Chapter 3
The pain
I called my kuya Tobias.
"Whats up baby Ela?" Masigla niyang bati.
"*Sniff* kuya, can you pick me up?" I tried to compose myself but there's a sniff coming out when I talk.
"Ela, are you alright?" He worriedly asked.
Am I alright? I don't know how to answer that question when I'm feeling this way.
A failed confession, heartbreak and a betrayal of a friend.
"Kuya, *sniff*..."
"I'll be right there. Where you at?" I heard keys fumbled on the background.
"At the gate of my school."
"Stay there okay, I'll be there as soon as I can."
I smiled faintly. "Alright."
My kuya arrives after 5 minutes with his blue Mustang GT500.
Woah, that was fast.
He walk out and hugs me tightly. I couldn't help myself and cried in his arms. I burst everything I felt in this cry.
He never said anything, he just lets me cry my heart out.
Nung tumahan na ako ay binitawan niya ako at tiningnan niya ako ng puno ng pag-alala.
He wipes my tears with his hand.
"Who did this to you?" He softly asked.
Umiling lamang ako.
He sigh then he opened the front seat letting me in. He walk around the car and seat on the driver seat.
Walang nagsalita sa amin sa buong biyahe. Pag-dating namin sa garage ay kinausap ko siya.
"Kuya, can you keep this between us?" I plead.
Tumingin siya sa akin at nagsabing, "I'll keep it a secret if you tell me what happened."
I paused. Should I tell him? But he's my brother, he'll never ditch me.
I compose myself, trying not to cry while telling him what happened.
"I-I confess to s-someone and he...he rejected me." I couldn't help myself but cried.
He hug me immediately to give me comfort.
"Shhh it's alright, it's alright. If I know who that person is I'll beat him."
Kumalas ako. I look at him discernly.
"Well, it's because he is blind. He just rejected the most beautiful girl in the world. He should be beaten up." Tuloy niya.
That made me angry. I punch my kuya on the stomach.
"Oww!" Daing niya. " Why did you do that for?!"
"I love him and I don't want someone to criticize him!"
He shake his head. "Ganito na ba ang mga babae ngayon? They got rejected but they couldn't get enough of it."
Lalabas na sana siya sa sasakyan pero pinigilan ko siya. "Your promise?"
"Tsk, yeah yeah yeah. I'll keep my mouth shut." At lumabas na siya sa sasakyan.
I breath in and out trying to compose myself. I don't want them to know of my situation. I don't want them to get worried.
I Think of a happy thoughts and I calmed down.
I look at myself in the mirror. Dang! I'm a mess.
My eyes, nose, and cheeks are so red. Bunos is my puffy eyelids. Thank God my mascara is waterproof or else I look like a drunkard.
BINABASA MO ANG
My Adamant Elara
Novela Juvenil"Elara, you are the most adamant woman I have ever met. I don't regret everything I did just to make you happy. Even if that means helping you to have him."
