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IEWAG-59: The Promise Made

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IEWAG-59: The Promise Made

Hinaplos ko ang dilaw kong buhok na malayang hinahaplos ng preskong hangin habang pinagmamasdan ang napakagandang beach dito sa New York. I looked at the table and checked the food served.

"What the nerves, Aireen? I said no spicy food for this lunch!" I said in real frustration. Aireen was my new found friend here in New York, well, accidentally. Sa Vancouver kami unang nagkita at nang lumipat kami dito sa New York ay nagulat akong magiging classmate ko pa pala sya.

She simply rolled her eyes and drinked her cold shake with chili flakes. Seriously? Anong klaseng nilalang ba talaga sya?

"Just eat, my treat! Don't worry!" She replied fast. I couldn't help but to sigh. I guess, its better idea to skip my lunch today.

Kinuha ko na lang ang Macbook ko at doon nagpaka-busy. I was busy browsing to Facebook when she spoke.

"I remembered someone in that guy with a surf board on his left." Wala sa sarili nyang sabi.

Sinulyapan ko ang tinutukoy nya. Well.. I must say... he's a gorgeous man with a mouth-watering body. I remembered Kevin with his aura. Mukha kasi syang neat na lalaki pero hot pa rin.

"Do you?" Looking at her back.

She waved her hands like she realized something. "Oh! Nothing, babe! Nevermind!"

Umiling na lang ako at tinuon ulit ang pansin sa Macbook.

"When are you getting back to Manila?" Natigilan ako sa tanong nya.

It has been three hell of years for me.

Three years akong nakaramdam ng lungkot at pag-iisa. We know we are with somebody else pero iba pa rin pag ang taong mahal mo ang nasa tabi mo.

The loneness...  the sadness... the heart aches... the changes...

I kept myself adjusting in this new world. Pero parang ang hirap hirap gawin. Mahirap kasi naninibago pa o mahirap kasi ayaw ko pa ring tanggapin na nandito ako ngayon at malayo sakanya?

Nothing specifically new happened in my life in three freaking years.

Maliban sa nagpagupit ako ng buhok na hanggang batok na lang ngayon, sa kulay ng balat ko na mas lalong naging maputla, for engaging at sports in our school, for having new good folks... wala namang mas bago pa doon.

"Why'd you asked?"

She shrugged for once before the booze. "I'm just curious about your first and one true love. He'll surely getting mad at you day by day coz you're not still showing off! Remember, you left him without any words! He must be waiting for you. And he must been tired doing it all for three years.." She shook her head like she knew what's coming.

Naikwento ko kasi sakanya lahat ng tungkol sa buhay ko. Maybe to help myself to release all my depressions in life. And it worked. She was actually crying a river when I told her everything. Sobrang dami na daw pala naming napagdaanan. She was touched by our story. At sana raw makatagpo sya ng lalaking gaya ng lalaking mahal ko.

And I think, mula ng ikwento ko sakanya ang lahat ng iyon ay parang naniwala ulit syang may magmamahal pa ng totoo at panghabang buhay sakanya.

I breathed heavily and nod. "I know, Ai and I never break a promise... that's why..."

Napatakip agad sya ng bibig kahit hindi ko pa tapos ang sasabihin ko.

"OMG! CAN I COME WITH YOU?" Excited na hiyaw nya.