Fierce

Chapter 11

Chapter 11
No Choice

I can't stop myself from stealing glances while he's driving. He removed the first three top buttons of his polo, that's hugging he's well-built body. His manly carved chest was very visible.

I think he did this on purpose. Why the hell will he drive with an incomplete unbutton shirt?

The aircon's set on two. I'm supposed to feel cold because I'm already sitting in the passenger seat, that means the aircon was mainly pointing at me but instead of feeling cold, I can almost feel drops of sweat forming in my neck.

I exhaled from the heat that I'm feeling and fanned myself with my handkerchief.

I saw him took a glance at me when I started fanning myself.

His hand made it's way from the gearstick to set the aircon higher.

"Are you hot?" he innocently asked me like his question's not offending.

"Why yes I'm hot, Gael!" I just smirked at him, pretending that I'm not affected by answering his question in a stupid way. "Thank you for turning the aircon up."

I heard him chuckled. "I don't get you, Blair." he said. "You're so hard to read."

"I'm not a book so you don't have to." I, again, answered in a stupid way.

"I'll take that as a joke." he said. "But if you're a book, you'll be harder to understand than a thick Encyclopedia book."

Napalingon naman ako sa kaniya't nakitang nakangisi siya habang nakatingin ng diretso sa kalsada.

"Sometimes, you don't want to talk to me; you don't want to get near me... but sometimes, it seems like you want having a conversation with me; it seems like you're having fun with me." sabi niya. "Like what happened today... Parang kanina lang, halos ibaon mo ko sa lupa nang dahil sa mga sinabi mo. Pero ngayon, you're lightheartedly talking with me."

No. He shouldn't feel that way. Ang dapat niya lang maramdaman ay ayaw ko sa kaniya. I'm not sending mixed signals.

"Well, you're wrong." sabi ko. "This isn't me when I'm with people I like. It means, you're not included. Because the people I like to be with know me so well."

"And now, you're keeping your distance again and toning cold." sabi nalang niya at napatawa pa nang bahagya.

He's not taking serious of what I've said just now. Maybe he's thinking that I'm playing bipolar to be hard to get when I'm not.

It's a good thing that I survived the ride home with him. It was suffocating and I want to cool myself with full blast aircondition inside my room.

"Oh, nandito na pala ang dalawa!" masayang pambungad ni Daddy when he saw us entering the living room.

"Hi, Dad." I greeted my father and kissed him on his cheeks.

I did the same thing with mom.

"Hello, Attorney." nakangiting bati ni Gael kay Daddy at bumaling kay Mommy. "Tita..." tumango siya kay Mommy.

"I cooked carbonara and mozzarella sticks. Blair really likes mozzarella sticks. I hope you like them too and eat with us, Gael." pag-aya ni Mommy kay Gael.

Just the thought that Mom cooked mozzarella sticks made me want to run straight into the kitchen, but thinking that Gael will join us made me think twice.

"Of course, Tita. I like that too." Gael accepted Mom's invitation.

"Uhm, I'll just eat later, Mom." I excused myself at lahat naman sila'y napatingin sa akin. "I have some homeworks to do."