Change and Chances

Chapter 12 - Falling

"What?!"

Halos malaglag ang panga ko sa sinabi nya. My best friends annoyingly shrieked at kulang nalang mabingi ako. At kung nakamamatay lang din ang tingin, Aramis would probably be six feet under now 'cause of the deadly glares I was throwing at him.

"Oh my God! Since when? Maid of honor ba ko?" tanong ni Max.

"Bakit hindi namin alam? Bakit hindi mo sinabi? Kailan ang kasal?" tanong naman ni Sam.

Kung minsan talaga may pagkauto-uto din 'tong dalawang 'to e.

I groaned. "He's just joking, okay? Wag nyo nga syang masyadong seryosohin!" I told them pero sumingit na naman si Aramis.

"Oh yeah, I was just joking. The truth is, I'm her boyfriend." he retorted. Muli na namang sumigaw ang dalawa. While Lucien, Axl, Dimitri and Yves were doing their best para hindi tumawa.

"Aramis! What the hell?"

"What?" natatawang tanong nya.

I just rolled my eyes on him and turned to the b-itches that won't stop from screaming. Tutal hindi nya naman alam ang effect ng page-english nya sakin and it's better not to show it to him. Juicecolored. Baka mas lalo lang lumaki ang ulo ng lalaking ito. How can a man be that d-amn kind of hot? Hindi ba kasalanan kay God yun?

"Kayong dalawa, can you please stop? Can't you shut those f-reaking mouth of yours? Napaka-ingay nyo!" I screamed and they giggled in return.

"Just so you know b-itch, if this gorgeous man really is your boyfriend we won't mind. Not at all." Max said to me as she wriggled her eyebrows.

"Yeah! Pero kung ayaw mo naman sa kanya, ibigay mo nalang sakin. I certainly wouldn't mind at hinding hindi ko tatanggihan." Sam added and I scowled at her.

I was about to start lecturing her but Aramis butted in again, "Ipagpaumanhin mo magandang binibini ngunit, pag-aari na ni Ashinyah ang puso ko at sya na ang itinitibok nito." he swiftly commented and shot a smirk towards me.

Paano nga ulit huminga?

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I silently thank the heavens dahil sa wakas natigil din ang pagtili ng mga kaibigan ko lalo na ang mga mabubulaklak na salita ni Aramis. I might not make it alive if he continued with those kind of words. Ang sakit kaya sa dibdib kapag hindi ka nakahinga! Maawa naman kayo sakin.

I'm now regretting letting him come to Manila with me.

Still, I'm glad na magkakasundo na silang lahat agad agad. They were talking and laughing like they have known each other for so long.

Mas lalo pang nagtawanan ang mga kaibigan ko dahil sa pagkwento ni Axl about sa nangyari sakin ng mapa-away ako kay Tina.

"Hindi na bago samin ang mapa-away si Ashinyah," Sam said and turned to me, "But, really Ashinyah? An obsessed girl? Pati yung ganun pinatulan mo pa? Are you freaking out of your mind?" she continued and I laughed at her.

"I was bored, okay? I needed some entertainment."

She then shook her head on me, "Entertainment? Saan? Sa tae ng kalabaw? God! Baliw ka na. Still, I might do it as well kung para lang din naman kay Aramis." sabi nito and she tantalized her eyes on Aramis' direction kaya naman binatukan ko sya.

"Eww, Samantha! Mahiya ka nga!" I told her and it was her turn to crack on me.

"Anyway, you really look familiar Aramis. Hindi ko lang matandaan kung saan kita nakita." pag-iiba ni Max at hindi na ako nagtaka. Max is sharp when it comes to recalling faces.