Love Me Back [Completed]

Seventeen

Same Route

Aliah Alexandria King

Cleven helped me put Phoenix in a car that will drive him to his house, good thing he has an address in his wallet kaya't iyon ang ipinakisuyo ko sa driver namin.

"I'll be back shortly young lady, but I'll call Roger as a replacement just in case."  Saad ng driver namin pertaining to another driver who works for us. I just nodded and smiled as an answer.

"So....who is he? Is this included on the sibling's code or not?" Cleven asked habang nakapamulsang sinusundan ng tingin ang sasakyan namin.

Apparently, hinahanap na ako sa loob nina mommy, so they asked Cleven to look for me, and yeap, he saw all the sleeping in my shoulder stuff.

"Ikaw ang bahala." Sagot ko sabay kibit-balikat.

Sibling's code, it means it's a secret and only us knows it. Hindi si kuya, mommy at daddy. Basically small things, like how Cleven corrupted kuya's laptop 'accidentally' or anything that we do not want other people to know.

"Si sino nga sya?" Tanong nya ulit habang naglalakad kami pabalik sa hall.

"He's Phoenix Lazaro, a schoolmate, he's my last dance on my debut right?" Sabi ko na ikinatango nya.

"Fair enough. Ladies first." He said habang nakaturo pa ang kanyang kamay sa pintuan.

Naiiling na inakbayan ko na lang sya at sabay kaming pumasok muli sa hall.

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"Meet me at the coffee shop now, I know you're already free." Sabi ni Phoenix the moment I answered his call.

Naparolyo na lang ang mga mata ko habang kinukuha ang mga gamit ko saka naglakad papalabas ng room.

"You're welcome ha? Teka lang po kamahalan, nakakahiya naman sa iyo eh no?" Sabi ko sabay labas ng room.

Nagmamadali ang mga lakad ko dahil sa magaling na lalaking iyon na pinagmamadali ako.

"Saan bang coffee shop yan? Daming cafe sa tapat ng university." Angal ko.

"Hey Ria! Wait up!" Napapreno ako sa paglalakad ng marinig ko si Biancs. Napatampal na lang ako sa noo ko dahil nakalimutan ko man lang na magpaalam sa kanya.

"Hold a second." Sabi ko sa phone saka lumapit kay Bianca.

"Saan ka pupunta at nagmamadali ka?" Takang tanong nya.

"I'll be meeting with Phoenix." I said sabay taas ng phone na hawak ko.

"Oh, is that so?" She asked at tumango ako.

"I can cancel it if you want, may gusto ka bang puntahan?" I asked but she just shook her head as an answer.

"It's okay. Enjoy na lang kayo." She said and I snort.

"Di naman kami magdedate nun, he's just going to tell me something." Kibit-balikat na sagot ko and she remained silent.

Tatanungin ko pa sana sya kung may bumabagabag ba sa kanya but I can hear Phoenix on my phone telling me to hurry up.

"I really need to go Biancs, but do you want to come? For sure saglit lang yon." Sabi ko pero umiling lang sya ulit.

Para din hindi magsasalita si Phoenix sa kung ano mang gusto nyang pagusapan na plano dahil ayoko muna makarinig non.

"No, it's okay. Sige na, baka kanina pa sya naghihintay." Sabi nya at lumapit na lang ako sa kanya para makibeso saka ako umalis na.

"Now what do you want?" I asked the moment I sat across Phoenix. He chose the seat next to the floor to ceiling window kaya kita namin ang nasa labas.