This Is Me

Chapter 24

JHO'S POV

I woke up the next day, still with a bad headache. I look beside me and Bea was not there.

"Asan kaya yon? It's 5 am palang naman." Sabi ko sa sarili ko.

"Mapuntahan nga si Jia."

I stood up carefully dahil masakit pa ulo ko and went to the next room sa amin. Sabi kase ni Bea nasa kabila lang sila Jia.

"Jujubear?" Mahinang tawag ko habang binubuksan ang pinto.

"Oh, Jho. Ang aga pa ah. Iniwan mo si Bea?" Tanong ni Maddie na gising na pala.

"Mads, actually, Bea wasn't there." Mahinang sabi ko.

"Ano?! Iniwan ka nya mag isa!" Gulat na sigaw ni Maddie kaya nagising si Jia.

"Ang aga-aga, Maddie. Sumisigaw ka na." Sagot ni Jia kahit di pa binubuksan ang nata nya.

"E iniwan daw ni Bea itong si Jho sa kwarto e." Sabi ni Maddie at napaupo naman agad si Jia.

"E nasaan na kaya si Bea?" Tanong ni Maddie.

"Ewan ko rin e. Pwede bang dito muna ako?" Sagot at tanong ko sa kanila.

"Oo naman, Jho. Halika dito sa tabi ko alam kong inaantok ka pa." Pag aaya ni Jia.

"Pahinga ka muna dyan, Jho. Kami na bahala kay Bea."

Hindi na ako umimik at tumabi na kay Jia para makatulog ulit.

"Jho? Jho?"

"Hmm?"

"Halika balik ka na sa kwarto natin." Pag aaya ni Bea.

"Ayaw ko." Sagot ko at tinalikuran sya.

Hindi naman na sumagot si Bea pero bigla nya akong binuhat.

"Ano ba, Bea? Natutulog ako e." Sabi ko sa kanya habang tinutulak sya para mabitawan ako.

"Doon ka sa kwarto natin matulog." Sabi niya at pinasok ako sa kwarto namin.

"Tapos iiwanan mo nanaman ako." Sabi ko pagbaba nya sa akin sa kama.

"Naligo lang naman ako tapos bumaba saglit e. Di naman kita iniwan. Ikaw nga tong, pagpasok ko ng kwarto ay wala na sa kama e." Sabi niya at umupo sa kabilang side ng kama.

"Anong oras ka natulog kagabi?" Tanong ko sa kanya.

"Bakit mo tinatanong." Tanong nya.

"Anong oras nga." Sabi ko.

"12 ata." Tipid nyang sagot.

Hinila ko sya sa tabi ko at niyakap sya.

"Tulog pa tayo." Sabi ko sabay siksik ng ulo ko sa leeg nya.

"Ay nako, Jhoana. Alam ko namang namiss mo lang ako." Pang-iinis nya.

"Excuse me? Edi kung ayaw mo bahala ka dyan." Sabi ko sabay talikod sa kanya.

"Syempre gusto ko." Bulong nya sabay back hug sa akin.

"I'm glad you're fine now, Jho." Dagdag pa nito at tuluyan nang nakatulog kaya natulog na rin ako.

JIA'S POV

It's now 8:30 am at nasa baba na kami, except kay Jho at Bea na tulog na tulog pa, nagchat si Coach O kaya kami bumaba.

"Good morning, girls. Kumpleto na ba kayo?" Tanong ni Coach.

"Nandito naman na po lahat, except kay Jho and Bea po, masyado po ata napagod si Bea e." Pag explain ni Maddie.

"E si Jho? Okay na ba sya?" Tanong ni Coach.

"Masakit pa daw po yung ulo nya sabi nya kanina nung lumipat sya sa kwarto namin ni Maddie." Sagot ko naman.

"Sabi po ni Bea nung pinuntahan nya ako, ang taas daw po ng lagnat ni Jho kagabi, Coach." Dagdag ni Ate Aly.

"Okay, sige. Since they're not in the condition pa at alam kong kayo din, I will give you a week, starting today until next week, para makapagpahinga pa kayo." After magsalita ni Coach O ay agad naman kaming nagsigawan.

"OMG, COACH! THANK YOU PO! WOAHHH!!!" Sigaw ni Ponggay habang tumatalon-talon.

"Osige na, I will leave first para naman makapagrest at makasama ko rin ang family ko. Have a great week, girls!" Umalis na si Coach O at kami naman ay nagstay lang dito sa bahay nila Bea.

Hindi naman kase kami mahilig mag hiwa-hiwalay lalo na kapag rest days because we love hanging out together and that is why we are really close to each other.

BEA'S POV

I woke up at 8:56 am because I heard the girls shouting. Maybe they are having fun downstairs so I decided to wake Jhoanna up so that we can go down to eat breakfast.

"Jho, gising na 11 am na. We have training pa." Pangbibiro ko sa kanya.

"Huh? Bakit ngayon mo lang ako ginising, I should've-" She stopped.

"Thus your head still hurts?" I asked.

"Medyo, pero I can stand naman." She answered.

"Don't be in a rush, it's 9 am in the morning. I just did that to wake you up faster." She gave me a deadly glare.

I held her hands to help her stand.

"Bei, sigurado ka ba sakin?" She asked when she stood up.

"What do you mean, Jho? Are doubting me?" I asked.

"No, Bei. I wasn't doubting you. I was... actually... doubting... myself." She answered.

"Jhoanna, I told you that I will wait up until you are ready. It doesn't have to be now, tomorrow, the next week, the next month. I will wait you even it will last up to years."

"Bei, I don't wanna hurt you. I'm scared of hurting you." She answered.

"Don't be. It's part of love, it's part of everything and noone can run from it."

"You know what, Bei. I am an optimisfic person but I am more in a negative side when it comes to myself. I'm weak, I have trust issues since he cheated, I am scared-"

"You know what? You're just hungry, Jhoanna. Let's go downstairs." I hugged her and went down stairs.

Sorry for the super late update! I wasn't able to cope things up faster in college. I didn't know that it was really hard! Feel free to comment down what you feel about the story and parts! Thank you and happy reading!! <3<3