JERSEY No. 6 (Completed)

Chapter 44. "Sasha Arrianne Montecillo"

I run as fast as I could para sundan si Perry. Thank God I was now able to see him at the parking lot.

"Perry. Wait!" he look at me for a second then look away and frustratingly brush his hair with his own hands. Mabilis akong lumapit sa kanya.

"You okay?" sinipat ko ang mukha niya pero nakayuko lang siya. Pero napansin ko ang namumula niyang kamao. Oh! I guess Tyrone Zach got his trophy huh. I felt sorry for him but somehow Zach deserves some real hard rock on his face. Ang gulo-gulo na kasi simula ng dumating ang asungot na'yon.

"I'm fine. Don't mind me."

"No your not. Let me see." I grab his fist bago paman siya makaiwas. "It needs some ice. Punta tayong clinic."

"No. I'm fine, really." Then he quickly holds my hand ang grasp it tightly. I felt an urge to hug him but I just can't. "Just hold my hand for a minute please."

I don't know how long we've been sat here in the parking lot bench. Perry was just tightly holding my hand while he breathes heavily as he close his eyes under those thick eyeglasses.

I still remember those days na sobrang down siya. Ang hirap makitang ganito siya kahina well in fact that he is Perry Tyler Sebatian, the cold hearted, conceited big jerk his whole life. He's not Perry anymore since the day she broke up with Cecelia. At first I don't understand why she needs to dump her like that. Like hello! He's been crazy with that chick without any reason at all. He's just so in love with her and seeing him broken is just so much to handle.

I was there when he suffers like hell. Nasigawan ko pa siya ng marinig kong nakikipag break siya but he just ignore me and cuddles his bed up until morning. I tried to call Cecelia but I don't know what to say that I end up feeling sorry for her.

"She smiles at me." He said, almost inaudible but enough for me to smile at him. "She smiles at me."

That was the exact words he first uttered when he saw Cecelia after almost 6 months. Hindi ata siya makapaniwala na nakakaya pa rin siyang ngitiian ni Cecelia after what he has done.

"Then you must smile at her too." I felt his grip tighten. "Perry, it's not that bad to smile at her. Well, Cecelia's smile is contagious. Diba?"

"Tsk!" umiling siya at inayos ang salamin. Bagay na bagay talaga sa lalaking to ang new look niya. Minsan tuloy nasasabi ko sa sarili ko na ganito na lang kaya siya forever. I mean, mabait, mahiyain and a totally calm person. But honestly, I am longing for the old him, yong masungit, mayabang, matigas ang ulo, yong naninigaw at parang lalamunin ako ng buo. Urgh! I so want him back.