TLH2: Royal Comeback (Completed) #Wattys2016

TLH2: Chapter 43

"It's new, the shape of your body. It's blue, the feeling I've got. And it's ooh, whoa oh. It's a cruel summer"

"It's cool, that's what I tell 'em. No rules in breakable heaven. But ooh, whoa oh. It's a cruel summer with you. Youuuu!! Woooh!"

I looked at Ricky who's singing at the top of his lungs. We're still driving going to Zambales. And the whole trip he is like that. My ears are hurting. Akala naman nito maganda ang boses niya. I rolled my eyes. Napatingin ako sa screen on the dashboard and looked at the GPS. Our ETA is 1 hour pa.

Ugh! Ang tagal and napakalayo naman ng lugar na ito nila Ivan. I don't have an idea about this rest house that they have. Wala naman kasing nakukuwento ito noon. Kaya it is my first time to see the place.

"I'm drunk in the back of the car and I cried like a baby coming home from the bar, oohhh!"

Napahawak ako sa sentido ko. This man is torturing me with his voice! I don't mind Taylor Swift in the background. What I do mind is this person that I am with. Pinandilatan ko ito ng mga mata pero hindi ako pinansin.

"And I scream, "For whatever it's worth I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"

He taps his fingers on the steering wheel like a drum. He looked at me then winked. I rolled my eyes on him. Natawa ito at bigla naman papikit-pikit pa. Mabuti nalang dire-diretso ang tinatahak namin na daan. Damang-dama niya 'yung kanta ah. Napailing ako. I fished out my phone, I'll just browse the internet ng biglang...

"HE LOOKS UP, GRINNING LIKE A DEVIL!!!, IT'S NEW, THE SHAPE OF YOUR BODY...!!!"

Nabitawan ko bigla yung phone ko ng sumigaw ito. God! This man and his craziness. Nakakairita naman 'to! I picked up my phone and immediately lowered the volume. Mabuti naman at napansin nito ang ginawa ko and looked at me.

"Hey! KJ mo talaga, love" He said then turned his sight back to the road.

"Can you please shut up for 1 minute?" Iritang sabi ko. Bakit ba ako sumabay kasi dito? Ugh!

Ang loko ay natawa lang at nilakasan muli ang volume ng stereo. I heard a familiar sound as the next song.

"Why are you so grumpy, Erin? Gutom ka nanaman ba?"

I arched a brow at him. "Who wouldn't be if the whole trip all I'm hearing is some croaky voice?"

He puts his hand on his chest. "Ouch! Akala mo naman dati hindi ka nagagandahan sa boses ko."

I punched him on the shoulders.  "In your dreams! Mag-drive ka na nga lang."

I heard him chuckled. Then I felt his hand on my cheek and pinched it. "'Wag ka na masungit. Oh! Alam ko na." Sabi nito then nilakasan lalo yung volume. "You won't resist this." Then he started singin' again.

"You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you. You'd be like heaven to touch. I want to hold you so much" He glanced at me and raised his brows.

Tinignan ko lang ito with a serious face but he still continued singing. "At long last love has arrived. And I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you"

He's also swaying to the song at paminsan-minsan na tumitingin sa akin. Bigla naman akong may naalala. This song used to be our jam. Back in London, we used to sing this at the Karaoke whenever we're both stressed. And it was also the song that Ricky cheered me up the first time.

"Pardon the way that I stare there's nothing else to compare. The thought of you leaves me weak. There are no words left to speak" Ricky singing as if it's his concert.