Friendship at 16

Chapter 8

(Sunday)

Isha's POV

'Ang kulit! Sabi ng I'm alright. *sings John Legend, All of Me* How many times do I have to tell you?~' sabi ko.

'I've heard that many times.' Turo ni Andrei sakin.

Kukunin ko na yung bag ko when someone annoyingly snatches them. *hampas sa braso*

*ignores me*

'I've heard that many times.' gaya ko.

'Lucy will totally freaked out.' He said.

'I know.'

'Tara na?' He looked over me.

I nodded. 'We still have some explanation to do. Better get it on.' I muttered the last part silently.

We both headed outside the hospital.

(FLASHBACK. ..)

Lucy's POV

Everything was going well. Nag surrender na si Rob (original guy) and yung kasama nya. Sayang nga lang hindi ko nagantihan for calling me a fish. Well, not directly pero "Nabingwit" is the right term for it. Kaya lang wala nang chance so I gave up the idea on that and decided to let the police handle it.

But.

I know. I know. Frustrating right? Kelan ba nawala si but? Never diba? That's what I'm telling here.

But. The guy who Eleecia (Yes. I know her.) knocked out, silently stood up, made way in the, uhm, a little center stage but not really in the center stage and took everyone's whole attention in the room.

Pero hindi po dahil pumunta sya sa center stage kaya nya nakuha ang attention ng lahat. Sakal sakal nya si Isha na pilit nagpupumiglas sa hawak niya (no luck), habang tumatagal at lumalakas ang piglas ni Isha, pawala ng pawala din yung kulay nito sa mukha. Until ang scene na sa harap namin ay tinanggal na ni Isha yung kamay nung lalaki sa neck nya cos she can't breathe.

Great.

Naglabas pa po ng baril si guy. At nanginginig na sinabing:

Guy 2: BABARILIN NYO KO?!!?!? NOT IF I SHOOT HER FIRST.

Nanlaki mata ko and suddenly I was scared and afraid na tototohanin nya yung sinabi niya.

And.

I saw him.

In a slow motion way.

Pulled the trigger.

BAAAANG!

I think adrenaline yung ginawa kong pagsigaw, unconciously kong pagupo, pagpikit at pagtakip sa tenga ko. (Like what any other girls would do if they're terrified and scared)

Pero mas nangibabaw yung sumigaw na babae dun sa audioroom without knowing na she's in front of the mike and naka-on pa din yung on-air button.

When I opened my eyes, nakita kong nakahilata na si Eleecia, papikit with no color in her face, fresh mark hand print sa leeg nya, namumula mula pa.

I gulp my sob.

Please. Please. No. No. No. Nothing happened. Please. Nothing happened. She's fine. She's okay. Let her be okay.

I ran my eyes through her body, horror filled my eyes when I saw blood pooling around her abdomen.

At hindi ko na napigilan, I let out a sob.