Can We Fall, One More Time?

Chapter 68: Unanswered Questions

3rd Person's POV

Unti unting lumapit si chloe sa lalake. He is not on his usual self and today, she wants to try to take advantage of that. Tulala lang ang lalake na kahit hinaplos na niya ang braso nito ay wala itong kibo. Dahan dahan siyang naglalakad papunta sa harapan nito but when she is about to kiss him, he flinched, naitulak niya pa ang dalaga.

"What the fuck, lucas!" Sigaw ni chloe bago tumayo sa sahig na pinagpagsakan niya.

"This is wrong, Chloe," Hindi makapaniwala na tumingin si chloe sa kanya.

"Mali to pero dati kahit sinong babae hindi mo naisip yan?!"

Ipinikit ni Lucas ng madiin ang mga mata niya. He doesn't have time for her. "Umuwi ka na."

"I won't." Pag mamatigas ng dalaga.

"Magpapahinga ako," His voice sounds like he is tired pero maririnig din dito ang inis.

"Hindi ka naman mapapagod ng ganyan kung hahayaan mo na lang mangyari ang mga bagay bagay," Seryosong sabi ni chloe, she never thought lucas will have something that will make him this stress, bothered and at the same time, scared. She never thought lucas will fall in love so bad na kahit ma baliw na siya kakaisip, hindi niya pa rin hahayaan na masira.

"Kapag hinayaan kong mangyari ang mga bagay bagay, mawawala siya,"

"Pero k-" Bago pa man niya matuloy ang sasabihin ay biglang tumunog ang cellphone ni lucas. When he saw who it is, agad niya itong sinagot.

"Allison?"

Hindi na narinig ni Chloe ang pinag uusapan nila ng lumayo si Lucas sa kanya.

Kung kanina ay naka tulala siya na wala sa sarili, before he left she saw a smile on his face.

Lucas went to his room para kausapin si Allison.

(Sorry hindi ko nasagot ang call mo kanina, I was doing something,)

"I understand, ngayon okay ka na ba? Are you resting already?" Tanong ni Lucas. Alam niya kasi kung gaano karami ang ginagawa ng nobya. Kahit pa marami siyang ginagawa she still accepts being a leader on group activities. Something that she can't deny, gusto niya rin kasing makasigurado na maayos pa rin ang mga grades niya kahit na hindi na niya masyadong nabibigyan ng pansin di tulad ng dati.

(Nope, i need to get these all done tonight,)

Napa buntong hininga siya, that means she still has a lot of things to do in the coming days, she won't be able to give him some of her time.

"Can you give me 30 minutes of your time tonight?"

Nag aalangan man ay pumayag pa rin si Allison.

(30 minutes lang ha? Gabi na tsaka tatapusin ko pa to,)

"Promise 30 minutes lang. I'll be on my way now, I love you." He said before he hung up.

Kinuha niya agad ang susi ng kotse niya at nagmamadaling tumakbo palabas. Chloe was left there broken. The smile he has when he heard her voice on the phone, mas lumaki yon pag labas niya ng kwarto. He didn't even bother to look at Chloe, he just did his thing ignoring his presence.

The very reason why it is here is not to bother him if that is what he is thinking, it's just that she needs him because the only one that feels like a family to her dies, but she is not allowed to visit her grandma's kahit pa sa libing dahil hindi naman daw talaga siya tunay na kapamilya. Gusto niya lang ng da damay sa kanya, gusto niya lang ng makakasama pero maging si lucas ay wala na rin talaga para sa kanya.