The Ex-Marine

12

I'm sorry

"What---"

Tuluyan na siyang hinila ni Uno, she heard Enrique saying something ngunit dahil mabilis ang paglalakad nila ay wala na siyang nagawa.

He turned to face her, "Your friends are either tipsy or drunk." Eva was on the couch, naka hilig ang ulo ni Travis sa kanya. "Naunang hinatid ni Angelo si Apple, she was so drunk..."

"Where's Leandro?"

"He's partying. Funny, he said he'll take care of you." Mariin ang pagkakabigkas niya nito. "Eva, kaya mo bang alalayan si Travis? Rexes Estelle's tipsy..."

"I am not!" Depensa niya. Well, she was. Nawala ang kalasingan sa katawan niya nang makita si Uno. Nakita kaya nito ang inasta niya? Damn, nakakahiya.

Uno sighed. Inalalayan nito si Travis hanggang makarating sila sa hotel. Mabuti at may crew na tumulong kay Uno, though, he never really needed the help. She checked him out while he was helping Travis walk, his muscular back was hugging the black polo shirt he was wearing.

Kasi Iba pa rin kapag puting plain shirt ang suot nito. Like the first time she saw him. Iba ang dating noon sa kanya  kapag iyon ang suot.

"Leandro's not answering his phone..." Rexes paced back and fourth in Travis' room. Nandoon din si Angelo.

"Naaliw siguro masyado. Don't worry much, Rex. You know him. He's the life of the party. Uuwi din iyon dito."

She typed a message instead.

Ley, nakauwi na kami.

"Dapat ay hindi nalang ako naiwan. Leandro is your suitor, right?" Ramdam niya ang sarcastic sa boses ni Uno. "You could have been harassed in there, Estelle. Ano nalang ang sasabihin ng magulang mo sa akin?"

Damn, right. Wala kang paki alam sa akin, sa sasabihin ng mama at papa ko, meron.

And he was scolding her like a little child infront of Eva and Angelo!

"Whatever you're thinking about Leandro, stop it. I told him to mind his own business--- I said it myself. Huwag mong isiping siya ang may kasalanan dito." She defended. Kung hindi niya sinabihang umalis si Leandro, he won't leave. She won't let Uno talk shit about leandro knowings she's the one whose at fault.

He tilted his head. "Oh I'm sorry. Paano ka nga ba ma ha-harassed, you were pretty much enjoying what that stranger was doing!" His voice raised, in the corner of her eye, she saw Eva stood up. Probably wasn't liking whatever Uno was saying. The tension was too thick. Pero ewan niya at hindi man lang siya nakaramdam ng inis.

Whatever she did was indeed a stupid move. Maybe she got it under control pero nakita kasi ni Uno kaya apektsado siya. She really cares about whatever he's thinking about her right now.

Maybe he was thinking she was some easy woman...

He clicked his tongue, he looked away. Dumapo ang tingin nito kay Angelo. "Kapag hindi pa nakarating si Leandro at gusto mong puntahan doon, katukin mo lang ako sa kwarto."

Mahinahon na siya ngayon. Damn it, he's got alot of faces, a minute he's fuming mad and next he's calm. "Magpahinga na kayo."

The next day they went on Island hopping. Isang bangka ang nirenta nila at kasama din naman nila si Uno, though, he didn't talk much. Well, hindi naman bago iyon kay Rexes. Ang unang beach na pinuntahan nila, agad nag set ng kanyang tripod at camera si Leandro, doing his blog and taking pictures of her... the one video clip he took was both of them, Leandro twirled her in the sand. Hindi naman bago na nagiging parte siya ng blog nito, infact, she was in there in every travel blog Leandro creates, adding fuel to the fire na talagang sila nga.