(Phone conversation)
MON AT 08:32 AM
Call started.
JT :
I'm going. Tumawag lang ako to let you know.
Hannah :
Ah... (Soft voice) Salamat sa paghatid.
JT :
Salamat lang? Walang ingat ako, Hamon?
(Silence)
JT :
Work well, Hannah. I'll hang up.
Hannah :
Uh...
JT :
Hm?
Hannah :
Uh... Thank you for making it possible for me to see Papa. Pero sana... huli na to, JT. I don't think I should see you again nor be with you again.
JT :
Why not?
Hannah :
Because it's wrong. You know that it's wrong.
JT :
Why is it wrong exactly?
Hannah :
Girlfriend ako ng pinsan mo. Ayaw mo ng complicated, di ba?
JT :
Yeah. Ayoko nga.
Hannah :
Then don't want me. We're good as friends. We could—
JT :
I don't want you as a friend, Hannah. Haven't you notice when I kiss you?
(Silence)
JT :
Ayoko sa complicated pero binabaliw mo 'ko. No'ng sinabi ko sa'yong ayoko nang magtimpi, totoo 'yun. Ayoko na. Hindi ko na kaya.
(Grits teeth) Pakiramdam ko, dapat akin ka.
Pakiramdam ko, dapat mahal mo 'ko.
Ang lala, 'di ba? But it doesn't feel right that you're with Zig.
Hindi ako mapakali kung nasa kanya ka. Lagi akong nag-iisip kung kailan ka uli iiyak o kung kailan ka uli matatakot mag-isa.
Ayoko sa complicated pero mahal kita. Ano pang magagawa ko?
Hannah :
Iwasan mo 'ko. Hindi pwedeng maging tayo.
JT :
Say's who? You're not mine right now. I know that damn well. But I'm sure as hell that your feelings for Zig's changed. You know that, too.
Hannah :
(Swallows) Siguro. Pero ang sabi mo dati, sasabihin mo sa'kin kapag may ginagawa na tayong mali. Mali na tayo, JT.
JT :
Ako lang ang mali. Pero ikaw, hindi. (Pause) Unless you're feeling something for me, too.
(Silence)
Hannah :
I'm not... feeling anything for you.
(Silence)
JT :
Then why stop seeing me? Why stop being with me? Unless I make you waver?
Hannah :
I just don't want you... in a bad position in your family, okay? Can't I do that?
JT :
Are you worried for me?
Hannah :
Yes! So—
JT :
(Gently) You just made me happy.
Hannah :
W-what?
JT :
Think of me, Hannah. I'll see you again.
Hannah :
Jeric!
JT :
I need to drive. Do you want me distracted on the road?
Hannah :
(Sighs exaspiratedly) You're mean!
JT :
I'm eager. I love you!
Hannah :
(Grunts) Bahala ka sa buhay mo!
JT :
(Chuckles) 'Wag kang masyadong magpa-cute. Nahulog na 'ko. You don't have to make me fall everyday.
Hannah :
(Grunts) Mag-drive ka nang maayos!
JT :
Yeah, darling. Don't fret.
Call ended.
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