For His Entertainment

Chapter Eighteen

"I already said no, didn't I?" Kinunotan ko sila ng noo. "Isa pa, Chelssy looks so uncomfortable with your suggestion."

Nilagpasan ko sila. This is the second day they've been pestering me. Nagsisi tuloy ako na sinabi ko pa iyon sa kanila. I was genuinely concerned about Chelssy.

"It's fine, Ally." Chelssy finally spoke which made me stop on my tracks. "I'm not comfortable with the flirting, but at least talk to him?"

"Are you crazy?" Hinarap ko siya. "Chels, if you don't trust him that much, then just dump him. There's no point in testing him."

"I like him, Ally. You'll help me, right?"

"No." I answered immediately. "Bakit niyo pa ko idadamay dito?"

"Duh! Because ikaw lang naman ang talagang kilala si Spencer." Singit ni Irene. "I'm sure you can make him talk kung ano ba intensyon niya?"

"Talk? Yeah, right." Umirap ako. Asan ba si Theo? "You think, at the smallest possibility that he will pass this test, the moment he knows this, it will not put stain on your future relationship? It just goes to show that you don't really trust him in the first place. He should earn your trust, hindi 'yung kailangan mo pa siya itest. You're being unreasonable."

"Kaya nga ikaw ang gagawa kasi hindi naman niya malalaman, right?" Tugon ni Kim. "C'mon, Chelssy trusts you, Spencer trusts you. So just talk to him. Ask him. Get him drunk and make him talk, I don't care. Then tell us the result."

"Kim? Pati ba naman ikaw?" I looked at her, disappointed.

Ni hindi nga kami nag-uusap eh.

She sighed. "Look, Spencer trusts you. Tingnan mo nga'to."

May kinalikot siya sa phone niya bago binigay ito sa akin. Out of curiosity, kinuha ko ito and read whatever it is in there. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko when I saw a picture of myself. No, it was actually a screenshot. A screenshot from Spencer's Instagram.

It was posted on A-Illusion's Facebook page. I was holding the violin, wearing my white, cocktail dress at nakapikit ako ng mariin. I remember this night. The photo's caption went on, at parang masusuka ako sa nababasa.

This is the first time that the Melvin Spencer Feledrico posted a photo of a girl, and that girl is none other than our dance troupe princess! Captioned as "Happy birthday, Margarette."

Aren't they sweet and protective to the leader's baby sister? Post your comments below!

I scoffed. Sweet my ass.

"See? Mukha mo lang ang qualified enough para ipost niya sa IG niya!" Kim grabbed her phone back. "Ganyan kayo ka-close, that's why you're the only one who can make him talk."

"Ally, it will be fun." Ngumisi si Lyka, looking behind me, and the moment I looked at what they were looking at, nakita ko agad si Spencer na papalapit sa amin. He was on his phone, walking confidently, while chewing a gum.

Ugh. Umirap ako at naglakad palayo. The last thing I want right now is deal with him.

"Ally!" Tawag ni Kim.

"I'll think about it," I said.

I didn't look back. Ayoko siya makita. This is a bad idea, bad idea!

The program is fast approaching, and thank God we were all so occupied hindi na nila ako kinulit muli--or so I thought.

"Ally," Chelssy went to me after practice. Oh come on, give me a break.

"Hi Chelssy." I acknowledged her, pero patuloy ako sa pag-aayos ng gamit ko.

"Uuwi ka na?" Tanong niya.