Art of being a Player...

Georgette

"Missed me Angel?"
Nabitawan ko ang hawak kong ballpen at napalingon sa bagong dating na si Travis.
"Travis?!" gulat kong sabi. I was supposed to feel excited right? But why do I feel uncomfortable? Is it because of the guilt that I am feeling?
"Missed you so much Angel." He said then he kissed me on my lips and hugs me tightly.
Automatic akong napatingin sa kinauupuan ni Cian, I can see the pain that run passed through his eyes, his jaw tighten then he looked away.
"Finally you're back! Our Sissy missed you so much!" ngiting ngiting sabi ni Coreen. "She's been so masungit this past few days, kasi she missed you so badly, sometimes she'll be sitting in one corner while waiting for your text and call, and if she will received none she'll sulk the whole day!" patuloy pa nya.
"Really? You missed me that much?" nanunuksong sabi ni Travis habang naka palibot ang bisig nya sa bewang ko.
"You made me wait for you almost everyday, after making me dependent to you. So what do you expect? I just panicked ! Thinking that you were so far.." nakasimangot kong sabi. Bigla nyang hinawakan ang mukha ko at pinagdikit ang noo namin."             I'm sorry Angel..Something happened and I was just trying to fix it." He said. Napalayo naman ako sakanya nang maramdaman ko ang pagbalya ng upuan, napatingin ako sa pinang galingan ng tunog at di ako nagkamali, si Cian napatayo sya sa kinauupuan nya at niligpit ang gamit. Walang paapaalam na umalis sya. Lahat kami nakatingin sakanya.
And again I feel guilty, he is hurting and it's all because of me. Seeing me with Travis like this is surely breaking his heart.
Kung hindi ko pa naramdaman ang pagpisil ni Travis sa kamay ko ay di maaalis ang tingin ko sa pinto na nilabasan ni Cian.
"Hey.." he said bago huminga ng malalim. "Let's go to my restaurant and have our dinner there..i have a surprise for you."
Pilit ako napangiti habang tumatango kay Travis.



"Good morning Ms. Carra, ako nga po pala si Lisa, ako po ang bago nyong kasambahay." Nakangiting bati saakin ng nakaunipormeng dalaga na sa tantya ko ay halos di nalalayo ang edad saakin.
"Good morning lisa, kailan ka pa nag umpisa ngayon lang kasi kita nakita?" nakangiti kong sabi.
"Ahhh.. Ma'am, last week pa po,ako po yung kapalit ni Lulu."
"Wala na si Lulu?"
"Wala na po Ma'am, balita ko po may kaya talaga ang pamilya ni Lulu, nag layas lang po yata yun kaya napilitan mamasukan."
"Ahhh.."
"Tsaka alam mo ba Ma'am—"
"Lisa! Anong ginagawa mo?"
"M-manang? Pasensya na po.." nakayukong sabi ni Lisa saaking Yaya.
"Ikaw talaga, kabago bago mo palang chismosa ka na..at si Ms. Carra pa talaga napili mo pagchismisan.. nasasayang ang oras nya sayo." Pagalit nito Kay  Lisa.
"It's ok Yaya.." natatawa kong sabi. "Wala na pala si Lulu?"
"Oo hija, biglaan nga eh. Sya nga pala hindi ka pa ba aalis? Baka malate ka na sa date nyo ni Sir Travis?" paalala nya.
"Don't worry Yaya, Travis wouldn't mind." I told her before I winked at her.


Nangingiting pumasok ako sa sasakyan ko, I decided to drive on my own, namimiss ko na kasing magdrive at ewan ko ba para kasing feeling ko dapat ako ang magdrive sa sasakyan ko. kinakabahan akong nakarating sa restaurant ni Travis, it's been a month since last kaming lumabas na dalawa. At mas lalo akong kinabahan ng pumasok ako sa Restaurant nya na nakapatay ang ilaw.
Bakit kaya walang staff? Siguro pinauwi na nya para masolo namin ang lugar, ginawa na nya ito dati..dahil sa kagustuhan  nya na kaming dalawa lang ay maaga nya pinasara ang Restaurant nya at pinauwi ang mga staff. Ng makapasok ako sa loob ay binuksan ko ang flashlight ng iphone ko, may napansin akong glow in the dark na arrow na sinundan ko naman hangang sa makarating ako sa event's room. Nang makapasok ako sa loob ay biglang bumukas ang projector at nakita ko ang mukha ni Travis.

