Reckless Heart

Chapter 25

CHAPTER 25 

"BOO!" I shouted from behind the tree. 

Dexter simply sighed, "Would you drop the ninja thing Yuri?" 

"You knew I was there all along?" I asked as I sat beside him. 

I saw Dexter under our Cherryblossom Tree this morning so I decided to use my super cool ninja skills on him. Which obviously failed. I sighed. 

"I heard your footsteps." 

"You could have at least pretended." I suggested. 

"Well, pretending is not my thing." 

I rested my head on his shoulder then closed my eyes. It's snowing today but I didn't feel that cold. Weird huh? 

"Yuri?" I heard him say. 

"Hmmm?" 

"Merry Christmas." 

I lifted my head from his shoulder and gave him a questioning look. 

"You already greeted me." I said then remembered waking up at 12 midnight because my phone was ringing. I thought it was my mom but it wasn't. It was Dexter. 

"You even sang Merry Christmas Baby again for me." I remembered hearing his voice as he sang the sweetest song I've ever heard. Of course I found it sweet 'cause he wrote it for me. 

"Can't I greet you over and over?" He asked. 

I thought for a moment, "Well, I guess you can." 

He kissed my forehead. "I'm going to miss you." 

"Me too." I said. "When you're on tour with the band make New York your first stop, okay?" 

"I already did. I talked to Shin and the others. They all agreed." 

I hugged him. Suddenly I remembered something. 

"We haven't wrote a song yet!" 

"So?" He said in a bored tone. 

"The interview is TOMORROW, Dexter." 

"Like I said... So? We can write a song in just about an hour. Less even. Piece of cake." 

I simply sighed. There was a long silence. 

Things are happening so fast. I'm officially out of the band. Tomorrow's the interview. The flight. I can't imagine leaving Philippines. I'll feel like an outcast there. 

Not knowing what to do I simply said out loud: 

"I hate my mother." 

I felt him shrug, "Don't say that." 

I looked at him immediately, "What?" 

"Don't say stuff like that." 

"Why?" 

"Because she's your mom." 

Is he defending my mother? "And she's the reason why I'm leaving, why I left the band." 

"Maybe she did it for a reason." He said. 

I lifted my head again from his shoulder and looked at him. 

"What are you trying to say? That she's the greatest mother in the world?" 

"No, Tsk. I don't know." He messed up his hair. 

"I don't get you. One minute your defending her and now..." 

SILENCE.... 

"She's doing this for you, Yuri."