Chapter 13 ~ Trust and Honesty
[pasintabi po sa mga typo. and sorry sa super-duper late update, may readers pa kaya ito?]
[Ash na po, not Dash.]
-Gracelyn-
“ADrian we need to talk.” I said when I saw him sitting on one of the benches in the Botanical Garden of the campus.
“Gracelyn! Bakit anong pag-uusapan natin?” tanong niya sa akin. Halata sa mukha niya ang saya dahil pati ang mata niya ay nakangiti. And I’m hundred percent sure that it’s because naibalik na ang friendship nilang dalawa ni Nichole. And it’s starting to hurt me every time I saw him flash a smile towards Nichole when we’re hanging out together because I can’t help seeing myself like him.
It’s not hard to like him because he’s someone whom you can easily be comfortable with. And he’s slowly helping me forget my feelings for Jake. For that I’m very thankful because it’s been a week since I saw him with a different girl every day. Without ADrian’s help I would have to pick the pieces of my heart breaking every time I see him and glue it together.
Umupo ako sa tabi niya dahil umurong siya para may space sa bench.
I stared in front of me not wanting to face him because I’m aware that he’s staring at me, waiting for the words he’s expecting from me. And, damn! I can’t find the words to say it in front of him. I have rehearsed what I want to tell him. It has been my mantra since the day before yesterday. Well, since Wednesday because today is Friday.
“Gracelyn, may problema ka ba?” sabi niya, and I caught his worried tone. I faced him.
“I’ve been thinking lately na itigil na natin ‘tong pekeng relasyon natin.” Sabi ko sa kanya eye-to-eye para makita niya na seryoso ako sa sinasabi ko.
“NO! Hindi pa pwede ngayon.” Sabi niya at iniwas niya ang tingin niya. I felt anger because he’s being unfair.
“Bakit hindi pa pwede? ADrian naman! We both know na kaya lang natin ‘yun ginawa para makita ko kung sincere ba si Jake and we both know na he’s not a little bit sincere sa sinabi niya. And para maibalik mo ang friendship niyong dalawa and to hide your feelings, and now maayos na ang lahat. Wala nang dahilan para ituloy natin ‘to.” I reasoned out. I let my anger to overcome me.
“One more week. Give me one more week. Please?” he asked looking at me his eyes pleading.
I almost agree with him but thinking about my heart and the past events I willed myself to say, “No. I can’t do it anymore. I don’t want to deceive everyone anymore.”
It looks like he’s thinking of a way to make me agree and I’m starting to doubt why he’s so persistent to keep this relationship going. And I can only find one reason but I immediately dismissed that idea, no way in hell that he likes me because I know for a fact that he’s head over heels and madly in love with Nichole.
“ADrian, kahit ano pa yang iniisip mo. I quit. Let’s stop playing this game. Hindi ka pa ba satisfied na maayos na kayo? Napaka-selfish mo.” I said and walked away without a backward glance.
-Nichole-
“Sing a song of gladness and cheeeeeeeeeeer. For the time of Christmas is heeeeeeee—A-aray naman! Bakit mo ako binatukan?” sigaw sa akin ni Jhale na kasalukuyang tinotorture ako sa kanyang utak at masama ang tingin sa akin.
“Eh kasi naman kanina ka pa kumakanta eh! Tapos na Carol Fest. Di makapag-move on?” Dahilan ko sa kanya.
“Ang mean mo!” reklamo niya sabay punas ng invisible na luha niya at nagdrama.
