Substitute Wife

#61: Text messages

Yelle Dianne Francine

"Hi Miss D, how are you?" Bungad sakin ni Miss Ayane, papunta kasi kaming cafeteria dun kasi namin napag usapang kakain ng lunch, mainit kasing lumabas ng school.

"Okay naman. Kamusta bakasyon?" Long weekend kasi kaya nakapagrelax kami. February na rin kaya may event para sa Valentines, may intermission number daw kaming mga teahers kaya magiging busy kami ng sobra.

"Okay naman Miss D, out of town lang with my sister."

Oo nga pala, hiker kasi yan ni Miss Ayane kaya everytime na may chance go sya mag out of town.

"Kamusta pala kayo ni Sir Julius?" Bigla syang nagblush, ang cute! Gwapo naman kasi si Sir Julius, nakakapagtaka nga kung bakit sya nag teacher, dapat nag model sya eh.

"Grabe ka naman Miss D, wala were friends." Showbiz yung sagot nya.

"Hi pwedeng makisabay sa table nyo?" Speaking of Sir, sya gustong makishare ng table. Mejo sinipa ko ng very light yung paa ni Miss Ayane para matauhan.

"Ayy oo sige Sir, sure." Bakit biglang naging sweet yung voice ni Ma'am. HAHAHA

Kakatapos lang namin kumain, sabay sabay kaming bumalik sa faculty. Magkakahiwalay kami ng table, pagpasok namin ng faculty tumahimik na kami kasi syempre tahimik kasi dito, nakakahiya kung mag iingay kami.

Naging close kaming tatlo simula nung unang sundo ni Dave sakin, mas naging mejo open ako sa topics about him. Crush nga daw ni Miss Ayane si Dave eh, I told them na kaibigan ko sya and he used to call me babe baka paalisin yung mga babaeng umaaligid sa kanya.

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"Susunduin kaba ng boyfriend mo?" Sir Julius asked me, patapos na rin kasi yung class ko binisita nya lang ako.

"Nagtext sya, and for the record Sir hindi ko sya boyfriend." I told him, 'bat ba ayaw nya maniwala?

Lately may narereceive akong threats, hindi naman deathly threat pero enough na para kabahan ako. Hindi man tungkol sakin pero involved ako at si Dave. Bukod sa fanily namin nila Dave ay si Alex lang ang nakakaalam tungkol sa agreement na meron kami ni Dave.

Nagvibrate na naman ang phone ko, I'm hoping si Dave 'to wag sana yung stalker ko.

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I know your secret, Dianne.

If I were you makikipag annul na ako para hindi kana mahirapan.

Again, the company's at stake.

I'll be giving you until the end of the month. Kapag hindi kapa umaksyon, ako ang gagawa para sayo.

That's what the messages says, naalarma ako sa mga messages na dumadating sakin.

"Hey, are you okay?" Feeling ko nabother si Sir Julius sa naging reaksyon ko.

"I'm fine Sir. Ikaw wala kapang balak umuwi?" Mejo nagiging comfortable na akong kasama si Sir Julius kaya hindi na rin ako nag aalangan.

"Meron. Kaso iniintay ko pa yung sundo mo to make sure you are safe."

Ang cute talaga ni Sir Julius, para ko na syang kapatid kaya hindi nako nababother sa kanya sa mga bagay bagay.

"Thanks for the concern Sir. Parating na rin ata yun, magtetext naman yun ahead kung hindi sya makakarating eh. Don't worry, malapit lang naman yung condo ko from here."

Bakit ba masyadong concern si Sir Julius? Ay tekaaa!??

"Where's Miss Ayane?" Ussually nangungulit na sya sakin ng gantong oras eh. Kumunot noo din si Sir, baka nagtaka rin sya siguro.

"Kasama ko lang sya kanina eh, baka nag cr." Oo nga, mahilig pa naman yun nagretouch kapag kasama si Sir.

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"Dave, keep her safe." Sir Julius told Dave in a very nice manner, he is a good man.

"All right. Let's hang next time." In return, Dave needs to be good or else I'll punch him.

"Wifey, how's your day?" He asked me. Mukhang pagod na pagod na si hubby. Dapat kasi hindi na nya ko sinusundo eh.

"I'm fine. Ikaw? You look so tired, nakakakain kaba on time? More than 8 hours naman tulog mo diba?"

He looks so tired, mukhang maraming anak na pinag aaral na puro pasaway.

"I wasn't able to sleep well last night, nagpapadeliver ako ng food kapag lunch kaso around 2 o'clock ko na nakakain eh."

Super busy talaga ng workloads nya, ako kasi nag aasikaso nun eh. Kaya as much as he wants to go back sa pauwi hindi ko na pinapayagan, gabi na kasi masyado saka pagod pa sya baka mapano sya sa daan.

"Come on! Ipagluluto kita ng dinner para hindi puro fast food and resto ang nakakain mo, kakain tayo ng lutong bahay."

I told him while holding his cheeks.

Nakakataba nga talaga ang fast food, kasi nagkakaron na sya ng chubby cheeks eh, wala na rin kasi syang time mag work out. Sana kasi yung time na nagdadrive sya nagpapahinga nalang sya. Hindi naman nya kailangang hatid sundo ako everyday.

Naalala ko na naman yung sinabi nya nung gabing yun,

"I love you."

Akala ko nag jojoke lang sya, pero yung kapit nya sakin habang naka yakap sobrang higpit.

"I wanna show the world my love for you if you would allow me."

Baka kasi naguguluhan lang si Dave, syempre baka napepressure lang sya.

"Baka napepressure ka lang Dave. You don't have to do this." Ofcourse he loves me, bestfriend nya ko eh pero these thungs shouldn't be happening.

"No I'm not. Please let me show you how much I love you, and I don't want to lose you. Starting that day you accepted my proposal my world starts to revolve around you. All these things I'm doing are all because of you. You made me a good person since then and I want to spend the rest of my life with the special lady beside me."

I really don't know what to say. I mean is he serious about it? About us? Maybe he's just confused.

"Can I tell to everyone how much I love you?"

He can't! He may regret it telling to everyone. Besides, the feeling isn't mutual. Bestfriends kami and ayokong masira yun, we are better to be friends rather than lovers.

"What do you want?"

"I like your beef steak, and I want your special garlic rice." Okay, I really think he missed my dish.