#11 Stop And Stare by OneRepublic
(A/N: Janella Salvador as Elle) *Multimedia section if you don't know her*
My name is Elle Viceral. Siguro naman sa surname palang obvious na kung sino ang parents ko diba? If you're stupid enough not to figure out, let me analyze it for you... Elena Mari Viceral is my "real" name. Elle is just my nickname since Elena seems like a name from the 1960's or something. It was my mother's idea. She said it was from a character she played from a TV show back years ago. I stopped asking when she said it was a fantasy show. Anyway where were we? Let's skip the boring bits shall we?
Here's the details... So people call me Elle nga. I'm 17 years old. Showbiz royalty and the love child of Vice Ganda and Karylle Tatlonghari, also known as Vicerylle back in the days.
This is my story.
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"E! Ano na naman tong nasa dyaryo anak?"
People has sure forgotten the purpose of knocking ngayon. I squinted one of eyes opened and saw my dad staring down at me with a bunch of newspapers in his hands. I sat up on the bed and he threw the papers on my lap before walking towards the window to open my curtains wide open.
I groaned at the sight of the sunlight.
"Lasing ka na naman kagabi!" said my dad raising his voice at me as he quickly rushed back to stand beside me and twisted my ear.
"Okay, okay, daddy, wag mo na ako pingutin please." sabi ko slowly moving my head away to ease the pain.
"Ano bang nangyayari sa'yong bata ka?"
I stopped listening to him at nag focus na lang sa headlines ng mga newspaper na dinala ng dad ko. Lahat ng headlines were based of me sneaking in and out multiple clubs last night. May mga pictures pa nga to prove my wreckless behaviour. I sighed as I massaged my temples, one reason was to try and get rid of my building hangover, and two, to prepare for one of the worst lectures I'll ever get.
"Dad, look--"
"Ang sinabi mo sa mommy mo mag pupunta ka sa kaibigan mo for a group study." my dad said with his voice still calm... But I know him all too well, lagi naman syang ganito. He would always start with a calm tone of voice tapos mag bu-build up ito hanggang sa galit na galit na sya at pasigaw na boses nya.
"I'm sorry I've let you down."
"Puro na lang ba sorry Elle?" tanong ni dad sounding disappointed now, "Paulit ulit na lang kasi nangyayari anak... Ano ba dapat kong gawin-- ano ba kasi nangyayari sa'yo?"
"Nothing dad, I was just being... a teenager." I said as I didn't want to have this conversation anymore. "Sorry dahil naaapektuhan ang careers nyo ni mommy dahil sa pagka masama kong anak."
"Hindi ka naman ganito dati eh." I snorted and rolled my eyes. Dad must have noticed kasi umupo sya sa kama sa harap ko, moving away the newspaper to the other side. "Wala akong pakelam sa career ko Elle, alam mong you always comes first. Always. Kaya kung ano mang yang problema mo, sana sinasabi mo sa'kin, or sa mommy mo. Kasi nag aalala kami sa'yo eh. Kasi mahal na mahal ka namin Elle."
I looked away from my dad na lang kasi nakikita kong naluluha na ito. Good job Elle.
"Psst," dad said kaya naman napalingon ako sa kanya, teary eyed na rin ako pero I'm much better at hiding my emotions than him, "Okay ka na sa'kin." sabi ni dad at hinaplos yung pisngi ko.
