Because We Are Friends

Prologue

"George! Stop! Oh my God. STOOOP!!!"

Lahat ng tao sa loob ng bar ay tinigil ang ginagawa and turn their heads and attention to the person who just screamed. Only the music is lively playing on the air.

I was a bit tipsy, pero alam ko pa ang nangyayari. Me and my bestfriend, Mirmo, was on the dance floor and we both rushed to the place where our friends is making a scene.

"Oh my God!" I gasp out of surprised.

We saw George punching Jayvee on the ground, while Jayvee was just receiving his punches and doing nothing.

"George?!" I was really surprised. Nandito siya? I look at Mirmo whose clueless of what's happening but managed to call the bar's personnel.

Moses was also there, my ex-boyfriend, struggling of trying to stop George. While Tracee was standing behind them, crying, screaming things, and begging George to stop.

"George! Please, stop!" She cried.

Ako naman ay walang magawa. I'm just watching and hoping that some guys will stop them. Finally the bar's bouncers came, they grabbed George and dragged him away from Jayvee.

Agad kaming lumapit kay Jayvee, "OMG! You're bleeding!" Mims screamed ng makita niya ang duguang mukha ni Jayvee.

She looked at George, upset. He's now standing and staring down at Jayvee. He looks completely used up of energy that he was gasping for air.

"Are you some kind of a thug, George? Anong nangyayari sayo? Are you trying to kill Jayvee?" She scolded him.

"Tss." George smirked at her.

I knelt down beside Jayvee, "Kaya mo bang tumayo?" I asked, worried.

He nodded, "Kaya ko. Don't worry." He said and tried to get up.

"You punk." Sabi ko at pilit na ngumiti.

Inaalalayan ko si Jayvee na tumayo habang si Mims ay parang magulang na pinapagalitan si George.

"Are you out of your mind, George? Why are you being like this?" Mims questioned him.

"Will you shut up?!" George snap at her.

Natigilan naman si Mirmo. Bigla naman akong kinabahan dahil baka saktan niya ang bestfriend ko. Moses was standing by but alerted when George suddenly snap out.

Mims face became fiercer, which rarely happens. "Bakit, George? Are you still holding grudges from the past? And now you're making revenge?"

"Tama na, Mirmo." Saway ni Jayvee but Mirmo ignored him.

Mas lalo akong kinabahan. Past. Every time I heard that word I became uneasy. All of us became uncomfortable when thinking of the things happened before.

"Hindi mo alam ang lahat Mirmo. So don't act like you know everything!"

George was hardly breathing. Ang lalim ng bawat paghinga niya na parang kanina niya pa pinipigilang ilabas. I saw his fist closed firmly. He was holding back. Something was holding him back. Kanina pa ako kinakabahan, at ngayon ay parang lalabas na ang puso ko sa sobrang kaba dahil sa lakas ng tibok nito.

"George. I said stop. I'm begging." Tracee butt in.

"No! Let him be, Tracee." Mims told her. "I do, George. I know everything. Actually, all of us knows." She told George.

"Great! Alam mo pala eh. So bakit mo kinakampihan ang gagong yan? Ha? Bakit niyo siya kinakampihan?!"

"George!" Tracee cry out.

Parang isang putol na kable si George na kapag hinawakan mo siya ay bigla kana lang magugulat sa pitik at kakabahan na baka makuryente ka at masaktan.

"Kinakampihan? Kailangan ba dapat may kampihan dito? Gosh! George! Can't you see? Jayvee was beaten and you almost kill him! Tapos parang gusto mo ikaw pa kampihan ko? Namin?"

George smirked, "Sige lang! Ayos lang kampihan niyo ang gagong yan! Wala na akong pakielam! Magsama-sama kayong lahat!" Sigaw niya.

"You got it wrong! Wala kaming kinakampihan. Jayvee needs us because he's hurt. Eh ikaw? Nasaktan ka ba? George, kaibigan namin kayo pareho. Please don't be like this."

"Shit! Kaibigan? May kaibigan ba na nansusulot at nananakit ng sariling kaibigan? I don't fucking think so."

There. Sinabi niya na. I know now why he's acting like this. Hindi pa siya tuluyan na nakakamove-on sa nakaraan. Or... better to say, lahat kami ay hindi pa. Ako, hindi pa. But we're trying to move on with our life. Past is past nga naman. Mas importante ang future at kung ano ang pwede mo pang magawa.

"Shit naman George! Matagal na 'yun! Hindi pa rin tama na bugbugin mo siya. Muntik mo na siyang mapatay!"

"He deserves it. Pasalamat siya yan lang ang inabot niya."

Nakita ko ang disappointment sa mukha ni Mims, kahit ako ay disappointed din kay George dahil sa mga narinig ko. Hindi ko akalain na kaya niyang gawin ang bagay na ganito... sa sarili pang kaibigan.

"I don't know you're an asshole, George. All this time I thought you've change." Mirmo said and turned her back at him and help Jayvee walked.

I was thinking, tinalikuran ni Mirmo si George. Does it mean... tinalikuran niya na rin ang pagkakaibigan na meron silang dalawa?