She's Red

CHAPTER 4

RED’S POV

Biyernes na ngayon at napagpasyahan kong wag muna ulit pumasok. Hindi pa din kasi nawawala yung iniwang marka sa akin ni Daddy. Kakatapos lang namin kumain ni Daddy at nasa taas sya to get his phone dahil naiwan daw nya. My phone beeped.

From: Yn

[Girl can we talk? I’m not going to school, pwede ba tayong mag-meet sa SB?]

I frowned. What is she thinking right now?

["I don’t think if I can right now."]  Sent!

[Please Red, it’s very important.]

I sighed. Ano naman kaya ang pag uusapan namin? I felt the urge to go because she wouldn’t begged for some nonsense stuffs. Bumalik si Dad so I kept my phone and let out every courage I have to ask for his permission.

“Dad can I go outside today? I mean, I’m going to mall.”

Dad looked of me. “And why is that?”

I sighed, “Yngrid asked me, I promise, I’ll be good.”

“You want to be punished?”

Goosebumps stung up all over my body. Napalunok ako at napaatras ng isang hakbang mula kay Daddy.

“N-no Daddy.” I said, almost a whisper.

“Then just get back here before curfew.”

Napaangat ako ng tingin. He allowed me to go, so I’m free to meet Yn..

“Thank you Daddy.” Daddy smirked.

“Aalis na ako.”

Nang sabihin ‘yon ni Daddy ay lumapit ako sa kanya at maingat na hinalikan ang pisngi nya.

“Ingat po.” After that, he leaved the house.

I texted Yn, saying that I’m going. She texted me back that we’ll meet there at 10:30 dahil sarado pa ang mall.
Umakyat ulit ako ng kwarto ko, it’s 8 and I have 2h 30mins before meeting Yn.

Wala akong magawa kaya kumuha muna ako ng isang blangkong notebook at napadesisyunang gumawa ng tula.

I didn’t notice that I was crying the whole time while making the poem.

Hindi ako nahirapang gawin ‘yon because they naturally came out of me. It felt so good to write everything you can’t say, it gives me chills to breathe and avoid getting suffocated from my own thoughts.

I checked the time, oh it’s 9. I head to my closet and picked up the white skinny jeans and black longsleeve top. It’s better this way to hide all of my bruises. I also picked leather flats before going to bath. 30 minutes passed by and I’m done showering so I go to my mirror and conceal everything to hide. By the help of concealer and creams, my face looks perfectly flawless. I put lipstick and just brushed my hair and I’m all done.

Time check, and it’s 10:05. Bumaba ako at una kong nadatanan si Manang Lea doon, ngumiti sya sa akin kaya sinuklian ko ito.

“Napakaganda naman ng alaga ko, saan ang lakad mo?”

Pang uusisa nito nang makalapit sa akin.

“Mag mi-meet lang po kami ni Yn sa mall.”