SSS [III] (COMPLETED)

Part 16

Mabilisan akong nagbihis at pumunta na sa restaurant. Hindi na ako nag-isip pa ng kung-ano. I'll dine with him, okay. Do I have any other choice without being rude to him? I inwardly sighed.

Because if he says he'll wait ay talagang mag-aantay siya. Pinalaki kasing matinong tao nina tita. I don't want to be the one to ruin how he's bred. Also, pinalaki naman akong tama nina Lola. Hindi lang gaanong uptight, but just enough. I still have my own quirks, though. For example, I left Prez without telling him anything kahit na dapat ay nagpaalam ako...

What can I say? Tao lang ako! Kalahating robot na yata 'yon si Prez, e.

"I'll just have grilled salmon... and instead of mashed potato, I would rather a side of brown rice. Tapos... hmmm... a bottle of your white wine." sabi ko sa waiter at binigay sa kanya ang menu.

Tapos na umorder si Prez, bago ako bumaba. I sat at the same table as him, to be polite. Again, as if nga may choice ako.

"You're drinking."

Napaangat ako ng tingin sa kanya. I was supposedly busy with fumbling my phone. Hindi ko pa pala natatawagan si Lola...

"Yes," sagot ko. "I've been drinking since breakfast." Honestly.

Nakita kong kukunot na ang kanyang noo sa sinabi ko, kaya ibinalik ko ang aking tingin sa aking phone. I really should call Lola, but Kia's name kept on popping on my notification bar kaya 'yon na ang aking inuna. At halos lumuwa ang aking mga mata when she sent me a photo of a freaking catamaran and they're all on-board!

I was about to type a reply na gusto kong sumama sa kanila noong napahinto ako

"With your obvious intolerance to alcohol..." he muttered under his breath, kinda wanting me to hear the statement and also maybe kinda don't.

I smirked. Hindi na ako nagpadala sa inis ko. He helped you get your shit together last night, Cassidy, I told myself. Stop being so psychotic.

"Yeah, well..." I shrugged. "It's been months since I had this category of fun, so... just you know? Let it go?"

He leaned on his seat and crossed his arms.

"Was last night fun to you?" He growled.

"Huh?" Ba't galit nanaman ang isang ito?

"What happened to that room?"

"What room?" What is this all about?

Pinanliitan niya ako ng mga mata. He clearly wants to point something out.

"Before I dragged you home ay nagkulong kayo sa iisang kwarto noong ex mo," aniya. "I waited for you outside. I knew you were already wasted by then, but do you remember anything?"

Pinilig ko ang aking ulo. Ano nga iyon...

"Wala akong maalala..." uminom ako ng tubig.

"You can't lie to me."

Umiling ako. "Nothing important. We just talked."

"Why did he have to lock the door then?" He probed.

Shit. You can't know. Baka tuluyan na talaga akong pagbawalan uminom nito! I bit my lip.

"Privacy." mabilisan kong sabi. "Kumusta nga pala sina Jenny? I forgot about them last night."

He glared at me. Inosente ko naman siyang tiningnan, wanting to look like I'm really concerned about them pero talagang tuluyan ko na silang naaklimutan! What with my being distracted and all.

Matama niya ulit akong tiningnan before he finally decided on giving up. I gave a sigh of relief.

"They went home alright, we all ate breakfast together."