"I first saw her in the Campus, she was standing in the middle of the soccer field and gazing up in the sky, her hair was being blown by the wind and she was being stared by most of the guys in the filed that day but she was oblivious to the attention that she was getting, she's too busy with her own world....appreciating the beauty of the sky" He said to the camera while smiling and looking so handsome that made me smile too. "She was so gorgeous that time, I remember I almost drool!" natatawa nyang sabi. "I thought..wow there's a fallen angel. I even thought that she is a God's gift to me. And from that day onwards I started to stalked her."
"Omg! So you've been her stalker?!" sabi ng isang babae na sa tingin ko ay may hawak ng Camera and if I'm not mistaken boses yun ni Coreen.
Bigla naman akong napatawa.
"Yes, I'm proud to say that I've been her stalker!"nakangising sabi nya. " There's this rumor that I heard that this Angel-face girl whom I was smitten with is branded as THE PLAYGIRL, that made me more curious and interested to her.. how can an innocent face, an angel face be a PLAYGIRL? So I decided to do something that will make her known my existence!"
"Don't tell me sinadya mo ang pagkakakilala nyo ni Sissy?" boses ni Eunice.
At may alam pala ang dalawang bruha sa pakulo na ito ni Travis..natatawang napailing ako.
"Yeah, well what can I do? Fate is not on my side and so I needed to act, and look where it got me? Finally after everything that happened she is finally mine.."he said with his eyes shinning brightly. "I never thought that the day would come where she would be able to love me too. And because of that I felt like I'm the luckiest guy on earth and that fact alone made me so damn happy!"
"Aww that is so sweet but that's not an excuse for your dirty mouth Travis! Pwede ba no cussing!" Coreen said.
"Oppss sorry.." natatawang napapakamot na batok na sabi ni Travis.
"Ok, so tell us Travis..why are you doing this? Anong kalokohan ito and you made us damay pa?" Coreen said in a high pitch voice.
Travis laughed.
"Well I just wanted her to know that I love her so much and that...."
"That?" tanong ni Eunice pero ngumiti lang si Travis.
"What?" tanong uli ni Eunice.
"I'll tell her personally.." nakangising sabi ni Travis.
"What the? Eh why did you make us film this confession of Travis Theodore if you're not going to finish naman pala." Anagl ni Coreen. Then lumipat ang angulo ng camera at ipinakita ang nakasimangot na mukha ni Coreen.
"Sissy! Look what your boyfriend made us do! He is so nakakainis!" reklamo nya na ikinatawa lang ni travis.
Natatawa lang din ako sakanila habang nakatingin sa screen, hangang sa mamatay ito. Nagdilim na naman ang paligid, I was about to open my flashlight again when suddenly the light turned on, medyo nasilaw ako kaya napapikit ako, pagdilat ng mata ko ay tumambad saakin ang paligid na napapaligiran ng rosas..pagkatapos ay nag labasan mula sa isang silid sila Coreen at ang lahat ng kaibigan namin na pawang may hawak na lobo na hugis puso, mula sa likod nila ay lumabas ang nakangiting si Travis na may hawak na isang boquet. Dahan dahan itong lumapit saakin at inabot ang bulaklak.
"Flowers for my beautiful Angel."
Inabot ko ang bulaklak.
"Thank you..ahmn..anong meron? Di pa naman natin mothsary ha.." nanunukso kong sabi, bigla naman itong napangiwi at napahawak sa batok.
"I-I have to t-tell you something.." he said while stammering. Napataas naman ang kilay ko , Travis rarely stammer, so what is he going to say that made him stammer?
"Go ahead.." I said while forcing myself not to smile.
Huminga sya ng malalim at pinakatitigan ako, then hinawakan nya ang kamay ko.
"Carra Amethyst Ferrer, you're the answered to my prayers..having you beside me and loving me is a dream come true. I never thought that I could have you, not when you were so In love with THE PLAYBOY.. I was not expecting that you will love me, I eventhought that I'm willing to be a rebound just to have you..but I know that you did love me too. And I also know that you still love the PLAYBOY.." he said while looking at me.
