Naging maingay ang hapag dahil sa kwentuhan namin.
Gio was silent the first hour but then, she became comfortable with them so she loosen up.
It's all about business, lalo na dahil pare-parehas kaming naghahandle ng mga negosyo.
"Hindi ako makarelate sa inyo, I only have a flower shop. Sa inyo, big corporations." ani Halaina.
"That's still business, Hal. Ah sus, eto talaga." Si Louie.
"Yes, a flower shop is a good business. Dati, I wanna build my own flower shop too because I love flowers, kaso, iyon nga, dahil may business din ang pamilya, hindi ko na naituloy." Si Gio.
Napatingin ako sa kanya.
"Bakit? You should pursue it." ani Halaina, kuryoso na.
"No, I'm okay. Baka mawalan din ako ng time sa shop kung sakali."
"Sabagay," si Hal. "But if you want, you can stop by to my shop. Naku, I'm excited. We have the same interest."
Tumawa sila.
"Sure, I would love to." ani Gio.
"Are you into bands, Gio?" Tanong ni Louie, tuluyan ng iniiba ang topic na kanina'y puro business.
"U-Uhm, during my college days." aniya.
"Really?" Louie became attentive. "Kasi itong apat na ito, nagbanda sila noong college. They weren't serious with it kaya hindi nagtagal." Louie excitedly said.
"Oh, yes. That was ages ago. Oh my god!" ani Halaina.
Nagtawanan naman kami.
"Girls, please don't bring that up." ani Vincent.
"Why not? Ang cool n'yo kaya noon." Si Kaia.
"Really? Last time I remembered, hindi mo kami kilala noon." Si Avo, nagrereklamo na.
Mas lalo kaming nagtawanan. Bumaling ako kay Gio para magkwento at nakita ko nga ang pagtataka niya.
"Avo likes Kaia when we were in college. Kaia liked someone else before kaya mailap siya kay Avo noon." Pabulong kong kwento.
"Oh!" Sabi ni Gio at nakitawa na rin.
"I knew you. S'yempre sumikat kayo sa school noon. Mailap lang ako kasi may iba akong gusto noon." Si Kaia naman.
Muli kaming tumawa.
"Gael Azurin, it is." Si Louie at inaasar na si Kaia.
"Oh, shut up, Louie." aniya at tumawa na rin.
"Let's not talk about it. Gio can't understand what we are talking about, e." Si Hal at ngumiti kay Gio.
"It's okay. I know you made a lot of memories together already and hindi mapipigilan kung magreminisce kayo."
"We will make more memories, Gio. And syempre, with you na." Si Kaia.
Gio smiled at her and nodded.
"So iyon, si Avo ang sa drums, then si Finn ang sa keyboards, si Vincent ang sa guitar, then–"
"Yup, si Colin ang vocalist. I know that."
Lahat kami nagulat sa kanyang sinabi.
"What?" Si Kaia, parang may maling narinig.
Tumingin sa akin si Gio at natawa nang makita ang gulat kong itsura
"How did you know?" I asked.
She chuckled again.
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The Girl I Married
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