Den's POV
Since Ella called me, tinawagan ko kaagad si jia to ask where is she. She's at their house daw kaya nagpahatid ako kay LA papunta sa kanila. Pagdating ko eh dumeretso na kaagad ako sa kwarto niya. Dahan dahan kong binuksan ang pintuan at sumilip muna ako. Nakaupo lang siya at nakatalikod sa akin habang nakadungaw sa bintana. Later on, may binato siya palabas ng window. I don't exactly saw what it is, but I think it's a necklace. Tumayo na siya at sinaraduhan yung maleta niya, and that's the time na pumasok na ako ng tuluyan sa loob.
When I got in, she stopped what she's doing and just stared at me with a blank face. Napatigil rin naman ako pero lumapit na ako sa kanya at nagulat ako ng bigla niya akong niyakap. I still don't know what happened. Ella just called me and said "Talk to jia", so here I am.
We stayed like that for a couple of minutes when she finally spoke. "Thank you." Nagulat naman ako sa sinabi niya kaya kumalas na ako sa yakap niya.
Me: for what?
Jia: For staying. For not leaving just like what everybody else does.
Me: You know I'll always be here. I promised you that diba?
Jia: Prove me that not all promises are meant to be broken, ate.
Me: What happened? Tell me.
*Kring.....kring....kring...* I looked at the caller ID and it was miguel. But she just rejected the call and turned off her phone.
Me: What did he do?
She doesn't want to talk about it at first. Pero maya maya ay nasabi na niya din sa akin and she's not hurt. She's not JUST hurt, but she's also full of anger. If I were her, baka napagsusuntok ko na si miguel because of what he did. I asked her kung reresbakan na ba namin, pero I'm just making the mood lighter. Hindi niya man gaanong pinapakita, but I know how much it hurts. And I'm sure anyone would get hurt if that happened to them.
Me: So what's your plan? Teka, para san nga pala 'tong mga gamit mo? Ba't ka nag-iimpake? Where are you going?
She looked at me and medyo naghesitate pa siyang sabihin sa akin.
Jia: Uhmm...I'm leaving.
Me: What?!! Kelan? Saan ka pupunta?
Jia: Bukas. Kasabay ko sila ate ella.
Aba. Hindi nasabi sa akin 'to ni ella. Tinext ko naman siya kaagad. Magkita daw kaming tatlo sa SB mamaya with aly.
Me: Hindi ba kita kayang pigilan?
Jia: I think this is for the best, ate. And I know you want what's best for me.
Medyo hindi ko na napigil yung luha ko. I hugged her so tight. Bakit naman kasi sa dami ng tao, siya pa yung palaging nasasaktan?
Me: Grabe ka jia. Ang tibay mo.
Jia: Akala mo lang, ate. You've no idea how much it's killing me.
Me: I know I know. Basta you know I always got your back. Wala na nga yatang makakapigil sa'yo. Sige na, hindi na kita pipigilan. Just promise me na yang pag-alis mo eh makabubuti para sa'yo ha.
Jia: I promise.
Me: Sige na jia. Tapusin mo na to. Dalhin mo na pati yung buong cabinet mo ha.
Tinawanan niya lang ako. I hugged her again at nagpaalam na sa kanya. But before completely leaving her room, may pinahabol pa ako.
Me: And jia, forget about him.
She looked at me naman kaagad and replied with a small smile on her face. "I will."
BINABASA MO ANG
The More You Hate, The More You Love.
Hayran Kurgu"The more you hate, the more you love? Too cliché." But what if one day, the one you hated the most, turns out to be the one you can't live without?
