Her Heart's Desire

HER HEART'S DESIRE 08

Tama ba 'to? Bakit kasi pumayag ako? Pwede naman sa bahay ko eh. Pero kasi! Kinakabahan ako.

Me and Crimson decided that we'd do the project at his house since walang tao sa bahay namin ngayon. Sabado pero may conference nanaman na pinuntahan sila mama at papa, ayaw ko naman magpapasok ng lalaki sa bahay na wala parents ko, aba aba!

Standing in front of the chocolate-coloured gates of a huge mansion, I gulped as I felt nervous.

"Okay, I can do this." I whispered, trying to encourage myself as I pressed the doorbell.

Wala pang isang minuto ay may lumabas na isang matandang babae, kasing edad yata ni Manang Cynthia namin. She wore a maid's uniform. I smiled at her as she opened the gate.

"Magandang umaga po." Bati ko, napangiti naman ang ginang sa ginawa kong pagbati.

"Magandang umaga. Ikaw siguro ang bisita ni sir Crimson?" tumango ako. "Halika, pasok." She grinned, letting me in.

Pagkapasok ko sa gate ay unang bumungad sa akin ay ang kanilang frontyard. Quite spacious, full of green grass and bushes of flowers.

I bit my lip as I nervously clutched my bag filled with things that we'd be needing for the report.

Nang makadating kami sa pintuan ng mansion ay binuksan na iyon ni manang at pinapasok ako. The mansion was indeed huge, the living room had a five seater sofa at the center's corner with a solo couch on its both sides. May coffee table sa pinakagitna at cream carpet sa ilalim nito. They also have a flat screen TV, nice.

"Dito ka lang muna, ha? Tatawagin ko lang si sir Crimson." Saad ng ginang, ngumiti ito at naglakad na sa ikalawang palapag ng bahay na ito.

As I waited, I roamed my eyes along the rest of the place. May ilang picture frames na nakasabit sa walls nila. Family pictures and such, may mga pictures din si Crimson at dalawa pang mga lalaki na hindi pamilyar, may mga kapatid pala siya?

What caught my attention is a picture of Crimson's mom. She looks so beautiful. Light-skinned, slender figure, soft locks of black hair, soft facial features, grabe parang manika.

I turned around when I heard someone whistling a song, napatigil kaming dalawa nang magtagpo ang tingin namin.

"Oh, I didn't know we had a visitor. Hello!" Bati niya. He looked young, tall, his features reminds me of Crimson. The only difference is he looks warmer and approachable unlike Crimson.

"A-Ah, Good morning po." I smiled at him shyly. He smiled as well, showing his pearly white teeth and his dimples.

'Ang gwapo naman nito ngumiti.' isip ko. Ganito rin kaya kagwapo si Crimson kapag ngumiti?

"So, who invited you? Si Julian ba?" He asked, his hands now in his pockets. I shook my head.

"Classmate po ako ni Crimson." saad ko, nanlaki naman ang mga mata niya sa sinabi ko. Gulat yata.

"Crimson? As in our Crimson?" I nodded as an answer. Wala naman siguro ibang Crimson dito.

He gasped dramatically, covering his mouth with both his hands and looking at me wide-eyed.

"Oh My Merlin! Alam mo 'yang si Crimson ay hindi nagdadala ng kahit isang classmate sa bahay. Let alone a girl!" saad niya at binalik ang kaniyang mga kamay sa bulsa ng pantalon niya.

I chuckled awkwardly, hindi alam kung dapat ba akong kiligin o mahiya dahil ako ang kauna-unahang kaklase niyang dinala niya rito.

"You're here." Napaangat ang tingin namin ng kapatid ni Crimson nang marinig namin ang boses niya.

Crimson looked like he just freshly got out of his bath, basa pa ang buhok niya at nakasuot lamang siya ng simpleng blue shirt at cream shorts. He strode his way downstairs with a blank expression until he reached the spot beside me.

He looked at his brother with a frown.

"Are you bothering her?" He asked his brother, the latter shook his head.

"Uy, hindi ah! I'm simply entertaining her. Tagal mo eh." depensa naman ng kapatid niya.

"Yeah, okay." Crimson said, looking at his brother skeptically.

"Anyway. Vivienne, this is my brother Oliver. Kuya, this is Vivienne," pagpapakilala niya sa amin ng kuya niya. "Classmate ko." diin niya nang mapansin ang tingin ng kuya niya sa amin.

"Oo, sabi niya." He grinned as he pointed at me. "I'll leave you both to it, then. Kailangan ko pa pumunta sa hospital." He said.

"Nice meeting you, Vivienne!" He said to me with a smile before ruffling his brother's hair and dashed his way out of the house as Crimson tried to punch him for what he did.

I giggled at their actions. Cute.

Crimson turned to me and cleared his throat. "Shall we start? Or do you want to eat breakfast muna?" I shook my head. Naks, caring.

"Ayos lang, tapos naman na akong kumain before going here." He nodded and started to walk towards the living room, I followed him.

"So, politics ang gagawin natin. Sa google nalang ba tayo kukuha ng sagot?" Tanong ko.

Nakaupo kaming dalawa sa sahig at inayos na ang mga gamit namin na nakalapag na sa coffee table.

He shrugged. "Depends on you. There's also books over there," he pointed towards the bottom of the TV where there is a shelf filled with books. "Mga various books 'yan. Baka makahanap tayo ng sagot diyan." saad niya at tumungo sa shelf para kumuha ng libro, he sat back down and handed me three books.

"Let's start na." Saad ko, tumango lamang siya at nagsimula na kami sa tahimik na paggawa ng report namin.