I found myself in the car and in the middle of the road out of nowhere. Bigla na lamang huminto ang kotse at nang tingnan ko ito, it's out of gas.
"Shit!" Inis kong sigaw at pinukpok ang manobela. I touched my face at doon ko napansin na basa ito. It's full of tears.
Kahit anong deny ko sa sarili, alam nito ang totoo kong nararamdaman. Kung bakit ako umiiyak ngayon, kung bakit ako nasasaktan. I'm in love with my bestfriend.
Patuloy na lamang ako sa paghaguhol. The scene earlier is keep on replaying on my mind. I know I asked him to seduce Maja pero nang makita ko sila, masakit pala. I felt a stabbing pain in my chest at parang hirap ako makahinga. I have endured all those break ups and cheating with my exes, I cried but I have never felt anything painful than this.
Nagulat na lamang ako nang may kumatok sa bintana ng kotse. I lowered my windshield.
He opened the door. "Daisy, are you okay?" Nag-aalalang tanong ni Al.
Instead of answering, bumaba ako ng kotse at yumakap sa kanya habang patuloy lamang sa pag-iyak.
Wala na akong pakialam kung napunta na sa damit niya ang luha at sipon ko. Gusto kong ilabas ang lahat ng nararamdaman at hinanakit ko. "Ho...how di...did you find m...me?" Tanong ko.
He patted me at my back. "I saw you running habang umiiyak. I got worried kaya sinundan kita. Are you okay?"
"I don't know. I...I...,"
"It's okay to cry Daisy. Cry all you want, andito lang ako," wika ni Al.
Hindi na ako nagsalita at patuloy lamang sa paghagulhol. I need this. I need to cry all the pain, all the sorrow dahil kung hindi ay mababaliw ako.
Tumigil na ako sa pag-iyak dahil feeling ko na ubusan na ako ng luha. Doon ko namalayan na medyo padilim na ang paligid.
Kumalas ako sa pagkayakap at tiningnan si Al and he smiled at me. "Umm. Al, thank you talaga."
"Anything for you," he answered. "Are you feeling much better?"
"Oo, pero hindi ako makakabalik sa hotel niyan. My car ran out of gas."
"Let's just leave it here and call someone to tow it back at the hotel." Suggestion niya.
Siguro naman walang magnanakaw ng kotse niyang walang gas. "Okay."
Kinuha ko ang bag at sabay kaming naglakad papunta sa kotse ni Al.
Al is just holding my hand while driving, binibitawan niya lamang ito tuwing kinakailangan. Wala naman akong malisya sa ginawa niya, pakiramdam ko, he is just being nice, comforting a friend.
Malapit na kami sa hotel nang magsalita siya. "I really do miss you Daisy. I thought of you over the years. Thinking what really happened to us, what went wrong."
"You left me Al, nawala ka nalang bigla. Not even a single goodbye or a letter." malungkot kong sagot.
Kumunot ang noo niya. "What? I left you a letter, binigay ko pa iyon kay Bryan." natatakang niyang wika.
"Wala akong natanggap na sulat Al. What's in it?"
He stopped the car at the hotels' parking lot at humarap sa akin. "I explained my situation that I had to go to Paris because my father died and I had no time to say goodbye properly because it was an emergency. I even wrote there to wait for me pero pagbalik ko dito si Bryan ang naka usap ko, he told me that you don't want to see me anymore and you've moved on and both of you are already together." he explained.
I was stunned for a moment trying to process everything. Bakit ginawa iyon ni GB, he knew how much I cried and waited for Al to come back and explain everything to me. Hindi na ako umasa na magkakabalikan kami, just simple explaination would be enough for me to move on.
BINABASA MO ANG
Message in a bottle
RandomDestiny and Bryan had been bestfriends since they were on diapers. Everything they do is strictly platonic. One day they found a bottle that has a message on it about true love. Getting sick on their list of failed relationships, they decided to fin...
