Payback is a Bitch (HIATUS)

Chapter 1

I'm back.

I came back for my sweet revenge. Kung noon kayang kaya nila akong utuin at saktan, ngayon ako naman. I know I'm being bitter about my past but you can't blame me. I suffered too much just because of those idiots! Now that I'm capable of everything, I'll make them taste the bitterness they inculcated in my heart.

"You're idling again, Tabby." wika ni Vian, ang isa sa mga bestfriend ko. Apat kaming magkakaibigan at siya lang ang libre ngayong araw para sunduin ako sa airport. Yung dalawa busy daw eh. Hindi sinabi sa akin kung ano ang pinagkakaabalahan nila. 

"Don't call me by that name Viviana. I'm no longer the sweet Tabby, I am now the grown up Brielle Alexandria Collins." hindi na ako kumportableng tawagin sa pangalan na yan dahil pinapaalala lang sa akin nyan na naging mahina ako noon.

"Masanay ka na dahil hindi lang ako ang tatawag sayo ng ganyan lalo pa at magkakasama ulit tayong apat." sabi niya habang nakatingin sa akin ng nakakaloko. "Oh just shut up and drive Viviana!" padabog kong sabi. I heard her chuckle so I plugged in my earphones and volumed it to the max.

 "Tabby, hindi kita mahal at para lang malaman mo, kahit kelan hindi kita minahal." narinig kong sabi ng nag iisang lalaki na minahal ko buong buhay ko. "I want to end our relationship because I don't deserve a slut like you. I thought you are different but I was wrong. I saw those slutty pictures of you with that manwhore. Bagay nga kayo!" I heard gasps all around the cafeteria. I want to run but my legs can't move. I'm frozen from those words, insulting words. Sana sinabi na lang nya sa akin g personal hindi yung iaannounce pa sa buong eskwelahan. Yes, he announced it to the whole campus. He always have access in everything because he is the president of the student body..

I felt all eyes are on me. Those insulting and disappointed looks coming from my schoolmates. From my friends. I am known here in school for being the kindest, nicest and conservative. Pero sa mga matang nakikita ko ngayon, aakalain mong isa akong kriminal na takas mula sa kulungan. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang sinasabi niya. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang mga litrato na yun. Hindi ko alam kung sinong manwhore iyon. Muling nagsalita ang boses galing sa mga speakers na nakadikit sa bawat sulok ng cafeteria, "You're such a slutty bitch. Don't be like her, ladies."

I'm on the verge of crying nung napagtanto ko lahat ng sinabi nya pero buti na lang inalalayan na ako palabas ng tatlo kong bestfriend, sina Vian, Kathy and Viol.

I'm already in the car with them. I am crying so hard. "I don't know where got that pictures. I don't even know what are those pictures he is saying. All my life I didn't love someone but him. Bago pa siya nagtapat ng pagmamahal sa akin mahal na mahal ko na siya kaya hindi ko magagawa lahat ng bagay na binibintang niya... You all know that.. I love him more than anything else.. But why is he doing this to me?" I said between sobs. No one dared to speak, they are just caressing my back.

"Tabby wake up! Wake up!" narinig kong sabi ni Kathy. Nagising ako dahil may yumuyugyog sa balikat ko. I opened my eyes and I saw worried faces of my three bestfriends. "You are dreaming those scenes again." worried na sabi ni Viola. "You're even crying!" she continued.

"Come on let's just go inside the house." sabi ni Vian habang inaalalayan akong makababa ng sasakyan. Inilibot ko ang paningin ko, I'm in a familiar house. Garden full of different kinds of roses with a gazebo in the middle. Those roses are mine, ako mismo ang nagtanim bago ako umalis papuntang London with my family. I missed my home.

"WELCOME HOME MA'AM TABBY!" nagulat ako sa bati ng mga kasama namin sa bahay. They never change. Masayahin pa rin sila katulad ng dati. "Hello po sa inyong lahat." nakangiti kong sabi sa kanilang lahat. "Aba't may banner pa talaga?" manghang sabi ko habang tinitignan ang banner na may nakasulat na: "WELCOME HOME!"

"Aba'y oo naman Hija. Pakana ito ng tatlo mong kaibigan. Kung hindi nila sinabi sa amin ay hindi pa namin malalaman na uuwi ka na pala galing London." sabi ni Nanay Elsa na syang nag alaga sa akin simula nung bata pa ako.

"Nanay Elsaaaa! Namiss ko po kayo." patakbo kong sinalubong si nanay at niyakap ng mahigpit. Simula ng mamatay si mommy siya na ang nag alaga sa amin ni Kuya Van. My mom died when I was 10 because of cancer. And dad became our strength when everything seems to fall.

"Akala ko nakalimutan mo na kami dahil hindi ka man lang tumawag. Syanga pala, bakit hindi mo kasama ang Kuya Van at ang daddy mo?" tanong ni Nay Elsa. "Kasi po Nay busy sila sa business namin dun sa London pero susunod naman daw po sila agad" paliwanag ko sa matanda. Nakangiti na si nanay siguro dahil sa natutuwa sya at andito na ang paborito nyang alaga.

"Oh sya sige, halika na at kumain na kayong apat." tinawag ko na din sila Vian, Kathy, Viola at ang mga kasama sa bahay para sumabay na sa aming kumain. Natapos ang hapunan namin na masaya ang lahat. Kahit papaano ay nakalimutan ko ang tunay na pakay ko kung bakit ako umuwi ng bansa.

Nasa kwarto na ako nang may kumatok. "Tabby, can we come in?" tanong ni Kathy. Sa aming apat si Kathy ang pinakabatang tignan at pinakabatang mag isip though magkaka-age lang kami.  

"Kapag ba sinabi kong 'NO' you'll leave me alone?" tanong ko habang pinagpapatuloy ko ang pagbabasa ng Mockingjay ni Suzzane Collins habang nakahiga sa kama. "Of course not!" sabi ni Vian habang papasok na sa kwarto ko. 

"So why bother asking huh?" tanong ko sa kanila nang hindi binaba ang nakataas kong kilay. "Why being such a bitch right now? You were just being you while diiner and now you're bein' a bitch." tanong ni Viol. I was caught off guard there. 

"You're still the same, Tabby." sabi sa akin ni Kathy na nasa tabi ko nang nakahiga sa kama. "Maybe I still am the same when I'm with my family but you don't know what will happen if I see those idiots." nanahimik na silang dalawa dahil alam nilang nakakatakot akong magalit. But Vian is different. She was never afraid of me. 

"The question is, are ready to see them? What if you saw them together in an unexpected place? Are you really ready to face them......again?" I love Vian and hate her at the same time 'coz she is too frank. She say what she wanna say. She speaks whenever she want.

" Since the day I swore to  myself to get even, I'm already prepared. I am Brielle Alexandria Collins and not the old fragile Tabby." I told them with gritted teeth. When it comes to this topic, I can't help myself from boiling.

"Change is the only permanent thing in this life. I admit, I had changed. No, they changed me. From a sweet little cat I turned to be a feisty little tiger."