"Coming!" sigaw ni Sam. "Ang kulit lang!"
She opened the door at bumungad sa kanya ang pinakamagandang sapatos na nakita niya sa buong buhay niya.
"Saliva coming out!" gulat sa kanya ni Colin.
Automatic na ipinahid niya ang kanyang kamay sa bibig niya, not realizing she already put her lipstick on.
She just finished fixing her hair and putting her make up on when the doorbell rang. She was half expecting it would be Coling as he was supposedly bringing with him her shoes.
After she sent him sms plus a picture of her dress, hindi na niya ito makontak, kaya aligaga siya mula pa kanina. Hindi niya alam kung may nabili ba ito o wala.
Lokong amo niya, pinag-worry pa siya.
Pero nawala lahat ng inis niya nang makita niya ang sapatos.
"Wow! As in, wow! Sapatos ba yan o for display only?"
"Christian Louboutin for you, Cinderella."
"Is this for real?" tanong niya habang inaabot ang sapatos mula kay Colin.
"As real as it looks. O, isuot mo na."
"Nakakatakot isuot ito, Colin," sabi niya habang pinapasadahan ang sapatos.
Five inches, made of lace, adorned with crystals and have two sparkling butterflies, one in front and one located atop the crystal covered heel, the shoes really look like a Cinderella shoe, only its not made of glass but of lace.
"Nakakatakot isuot ito, Colin. Parang papel lang pero ang ganda!" ulit niya dito.
"Fairy godfather made the right choice, didn't he?"
"Literal mo namang hinanapan ng slipper si Cinderella eh. I can't wear this thing! It looks so delicate and so expensive!"
"At sino magsusuot niyan, ako? At kung hindi mo isusuot yan, paano ka pupunta sa party?"
"Hindi na lang, I'll just stay here."
"No!"
"Kung makapag react ka naman! Eh bakit naman kasi ito pa ang binili mo? Pwede namang mas simple na lang. Panu ko ngayon babayaran sa 'yo to? Tatlong taon ko yatang suweldo ang presyo nito."
"Eh sino ba me kasalanan? Sino nakaiwan ng hindi dapat iwan? At saka ano bang malay ko sa ganyan? You sent me picture of your gown, I showed it to the first saleslady I saw in the shoe store. She gave me that, I paid for it, finished. Now, wear it and let's go. It's getting late."
"Pero boss...."
"Samantha? I'm serious this time, okay? Go to your room and change clothes. Hindi mo magugustuhan kapag nagalit si fairy godfather. Gagawin ka niyang pumpkin. Go! And fix your lipstick too. Mukha kang ni-rape sa hitsura mo."
"Ewan ko sa 'yo! Dyan ka na nga at magbibihis lang ako."
"Dalian mo. Madali akong mainip."
"Yes, your majesty."
When she went inside and looked at herself in the mirror, she laughed hard at what she saw.
Colin's right, mukha nga siyang na-rape sa hitsura niya, with her messy hair and smudged lipstick.
She took her dress from the cabinet and changed. It was a red colored lustrous taffeta dress embellished with floral lace overlay, v-back, boatnecked and with a scalloped hemline. When she saw it from a store, she immediately fell in love with it. It was simple yet elegant, saktung-sakto lang sa kung ano ang gusto niyang maging hitsura sa gaganaping party.
