraldine. Wag mo 'kong alalahanin." I told her habang hawak-hawak sikmura ko sa sobrang sakit.

Despite my excuse, she still looked worried. "Eh paano kasi, ilang linggo ka na atang ganiyan. Nakaka-tulog ka pa ba ng maayos?" Nag-aalalang tanong niya.

This is all my fault. This is all because of the stupid plan that I plotted for Beau Vega. I'm suffering because of that night. It's been haunting me ever since it happened. I gave a stranger something precious that I can never take back even if I cried blood, and that was my virginity.

Is it even right that I'm putting everything on the line for this mission? Napa-buntong hininga nalang ako sa sobrang frustration. I have to see him again, no matter what.

"Sabi ni Tita kumain ka na daw, ready na ang pagkain sa baba." Sabi niya sa'kin bago isara ang pintuan sa kuwarto ko.

"Sige, susunod ako." Mahinang sagot ko.

I looked at the time and sighed, I slept shorter than I thought. The longest sleep I've ever gotten ever since that night was five hours, but since then I'd consider myself lucky if I could even hit four.

My plan isn't working the way I thought it would. I thought Beau Vega would go out of his way to come and look for me after that night. How naïve of me. I need to come up with a new plan in order for us to meet again.

My stomach grumbled, maybe it is time to eat. I went downstairs and my nostrills are immediately invaded by the funky smell of Adobo. It used to not smell that bad to me, but why do I feel like throwing up right now?

I grimaced and covered my nose in utter disgust. "Ma naman, ano nilagay mo diyan sa Adobo bakit ganiyan ang amoy?" Reklamo ko.

"Ano bang sinasabi mo? Ano pa ba ilalagay ko sa Adobo kung di ang ingredients na kailangan para dito? Tsaka bakit tinatakpan mo ilong mo eh dati-dati ayos lang naman sayo ang amoy nito." Pag tataas ng kilay ni Mama sa pag-tataka.

Sasagot na sana ako kaso mabilis akong napa-tigil sa biglang naramdaman ko na pag-halukat sa tiyan ko. Buti nalang at malapit lang ako sa lababo.

"Ano bang nangyayari sayong bata ka?" Naiinis na tanong ni Mama at nilapitan ako para hawakan ang noo ko. "Wala ka namang lagnat. Teka, wag mo sabihing-"

Pinigilan ko siya. "Ma, hindi ko pa po sinusuko ang bataan kay Archer." Mahinahong sabi ko.

Dahil hindi ko naman talaga sinuko ito sa boyfriend ko, I lost it to a complete stranger.

"Siguraduhin mo lang, Sapphire. Sinasabi ko sayo, diyan mo makukuha ang respeto ng isang Lalaki kaya mag ingat-ingat ka." Nag babalang sabi niya.

"Ma naman eh." Pag re-reklamo ko.

I wiped my mouth afterwards and got ready to sit down and eat. It's always just been me and my Mom, but these days my cousin would come over to Manila for her university.

"Kain ka na, Saph." Pag-aaya ng pinsan ko.

When I looked at the food, I felt like something was missing from it but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. "Parang may kulang dito." Mahinang sabi ko.

"Kulang? Ah, wala kasi kaming nabiling patatas kanina ni Tita sa palengke." Sabi ni Geraldine.

"Hindi yun, may Manggang hinog ba tayo?" Tanong ko habang lumilingon-lingon para mag-hanap.

Why did they react like I said something wrong? They both looked at me like I lost it.

"Manggang hinog para saan?" Nag-tatakang tanong ni Mama. "Eh diba ayaw mo nun?"

Hindi ko sila pinansin at nag hanap agad ako ng Manggang hinog sa kusina. At nung nahanap ko ito agad ko namang binalatan at hiniwa.

"Anong ginagawa mo sa ulam, Sapphire?" Nag taas ang boses ni Mama. "Kailan ka pa natutong babuyin ang pagkain, ha?"

"Try niyo kaya, masarap." Ngumunguyang sabi ko habang sarap na sarap sa kinakain ko. I didn't know that Mangga in Adobo would be so good. I may be a genius cause of this.

"Saph, buntis ka ba?" Natatawang tanong ni Geraldine.

Napa-kunot ang noo ko sa inis. "Nilagyan ko lang ng Mangga tong Adobo buntis na? Hindi ba puwedeng nag karon lang ako ng cravings? Bakit niyo ba ko binu-bully today?" I'm not usually emotional, but I felt like crying because of them.

"Pagka-tapos mong kumain, mag bihis ka, ipapa-check up kita." Striktong sabi ni Mama na walang pinapakitang emosyon.

I felt scared again, am I really pregnant?

Rogue

"You don't look so good today Kuya, what's wrong?" Solaire worriedly asks.

"I'm fine Solaire, I'm just loaded with so much paperwork." I sighed.

"No, that's not it, I know you. You don't have to hide anything from me. I'm your little sister, I can keep your deepest darkest secrets." She grins with a smug look on her face.

Solaire is my younger sister, and she's often in the company to annoy everybody, and today I happen to be her target.

"Come on, Kuya! Kuya Sid won't even tell me what happened." She whines, wanting to dig deeper.

"I told you, nothing happened. I just got really wasted that's all." I said, brushing her off.

"Is that so? Then why did Kuya Sid tell me that he saw a girl leaving your guys' VIP room? What was that about huh? Huh?" Pang-iinis nito.

I was bewildered, that fucker Isidore. He can never keep his mouth shut. "He told you that?" I arched my brow in curiosity.

My sister grinned even more. "Mhm. So tell me more, who is she?" She teases.

"She's nobody, I don't even remember her face." I truthfully said.

In all honesty, the only thing that lingered after that night was her name. I said it enough that night for it to be engraved in my memory. The way she murmured her name against my sensitive ear sent chills down my spine.

Her name was Sapphire.

She was the woman that I lost my virginity to, the first woman that I was drawn to after my first love.

Chasing Rogue | katemariewrites