Forever and Always

Kabanata 15

Kabanata 15

I went to Maddie's room. I saw her sleeping peacefully. My other teammates was sleeping too, nasa couch, sa lapag o kung saan pa.

I sat beside Maddie's bed. I held her hand and closed my eyes. Mads, hold on tighter please. Don't give up, we will beat this problem together. Arayt?

Napakasama ko para saktan at makalimutan ka. Hindi rason yung nagkaroon ako ng selective amnesia. Hindi rason na nakalimutan ka ng inisip ko dahil yung puso ko, hinding hindi ka nakalimutan.

"She's awake."

I slowly opened my eyes. It's kinda blurry and my head hurts. What happened?

"What are you doing here?!"

I was hysterical because I saw Maddie. She left me years ago!

"B-babe.."

Wait, did I heard it right? She called me babe?

"What? Babe? God, ang kapal ng mukha mo!"

I don't understand why she was here! Gosh. She's making my head hurts lalo!

"W-what?"

"Shut up! Where's Jho?!" I shouted. I saw her tears but I am so mad to her.

"Please, calm down."

I tried, I closed my eyes. But I can't really calm myself! Goddammit!

"Get out!"

I thought Maddie will stop bugging me. I thought she left me na but no. She's always here.

"Why are you still here? I don't need you!" I shouted.

"Bei, please. Wag naman ganito." I looked at her, I saw how tired she was.

But me, being Beast.. "Nung nagmakaawa ba ako, pinakinggan mo ako?"

"Mahal kita."

And me being the Beast, I said the biggest lie. I said something that will surely broke her heart.

"Mahal ko si Jho. Back off."

But she didn't back down. She's so consistent para iparamdam na mahal niya ako.

"Can you please hear me first?!" Jho shouted at me.

"No!"

"Bea, Maddie's your girlfriend! For christ's sake!" She hysterically said.

"No, Jho. You're joking!"

"I am not!" She shouted again. "3 years na kayo. Pero dahil sa kapabayaan mo, nadisgrasya ka!"

"Stop making kwento, Jho. It's not funny."

"Do you think I'm joking?" She asked. "You have selected amnesia. Worst part was you forgot all the memories you had with Maddie for the past 3 years."

My mind doesn't want to believe.. but my heart knows better. My parents never hid all the stuffs we have in our house. They didn't even bother na itago sakin lahat ng 'to. Even my teammates knew. For the past months, my life was lie.

When I'm ready to talk to her bigla naman siya nawala. We don't know where to find her. She was missing in action for a year.

I forced nyself to remember her, kahit laging masakit ulo ko. Ayos lang, this is for Maddie naman. But when she came back, the biggest revelation she had was she was living in the same roof with Tots. My world crashed. Masakit. Sobra.