JANUARY, 2014
"Den, den!!!" gising ni Ella kay Den na himbing na himbing na sa tulog.
"Hmmm," tanging sagot lang ni Den.
"Huy Den, gising!!!"
"Ano ba," sagot ni Den kay Ella tas tumalikod dito.
"Dali na kasi, gumising ka dyan!"
"Damn it Ells, di ka ba napagod sa training kanina at nambibwisit ka?!" sabi ni Den na dumilat at tumingin kay Ella, kinuha naman nya yung phone nya at tinignan yung oras, "for Pete's sake, 11:55 pa lang oh, bakit ba?!" inis na sabi ni Den.
Nginitian lang siya ni Ella. Napatingin naman sya sa tabi niya, dun lang niya narealize na wala si Ly.
"Where's Alyssa?" tanong nya kay Ella pero nagsmile lang ito sa kanya.
"Are you just going to smile at me instead of answering my question?" mataray na tanong ni Den.
Ella looked at her phone.
"10, 9," countdown ni Ella.
"What?"
"8, 7, 6, 5," continue ni Ella at dun lang narealize ni Den ang nangyayari, "4, 3, 2, 1!"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEN!!!!" sabay sabay na sabi ng mga teammates nya na biglang nagsipasok sa room nila, may party popper pa.
"Guys," sabi ni Den habang nakasmile sa mga teammates niya.
Si Ella na ang may hawak ng cake, samantalang si Amy naman ang may hawak ng bouquet, sila Mich ang may hawak ng balloons.
"Thank you," sabi sa kanila ni Den.
"We're not yet done, Ate," sabi ni Jia.
Jirah entered the room, started strumming her guitar, then Alyssa entered and started singing.
"I won't talk
I won't breathe
I won't move til you finally see
That you belong to me
You might think I don't look
But deep inside the corner of my mind
I'm attached to you
I'm weak
It's true
Cause I'm afraid of all the answers
Do you want me too?
Cause my heart keeps falling faster"
Hindi mapigilan ni Den na mapangiti habang kumakanta si Ly, they all know, especially her that Ly hates to sing, na sintunado din siya but for Den, she did it. Plus, kinikilig lang talaga siya. Hahaha!
Ly offered her hand to Den, while the latter hold it.
"I've waited all my life
To cross this line
Do the only thing that's true
So I will not hide
It's time to try
Anything with you
All my life I've waited
This is true"
Jirah then changed the way of strumming for the new song..
"Hawakan mo ang kamay ko ng napakahigpit
