Heartstrings Attached II

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

What would you do if your first love, your one that got away, the one you wanted to forget, came back out of the blue? And in a very twisted fate, he doesn't remember you anymore.

What would you do?

What would you freaking do?

Sa kaso ko, naglakad ako papunta sa conference room kung saan naghihintay siya. May meeting kami ngayon para mapagusapan ang isa sa mga kantang isusulat ko para sa album niya.

Ang tapang ko, 'di ba? Paano ko naman kakayaning makita siyang muli ngayong alam kong hindi naman pala niya sinadyang makalimot? Paano ako makakapagtrabaho kung ang makakasama ko ay ang taong ayaw kong makita? Alam mo kung bakit? Kasi kapag tumitingin ako sa kanya, ako lang ang makakaalala. Ako lang.

"Good morning, Ms. Agustin," bati sakin ni Shelby. Isa siya sa mga personal assistants ni James. Nakaupo siya sa gilid ng conference table.

"Good morning. But just call me Sky please," sagot ko sa kanya. Nilibot ko ang tingin sa kwarto at nakitang nakatayo sa isang sulok si James. Hawak niya ang cellphone niya at may kausap sa kabila ng linya.

Kumaway ito sakin at ginantihan ko siya ng isang malamlam na ngiti bago ako umupo sa tapat ni Shelby.

"By the way, Sky. We already have a few themes for the song we want you to look at," sabi niya sakin with a smile. Nilabas rin niya ang tablet niya.

Tumango naman ako. "Okay."

"Ahmm, for the carrier single of the album," she murmurs while scrolling on her iPad. "We thought that maybe we can put you know...like about partying, having fun, stuff like that. Something upbeat."

"Hey," sambit naman niya nang makaupo na sa tabi ni Shelby. "What did I miss?"

"Not so much," tugon ni Shelby. "I was just telling Sky here what we think would be great for the song. We want it to be very young and fun. You know like how people would like to party and have a great time. Alvin, his manager, thought that the fans would definitely love that since mostly everyone of them are young. It's very in nowadays."

"Yeah, yeah. That's cool," sabi ni James.

"What do you think, Sky?" Shelby asks.

"I'm...sorry. I don't think I can do that."

"Why not?"

"Ahmm...I don't do songs like that," tugon ko. Totoo naman. Hindi naman ganoon ang mga sinusulat kong kanta.

"I thought you're one of the best young songwriters of this country," ani ni James na parang nagdududa sa kakayahan ko.

"Well, thanks. But what I just meant was, I don't do songs like that," paliwanag ko. "I mean songs with that theme in particular."

"So...what songs do you write?" asks Shelby, putting her tablet aside.

"You know, serious stuff. Songs with stories, with feelings," paliwanag ko. "Clark--I mean James, you know what I mean. You're a songwriter too. You understand me, right?"

They both look at me oddly. "What are you talking about?" tanong ni James.

"Huh? I mean you understand me because we're both songwriters," pag-ulit ko.

"No, Sky. I think you got a wrong information from an unreliable website," ani ni Shelby. "James don't write songs. That's why he hired you."

Hindi ko maintindihan. Hindi naman pwedeng hindi siya nakakapagsulat ng kanta. Duh? Sa kanya kaya ako natuto.