Drastic Waves in Bondi

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

"What were you thinking saying all those things on your live? Kinda weird," Rasha said, and I know she's already making faces even though I couldn't see her. She just made a quick call after my recent live.

"It's not dumb to say those things though," pagrarason ko pa. "It's just... never mind. You know, I just had to. And what else I could, right? I couldn't take it back. I put my words out there and you know what, I don't even care by now.

"Oh, well. You do what you gotta do," Rasha said, heaving out a sigh. "Anyway, I feel like you're happy at it. I wouldn't stop you, but if it's too much, you know what I said, right?"

"Walkout feeling pretty," we both said in chorus. Natawa na lang kaming dalawa.

"I think I should go now, Rash. We're three hours away before midnight."

"And we're still more than eight hours away and I've got a lot of things to do so yeah, I gotta call you later or maybe tomorrow morning. Oh! Oh! Before you go, is Henry there?"

"No, I'm alone in my room, but yeah, he's in the house. He mostly cooked the food for dinner tonight."

"Wow, that's cool. He's like husband material."

Napasapo naman ang palad ko sa ulo ko. "Stop with that, Rash. And I think he's eyeing someone else from the beach. Since you left, he's been talking to someone else there..."

"That's not true—"

"I won't deny it or say anything." Halakhak ko pa. "Anyway, advance happy new year! See you soon, Rash!"

"Thesia!"

I intentionally dropped the call. Sakto namang may kumatok sa pinto ng kwarto ko kaya tumungo ako sa pinto para pagbuksan ito. Bumungad naman sa akin si Kuya Henry na naka-red polo. Mom told we should wear like semi-casual and semi-formal just to celebrate the new year. And it's special for us, hindi man kami kumpleto ngayon, we still know we're always connected to each other.

"Its dinner time," ani kuya. "And I didn't expect you're saying it for real, but... you've got a guest down there." Ngisi pa ni kuya.

Bahagyang nanlaki ang mata ko sa sinabi niya. Bumilis at lumalim ang kabog ng dibdib ko. Hindi ko inaasahan na darating siya. My expectations were dropping an hour and hour when it seemed like he wouldn't show up, but I guess I shouldn't drop it excessively when things could change over the time.

Napansin ko naman ang coat na hawak ni kuya.

"What are you gonna do with that?" I asked, pertaining at the coat he was holding.

"Well, first of all, you didn't tell him we would be wearing semi-formal today so I picked out a coat for him on my closet."

"Oh... okay... I apologize. I didn't really think he would show up right after what happened the last time."

"Ah, yeah, about that... don't worry, little sis, I won't say or do anything stupid. But I couldn't account what would Emmett say or do so..." He smirked. "Let's go downstairs. They're already there I think."

"Sure..."

Naunang bumaba si kuya at nang mapansin niyang hindi niya ako kasunod, sinigaw pa nito ang pangalan. I was startled a little when he did that. Para akong bumalik sa katinuan. I tried shaking my body just to loose the tension and get calm. Nang kahit papaano ay medyo maluwag na ang paghinga ko ay lumabas na ako ng kwarto ko saka ako bumaba ng hagdan.

As I head downstairs, paibaba pa lamang ako ay may natanaw akong nakatayo sa dulo ng hagdan. Nakatalikod ito mula sa direksyon ko ngunit nakita ko naman si Kuya Henry na inaayos ang pagsuot ng coat nito. Though he looks so different. Did he just cut his hair?