"I see you've settled back just right in here. How's life after your second chance, Helena?" Naitikom ko ang aking bibig at hindi makapaniwalang tumingin sa kanya. What the hell is she saying? And what the hell is this place? We're suddenly on a beachside! And worse, I don't feel strange in this place. I felt really nostalgic for some reason and that's weird!
I faced the woman and she was playing with the shells in the white sand. Napatingin ako sa aking sarili. I realized that we were both barefooted with only bikinis on. I desperately tried to cover myself and she just laughed at me. If this is still a dream, it feels way too real.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Seryosong ani ko. She stared at me and sighed problematically.
"This puts me in a spot, for Pete's sake." I heard her whispered. Mas lalo naman akong naguluhan. Ano bang pinagsasabi niya? Simula noong tawagin niya akong Loraine kanina ay nahiwagaan na ako sa babaeng ito. Hindi ko alam kung bakit parang ang laki ng epekto sa akin ng pangalan na iyon. Simula ng mabasa ko yung libro..
Isa lang ang nasisiguro ko..
"Tell me. You're Loraine, right? From that story." May kumpiyansa kong sabi. She smirked before looking at the calm sea.
"Yeah right. That idiot villainess was definitely me." She said before laughing hard.
"I'm pretty crazy, don't you think?" She playfully said. I didn't laugh and just stared at her.
"I don't hate your character. I think that's just what love does to a person. Its not your fault that you fell to him." Napaiwas ako ng tingin habang sinasabi iyon. Nahihiwagaan ako kung paanong tila ako rin ang tinamaan sa sarili kong sinabi. What the hell is this feeling? Nagsisimula na akong matakot sa mga reactions ko.
She laughed at me. "I could say the same thing to you, ya know?" She said while wiping tiny little tears from her eyes.
"I have never been in a relationship though," I said, expressionless. And I don't why I just felt something weird after I said that.
"Oh, really?" Nakangisi niyang sabi. Natigilan naman ako saka napaiwas ng tingin. What the hell is wrong with me? I've never been in a stupid relationship because I thought it was just a waste of time.
But why does it feel like I'm lying to myself?
"By the way, Helena. Until when are you planning to fool around here?" She casually asked while playing with sand.. is that a little scorpion she's holding? Whatever. And what did she just say?
"Fool around? Seriously, what the hell are you? You've been saying weird things since earlier and I can't just understand. I don't know anything about it." I frustratedly said. Hindi ko alam pero habang patuloy kong nakikita ang mukha niya, iba't ibang damdamin ang nangunguna sa akin. Was it confusion? frustration? anger? Or guilt?
"Loraine---"
"Loraine this, Loraine that-- I'm not her! I'm Helena!" Natigilan ako sa sarili kong boses at ganun din siya. I could just laugh on how I suddenly felt some weight on my chest. Nakakapagtaka rin kung paanong kusang tinatanggihan ng puso at isip ko ang sinabi ko ngayon lang.
Napayuko ako at napaisip. What the hell? Bakit ganito? My tears started falling again. I felt her closing our gap and after she had, I felt her hands holding mine. I looked at her and was blinded by how beautiful she is and she is smiling at me so warmly.
"If we had just met as different persons, you would've been my girl best friend." Her gleeful eyes suddenly looked down. "I've been waiting for this moment, you know? I'm very thrilled to have finally met you like this." I could tell that she's saying the truth.
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Crazy In Love With The Male Lead - ON HOLD
Random*TAGLISH* After getting so absorbed with life's bullshit. Helena jumped off from the top of a ten-storey building intending to end her own life. Sure, she died, only to find out that she was reincarnated to a novel that she had read in her past life...
