Chasing Hearts (DH 6 || Completed)

Kabanata 35

Kabanata 35:

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

I've been waiting for almost a day outside this prestigious school but there's not even a single trace of Clyde here! I've asked some of the students if they happened to know him and all of them gave me the same answer – they didn't know him. What the fuck, right?

All of the students look so serious here. Tila lahat ay walang panahon para mag-joke man lamang. Ganoon ba talaga kahirap mag-doctor? I mean, all of them looks like they're in a hurry or something. Mayroong iilan akong nakikita na nakikipagtawanan sa mga kasama pero ang mga dala namang libro ay nakakalula sa kapal.

Ilang araw na puro ganoon ang ginagawa ko at nagmumukha na akong tanga! Tita Eli gave Clyde's number to me but he's not picking up any of my calls! And I swear, masasabunutan ko talaga si Clyde kapag nakita ko siya!

"Excuse me?"

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko ng makita si Doc. Xander Saavedra na nakatayo sa harap ko. Sa sobrang tuwa ko ay nayakap ko siya at napaiyak na ako. He chuckles and tap my back and caress my hair.

"Ano'ng ginagawa ng pinakamagandang nurse ng TMH dito?" he cocked his brow as he led me to the nearest coffee shop just across the street.

Doctor Xander Saavedra is one of the youngest neurosurgeons in the Philippines, not to mention one of the best basta huwag lang siya huhusgahan base sa pananamit. He's a rugged –looking doctor and as far as I remember, he's only twenty-six.

"I'm looking for Clyde." I said after sipping on my hot chocolate. Alam kong kilala niya si Clyde dahil sa Telpace Medical Hospital ito nagtatrabaho. "How about you?"

He shrugged his shoulder. "Visiting my professors." He casually said. "So, nagkita na ba kayo? HMS was such a big place to look for him."

Naabuntong-hininga ako. "Iyon na nga. Hindi pa kami nagkikita. I've tried asking some of the students here if they happened to know him pero wala talaga. Iniisip ko tuloy ngayon na baka wala naman talaga siya rito."

"Wow! That's new! As far as I remember, siya ang palaging naka-buntot sa'yo. No offense meant but, bakit nagkabaligtad na yata ang mundo?"

Close ba tayo? Gusto kong itanong sa kaniya. Hindi naman kasi talaga kami nag-uusap ng ganito ng isang ito at mabibilang sa daliri ang pagkakataong nagkausap kami noon sa ospital.

"Chismoso ka pala, Doc." I sarcastically said to him which made him smile. Damn! He's really handsome. Ang usap-usapan sa ospital ay may kakambal raw ito. I wonder if they're identical too like Clyde and Dwight.

"Hindi naman. Pero kapag interesado ako sa isang bagay, my ears and eyes are always open." Makahulugan nitong sagot na hindi ko ikinatuwa.

Hindi ako manhid sa mga ganoong salita dahil hindi ko na mabilang kung ilang lalaki na ba ang nagpahiwatig sa akin ng pagkagusto mula nang magkaisip ako.

"Can you help me find him?" binalewala ko ang sinabi niya. I don't want to entertain that thought.

"And why is that?"

"Because I needed some help?" konti nalang at bubuhusan ko na siya ng iniinom kong hot chocolate sa sobrang dami niyang tanong and he seems like he's enjoying interrogating me.

"Why do you want to see him so badly, Mary Amber Amorsolo?" Nanlaki ang mga mata ko. I was surprised that he knows my full name. Konti lamang kasi ang nakakaalam niyon lalo na at hindi ko naman isinusulat ang 'Mary' sa pangalan ko. Maliban na lamang kung importante talaga. And no one calls me by my full name!