His Last Gift

Prologue

"Samantha Miracle Montenegro, may dala ako ngayong warrant of arrest kaya I'm demanding you to stop whatever your doing right now. Your too cute with your glasses on" tumawa si Samantha habang nakatingin sa libro.

" Haay ,tyler mamaya ka na mangulit. I'm ten pages away from the last page oh. Mga 15 minutes nalang. Hintay ka lang tay ha" Umupo si tyler sa tabi ni Samantha at sabay nagpout. Kinuha niya ang phone sa tabi nya at nagset ng 15 minutes sa timer. Napansin ito ni Samantha at napangiti." 15 minutes lang ha pag ito tumunog aagawin ko yang book mo." Sinabi ni tyler habang lakas loob na ipinakita kay Samantha ang hawak nyang phone at nagsmile.

" What if i didnt finish it on time?" Tumingin sya kay Tyler na hanggang ngayon nakangiti parin. "i'll get it no matter what" Tyler winks. Samantha covers Tyler's face with his hand because her heart was beating so fast seeing Tyler like that."Hey! My face is too expensive. Dont touch it!" Sinabi ni tyler ng pabiro. " My hands are too expensive din. You dont have the rights to complain. Pasalamat ka nga hinawakan pa ng precious hands ko yang face mo." Sinagot nya kay tyler.

And this is one of the reasons why they were together, pareho silang masyadong proud sa sarili but in a good way. Wala naman kasing dahilan para hindi sila maging proud. They were both from a prestigious family. They both have the looks. The talents they have were amazing. Their bodies were perfectly shaped and they were intelligent. But their feet always stays on the ground. Hindi lang labas ang maganda sa kanila kundi pati ang loob nila. Kaya nga sila ang campus crush. Marami nagsasabi na napakaswerte nila. Maraming naiingit at nagsasabing "Sana ako nalang si Samantha" o kaya naman "Sana ako nalang si tyler".

Pero nobody is perfect nga diba. Kung anong ikinabuti ng loob nila at ikinagandang nilalang nila, they were not lucky in terms of their health. Mula bata halos second home na nila ang hospital. Kaya para kay Tyler at Samantha hindi parin sila ganun kaswerte. Mas gusto parin nila ang maging malusog at normal kaysa sa maging crush ng bayan. Pero wala na silang magagawa.

10 seconds nalang matatapos na ang 15 minutes at kakasimula palang ni Sam sa last page." Ohh, look Sam 10 seconds remaining hahahaha nanjan ka palang 10...." Sinimulan na ni Tyler ang countdown nya habang tumatawa. Habang si Samantha naman di na malaman ang gagawin at binibilisan ang pagbabasa."9.......8.....7......6......5.... hahahah bilisan mo" tinuloy niya ang pagbibilang "Noooooo....hahah"she giggled. Bigla naman nakaisip ng magandang idea si Samantha at tumigil sya sa pagbabasa. Sinabayan nya ng pagbibilang si tyler. Tyler was now confused kaya napatingin sya kay Samantha. "Teka, tapos ka na ba?" Tyler asked. "Nope" she simply replied then continued to count."3...." this time si Samantha nalang ang nagbibilang. She puts down her legs "2...." Tumingin sya kay tyler with a smile. This time he has an idea what Samantha will do. "Samantha, alam ko na kung anong tumatakbo dyan sa isip mo. You'll never win against me." Tumayo si Samantha dala ang libro sabay sigaw ng "1" at biglang tumakbo papunta sa kwarto nya. The moment she's on the first step of the stairs, she looks back and shouted." We will see tyler who'll win and this time i will make sure na hindi mo ko matatalo." Sabay belat at nagpatuloy ng tumakbo. Finally Samantha enters her room and make sure the door is locked. But Tyler will not let Samantha to win that easy. Its been minutes. Nagtaka si Samantha kung bakit hanggang ngayon wala parin si Tyler. Natakot sya na baka kung anong nangyare sa kanya. For all the things she had, the only thing she cant live without is Tyler. He's the one who was there when Samantha needed a person to talked to. Tyler's hands wipes away the tears on her face whenever she was crying. He's there on the best and the worst moments in Samantha's life. He was her best friend, her comfort zone, her everything. Kaya hindi niya kaya na mawala sya sa kanya.

"Tyler?" Tumayo sya kama at pumunta sa harap ng pinto. Kinakabahan sya na baka pag binuksan nya ang pintuan ay wala na si Tyler. Slowly, she unlocks the door and open it. Wala si Tyler kaya lumabas sya para hanapin ito.