Flickers

Chapter 74

Eric didn't attend class today, his father was hospitalized and he was there to stay on guard.

It was too sudden, it was like revisiting my memories of how my father suddenly had a heart attack and passed away that easily. It left me deadly worried for him after all I have experienced what he is undergoing right now.

Pale white walls and the smell of antiseptic, strangers giving you pitiful looks while you cried your heart out for your father to wake up.

I shake my head to erase the painful memories that corroded my mind, prayed to the lord that Eric wouldn't experience what I did.

The class has already ended at this time, the others are preparing for Christmas to arrive which means another year of seeing Christmas without my father.

"Ange, give this to your tita" my mother gave me a bowl full of sinigang which I hurriedly gave to my tita.

"Ange, why are you here? Oh, thank your mom for me!" She saw the bowl in my hand and transfers it on their own before asking me if I have eaten.

"We're just about to, tita" she didn't let me stay much longer and I went on my way.

It was Saturday and the weather seems to be in turmoil, dark and apprehensive clouds covered the horizon and I felt my heart beating loudly for no reason. I didn't mind it at the beginning and thought it was because of reading stories but then it continued.

"Ange, you look a bit pale" Meryl states, I just made an excuse out of thin air.

"Don't think too much about her" We all knew who this person was but no one omitted her name.

"Eric's a bit too much, he shouldn't have done that in the first place" Alysson expressed her dissatisfaction to him, we were currently in my house just having a small meet-up with each other.

I didn't tell them that I also saw some messages sent to Eric by that girl named Desirae. I don't have the habit to look at Eric's phone, I trusted him since he was also honest with me and I appreciate that part of him.

But sometimes accidents happen, I would occasionally look down just to see the top part of his screen and see the message given to him by that girl.

At most, it was just occasional greetings, and then it turned to questions about his well-being and even questions about our relationship. She was too concern about him and our relationship that I knew she has intentions for Eric.

She still likes him to be exact.

There's a lot of things that happened in the past months after we started our Senior year, strangers that have become friends and close friends that have changed as well as left.

"Let's just stop talking about him! Irish, do you have someone you like?"

"Me? I don't" Irish was quick to refuse, we could see the disgust hidden deep in her eyes and laughed.

"Then what about you, faith? Any updates on your crush?" 

Faith's cheeks turned red even her natural skin color couldn't hide the embarrassment on her face.

"I don't have one!" She erupted as we expected, almost clawing her way to Meryl who hid behind me.

"Liar! I saw you stalking him on Facebook!"

After that, the five of us complained about our new teachers as well as boasted about our new classmates. I told them some funny stories and gossips that I've heard from my class. We checked on each other well-being and gave some advice to each other.

I was in the middle of telling them our entrepreneur defense when all of a sudden my phone rings and it was Eric's name on the caller ID.

I motioned to them my phone and they immediately understood, as they continued I walk out of the room and went outside then click on the answer button.

"Hello? Eric?"

"Ange" his voice was a bit dumb and I felt my heart racing against my mind.

"What happened? Is your father alright?" My mind already created scenarios and the more Eric stayed silent I felt myself panicking. "Was he okay? Did something wrong-" he cut me off and as I listened, I grip the phone tighter.

"I went to see her I- She was drunk and her friends asked me I don't... She was on the way"

"So you would rather come to her first than to your sick father's place?!" I was enraged, I didn't even think about my words and just blurted out my inner feelings. "If you wanted so badly to be with her then I'll let you go! You didn't have to compromise your father-"

"Ange! It's not like that!"

"Ha! Not like that? Then what the hell are you doing? Why did you even came to her when you have a sick father and a girlfriend!"

Tears gushed into my eyes and I choke back the sob on my lips, I didn't want to hear him cry but I was underestimating myself.

"Go! You're free to go to her! I don't want you anymore, we're over!"

I hang up and squat on the ground, crying my heart out like a wounded animal.

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Fun Fact: He did go to Desirae's side, sigh.

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