The Doctor's Order Book 1: Erik & Jillian

Chapter 12

Pakiramdam ni Jillian ay may isang malaking tabletang nakabara sa kanyang lalamunan habang pinagmamasdan niya si Erik at Bianca na nakatayo sa harap niya. Her hands were shaking and cold. Parang gusto nyang tumakbo palabas ng gusaling iyon kung hindi lang siya magmumukhang tanga sa harap ni Erik. Kung pwede lang siyang uminom ng lahat ng klaseng pain reliever para mawala ang sakit na nararamdaman nya ngayon ay ginawa na nya. She sighed, ano bang trip ng tadhana at para siyang pinaglalaruan siya ngayon? She thought she could forget about him even for just a few hours, but now, here he is. Standing authoritatively in front of her—in his casual black polo shirt and jeans, which made him as appealing as ever.

"Jillian."

Dahan-dahan siyang nag-angat ng tingin sa nagsalita. And nothing has changed. Her heart is thumping so fast as she stood in front of this stupid man who broke and still breaks her heart into bits. Mabuti na lamang at nagsalita si Aldous at nabaling ang tingin ng binata at ng kasama nito rito.

"Kakilala mo sila Jillian?"

She can't say a word. Walang salitang lumalabas sa bibig niya. She just wanted to be swallowed whole by the floor. Hindi siya ang klase ng taong walang masabi. But at the sight of Erik, she was speechless.

"Uhmm..."

"I'm Aldous Valenciano. Jillian's college bestfriend." pagka ay nakipagkamay ito.

Nang balingan nya ng tingin si Erik, somehow, she could see his irritated look. Erik blankly looked at her before he shook her bestfriend's hand.

"Erik Peralta. And this is Bianca."

"Nice to meet you." nakipagkamay rin dito ang kaibigan niya.

"So finally, na-meet din kita Jillian." she knotted her forehead.

"Hi! I'm Jillian." nakipagkamay rin siya rito.

"So you're the Jillian, this guy and his crazy-chauvinist bestfriends were talking about."

She gave her a nod.

Ramdan niya ang tension sa pagitan nila ni Erik. She can't look at him straight in the eyes.

"So you'll be playing bowling as well?" wika ni Bianca.

"Yeah. Jillian challenged me, MVP 'to sa bowling eh." bahagyang inakbayan pa siya ni Aldous.

"Oh, may katapat ka pala Erik eh. Erik was our bowling MVP at medschool as well."

Erik gave an irritated look.

"Then why don't we all play together?" tila nakangiting wika ni Aldous.

Gusto nyang tuhurin ang binata dahil sa sinabi nito. Bagaman wala naman itong alam sa nangyari ay naiinis pa rin siya sa isinuhestiyon nito.

"Naku kahit 'wag na. Pasensya na sa abala sa date nyo." Pinisil niya ang tainga ni Aldous.

"Ouch." ani Aldous.

"Saka ako ang lalampaso sayo Aldous, baka lalo kang mapahiya kapag nanood sila."

Subalit natameme siya nang magsalita si Erik.

"Why don't we play together? Two on two." He gave her a cold gaze, she swallowed hard. "After all, the more, the merrier, right?"

Napasimangot siya sa sinabi nito. The tension between her and Erik is getting stronger. Ano ba ang nais nitong ipahiwatig sa kanya? Na wala lang lahat ng pagpapa-sweet nito sa kanya? At ngayong kasama nito si Bianca ay tila kinalimutan siya nito? She didn't know he could be that harsh. And there she is, making herself look stupid, crying herself all night over this guy? His blank stare shivered all the blood in her body. But she won't budged in.