The random right one

14. Unexpected

Nathan stood at the balcony looking out the beach. It was late at night and he couldn't sleep. He remembered those sleepless nights he used to have. Back then, si Alcina ang naiisip nita sa tuwing hindi siya makatulog but right now, he was thinking about Ella and the amount of pain he saw in her eyes earlier this afternoon. Hindi niya lubos maisip kung bakit nga ba siya nakapagsalit ng ganoon dito. He never meant for it to hurt her in a way that would make her cry. Pero ganoon na ang nangyari, she cried. He made her cry. So all in all he really was a jerk and he really deserved being slapped by her. 

He sighed. 

Alam naman niyang mali ang ginawa niya. He slept with Alcina on the first day of their supposed to be honeymoon, it was wrong but could anyone blame him? He was in love with Alcina, for crying out loud! So when she kissed him, he gave in. Miss na miss na niya ito at isa pa, naisip niya na lahat naman ng ito ay ginagawa niya para kay Alcina, para makasama niya ito, para sila ang maging masaya sa huli. 

But the thing was, he never wanted to hurt Ella. Ella was a good person, she was very different from all the women in his world. Ewan niya kung anong meron kay Ella, but everytime he talks to her, parang nagkakaroon ng kakaibang ibig sabihin ang buhay para sa kanya. He wanted Ella to be with him because she was different -- a breath of fresh air. Pero kahit kailan ay hindi niya inisip na saktan ito, pero nagawa na niya and he wanted to make up to her. 

He sighed. He would make it up to Ella. But how? Suddenly an idea popped out of his head. Agad siyang pumasok sa loob at saka hinatak ang isa sa mga suitcase niya. He opened the bag and took out Ella's liitle pink notebook. 

TO DO number 73. EAT ALL THE ICE CREAM!

Napailing siya. He could make that possible pero may hika si Ella at baka kapag pinagbigyan niya ito sa ganoon at hikain lang ito. So he looked for another one. He looked for another one. Hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin niya ma-figure out kung para saan ang TO DO list ni Ella but then it was Ella, and she was spontaneous. 

Naibulsa bigla niya ang notebook ni Ella nang biglang bumukas ang pinto. Ella walked in the room looking at him like he was a ciminal.

"H-hey.." Bati niya dito. 

"Sino ka?" 

"Ella, can we be mature about this matter?" he said in a nice tone. Ella raised her eyebrow. 

"Uhh.. ikaw iyong somebody that I used to know."

"Ella!" he couldn't help but raise his voice. Hindi siya makapaniwala that Ella was being childish. Paano nila maso-solve ang problema kung si Ella mismo ay ganito?

"Now you're just somebody that I used to know." hirit pa nito. Lalo siyang nainis. Sa inis niya ay naibato niya ang unan kung saan. 

"Yuck!" sigaw ni Ella. "Bakit mo binabato sa akin iyang unan na saksi sa kamunduhan mo at ni Alcina!" nanlalaki ang mga matang sigaw nito sa kanya. Ella's reaction was comical and he couldn't help but laugh. Natawa siya ng malakas. 

"Hay naku.. pampam ka kasi." narinig niyang sabi nito. Natigil lamang ang pagtawa niya nang makita niyang kinukuha ni Ella ang mga gamit nito. 

"What are you doing?" he asked, wondering. Hindi siya pinansin nito. Ella walked towards the door. Sumunod siya. Hinagip niya ang braso nito. 

"Bitawan mo nga ako!" sigaw nito sa kanya. 

"I know you;re angry---"

"Anong angry? Ano ako ibon?" she yelled. "Hindi ako galit, Nathan, hindi ako marunong magalit. Pero hindi ko naman kayang panoorin ka na magpakatanga sa babaeng HINDI ka naman mamahalin kahit kailan." mariining wika nito sa kanya.