The Truth Hurts

The Truth Hurts [3]

Years had already passed. Graduating na koh! Malapit koh na din makuha PhD koh. Yupz, nag doctor akoh. If ever you‟re wondering what happened to my “drummer boy”, we broke up, kasi no matter how hard he tried he still can‟t fill that empty void in my heart. I know that he truly loved me but my heart was just not into our relationship.

About “pare” and Twinx. I‟ve never heard a word from them since they graduated college. I heard na Twinx is now an executive in a famous modeling company while my best friend is now the president of one of the top engineering firms in the country. Other than that, wala na koh balita about them.

 On my graduation day, I wish he were there. Para naman I could share that special moment with a special person in my life.

But he was not there by my side.

 Though I was celebrating that day with my family and friends, deep inside, I felt so alone. I‟ve already got my PhD and already putting my ten-year course into practice. One Saturday morning, I got a letter from my previous high school.

Merong Alumni Homecoming and all are requested to come kasi it‟s the school‟s 75th year na. Though hesitant at first, I‟ve decided to go na rin. Wala naman akoh gagawin kasi I‟m

on a month leave from the hospital. Ever since I got my PhD I‟ve been doing countless numbers of surgeries and now I‟m on my very first leave. I was already running late when I got to the school. It felt to good coming back to this place.

Eh di napangiti na lang akoh. Bigla koh kasi naalala ung mga memories koh sa school na un. And all those happy memories were shared with him. Medyo nalungkot akoh sa thought na yun, kasi ngayon koh lang naalala na in almost all of the most unforgettable and special days of my life was shared and spent with him.

 Pro simula ng magkaroon xa ng Twinx, nawala lahat bigla. If only I was able to set him free. Kung hindi lang sana akoh naging stubborn and gave the girl a chance. In the auditorium, all my high school friends we‟re there.

Everybody looked the same pa rin naman, except for the suits, formal wear and gray hairs here and there. But nonetheless, they‟re still the same. I sat with my old friends.

Syempre kwento galore kami. Grabe, ang iba samin gray hair na talaga. Syempre we all talked about our times spent in the school. All the and happy memories we had. Grabe sobrang laugh trip talaga to go back to memory lane. At first, I thought this whole reunion thing would be boring, but I was wrong, wala kasi masyado pinagbago old friends koh kaya we‟re still having fun.

Through the night, I felt very unease. I keep on looking around as if looking for something or someone. Yah, I‟m looking for him. He‟s one of the reasons kaya akoh nagpunta dito eh. I want to see him again. In the middle of the program, wala pa rin xa kaya hindi na rin akoh umasa. Hindi na siguro un dadating.

 So, hindi koh na tinapos ung program, nainip na kasi akoh eh. Fine! Aminin koh na nga, nainip akoh kasi wala pa xa, and iniisip koh xa. He‟s been the only person I was thinking about all night. I went out for a walk to catch some air and take my mind off him. I was walking through the old campus.

Not much has changed. Hindi koh namalayan, my feet brought me to OUR sacred place. Yung place na only the two of us knows. Gulat din akoh kung pano akoh napadpad dito. Cguro nakasanayan na. I slowly walked towards the bench where we usually spend our break times.

Dito kami lagi eat ng lunch and dito rin kami lagi punta just to chill and talk. I sat on my pwesto sa bench and stared blankly into the sky, reminiscing about our good old days.

 Tapos biglang dumilim. May nagtakip ng mata koh. Kinapa yung hands to identify or at least get a clue on who it was.

OH MY GOSH!!! Can‟t be!!! OH MY GOSH talaga!!!!