All Along

Love Moves

The last day of the Baguio vacation was filled with happiness. Tinuloy ng grupo ang plano to go to the Rose Gardens at nag-try din silang mag-barangay hopping. They were able to familiarize themselves with a lot of Baguio's culture and the Igorot way of life.

On their way back to the resthouse, they chose to have a "mini photo shoot" sa Burnham Park. The setting was perfect, they enjoyed each other's company and had the most fun they had the whole time. For some reason, the atmosphere has been lighter since last night.

During the little photo shoot that they had, Sam made sure that he got to take pictures with Sierra. At one point, Sam put his arm around Sierra's waist. This caught her by surprise and she looked at Sam questioningly. But as their eyes met, a wide smile grew on Sam's face.

"Sorry, S. Nagulat ba kita? Medyo impulse e. Haha"

"slight gulat lang naman. Ha..ha..ha. No harm done. Makilitiin lang ako diyan." tila kinikilig na sagot ni Sierra.

As they looked at each other, Yen took a picture of them. They looked like a happy couple being lost in their own world. Their friends were teasing them nonstop.

"Uyyyy, lovebirds..sana wag masyado sweet." pangaasar ni Fred

"Lovebirds agad? Tigilan nyo kami. Haha. At Yen, yang picture na yan..dapat maganda ha" makulit na sagot ni Sierra

"Oo nga. Para maisama sa pictures namin ni Sierra..gagawa sya ng collage namen kapag sinagot na niya ako"

"Aba Samuel, mukhang sigurado kang sasagutin kita a."

"Biro lang, Sierra. Pero as I said before...I'll work hard para sa matamis mong oo"

Tumawa at kinilig ang mga kaibigan nila. All but one...

Gerome was trying to keep himself from being jealous everytime he saw Samuel and Sierra together. He had the biggest urge to tell Sierra how he feels, to let her know that he loves her but he wants to respect his friendship with Sam. Nasasaktan sya dahil parang enjoy na enjoy si Sierra sa piling ni Sam.

* Monday morning *

"Guys, are we all set to go?" tanong ni Samuel sa mga kasama.

"Yes, bro. Tapos na kami mag-load ng mga gamit sa car" sagot Enrique.

"By the way, Sam..okay lang ba na sa inyo na ako sumabay? Mas malapit kasi ang bahay natin sa isa't isa" pakiusap ni Fred.

"Sure bro walang problema sa akin" sagot ni Sam.

"Guys, nasaan na si Gerome..at si Sierra?" tanong naman ni Ernest.

"They're just saying bye to Manang Lolay. They should be out soon." ani Samuel.

* Inside the House*

"Manang Lolay, thank you po sa lahat. For taking care of us and providing us with such great food the whole time we stayed here" ani Sierra.

"Opo Manang. Sobrang salamat po talaga. Na-miss ko kayo and I'll be looking forward sa luto nyo po ulit." dagdag ni Gerome sabay yakap sa matanda.

"Naku naku, ang drama nyong dalawa. Masaya ako at nadayo kayo dito. Bumalik kayo ha. Pagbalik nyo dito dapat, kayong dalawa na" seryosong tugon ni Manang.

"Manang naman! Nakakaloka kayo. Kahit tanungin niyo 'tong si Gerome, wala naman siyang interes sa akin in that way so malabo po yan. Di ba, Ge?"

"Ah uhh, ano po. Uh, o-oo nga naman Manang. Malayo nga po kasi kahit ako di ako type niyang si Sierra. Meron na po yang Samuel"

"Si Sam? Totoo ba yun, Sierra? Naku naku, di naman sa nakikialam ako pero..wag na lang siya Sierra. Nandyan naman si Gerome oh! Mas gwapo pa"

"Manang! Masyado nyo po kaming kinukulit ni Gerome baka mamaya magka-gusto nga yan sa akin! Hahaha"