*•. Liwanag.•*

Band Club

I'm freaking stuck in traffic here na naman sa EDSA, nakakaloka na ah! Papunta kasi ako ngayon sa kasal ng isa pa naming friend na si Jane, after ilang years makikita na ulit namin siya. Dadalo din actually sina Andra, Anne, Sandra, Iris at Rose pero magme - meet nalang daw kami dun sa church. Right now, nasa loob ako ng kotse ko na Toyota Fortuner , hands on the steering wheel and still stuck in traffic, also I cant believe na almost 30 minutes na akong na stuck here sa walang katapusang traffic.

Nakatingin ako sa isang parking entrance ng building and may nakita akong couple na pababa ng motorcycle, they look so happy, grabe ung ngiti nila and shit may naalala ako.

I shrugged off my thoughts and wow..

May biglang nag play na It Must Have Been Love na kanta ni Roxette sa radio..

Napatulala nalang ako, di sinasadyang may naalala na naman..

Flashback

Papunta kaming Band Club noon, almost running late..

"Alam mo ba kung anong gagawin natin ngayon?" Tanong ni Rose while we're running through the corridors just to be on time sa club.

"Hindi pa, ano ba sabi ni T. Brian last week?"  Tanong ko and finally the door of the band club came to our sight..

"Kakanta daw eh, may isang student daw na nag suggest ng kanta sa kanya over the internet and he said na siya daw mag gigitara ngayon and the student daw na nag suggest yung kakanta.." sabi ni Rose and we entered the room na..

Bigla akong kinabahan kasi one time nag suggest ako sa kanya ng isang kanta sa chat pero hindi para sa band club, wala lang gusto ko lang marinig niya kasi may kanta din naman siyang sinuggest dati.

We took our seats and I can already recognize him in this kind of crowded room kasi yung iba nag peprepare na ng mga instruments.

And I swear, nakatingin siya at hindi lang iyon ah, naka smile pa siya..

I smiled back, and then I saw Andra, Anne, Sandra, and Iris na papunta sa amin ni Rose and they took their seats beside us and we begin to chat.

Few minutes later, nagsalita na si T. Brian sa gitna ng room.

"Okay Band Club, today we're going to practice a song that was suggested by a student and its title is It Must Have Been Love by Roxette. Nung pinakinggan ko yun, nagandahan na ako and I hope you will too.." He said and I can already feel his eyes gazing on me while he's talking.

"So, Miss Cruz, would you please sing us the song while I play the guitar?" He asked, at grabe yung tingin at ngiti niya talaga nakakaadik..

I was shocked na grabe, hindi ko nga masyadong alam lyrics nun..

Natulala na naman ako because of his eyes na akala mo nakikipag staring contest sa akin..

Yung mga kaibigan ko naman akala mo sinaniban na.. kahit na pigil na pigil yung mga tili at sigaw nila sa mga panyo nila, grabe naman yung mga paa akala mo may nakapasok na ipis sa loob ng sapatos nila eh.. Hay nako..

I slowly stood up, na medyo nangangatog ang mga tuhod pero hindi ko nalang masyadong pinansin..

He smiled then gave me the microphone, our fingers touching..

He grabbed his guitar and then began to play the intro, after that, the first verse came and I began to sing..

I can't believe na nangyayari ito.. is this just a dream?

So far, so good naman ang pag kanta ko infairness..

And when I began to sing the chorus part, our eyes met like it was supposed to..

He just looked at me with a slight smile while he continued to play the guitar..

Siguro kung yelo ako, kanina pa ako tumutulo, tunaw na tunaw na ako beh jusko..

End of Flashback

Narinig ko nalang yung mga busina ng mga sasakyan sa likod ko, and I noticed that wala na yung kotse na nasa harap ko so I accelerated my car and drove carefully..