10,000 Hours

CHAPTER ELEVEN

"Look who's here."  

I heard someone speak and when I tried to look for the owner of the voice, I immediately regretted it.

"Adrianna." 

She waved and smiled at me. I remained my poker face as I look into her. She changed a lot. Iyong dating simple at mahinhin na bestfriend ko? She's already gone. Ang nandito ngayon sa harap ko ay isang slutty Adrianna.

She walked towards me and gave me a peck on the cheek. 

"Jaesi, can you please leave us for a while?" 

Jaesi eyed me as if telling me if I'm fine but I just nodded. I was busy preparing for my individual shoot when my oh-so-slutty "bestfriend" walked in.

"Anong kailangan mo?" I raised my eyebrow and scanned her from head to toe.

She laughed. "I missed you!" she said and tried to hug me but I shook her arms.

"Pwede ba Adrianna? Huwag na tayong mag-plastikan dito. Wala naman ng ibang tao so you can just act like the usual slut and flirt Adrianna." Inis kong sabi.

I heard her chuckled. "Bitter."

I just rolled my eyes.

"Anyways, I came here because I heard you're also here."

"And?"

"And I wanted to see you kaya nagpunta ako dito." She smiled at me.

"Nakita mo na ako. Pwede ka ng umalis." I said at tumayo na. 

Tapos naman na akong ayusan ng make-up artist at coordinator ko. Hinihintay ko na lamang ang signal ng mga organizer bago ako lumabas sa tent. 

"Wait!" pigil nito sa akin. 

I glared at her. "Get your filthy hands off me." wika ko.

She looked appalled at my words. She stared at me and I did the same.

"Johanne is right. You changed. Really changed."

Inirapan ko ito at umupo ulit. Johanne? Huh! She's still after Johanne.

"I see." I nodded. "Kung akala mo na aagawin ko sa iyo si Johanne, then you're wrong. Sayong-sayo na siya. Hindi naman kasi ako tinuruan ng magulang ko na agawin ang pag-aari ng iba." I smiled knowingly.

Bigla ay nawalan ng kulay ang mukha nito.