The Second Time Around

Chapter 18

'Mama, gutom na ko... Kaon na ta.' Kierra said as she came running with her cute little blue and green doughnut life saver. My little girl's pouting, just like her father pag may kailangan. Ok, gutom na my baby girl, dapat na pakainin, baka mag beast mode pa to.

'Tara, ato na busgon ang princess namo.' I teased her, dapat na talagang busugin ang baby, kanina pa to high blood. She then pouted lalo. That nguso baby ah. If only Yaya's here kasi, may emergency kasi sa kanila, ayon, pinauwi ko na lang.

I took her cute hand and was starting to walk to Tides when...

'Ma, si Papa?' Mimi asked and looks at Kiefer who is still talking to Aly.

Napapaganda yata ang pag uusap nung dalawa, nawala kaming dalawa ni Mimi sa picture eh. Sige, kami naman ni Mimi nakaisip ng outing na to diba? Diba? Kainis!

'Ay naa diay kauban nato imo Papa baby?' I joked, di ko kasi alam na kasama namin ang tatay niya. Pero si Mimi di na natawa. Naiinis na to.

'Mama, I thought this outing is for the three of us only. Only!' She said, with so much emphasis on the only.

'Papa's talking to Tita Aly lang baby. You know catching up.' I said and take a look at the two. Nagtatawanan pa, at yung babae, may pa palo palo pa talaga sa braso ni Kiefer. Aish kainis!

Napapaflashback tuloy ako.

When we're still in college, kasi nga mga Phenom sila, madalas pinipair and pinaglaloveteam nga yung dalawa. And me the girlfriend, siyempre di maiwasang magselos. Though Kiefer assured na it's only me, di talaga maiwasan ang selosang girlfriend.

And babae din ako, I can sense something sa girl na yun.

The way she looks at Manong. The way she moves when she's near Manong. The way she speaks when talking to Manong. Sabi nga nila diba walang di napapansin ang girlfriend na selosa.

Even when I'm in court playing volleyball, napapansin ko yun.

Aly and me, we never really became friends. Yeah, we may be in the same team, Amihan, but we really never became friends. Ewan ko talaga why. We talk, we had conversations, pero we are not friends. I don't really get nga why people would make an issue of it. Eh sa bitter nga daw ako kay Aly kasi she's so magaling sa volleyball and that she's pretty kaya di daw ako nakikipagfriends sa kanya. Hell please, siya na lang ba? Ok, ang ganda ko kasi! Chos!

Aly, she has everything in her but one thing is, she's still single.

Hindi mahirap ma fall kay Aly, she's easy to get along, but we never really got a chance, but please Kiefer, wag na maulit please. That's in the past na right? Don't dwell with the past Miks!

Yes Aly... one of the reasons why Kiefer and I had to part ways before.

I'm busy with work, trainings, Amihan commitments and Mimi that I forgot about Kiefer. That time he's been busy din naman kasi, basketball, business, guestings and commercials.

Sa pagiging busy naming dalawa may mga nangyayaring di inaasahan.

One night he came home super late sa condo niya. Kakatapos ko lang din pinatulog ulit si Mimi.

He's not his usual self.

I was busy washing Mimi's baby  bottles when he back hugged me.