Ako na siguro yung tanga sa lahat ng tanga dahil pagkatapos ng lahat ng narinig ko mula kay Jerome nandito padin ako sa labas ng unit nya! Deep inside I was still hoping na pwede pa namin tong pagusapan. Nanghihinayang ako sa 3 years and a half na relationship namin at hindi na maibabalik yung three youthful years ko! Huminga ako ng malalim as I entered his password pero nagulat ako nung 'access denied' ang lumabas. Pinalitan nya ba yung password nya? I can hear some music inside kaya pinindot ko yung door bell ng unit nya saglit lang may nagbukas ng pinto pero hindi si Jerome kundi isang babae na nakatowel lang.
"Yes how may I help you?"
Tanong nya sa akin, I can't forget that voice and that accent. Sya yung tumawag kay Jerome nung isang araw mukhang nakita ko na din sya somewhere pero hindi ko maalala kung saan. Hindi ako sumagot, nakatingin lang ako sa kanya. Tinaas nya yung kanang kilay as she calles for Jerome.
"Babe! A weird girl is looking for you."
Babe? And what? Weird looking girl?!
Lumapit si Jerome na naka boxer lang. Mukhang nagulat din sya nung nakita nya ako. The girl beside her must be Trisha. A tear trickled down my cheek na agad ko din namang pinunasan. Hindi ko na sya pinasalita tumalikod na ako at naglakad palayo. Part of me is wishing na habulin nya ako to explain because I'll surely forgive him. Ganun ako na tanga sa kanya pero wala, I heard the door close. Hindi nya man lang ako hinabol. Hindi sya nakipagbreak sa akin pero iniwasan nya ako, binlock sa facebook, and poof just like strangers. I spent my years devoted to my studies.
To make the long story short walang forever, nababalitaan ko nalang bumalik na pala sya sa Australia!
I can still remember everything even the pain. Hindi ko maexplain yung sakit na nararamdaman ko sa mga oras na yun. Hindi ko na makita yung tinatawag na sparks sa mata nya. Wala talaga. That Jerk! Pag nakita ko sya ulit I will surely rip him into shreds!
"Doc? Ok ka Lang?"
Tanong ng isang nurse sakin. Kanina pa pala ako nakatulala sa medical data ng isa kong patiente. Yup tinotoo ko yung sinulat ko sa files ko nung high school. Nag aral ako ng mabuti, kahit na medyo mahina ako sa memorization nakaya kong makapagtapos.
"Yes I'm fine. Lower down the dosage of Mr. Gabriel's medicine and give me the record of his blood pressure and sugar later. Ah nga pala, I'll be on leave for 2 weeks, you will be assigned to doc Jean ok?"
"Yes doc."
I sign my papers and make a quick call to Jean to inform her of my leave. I look at my watch and it's already 10:24 in the evening, dumaan muna ako ng doughnut bago umuwi. Pasalubong para dun sa kambal. Pagdating ko sa bahay nagulat pa ako nung nadatnan ko silang lahat na gising pa at nanonood ng K-drama!
"Mabuti naman at naisipan mong umuwi."
Bungad sakin ni mama na di padin inaalis yung tingin nya sa T.V, sobrang busy ng buhay ko. Dun na ako natutulog sa hospital minsan.
"Eh magkaroon ng boyfriend hindi mo padin naiisip?"
Naningkit yung mata ko nung narealize ko na si Stephen yun. Susubo pa sana sya ng popcorn ng bigyan ko sya ng malutong na batok.
"Ya! Michosso?!" (Hey! Are you crazy?)
At aba nakuha nya pang mag Korean sa akin?!
"Ne korae! Na, michosso. Wae? Jigulae?!" (Yes you're right! I'm crazy. Why? Do you wanna die?)
Kala mo ha hindi ako marunong mag Korean?! Fan girl kaya ako nung high school at college ako!
"Woah daebak noona!" (Woah amazing ate!)
Nag slow clap pa silang kambal. Psh!
"Oh, fertilizer nyo."
Sabay tapon ko ng box sa kanila na agad naman nilang pinag agawan.
The wind is cold maybe because it's already December. As soon as I was inside my room I heard my phone beep. It was a message from Neptune saying that she will be home for Christmas. Isn't that great? It was second semester in South Korea when Neptune's mother found out about her stupidity, of course pati ako napagalitan for helping her enter an all boys university. Then she transfered to Paris to get an arts course and we lost contact I don't know what happen to her there. Well things just get busy it's normal.
I excitedly texted her back.
'Excited to see you, bring my cashmere coat fresh from Paris with you ok? Oh and btw, how's Nathan? Is your relationship doing good? '
Hello I spent time and effort to bring them together. Hindi na nagreply si Neptune. I took a warm shower and put on my comfortable clothes. It's been a long time, I almost forgot how it feels like to relax and rest. For the past years I've always been on standby for emergency since I'm a surgeon. I lay down on my bedroom floor and my gaze landed on a pink box under my bed. I know that box. I slowly pull it out and dust it off as I open it revealing things that would remind me of my highschool years.
I saw a picture with heart stickers all over it, Jerome smiling and me standing right next to him. I can still remember how sweet and young I was back then, too young and too dumb to fall for all his bullshits. I should have known from the start that he was a jerk. But you know what? Something's weird. I stand up and went out of my room balcony to look at the stars.
After my breakup with Jerome I don't believe he never loved me. I mean I can really feel that our love was real back then, maybe it just really faded through time. He would usually kiss my forehead and tell me good night before sleeping. And that's one thing that made me fall madly in love with him. I told myself, this is different, he's different, he's the guy I've been searching for. But I was wrong, in the end still nothing last forever
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Jupiter's Heart (ON HOLD)
Teen FictionFRICTION UNIVERSITY BOOK TWO A story of two hearts wounded by the past, yet find its way together mending the broken pieces back. Join Jupiter in his journey in search of his long lost heart.
