My Bittersweet Escape

My Bittersweet Escape - Thirty Nine

Chapter 39 - Confessions

ZOEY'S POV

It's been a week since that incident with Chace. Yung yakap yakap thing. Actually, ayoko ng mag-isip eh. Ayoko ng bigyan ng meaning yung kahit anong bagay na gawin niya feeling ko kasi wala lang para sakanya yun lahat. Magmumukha lang akong tanga if I keep on hoping. HAAAAAY. 

Today's friday and that means it's barkada night. We all went out para kumain kasama si Enzo, nameet na din siya nila Charlie and Bryce and thank goodness nagkasundo naman sila. 

"Zoey, what do you want to eat?" Enzo asks me while reading the menu

"Anything would do, gutom na ko, wala na kong energy mamili ng food" I said to him

"Sige, crispy pata nalang ah! HAHAHA"

Nung natapos na kaming umorder ng pagkain. Nag-usap usap na kaming lahat pero medyo nainis lang ako when Bryce opened up the topic about Chace.  Ugghh

"HUHUHU. Miss ko na si pareng Chace. HUHUHU." Kunyari nagpupunas siya ng luha sa mata. Okay, Bryce. OA na yan. 

"Have you talked to him na ba?" Bambi asked him

"Hindi pa nga eh. Lagi kasing nakakapit sakanya yung syota niya."

"Tss. Bitch." I whispered

"Hey, Zoey. Are you saying something?" Monique asked me. 

"Ha? Ahh, wala." then I laughed pero tumingin sakin si Enzo. "Hey, anong meron sainyo nung Chace, curious lang ako?" 

Wala naman talaga akong balak sumagot sakanya pero Bambi started to talk. Aish. 

"Si Chace, kasama sa barkada namin yon. Asaran buddies sila niyang si Zoey but then when his girlfriend suddenly showed up biglang lumayo na siya samin." nalungkot siya bigla. Hindi lang pala ako yung nakakamiss sakanya, lahat pala kami. 

Wait. Hindi ko siya namimiss. Okay?!

"Ganon? Nagselos naman tuloy ako bigla." biglang sabi ni Enzo with feelings.

Sinuntok ko siya ng mahina sa braso "Huy, ano ka ba. Friends lang kami ni Chace, nothing more. Nothing less."

"Really? Well, that's good news to me." then he smiled and everyone was staring at us like WHAT IS HAPPENING.

"Okay, Zoey, hindi na ko magpapaligoy ligoy pa." Hala. Oh my god. Ano to? Ayoko ng ganito. Nattense ako. Tubig, gusto ko ng tubig!!

"Ever since I came back here, ikaw yung kauna unahang taong hinanap ko. Ni hindi ko nga naisip na hanapin muna si Emma eh. Hahaha." tapos tumingin siya kay Besty "Peace tayo sis!! Love you!!" he faced me again and held both of my hands. "I heard about the thing that happened with your ex and doon ko naisip, siguro panahon na para ako naman yung magmahal sayo...."

WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?! Anong mahal mahal?!!

"Oh my god. Is this a confession?" bambi asked. Yung itsura nilang lahat hindi ko maipinta, parang natatae na ewan. Parang lahat ata kami tense eh, pero besty, yung ngiti hanggang tenga. Hala.

"Bata pa lang tayo, crush na kita pero hindi ko na nasabi sayo since I had to go. Nagsisi ako when I left you. I tried to hard na bumalik ng mas maaga, kaya nagpakahirap ako. I studied all day, all night long kaya nabalitaan mo na I graduated earlier that expected. I did that all for you, para makasama ka and now you're here infront of me.

And I'm going to ask you this question,

Pwede ba kitang ligawan?" 

I swear lahat kami nastatwa sa lugar na yon. Hindi ko alam kung anong isasagot ko. Pwede bang hindi muna sumagot. Okay lang kaya yon? I mean, uggghhh. Ewan kooooo.