All I Want (Capture Series 1)

Eleven

"Merry Christmas!"

Cork from the bottle of champagne flew across the room when Tito Tristan opened it. He poured some on everyone's glass except for me.

"Minor." he said then winked at me. Napatawa na lang kami.

Argh. I can't wait to be eighteen.

Nagkwentuhan sila tungkol sa business at friendship ng families. They even talked about the past and at first, I thought maiilang sila Kuya pero hindi. They also just laughed it off. Tumingin ako sa paligid at pinagmasdan ang mga Christmas decorations sa buong bahay. Pagdating pa lang namin ay meron ng ganito pero iba pa rin ang dating nila kapag mismong araw na ng Pasko.

"I can also see that Oli and my son are getting close." Tito Nathan said.

Nagkatinginan kami ni Theo. He continued eating his food at ganon din naman ang ginawa ko.

"Yes. Anak, is it true? You helped her in baking these cakes?" Tita Tiffany asked him.

"Yes, Mom." he replied.

"How nice. I can remember, Oli, he once told me that he wanted to learn how to bake. Then now, natulungan mo siya. Thank you for that." Tita said.

"No problem, Tita. Hindi naman po siya mahirap turuan and I actually needed extra hand earlier." I replied.

"I doubt if I was any help earlier." Theo said.

"Ofcourse, you were. Mas napabilis nga yung trabaho kanina. Right, Ate Alexis?" tanong ko kay Ate Alexis na nakatayo sa gilid namin.

"Yes, Ma'am!" nakangiti niyang sagot.

"Tss." he said, not being able to hide his smile.

The conversation went on. After that, we bid our goodnights and went to our rooms. Early in the morning, Kuya knocked on my door to wake me up for gifts opening. Agad akong nagtoothbrush at hilamos. I threw on my  grey knitted sweater and sweatpants. Chineck ko muna ang cellphone ko at nakita ang text messages from from Kai, wishing me a Merry Christmas. Nagreply naman ako roon. Binati na ako ni Alli kagabi dahil advance nga ang oras sa Pilipinas kaya hindi na siya bumati ngayon. Pagbaba ko ay nakapwesto na sila sa Christmas tree.

"Oldest gets to pick first." Theo said.

Nagtawanan naman kami knowing that Tito Tristan doesn't want to be called 'old'.

"Very nice, son." natatawang sabi ni Tito Tristan.

Isa-isa niyang binuksan ang mga gifts na para sa kaniya while sitting on the sofa. He thanked all of us after he opened all of it. Ganon din naman ang ginawa ng iba sa amin. When it was Theo's turn, medyo kinabahan ako dahil hindi ko alam kung magugustuhan niyan yung binili ko. Baka kasi meron na siya noon o hindi kaya'y mali ang nabili ko. Wala naman kasi akong alam sa camera. Ang alam ko lang may magpose sa harap non.

"This one's from... Oli." he said then looked at me.

"Ehem." Tania coughed.

"Open it." excited na sabi ni Tita.

When he opened it, smile automatically formed on his lips. He flipped the box to see the other side then flipped it again. Inangat niya ang tingin niya papunta sa akin. He smiled at me.

"You didn't have to but still, thank you." he said.

"Merry Christmas." bati ko.

"Merry Christmas." he greeted back.

"My turn!" singit ni Tania.

After she opened her gifts ay ako na. Nakatutok silang lahat sa akin since ako ang pinakabata at pinakahuli. I received 5 boxes, walang galing kay Theo roon. I didn't expect any gifts from him naman so we're good. I thanked all of them. Dumiretso dining room naman kaming lahat para magbreakfast.