I woke up with the sun touching my face, I looked at the alarm clock beside my bed, It's 6:57 am, means I still have time to send my manuscript to Nix.
Right after I sent the manuscript I went to the bathroom,naligo ako agad, ang lagkit ng pakiramdam ko, nagising akong pawis siguro sira ang aircon, matagal ko ng iniinda ang aircon na yan ngayon ko lang ulit naalala.
Naglinis ako ng konti, medyo naalibadbaran kasi ako sa kalat ng unit ko, hinuli ko yung night stand, there I saw some old pictures na naka taob, I don't remember putting these pictures here, tiningnan ko yun, it was me and him ...all of the memories from that night came back, I already moved on, its just that what happened is really hard to forget.
I was about to throw the pictures when my phone rang, I immediately put all of my things inside my bed side table.
"Hello? Who's this?" I was standing near the veranda, the sun kissed my morena skin and it looked like I put a highlight on it.
"Hey, this is Nix, sorry if I woke you up" I looked at the caller's ID and its really Nix, how stupid I am answering a call without looking who's the caller.
"No kanina pa ko gising, did you received the manuscript?" I bit my lip, I'm not sure with that manuscript, wala ako sa wisyo nung sinusulat ko ang mga naroon.
"Yep! And it's really a beautiful story, its way too far from the stories you've made before and that made it so special and unique!" Nakahinga ako ng maluwag sa narinig, that's a good news then.
"Really? So... Okay na ba yan? is there anything you want me to change?" Paninigurado ko, mahirap na baka makulangan ng oras pag may biglang pag babago.
"Ah yeah about the ending, I like it. Masaya sila pero hindi naman sila yung nagkasama in the end, I didn't expect that tho akala ko kasi sila ang end game, hindi pala pero don't get me wrong, maganda naman its just the ending, nalungkot ako for the characters, but its really up to you if you want to change it..." Inalala ko yung ending nung nasa manuscript, nagkaroon sila ng kanya kanyang partner, hindi sila yung end game.
Ayokong tanggalin yung ending because that's the part that made my story unique.
Napahawak ako sa aking sentido at hinilot iyon, "Hey you still there? You know, why don't you rest for a while? Go on a vacation! That will help you refresh your mind" Vacation? Well that would help me, but where? I have a lot of events to attend to so I don't think so..
"Yep, I'll think about it, and about the manuscript I'll send you the edited version once I finished it" I sighed, I have to relax kagigising ko lang feeling ko mag gagabi na ulit.
I ended the call. I went to my bed then took my laptop, there I saw the manuscript, tinitigan ko lang yun for thirty minutes, still nothing came up to my head, lack of inspiration, ugh.
Dickhead bestfriend calling....
"Good Morning, sunshine!" I chuckled a little bit, this guy is really ridiculous.
He always call in the right timing, konti nalang iisipin ko ng may radar siya, at tuwing stress ako, tumatawag siya.
"Hey, Morning.." I smiled as I say those words, I somehow feel relaxed.
"Where are you? Do you wanna get some coffee?" Yay! Coffee before anything else! binaba ko sa tabi ko ang laptop at umupo ng ayos.
"My condo, you? If its your treat then why not?" I laughed, I can imagine his face right now.
"Office, my treat then, I'll pick you up" I hurriedly went to the bathroom and fix myself, I put on mascara, pulbo and lip and cheeck stain, I went out then took my purse, sa lobby ko nalang siya hihintayin.
"Regular coffee will do, you know I don't like going to coffee bars, we can buy 3 in 1 cofee then drink it somewhere" I looked at the glass window beside me and rolled my eyes.
"Yeah okay, okay don't worry next time" he chuckled, akala mo cute ka tignan? Well.... no.
"So why suddenly invite me for a coffee?" saktong dating naman ng inorder namin, I took a sip and looked at him, waiting for his answer.
He looked away, umayos siya ng upo he took a sip at bumuntong hininga.
There is something wrong..
"She's back..."
S-she is w-what??
Muntik na akong mabilaukan pagkasabi niya ng dalawang salita na yun.
"H-hey, here" inabot niya sakin ang baso ng tubig, pinakalma ko ang sarili ko shet nagulat ako ah.
"A-ano nga yung sabi mo?" Gulat pa din na tanong ko.
"Bumalik siya, Sam" feeling ko binuhusan ako ng malamig na tubig
"Pero, Gab diba kababalik niya lang ng quebec noong nakaraang buwan? Why all of a sudden bumalik siya?"
Napahawak ako sa sentido ko, panibagong stress na naman.
"Oo nga, and I thought na kapag kinausap siya ni daddy about dun ay titigil na siya, pero hindi, you know her, Sam pag gusto niya gagawa siya ng paraan to make it happen."
Hawak ang sentido kong napa tungo, alam ko na ang patutunguhan ng usapang ito.
"Ano namang pakay niya this time?"
"Okay, listen. She wants me to get married, but this time to you, Sam..."
Sa sobrang gulat ko ay nabuga ko yung kapeng iniinom ko sa kanya.
"Fuck!"
"Shit sorry Gab, nagulat ako! Dapat dinahan dahan mo naman, at ako? Why me?!"
"I don't know, maybe because we're bestfriend, kilala mo yung matandang yun, she will do everything!" He sighed.
"So ano? What are we going to tell her? That we're really just bestfriends? Nothing more, nothing less?" I forgot that coffee can make you anxious, nakakadagdag pa sa tension na nararamdaman ko ngayon.
"Hmm, That won't work Sam..."
"So? What are we going to do?" I took a last sip on my coffee.
Sa sobrang kaba ko ata, di ko napansing ubos na pala yung kape ko, this is bad.. wala pang thirty minutes ubos na yung kape ko. Hey there dear friend, palpitation.
"Just go with the flow I guess? Oh, by the way, dinner in our house later with Amma, I'll pick you up at your office para sabay na tayo"
"No, sa condo ko nalang, uuwi din naman ako agad, and..." I looked at my self, I'm wearing ripped jeans, a white t-shirt that has 'fuck off' in it and a pair of converse shoes "err.. do you think this outfit will um.. you know?" I bit my lip as I looked at him.
I'm not into dresses and skirts but I have some on my closet just in case there's an event that need to be in formal attire.
"A simple dress will do, female"
"Okay, a dress then, male"
