Am I allowed to fall in love with him?

Chapter 6

TO MY ONE AND ONLY MASIPAG SUPPORTER. :p Here ya go. Medyo nagdeviate ako sa una kong binalak na "truth", kasi medyo mahirap i-visualize yun as realistic. :)) 

ENJOY!

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The truth is out..

Dessie’s POV

The night of the party..

Dessie dreaded going to parties with alcoholic beverages. I know na wala akong practice. So mababa ang alcohol tolerance ko. Pero I also know na hindi ako mapapahamak dito sa party, and I trust everyone here with my life.

Oh boy, here goes. Torment mode: on.

Hindi kailanman mawawalan ng karaoke sa mga party with hometown friends. So why torment mode on? Kasi mayroong teasing with broken-hearted bitter songs, or loud, annoying ones.

And I actually don’t prefer any!

Alam ko na line-up nila. Kabisadong-kabisado na nga nila yun number thingy e.

While we were stuffing our dinner down our throats, yung guys, ginagawa ng panulak ang alak, habang kaming mga babae wala lang nagdadaldalan. Typical semi-teen party.

9:00 PM – We joined the guys already, who were screaming their lungs out just to piss us off. Una, pacocktail-cocktail pa kami. Maya-maya, naghahard drinks na.

10:00 PM – Arla de Vega, my best friend’s/Alrick’s girlfriend (the inevitable fiancée  as we all call ger), ang nagpasimuno nung card game wherein we get to pick one card each, and stick it in our foreheads. The highest card is 2, the lowest is 3. You’ve got to be careful though kasi others can convince you to change your card, which is only once, even if you have a high card.

Eh ang nakakaasar, ang gagaling pa naming mambluff nitong mga to. The loser gets to take a shot. And as usal, si Arla ang laging talo.

Super daming tawa, and the game lasted for an hour or so.

By the end of that game, medyo hilo na ako, as in super slight lang. Aware pa rin ako sa nangyayari sa paligid ko. I always make it to a point na wag eexceed sa limits ko e.

Nakita ko yung playful gleam sa mata ni Neil and his famous mischievous grin. Again, this guy is up to no good. AS ALWAYS.

Neil Torralba is a very good friend. Pero very pasaway. He can be flirty and all, pero napakasupportive and all that jazz. KASO (isang malaking kaso, scratch that napakalaking kaso) when he has his game face on, patay na. Wala talagang kawala, kahit sino ka pa, di ka sasantuhin niyan!

God knows what kung ano tumatakbo sa utak niyan ngayon.

“Ready for another game, guys?” Neil said, beaming and flashing his beautiful set of teeth. Everyone snapped his head at him. I shook my head disapprovingly, and the others groaned. “Aw c’mon! Ang ke-KJ niyo. Wala naman kayong inaayawan e!”

“AKO PRE! Game ako!”Ahhh~ Trust Thor Salvo, my other best friend, to jump at anything offered! “ARAY! HOY! Cassie, bat mo ko kinurot?” bumusangot siya sa akin.

“KASIIIII kinukunsinti mo si Neil e. Lagi!” Reklamo ko.

“Cas! Ano ba? Matanda ka na ba?” Pang-aasar ni Neil. “Nawalan ka lang ng bf, ganyan ka na? BORING?”

Nanlaki mata ko. He didn’t just say that to me! ME! Ako pa? I am not boring. Psh.

I raised my brows at him and gave him a lopsided smile. “Did I say anything about declining to join the game? Mr. Torralba?”