My Creed that Got Away

Chapter 5

I woke up with a heavy heart. Geez. I kissed a guy. I fucking kissed a random guy last night. Masen! Bad girl! I torridly kissed him right after he cursed. Serves you right! Bad mouth!

But sht. The scent. It was his scent. My favorite. I sighed upon thinking that it might be him gulong gulo ako! I haven't heard anything naman kung nakabalik na ba siya. Ayoko na din naman alamin.

Today's Sunday so I decided to hear Mass first before doing my errands and by that I mean shopping ang restaurant hopping! My hobbies!

I wanna get away first from the fact that tomorrow is kind of a big day. Bukas na ulit ako makakapunta sa bahay ng taong sobrang minahal ko pero iniwan lang ako. It's Ate Jerika's 25th birthday tomorrow. His sister.

I called Krizzie and Bianca to accompany me to today but unfortunately, there were all busy. Busy sa mga boyfriends nila. I am the only one left single. Hayyyy. I love my best friends so much kaya kung saan sila masaya, I support them. They're both a family to me.

I am driving on the way home when Krizze called me.

"Solana Masen! How's my bestieeeee?"
Geeeez! Krizzie's too loud, halos mabingi ako sa ingay niya.

"Krizzelda Esquivel! Please, tone down your voice. Sige ka baka maturn off si Josh! Hahahaha."
Josh is his best friend and Krizzie's boyfriend.

"Bestie naman eh! Don't mention my real first name! Pangmatanda eh. Anddddd Josh already got used to me! Subukan lang niya maturn off dahil baka paliparin ko siya pabalik sa States."

Didn't I mention na dominant si Krizzie? But not too much naman. Give and take sila ni Josh. 6 years na sila. I think with them, there's forever 'cause they're lifetime partners.

"Alright. Alright bestie. Oh ayan Krizzie. Anyway, what made you call? For sure, importante yan. Ikaw pa. Tatawag ka lang pag may ichichismis ka." I laughed after saying that.

"Woah bestie! It's just you know, I don't like talking over the phone too much. I'd always like it personal."

"Oh so ano nga? Spill bestie. Habang traffic pa."

Yes, I'm stuck in EDSA traffic. ALWAYS.

Without any warning she uttered the words I've been hating to hear.

"Creed's back. And he'll be there tomorrow. Alongside Ate Jerika's birthday will be his mini welcome back party."

In her serious tone, I know she's worried about me, about how am I going to feel. I don't want any emotion to come out because of him. As much as possible, I want to be blank. Not as a sign of bitterness, but a sign of I already don't care about him. He didn't know everything I gone through dahil sa iniwan niya ko. Only my best friends know. Only them saw how devastated I was and how I tried to sweep away myself from the pain. They witnessed how miserable I was.

And I will never ever let that happen again.
Tomorrow, surely we'll see each other but I shouldn't mind right? I haven't forgiven him nor forget. But I have to be okay. For myself.

See you tomorrow, Creed.