Eyes On Me, Baby (COMPLETED)

Chapter 48

Chapter 48

BV was not eating.

I had been watching her for three days now, pero hindi pa rin siya kumakain nang maayos. She would just eat about 1/8 of her meal tapos ay tapos na siya. She was always with Blue—nasa may second floor sila at naka-tingin sa labas. They always looked like they were planning to break out.

"May I should call Cohen," sabi ko kay Ate Gina.

"Sige papuntahin mo rito," she said, nodding profusely.

"Okay," sagot ko tapos ay umakyat na ako sa kwarto para kuhanin iyong cellphone ko. Si Cohen iyong nasa bahay nila kaya siya ang kasama ni BV. Base sa research ko ay naninibago siya kaya hindi siya kumakain.

"Hi," sabi ko nang sagutin ni Cohen ang tawag ko. I sent him a text message first asking him if I could call. Nang sabihin niya na pwede ay tumawag na ako.

"Hi," he replied.

"BV is not eating," I said. "I read online na baka naninibago siya dahil ikaw ang lagi niyang kasama. Kung hindi ka busy, pwede ka bang pumunta rito? Hindi siya masyadong kumakain."

"I think you should call Kuya Austin," he replied. "I think he's the one who could help you."

Natahimik ako. Hindi ko pwedeng kausapin si Austin dahil sa pakiusap ni Ryder. He told me he was uncomfortable and since we were dating, I needed to consider his feelings. Dati ay hindi ko kinu-kunsidera iyong nararamdaman ni Austin—I needed to do better this time.

"Okay. Thank you," I said before I bade goodbye at saka ibinaba ko na iyong tawag. Pagbaba ko ay nakita ko na hindi pa rin kumakain si BV. Pati si Blue ay hindi na rin daw kumakain sabi ni Ate Gina. I sighed. Inihanda ko sila at saka dinala sa vet, but I was told that there's nothing wrong with them. They were prescribed vitamins pampagana kumain. I hoped this works.

Nang sumunod na limang araw ay nagkaroon na kami ng finalization para sa location. Naka-kita sila ng location na pwedeng maging ibang bansa. The postproduction team just needed to tweak the color grading para mas maging convincing. We did not have a budget. Mas marami kaming magagawa kung mayroong budget for production. Maayos na rin iyong sa costume team. Naka-handa na lahat ng isusuot ng mga characters sa bawat eksena. George already sent me the set design proposal para sa unang batch ng eksena na isu-shoot namin. I had until tomorrow to send the final approval. I was down to the last three, but I wanted to go over it again, just to be certain.

On Sunday, Ryder asked me if I wanted to go to an event. It was the last Sunday bago magsimula iyong shooting. I asked him what time it was and it was right after my therapy, so I agreed.

"Thank you," I told Dr. Sena.

"I'll see you next weekend," she said. I nodded. "Don't forget your exercise," she added at nginitian ako bago ako lumabas.

When Papa opened the idea of me going back to therapy, it took me six different doctors before I settled with my current one. I needed to feel comfortable. Maayos naman iyong iba, but they did not feel... right. Mama told me that I should try one session per doctor and then decide kung sino ang pinaka-kumportable ako dahil iyon ang kakausapin ko palagi. Therapy includes telling them your unspoken thoughts—I needed someone I could be comfortable with.

After the session ay nasa labas na iyong sasakyan ni Ryder. He was driving his black Lexus NX 300. Naglakad ako papunta roon at pumasok sa loob.

"Hi," he said, smiling at me.

"Hi," I replied, smiling back.

"We're gonna sit with my friends," sabi niya habang nagda-drive palayo. "You remember them? Bryan? Anthony? Kiesh?" he asked and I nodded because I did remember their names nung ipinakilala ako ni Ryder sa kanila. Ryder told me about the event we'd be attending—it was a big brand event at maraming invited na mga artista at influencers.