Stonehearts 3: Aquamarine

Thirty Two

"Figlia you shouldn't be carrying heavy things anymore!" Suway sa akin ni Papa ng nakita niya akong nagbubuhat ng crater ng alak. Napababa ako agad at umarteng inosente.

Nilapitan niya ako at kumurot sa ilong ko. "You're sharing your body with another being anak ko. Wag matigas ang ulo mo." He said before planting a kiss on my forehead.

Natawa na lang ako. They are overreacting sometimes, I mean most of the time. I'm barely five months pregnant, but they wanted a lighter work load for me.

I didn't protest, I know they doing it for me and for the baby. Alam kong napapamahal na rin sila sa kanya kahit hindi pa siya lumalabas. Halos si baby na nga lang ang bukambibig nila. The baby too became my sort of moving-on therapy from Brinx. I tend to think of him less as I think of the baby more.

Siguro ito na ang tulong at regalo ng Poong May Kapal sa akin, tulad ng pagbigay niya kila Papa at Daddy sa akin dati. My baby is a healthy baby based from my last check up. Excited na nga ako sa susunod na meeting namin ng OB ko para malaman ko na kung anong gender ni baby.

I went back to my room to relax since Papa doesn't want me working. I went to my shelf and tugged a book there, but a small rectangular thing fell in the process. It was the little parcel Karen gave me back then. I never got the chance to open it since I got to preoccupied with my thoughts regarding Brinx.

I sat on the edge of my bed before I untied the blue ribbon that's held the wrapping in place. It revealed a baby blue colored notebook, with the initials B.A.B written in front of it.

My hands started shaking, I took in countless of breaths before I managed to open it.

"It was the first time I saw someone like she was sent from the heavens above. She was beautiful. Effortlessly beautiful while painting big flowers on the wall. It took me a lot of time to build my confidence just to ask for her name, and guess what! Her name suited her perfectly well.

Rina.

Rina.

Rina.

I could shout her name endless and never get tired hearing it myself. Going to the orphanage was the best decision I ever did, because I met someone I know I am willing to be with for eternity."

I ran fingers on the date he'd written on top of it. It was the day we first met. I never knew he made a journal out of it. Hindi ko alam na may ganito siyang tinatago.

I flipped another page and another and another until I reached the date where I agreed to be his girlfriend.

"I could die now. Pwede na akong mamatay. The most beautiful woman agreed to be my girlfriend today and I can't help but to jump in utter joy and happiness. Can you believe it? She said she loves me too!

She loves me too!

Ilang beses kong pinaulit-ulit 'yun sa utak ko. If this is a daydream, I wouldn't mind not waking up. I'm ready to leave the reality just to live in it. Pero hindi, it's real. Totoo ang lahat.

I promise to give her everything she wants and be anything she wants me to be. Because starting from now, my world revolves around her and only her."

My tears started staining the page. Napatingala ako at napasinghap. Bakit hindi ko binasa agad ang mga laman nito? Why did I forget about this? Hindi ko na gustong ituloy pa, pero naisip ko na baka sa kwaderno na ito ko mahahanap lahat ng kasagutan sa mga katanungan ko.