Drifting Through The Clouds

Chapter 16

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"I still couldn't believe it though.."

Nakangiting lumingon sa akin si Bea habang nakahawak siya sa kamay ko at pinaglalaruan ito. Nasa kwarto na kami at nasa kanya-kanyang pwesto na sa pagtulog.

"Kahit ako, ate Madz. Imagine, ate Bei, pulling off Cait? Eh, halos hindi nga sila magpansinan before the bubble!" gatong pa ni Deanna na nasa kabilang dulo at halong frustrated na.

"Grabe naman kayo sakin!" Bea pouted like a child. "Ipagtanggol mo naman akoooo."

Natatawa na lang akong umiling dito kaya naman.. "Darling, ipagtanggol mo kasi!" kantyaw ni Deanna.

"Oo nga, darling! Ipagtanggol mo naman ako." pagsabay pa ni Bea dito. Halos hiyang-hiya ako dahil sa usapan na ito at alam kong namumula na ang mukha ko. Pero kahit nahihiya ako ay hindi ko sila kayang patigilin dahil nararamdaman kong masaya si Bea. She deserves to be happy. And if this what makes her happy then who am I to ruin it?

"Nako, darling, bahala na kayo d'yan. Basta nasabi na namin sa inyo." sagot ko sa kanila at umayos na sa paghiga. We all have only two pillows each yet Bea put her other pillow sa pader na nasa gilid ko. "Thank you.." bulong ko.

She smiled. "Anything for you.."

When we settled ourselves down, ate Beth started talking. "What are your plans, Bei?"

"For what, ate?"

"You know.. after this Zambales trip. You'll have plenty of time to figure things out if you wanna tell this to our team."

Nilingon ako ni Bea na para bang biglang nangamba. "Sa ngayon, ate Beth, we just really want to spend more time growing together and knowing each other more. Sabi mo nga, 'di ba? We still have plenty of time to think whether we should tell this to the team or not."

Hinigpitan ko nang kaunti ang pagkakahawak ko sa kamay ni Bea kaya bumalik ang tingin nito sa akin. "I think we should tell them about us, I mean.. what we have. Things would only work out fine when we have our family's support, right?" ngiti ko dito. Halatang hindi pa rin inaasahan ni Bea ang suhestiyon ko.

"Right. Mas mabuti na 'yung alam natin lahat so we could protect each other. I know naman kung gaano niyo kagusto to make things private." segunda ni ate Beth habang ang iba ay tahimik lang na nakikinig sa amin.

I touched Bea's cheek. "Alam ko naman ang mga wino-worry mo but I trust them. I know that we can trust them about us. And I'm fine with it as long as this can help us make one or two steps easier to move around each other."

"I just don't want other people who don't personally know about us to label you."

"I know na this is kinda hard pero I just want you to know, Bei, that when I told you about my feelings for you prepared dapat ako sa kung ano 'yung pinapasok ko, and I am. The words of others won't matter as long as we protect each other, right?"