How To Lose A Guy

CHAPTER 6

A week has passed mula ng accidentally ay nakapanood ako ng live show. Upto now it still gives me freaking goosebumps. Dahil doon ay buong week ko rin na hindi pinansin si Alexander, miski siya ay hindi rin naglakas loob na kausapin ako. It might have been pretty awkward for him too because for me it was more than awkward. It was a nightmare!

It's official, operation sweet sweet revenge has come to it's end. Funny how it hasn't even started, yet I'm ending it already. Gano'n lang siguro talaga kalala ang iniwang scar sa utak ko dahil sa nakita ko.

As for my ever so handsome friend Lane Jimenez, nagiging mas close na kami ngayon. Sumasama narin siya saamin pag free time. Dahil sakanya ay panandalian kong nakakalimutan ang bangungot na idinulot saakin ni Alexander Fckng Whore Ignacio. Take note: Whore is an understatement.

"Hey, about what you saw" i was surprised that he had the guts to confront me now.

"Nakita?i din't see anything. What are you talking about ha-ha" i think i overdid the denial. It showed clearly on my face

Pinasadahan niya lang ng palad ang kanyang buhok and looked at me with a serious face. For a moment it kinda scared me. For a moment lang dahil bigla siyang nag grin.

"Enjoyed the show?" For fcks sake! The nerve of this guy! I swiftly gathered my things and half-ran pass him.

"Hey I was kidding!come back" i heard him shout before I got away.

I met with the girls and told them that I have already aborted my evil plans. Lorraine seemed to be okay with it. So now I'm gonna focus on Lane.

Tumunog ang phone ko at agad ko namang binasa ang kararating lang na message. It's from Lane!

Lane: Coffee at 3?

I hurrieldly replied

Me: Sure

I din't want to seem so excited so okay na'ng gano'n ang reply ko. He should be the one chasing me, not the other way around. Besides Ayokong ako ang magbibigay ng motibo.

Lane: Meet you at the parking lot

Hindi ko na siya nireplyan after that and I headed to my next class. Luckily no Alexander for the meantime.

Time flew really fast. I just found myself walking to the parking lot to meet up with Lane. 10 mins before 3pm nang dumating ako. Hindi naman halatang excited nuh?

I was a bit disappointed, no scratch that. I was really disappointed when I received a phonecall from Lane. Sabi niya hindi daw matutuloy yung coffee namin dahil biglang nagka emergency. Sabi niya ay babawi nalang daw siya next time. He kept apologizing kaya naman nahabag ako kahit papano. Hindi naman ako masamang tao kaya naiintindihan ko naman. But I was really looking forward pa naman. Oh well

I decided to go home since umuwi na rin naman ang mga kaibigan ko. I told them not to wait up kasi nga may date kami ni Lane supposedly.

Naglalakad na ako papunta sa sakayan nang may tumigil na itim na BMW sa gilid ko. Oh great!

"I'll take you home Francine" he said pakababa ng bintana

"No thank you" tapos patuloy lang akong naglakad. Siya naman mabagal na sumusunod saakin sa gilid habang tamad na nagdadrive.

"Come on Francine. Rush hour. Punuan lahat" true enough pag dating ko sa sakayan ay punuan nga. Mayroon pang mahabang pila.

"Come on. Treat this as a sorry gift" lumabas siya sa kotse at lunapit saakin.sorry gift my ass! I don't even see the point in apologizing. I should be the one apologizing to him. But then again, hindi ko yun gagawin dahil sa image na iniwan niya sa utak ko.

I tried to shrug off the unwelcomed thoughts and faced him

"Why are you even apologizing?"

"Uhm. Well I figured that you're mad because of what you saw that night. Iniwasan mo kasi ako for a whole week" he said

"Bakit naman ako magagalit? And Mr. Ignacio, as far as I can remember we are not even close to begin with. So what's the big deal of me avoiding you?" I said point blank

Tiningnan niya lang ako gamit ang mapanuring mata. After a moment of staring at me, nagkibit-balikat siya at pumasok sa kotse niya.

Nang nakapasok na siya at nakaupo, he looked at me with pitiful eyes. "I just thought that we're friends" aniya sa malungkot na boses.

Aughhhhh! It's such a curse that I have this thing for the lonely. I can't believe that I'm falling for this crap. Remind me to slap myself after this. Real hard.

Pumihit ako papunta sa passenger seat at binuksan ang pintuan. Padabog ko itong sinarado.

"Fine, take me home" irita kong sabi. I gazed at him at ang loko nakangiti pa.

I want to slap myself already