I gasped, and felt my hand rembling I was about to pull my hand from him but he tightened his  grip.
"He will always have a special place in your heart and it's ok with me as long as you love me too.. I know time will come and you will be able to forget him totally."
"T-travis.."
"I understand Carra..and it's really fine with me. That's how much I love you but I am a selfish guy Carra like Cian, I am selfish too..and I want you to be mine..i want to spend the rest day of my life with you."
My lips parted, idon't know what to say.. is he proposing? Bigla syang may kinuha sa likod ng bulsa nya.. I was expecting it to be a small box, but it's not. Instead he put a bunch of keys on my hand.
"W-what's this?" I asked confusedly.
"It's the key to where we will be going to spend our lifetime."
"Y-you mean?"
"Yes.. that's the key to our house, I know na pagnagpro-propose dapat singsing ang binibigay..but I wanted it to be different, besides I want you to be the one to choose  the ring that you want..i want us together to look for your engagement ring and wedding ring..and so I decided na yung keys ng bahay na pinatayo ko ang ibigay sayo.." namumulang sabi nya.
"Oh my..you really are proposing?!"
"Yes I am. So will you do the honor of becoming my wife? I know we are still young, but we are not that young..besides we can prolong our engagement as long as you say yes, you have the right to give me the date of when you want the wedding to happen."
I swallowed hard. I looked around us, our friends are all smiling, I have noticed that everyone is here except from Cian.
Cian.
The guy whom I also love.
The guy whom I love more...
Should I say yes to Travis?
Specially now that I know that I still love Cian?
But Travis has also a special place in my heart..
He loves me and he will never hurt me..
Someone will get hurt no matter what I answer to Travis..
But who will I choose to get hurt?
I opened my mouth to speak but before I was able to utter a word, someone spoke from the crowd that made me turn around.
"There's no wedding that will take place, kung meron man Carra's not the one who's going to be the bride." She said.
Lahat kami napatingin sakanya, nagsalubong ang kilay ko nang makilala ang babae.
"Lulu?"
Lumakad sya palapit saamin ni Travis, gone is the girl who's always smiling.. napalitan iyon ng babaeng puno nang lungot ang mata. She is wearing a black lacy bodycon dress that hugs her body well.. she's wearing a red pumps as red as her lips. She looks so gorgeous..
"Georgette.." nanlalaki naman ang matang sabi ni Travis.
"Hello Carra.." she said in a calm voice.
"Lulu?" naguguluhang tanong ko.
Umiling sya at ngumiti ng pilit.
"I'm sorry if I lied, I pretended to be someone else..I'm not Lulu..my real name is Georgette Mondragon. And I am the soon to be mother of Travi's child."
Everyone gasped including me, nabitawan ko ang boquet na hawak ko.
"Georgette!"
"What Travis?" she said as she lifted her chain and stared at him.
"What's your problem?! Akala ko ba nag usap na tayo. I thought you already agreed to set me free?" he said while gripping Georgette's shoulder. I nearly stumbled upon hearing what Travis said, buti nalang naagapan ni Luke ang pagbagsak ko.
"Yes, but that was before I discovered that I'm having your child! I won't let my child grow up without a father!" she said furiously.
"Stop making up stories..you can't be pregnant we did it once only, you can't be pregnant!" Travis said in trembling voice that made me choke.
"That's where you're wrong Travis, we did it twice that night! And I admit I was the one who seduced you that's why something happened to us, but the second time that we did it, it was you Travis who made the first move..not me.