Forever and Always

Kabanata 19

Kabanata 19

"Remember what I told you ha, babu?" I told my daughter.

"Chill, Babba." She said. "Everything's gonna be alright."

I looked at my daughter who's now tying her shoe lace. She really does have Maddie's attitude. I kneeled down to help her.

"Babba, did you ever tied Momma's shoe lace?"

"I always do that, babu."

She smiled. "When I turned 30, I will look for someone like you. Someone who will love me like how you love momma. Momma's so lucky."

"And, So I am." I stood up. "There, your shoe lace is okay na."

"Yay! Thank you, Babba!" She beamed. "I'll go na po kay Ninang Kulot."

This is the day that I can finally say, na Maddie is mine. Maddie is forever mine. We went to Blue Eagles Gym. Kung saan nangyari lahat lahat, where every memories were made.

"You got this, Bea!" Ate Amy beamed as soon as she saw me.

"I'm nervous." I honestly said.

"Don't be. Everything's gonna be worth it." Ate Mae assured me.

I went to the bench where I was seating when she approached and talked to me for the first time. I smiled, bumabalik lahat ng memories na mayroon kami.

I wonder if I'm the villain of our own story; the one who broke her heart.. but the truth is she broke mine first, remember when she left me without knowing the truth? I told myself na, "Bea, you should move on na or make revenge when you'll see her again." Or I am the good friend; the one who has feelings for her but she just can't see me that way, the one who keeps trying to find a way into her heart but she just won't let me, I hoped. I wished. I dreamed. But, there's one thing I'm sure of, "That my dreams, came true na."

I always wonder rin what if I'm just temporary? Or everything is just temporary? But no, for me this isn't temporary lang.. I know that she's the one, my girl, the one who makes it till the end, the one who completes my love story, the one who'll always keep coming back to. The one who'll never leave me again.

"Bae, eto na!" Ennajie said and clapped her hands. "I'm so happy for you!"

I smiled at her. "Thanks, jie. And, thank you kasi you made it today."

"Ofcourse! Ako pa ba ng mawawala? Eh number one shipper niyo ko!"

I laughed. "What?"

"BeaDdie!" She said and laughed harder.

I shook my head. I remember my BeaDdie babies. They are the sweetest, a lowkey fandom? Uhm, nope. Not really a lowkey, they were the loudest when they needed to.

"Go to your position na!" Sigaw ni Ponggay.

They were like ninja's na bigla nalang nawala. I shook my head. Gosh, team Ateneo is team Ninja in real life.

"Duh, Bea. You need to hide na." Ponggay said and pulled me.

She's really hyper. I wonder how Deanna made her tiklop when she's with her. Oh, right. Deanna is my panganay pala.

"Ji, where are we ba?" I heard Maddie's voice na. "Bela will look for me na."

And, I remember my daughter. Where is she na nga ba? I didn't saw her and Therese.

"Breath, baby." Ate Ly whispered.

"I.. uh, don't know what should I feel, babba."

She smiled. "You guys are grown ups na talaga."