Love In The Spotlight

Chapter 9

We waited for Rhianna sa parking lot, pero good thing naghintay kami sa medyo madilim na spot at medyo malayo sa car niya. Hanggang sa parking lot kasi magkasama sila ni Katarina, which we didn't expect.

Wendy and I got into conclusion that Rhianna was trying to hide us from Katarina. Upon searching in the web as well, we learned that they were both friends since they started acting no'ng bata pa lang sila. But, there was an article that was published two years ago that caught our attention. The article was about Rhianna and Katarina's fans noticing how they were gradually being distant from each other, that they were losing their 'spark' as friends.

Obviously, 'di kami gano'n ka-invested sa nangyayari sa artists ng NAC, especially may times na busy kami traveling instead. We were completely unaware of their issue. 'Yon din siguro ang reason kung bakit parang gulat 'yong mga tao sa shop kanina.

"'Yong friend na sinasabi niya, I think it's Katarina."

Tumango ako. Pareho kaming nakatingin sa kanilang dalawa na nag-uusap sa loob ng car. The lights were on which allowed us to see them talking. "Rhianna seems upset, pero si Katarina... is she smirking?"

"Sikat ba si Katarina?"

"I think," I shrugged. "Almost all the articles about her are also linked to Rhianna."

"So, sikat siya dahil kay Rhianna?"

"'Di ko alam," tumingala ako, tinignan muna ang mga stars, malapit na 'kong magka-stiff neck because of my head's uncomfortable position. Nasa right side sila naka-park, and konting move ng body namin, mapapansin kami agad. "Maghihintay ba tayo or mag-taxi na pauwi? My feet are getting numb, puno na rin ako ng kagat."

"We can, but you think the guards will let us in? Do you know Rhianna's full address? Text muna natin siya or some--"

Bigla siyang napahinto habang nanlalaki ang mga matang nakatingin sa direksyon nila Rhianna. Tumingin naman ako ro'n, pero wala naman akong nakitang kakaiba. 

"Bakit?" I waved my hand in front of her face. "Do you see ghosts?"

Hindi niya 'ko sinagot, pero mabilis niyang inilibot ang ulo niya, looking for someone or something specifically. 

After a few seconds of looking around the area, looking hopeless, she sprinted towards the direction where Rhianna and Katarina were. "Wendy!" I got no choice but to follow her as well.

Halos ma-trip siya from sprinting. Nasa fifteen meters ang distance between Rihanna's car from our spot, but she made it look like it was only three meters away.

When we were only a meter away from their car, they finally noticed us, nag-wave si Wendy. I was dumbfounded, so I got along.

"Napano ba?"

"Someone's inside the car..." she was smiling, while being almost breathless.

I stopped. I looked inside the car to see any movement from the backseat... and there, I saw a hand on the top of Rhianna's head rest. All I saw was the hand.

Wendy knocked on the driver's window, habang ako ay mabilis na sumunod at tumabi sa kaniya. Wala kaming any plans or whatever, pero nang itaas ko ang head ko, I saw the CCTV camera directly pointing at our direction.

"W-Wendy," 

"Hi! Our grandma is a fan of yours, we missed the chance to approach you earlier, and we happen to see you walking through here, can we bring you to her?"

Salubong na salubong ang eyebrows ni Katarina, nakita niya 'kong nakatingin sa kaniya, kaya agad napalitan 'yong irritated niyang face into a face smiling from ear to ear. "Hey! Hello, again!" I beamed, pretending to be shocked.