Meant to be Together

Chapter Fourteen Point One

Cloeh drove me home.

“Home sweet home” I declared.

“Ang popcorn mo Kyle!” sabay batok sakin.

Aray! Sakit nun ah! “Ikaw ba namang ikutin ang buong mundo ng pag-shoshopping mo, hindi ka kaya mapagod.”

“Bangag.” Tapos nagtawanan kami. “O!” may inabot siyang paper bag. “Alam kong hindi mamimili kaya ako na bumili para sayo.”

I looked in it. “Kaya pala” pagkaharap ko… kumaripas na nang takbo yung kotse niya. “Cloeh!”

Wala ako nagawa kundi tanggapin yung mga pinamili niya. Sinalubong naman ako ni mom.

“Iha bakit ka nasigaw sa labas sa ganitong oras?”

“Nothing mom” inilapag ko naman yung paper bags sa may couch. “Sa taas na muna ako.”

“Namili ka ata?” habang sinisilip niya yung mga yun.

I stopped. “Kay Cloeh yan” and I rush up.

Dark room. Hindi ko kaagad binuksan yung ilaw at nahiga kaagad sa kama ko.

“Kapagod talaga.”

*Phone Rang*

1 message receive

+63917-57**-***

Yung black na paper bag kay tita. Too many stuffs huh?! Thanks

Just Cloeh at nang-asar pa.

Labas naman ako kaagad ng room. “Mom! Sayo daw yung black one!” I shouted at bumalik sa room ko.

I turned on the lights pati yung laptop ko.

I start writing my article. Member kasi ako ng newspaper staff ng campus when…

gentle_man4u: hi!

I just closed the message bow.

Minutes later…

gentle_man4u: hi! did I disturb you?

manhater-death16: yes!

gentle_man4u: sorry

manhater-death16: ok!

gentle_man4u: bat ka ba laging naglalagay ng exclamation point?

manhater-death16: bakit masama!

gentle_man4u: r u mad?

manhater-death16: wat do u think?!

gentle_man4u: ang alam ko sa guys always, but I hope not this time.

manhater-death16: so taga-campus ka, how did you know my add?

gentle_man4u: I can’t tell.

I closed the box again and stop using my laptop. I nap for a while.

…

I saw a huge church. Oo simbahan at napaganda at napakalaking simbahan.

“What are we doing in here?”

He looked at me. “To make a promise”

“Promise?”

He knelt to the ground and said “Here’s a blue rose.”  I took it and he stand. “Tara!”

We run inside, in the aisle “Anong gagawin natin?” we reached the altar.  

“Now I’ll promise.” I felt the tender from his words. “Kahit magka-layo tayo, I will…”

“Huh?!” hindi ko pa rin alam ang sasabihin niya but I can feel the L-O-V-E he was saying... 

“I will…” he stopped. “… that I will love you forever. And we’re going to study in the same university when we got old.”

I don’t know what to say.

“Bata pa tayo”

“Kaya nga hihintayain natin na tumanda na tayo.” He said. “Do you… promise, too?”

Hindi ko alam kung matutupad but… “I promised that I will love you till we grow up. At kung saan ka, doon din ako. Promise”

Sabay naming sinigaw sa harap ng altar. “PROMISE.” He gave another eleven blue roses.

“Mga bata? Anong ginagawa nyo dito?” si Father lumabas.

“Wala po” sabay naming tanggi. “Alis na po kami.”

And we ran out as fast as we can.