My Creed that Got Away

Chapter 25

Joshua Angelo Young/Josh

Creed's back. Before they even know it, he called me and wanted to meet up.

"Long time, no see bro. Namiss kita!"

Yep. I miss my dramatic best friend.

Creed may be an asshole pero pagdating sa babaeng mahal niya, sobrang madrama siya.

Masen. The first ever girl na kinwento niya sa akin for 14 days straight. Kakaiba! Puro Masen ang naririnig ko sa kanya. One time, niyaya ko siya sa Gramercy to eat out pero ang sabi niya lang sa akin. . .

" Are we gonna drink? Sorry bro, I'm with Masen."

Parang gago. And that happened a lot of times. He would reject me because he wants to spend the day with Masen. Tangina pero hindi kami bromance ha? Hindi ako bakla to make it clear.

It never happened before when he was still with Maxine. He would choose us over her. Pero si Masen, no. 1 priority talaga niya.
Right there and there, alam ko na siya na, that Masen's for Creed.

For 3 years, the sparks on Creed's eyes never faded. He was always laughing and smiling na parang nababaliw na and kapag tinatanong ko naman siya, ang sasabihin lang niya. . .

"I'm happy bro. Tangina. I'm really happy. I love Mase. She loves me too kaya masaya ako."

Kaya nagulat ako noong nalaman ko na naghiwalay sila at si gago pa ang nakipagbreak. Jerk talaga.

After hearing the news, alam ko na ang mangyayari, tatawag ito sa akin at magyayaya uminom. Until, tama nga ako! Lagot ako nito kay Krizzie, 11pm na aalis pa ako just to be with this dramatic jerk.

He loves her but he became so skeptical about himself being enough and deserving for Masen's love and attention.

Kaya ayun, Creed fucked everything up.

Until yeah, it happened again after the heartbroken Maxine called him. Tangina. Ano bang pakiealam ni Creed sa kanila ng fiance niya?! Bakit ba kasi ang ex nanggugulo pa?! Aayusin na sana ni Creed eh, umepal na naman 'tong si Maxine.

I let him do want he wants. After all, buhay pa din naman niya yan. I'm a friend, yes but it's not in my vocabulary to meddle and advise too much. I stopped him, I really did. But his decision is final and I can't do anything about it. He told me not to tell anyone about this so I did.

But after he left with Max, wala na din ako narinig mula sa kanya. Zero knowing from him. So sige, tignan lang natin kung mababalikan mo pa si Masen after all your shits.

The rest of Masen's pregnancy, it's just us. Kami lang magkakaibigan ang kasama niya and dinamayan siya plus her long time nanny. I've seen how weak she became however, after 2 months of drowning herself in pain, she's already doing fine. Akala ko pretention lang 'yon but I was wrong.

I could already see happiness in her eyes, how they sparked after knowing that her child is a boy.  Damn it! Baka kamukha pa ni Creed. Masen was so focused to herself, to her baby, to all her restaurants and even to us. She became more generous! She even gave me Salvatore Ferragamo brown leather shoes for heaven's sake! And when I check it on the net, it costs
P 28,000! Damn the generosity of this girl!

There were times I would think that maybe they are really meant end like this. Broken.

But one day, one fucking day. . .

The Great Creed Miguel Elizalde called me.

"Josh."

"Bro. You're alive. I though you're gone already! Walang paramdam ah! It's almost a year after all."