Torn Between Dreams and Reality

CHAPTER 67 Part Ways

CHAPTER 67 Part Ways

“God damn it!” I groaned in exasperation, “not another date!” as I slammed my bedroom door after I came in.

This is totally pissing the hell of me and the shivers in my nerves as I shout my anger is even an understatement.

“URGH!” I cried out, messing my already-messed hair with both my hands. Pikon na pikon na ako kay daddy but I can’t do anything. Galit na ako, oo, galit ako sa daddy ko pero natatakot padin ako na kalabanin sya. Wala akong magawa! At ‘yon ang pinaka-mahirap sa lahat!

Tinanggap ko yung una nyang alok na date para sa aming dalawa ni Dric dahil may kasama naman kami.

The second time, I still complied thinking that it was my daddy’s way to make us go out with no chaperon, and not to mention, believing that it will be the last. But this third request is absurd! What the freakin’ heck is going on with my dad’s mind!? He’s going completely insane! How can he not care about what I feel?! “Fuck my life!”

Truth be told, the only solution in my head all this time is to break up with Dwight and just go with Dric as what my father wanted from the night he knew Dwight’s relation to the man he loathes. Yes! It is what I’m thinking! But I never wanted to do that. I never wanted to be away with Dwight, not even a freaking inch of distance – if ever possible. In my dreams, I had a glimpse of the feeling I will get if I do that and it will fully blow my sanity off.

I am trying and trying really, really hard to brush that thing off of my mind, but every time my father gets in the way, every time our problem stresses us, it keeps on knocking in my head saying that that is the only way out.

I swear to God, I never, ever, wanted to do this…

But I’m afraid I will.

**DWIGHT’S POV**

I wonder what she’s been keen to tell me at nakipag-kita pa talaga sya sa akin ng ganitong oras. It’s almost nine in the evening, paano kaya sya makakalabas sa kanila eh grounded padin sya.

I was waiting in a street near their subdivision where I can hear the sound of the crickets nearby. Dapat nga sa subdivision nila kami mismo magkikita kaso naalala kong hindi nga pala ako papapasukin do’n dahil pinag-bawal na ako ng dad ni Zoe.

As I patiently wait here alone, I saw Zoe’s silhouette coming nearer. This girl should have a very good reason why she really needs to go out alone and walk in the dark streets or I’ll punish her with kisses.

“Babe, you missed me too soon,” I claimed and stepped forward to give her a kiss she shortly turned down. “Ang cute naman ng girlfriend kong mahilig mang-reject,” I said still positively taking what she did.

“Dwight, this is a total serious matter,” she then said, looking badly serious which made me nervous.

“What is it?” was my very curious question.

“Literally, it took me a lot of thinking and guts to tell you this,” she replied and I remained silent because her tone and the way she looks like makes me feel more anxious as she speaks. “And genuinely, this is not what I really wanted to happen, I want you to always remember that I’m doing this for everybody’s harmony and do not ever forget, ever, that I love you, truly.”

Okay, this is too much.

“Ha-ha,” I tried to laugh off the sense of a bad occurrence, “you’re being too serious, babe, hindi bagay sayo,” I joked.