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I went to sit in the breakfast nook. My parents were already there.
"Where's Gem?" The first question was from my father. Nakakunot ang noo niya.
Nilingon ko ang wall clock sa likod niya. Eleven am. "Tulog pa, past midnight na kaming umakyat kagabi."
"Pinagod mo pa," he joked.
I chuckled. I knew there was a sexual connotation to that pero hindi ko pinatulan.
My mother was exemplary quiet. I saw how she tried to make it up to Gem last night. She wouldn't apologize because she wouldn't accept that she was wrong.
Pero hinatiran niya kami ng orange juice bago sila umakyat ni papa.
Puwede niyang iutos iyon pero hindi niya ginawa.
Gem and I were sitting by the far edge of the pool.
I was trying my best not to look at her body and focus on her face while she was talking. Kung hindi baka hindi kami makapag-usap. Gustong gusto ko na siyang iakyat sa kuwarto ko and do my wicked ways with her.
She was telling me about her family na weekly niya lang inuuwian. She had an elder sister and a brother. She was the middle child. Both were married kaya ang nanay at tatay niya na lang ang nakatira sa bahay nila sa Bulacan.
She was the bread winner to her parents. Tumutulong din naman ang mga kapatid niya paminsan minsan but because she was the one that was financially blessed, inobliga niya ang sarili niyang tulungan ang mga magulang.
Hindi ko alam kung bakit umabot sa ganoon ang usapan. I was able to tell her about my younger years in the US. And she was able to tell me about her life as a high school and college student.
Until we talk about us again. I tried to go back to whatever we settled earlier last night nang akyatin ko siya sa kuwarto ko.
Well, wala naman kaming na settle talaga. But I had this feeling that I needed to clarify something at hindi naman siya nagdamot.
BINABASA MO ANG
FOREVERMORE (ONGOING) (Brett and Gem Story)
Storie d'amoreA man who finally falls in love with a woman, and a woman who doesn't want to fall in love all over again.