Exception [PSLU #2] [GL]

E23

Portia's POV

"W-What?"

"I mean you can use me to move on." She repeated, I had to blink my eyes numerous times so I could be able to understand better what she was trying to imply then I immediately shook my head when I realized it.

"There's no way I would do that, Miss Veronica." I firmly said and I parted my lips.

I can't believe that she was willing to do that just for me, everything that she had done for me in the past couple of days was already enough for me. Sapat na yun pero sa totoo lang ay sobra pa yun.

"Why not?" She asked while she shifted her gaze in the painting again.

"I already got hurt because she used me and now you want me to do the same thing with you? No way, you don't deserve to have the same experience with me, you deserve more than that." I calmly explained.

I don't want to play with someone else feelings just because I went through the same thing, I'm not like that. And of all people that I know, Miss Veronica deserves the love that she deserve. She's indeed a great woman and the urge to protect her...is suddenly there.

Maybe because from being a stranger who voluntarily paid for my drinks to being palaaway na professor and then suddenly she became one of the most important people for me and how she made me see a lot of different sides of hers, I don't know there's something about her that I couldn't put into words.

But if there's one thing that I would recognize her for, she became my escape and safe place.

She already save me numerous times from chaos and the things that almost made me drowned. That's enough, ayaw ko na siya ilagay pa idamay dito.

"But it would help you.." I cut her off.

"Don't you dare to go beyond that line Miss Veronica, don't belittle yourself. You're a woman, not a toy." Madiin kong sambit. Hindi ko gusto kung pano niya ibaba ang sarili niya sa ganitong paraan.

"Then can it just be me?" 

"Po?"

"Nothing, I was just humming a song. Since you invited me here, I'm going to take you somewhere. Would you mind joining with me?" Her voice sounds hopeful at hindi rin nakaligtas sa paningin ko kung pano niya pinipigilan ngumiti, may nakakatawa ba sa mga sinabi ko kanina..

Unti unti naman akong tumango bilang tugon. I enjoy being with her these past few days, I just feel guarded whenever she's beside me.

We decided to stroll around more before kami nag decide na umalis na, I enjoy talking to her about other things besides on academics. It just so cool na interested rin pala siya sa mga bagay na katulad ng astronomy and mythology. Minsan lang ako makasalamuha ng tao na mahilig din sa mga ganyan.

We even came to the topic of deep talks, paintings, politics and we shared to other some kinds of trivia about ourselves, ngayon nalang ulit ako nakahanap ng tao na katulad niya.

"I hope you had fun, Miss Veronica." Sabi ko sakanya sabay iniabot ng helmet ulit para suotin niya.

"I certainly did." Her answered made me smile and she did the same which made me flustered, at dahil ayaw ko ipakita yun sakanya ay tinulungan ko nalang siyang suotin yun, inayos ko pa ang ilang hibla ng buhok niya na humaharang sa mata niya dahil nagugulo iyon dahil sa pag suot ng helmet.

"Thank you, Lawson." She uttered at sinimulan ko ulit paandarin ang motorbike.

Sinundan ko lang ang ibinigay niyang address, it seems like it is a house that is inside of a village dahil pamilyar sakin ang pangalan nito. Medyo nalimutan ko lang kung sino nag mamay ari nun but I'm pretty sure na kilala ko ang may ari nun. Pagkarating namin saka ko lang narealize kung sino ang may ari nito.