After Evan received the notification that my house was broken into, both of you rush back. My heart is racing as I enter the living room.
"Stay very close to me, understand?" I nod nervously.
"Trust me, I don't want to be anywhere in this apartment by myself right now." Me and Evan quietly make our way to the bedroom in case the intruder is still there.
As I enter the room behind Evan, I breathe a low sigh of relief. "There's no one here."
Evan walks over and checks the window.
"Still locked tight."
"Then, bakit tumunog ang alarm?" tanong ko.
"Stay close to me, just in case." Evan grabs my hand, pulling me so close and I can feel the taut muscles of his back as they tenses.
"Something had to come close to the alarm to set it off." I grip his hands so he look at me.
"Oh! Maybe it was the little birds that I feed when they fly over to my window." Sabi ko at natawa naman siya ng mahina.
"What are you? Some kind of fairytale princess?" I smile back.
"I could see myself being a princess in a past life." I laugh but he just rolls his eyes and lets out a soft chuckle.
I follow him back out to the living room, almost running into him when he stops short. "Hey, what the---"
"Didn't you close the door behind you when we came in?" seryosong tanong nito at umiling ako.
"I close the door." Sagot ko and he points and I follow hiz gaze to see my front door wide open. I freeze, but Evan springs into action, rushing over to the window.
"I see him! There's someone out there." He said. I hurry to the window and see a figure walking through the outside gate.
I'm the blink of eye, Evan is rushing out the door after the person. I need to know who's been in my apartment!
Sinundan ko nga kaagad si Evan, and I see him tackled someone to the ground.
"Hey! Get off of me, you big oaf! You're hurting me!"
Wait?!
"Tim?" Evan looks up at me with a frown.
"You know this guy?!"
"Of course she knows me!" Sigaw nito kaya agad kong tiningnan si Evan.
"Yes, I know him. Tim is my piano student." Saad ko.
Tim is my Australian student. Timothy Howard.
"...He's the one I told you about this morning that comes here to the apartment for his lessons." explain ko pa.
"Can you please ask him to get off me, Miss Elizabeth?!" nahihirapan nitong sabi dahil hawak pa din siya ng mahigpit ni Evan.
"Evan, I know him. He's not a danger to me."
"Hindi mo sinabi saakin na may lesson siya ngayon." nakataas ang kilay niyang sabi na kinabuntong hininga ko.
"Yes. Wala siyang lesson ngayon, but I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding, right Tim?" Nakangiti kong tanong at napairap naman si Evan saka marahas na binitawan nito si Tim.
"Explain yourself, man!" Sabi nito at agad naman siyang tumayo at inayos ang damit nitong nagusot at tumingin sa amin.
"What are you doing here? We don't have a lesson scheduled for today?" He sighed.
"I'm sorry, Miss Elizabeth. I had a schedule conflict next week and needed to switch days. I came by to reschedule ---"
"Really?" Evan said then crossed his arms and narrow his eyes to him.
