Sing!

Who's That Girl?

Today marks my first day again at work, after a week-long vacation in my mom's hometown. I have a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions, like, how are Mark and I going to handle the long distance relationship? Can I focus even when he is on my mind, popping up at random instances? Well, we no longer have problems with William. It turned out that we were on the same flight to Manila, and he had the same one with Mark. We both had seen the acceptance and repentance in his eyes, is now good friends with us. Mark said that William had been consistently reminding him that he speak to me everyday through video calls. They seemed to have talked over their relationship because they had been commenting on each others' Facebook posts since they got back to Ireland.

I go back home with a lot of mess, again, in the living room. I see my stepmom sitting on the couch with her feet resting on the center table. For f's sake, that's not something where you put your filthy legs on, woman. I sternly told her inside my head. There's an unfinished plate of pasta beside her, and a chips bag which contents had spilled out. Oh Lord. When will this end? Will it even end, though?

I inhaled for a while and calmly asked her where dad is. 'Not yet here,' she lazily said as her eyes were fixed on the television. 'And don't worry, I'm gonna clean all these mess.' She continued without moving her sight away from what she was watching. 'Good,' I said, as I tried my very best to supress an eye-roll.

I went to my room quickly, took a short half-bath then settled onto my bed. I turned on my iPad to check Facebook, but Facetime rang and Mark's face appeared on the screen when I tapped the green button.

'Hey ya!' He greeted cheerfully. 'Hey babe.' I smiled, which reached my eyes. I was very to happy to see his face again after we parted ways in the airport. 'I'm gonna have a gig tonight, and William will accompany me. I wanted to see you first before I leave so here I am.' He casually said with his dreamy blue eyes. They ever fail to take me to another universe. 'Well, good luck later, babe!' I replied in a half-trance state. We went on with our short conversation by asking me how my day went, how his had been going so far, and his friendship with William. Everything's going smoothly with him, and since I trust the both of them, I let them be in each other's company. Once we said goodbye, a wide smile had spreadt across my face. I went on my Facebook and saw a lot of positive comments and reactions about Mark's post revealing our relationship. But there was one reaction that had left me puzzled. It showed a crying emoji left by a lady, but I didn't really let it get into me. I logged out with half a smile on my face from my conversation with Mark. But I know that deep inside of me, I feel a tinge of sadness. Oh well, you cannot please everybody. So I lay in bed focusing my head on how happy Mark looked when he saw me.

The following day I woke up too early for work, so I went on Facebook to kill time. As I scrolled through my newsfeed, I saw a photo where Mark was tagged in, and it made my heart cringe. It was a photo of a lady kissing Mark on the cheek in the bar where he supposedly performed, with the caption saying 'You should be mine.' It was posted by the same lady who reacted a crying emoji on one of Mark's posts. I gasped in disbelief, but laughed it off, as I know that that girl can't do anything about it, since it was I whom he loves. I can't blame him though, fe looks gorgeous that any woman can fall for him instantly. I put my phone down and sighed as I looked at the ceiling. A few moments later, I decided to send a private Facebook message to William, asking calmly if he knew the woman in the photo. He replied right away in all caps to show anger, telling me she was a girl whom Mark grew up with and had always had an intense crush on him, and looked like danger, so he warned me to be extra vigilant. The girl also appeared to be close to her, as warned to me by William. I smiled, and replied that I wouldn't need to be careful, for if he loves me enough, he would not let anything bad happen between the two of us. I gleefully thanked William for providing information. It proved that he really liked me for Mark and that he's a very trustworthy friend.