I Don't Want to Fall in Love</3

Chappie 29: Not All Friends Are Diamonds.

--->MAI<---
It's Saturday and dahil naging masama yung araw ko kahapon, nagyaya sina Josh na mag-gala today. Hindi ko alam kung pano niya nayayang sumama sina Aya pero ayun nga, kasama din namin sila and for some unknown reason, kinakausap na nila ko ngayon as if walang nangyari.

Well... ayun yung ginagawa ni Aya and Bernice, si Luisa yung medyo awkward pa, not that it matters anyway. Mas pinoproblema ko parin ngayon si Tom, yung sumira ng painting ko and kung san nakuha nina Leslie yung pictures ko and as if on cue nagring yung phone ko and si Alice yung tumatawag.

“Mai?”
“Yeah? What is it?”
“It’s about the matter with Leslie and Desiree, about the pictures they said were e-mailed to them.” I listened intently.
“So? Who sent it to them?”
“Well, rest assured its not some kind of inside job, so we don’t have anything to be worried about."
“Okay, so sino nga?”
“…”
“Alice, who sent it?”
“I’m sorry Mai, but… it’s from a bogus account made by Luisa, and the pictures were from Aya and Bernice's cellphones. Hindi ako nakasagot. Hindi naman ako nagkamali ng dinig diba? I ended the call. I clenched my fist, pano nila nagawa to? Ano bang ginawa ko sa kanila? How can they just sell me to the wolves like that?

“Mai? Okay ka lang?” Tanong sakin ni Nat. Hindi ko siya sinagot at nilapitan ko lang sina Luisa, tumayo ako sa harapan niya.
“May prob…” hindi na natapos ni Luisa yung sinasabi niya coz I slapped her. Hard.
“Mai!” sigaw nina Aya.
“Ano bang problema mo?!” Sigaw ni Luisa. Mabilis siyang hinawakan ni Rick nung gaganti siya.
“Ang lakas ng loob mong magtanong, kapal din naman ng mukha niyong tatlo no!” I glared at the three of them.
“Mai, ano bang nangyayare? Okay na kayo diba?” Sabi ni Josh.
“Bakit hindi mo sila tanungin? Yang mga inaakala niyong mga santa sa bait. Sila pa palang mga matatalas ang sungay, mga inaakala mong hindi makakagawa ng kasalanan sila pa palang expert.” I bit out.
"Ang kapal ng mukha mong sabihan kami ng ganyan!" Sabi ni Luisa.
"Bakit? Totoo naman diba? Akala mo kung sino kayong mababait. Nasa loob palang mga kulo niyo!"
“Mai, sumosobra ka na.” sabi ni Carlo.
“Shut up Carlo! Wala kang alam dito o baka naman kadamay ka din dito?”
“Can we all please calm down?! Can you just tell us what the problem is?” awat ni Nick. I glared at the three again.
“Silang nagsend ng pictures and nagsabing pokpok si mama kina Desiree!”
“What?!” they all said in unison, their eyes on the three of them.
“Mai! Dahan-dahan ka naman sa pananalita, hindi ka naman nakakasigurado diba.” Sabi naman ni Rick.
“No, sigurado ako.” Josh looked at Bernice.
“Bernice? Totoo ba yon?” he said.
“Aya, ano ba?” Sabi naman ni Carlo.
“Ano? Ngayon hindi kayo makasagot? Nahihiya kayong aminin kasalanan niyo.”
“Mai, calm down.” Hawak sakin ni Aria.

Nung una walang nagsasalita, nagkatinginan silang tatlo. Akala ko magmamatigas pa sila but it was Bernice who broke first.
“Mai, were sorry…” Sabi ni Bernice, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Sorry? Sorry na naman? Grabe, hindi ka ba nahihiya sa sinasabe mo? Hindi ka ba napapagod sa kasosorry mo? Gad Bernice, ayan ba talagang strategy mo? Ikaw yung magsosorry para hindi ka magmukhang masama? Wow! Ganyan palang mga technique ng mga santa santita ngayon!” I yelled at her again. Wala akong pakialam kung gusto siya ng pinsan ko.
“Mai, alam naming maling ginawa namin, but you don’t have to treat us like this.” Sabi naman ni Aya.
“So ikaw pang may balak magsabe sakin ng ganyan? Did you think about how I felt when those 2 bitches humiliated and called my mom a whore? Hindi rin diba? So how dare you tell me to think about how you all feel?!”

Lahat sila nagulat sa mga sinabi ko. Kung ako man siguro yung nasa tayo nila, if someone told me they did something like that, I wouldn’t believe it either.
“Hindi niyo ko kilala, at mas lalong hindi niyo kilalang pamilya ko, so how dare you tell them those lies?!” All eyes were on the three of them, walang umiimik ni isa sa amin.
“Guys, say something…” Sabi ni Aria.
“Alright! Fine! So we did it! We did send those pictures to them, we did tell them about your family background! There! Happy!” sigaw ni Luisa, kapal ng mukha niya, siya pang may balak magmatapang after doing all those things, I slapped her again and this time she slapped me as well.