The Passenger Seat

19

I couldn't sleep. 

Paulit ulit na nagrereplay sa utak ko yung nangyari kanina! How his lips felt on mine and how I just couldn't resist but to kiss him back, it just felt surreal.

Nakahiga ako sa kama, hugging a pillow against my chest as the memory replayed again, but instead of worrying about what happened, bigla kong naalala na bukas ay magkikita kita kaming magkakaibigan!

Agad naman tuloy akong napahanap sa cellphone ko, which I haven't checked all night. 

For the most part, puro texts galing kay Michael.

 Pero meron ding galing kay Nick. 

From: Nick

So...

How do you feel?

I got nervous, not knowing how I should reply. Sobrang awkard ng pagkakatanong niya, yet he was the one who started and leaned in on me!

I looked at his text some more before I finally had the guts to reply.

To: Nick

I'm not sure, to be honest.

I laid back on my bed and held on to my phone, hoping that he was still awake this time of night. Sobrang naguguluhan ako sa intentions niya. I know he's been nice to me, and Rica had repeatedly stated that he seems like he likes me, but I've never heard him say so. 

The minute my phone vibrated, agad kong binuksan yung text, which was obviously from Nick. 

From: Nick

Yeah, I get that. 

I felt disappointed with his reply. I was about to just leave my phone on my dresser and not even bother checking it again, until I got another text from him. 

From: Nick

I do like you, Mia. 

Just in case that's not been put out there. 

I really like you. 

Parang bata ako kung kiligin nang mabasa ko yung mga sunod sunod na text niya. I wanted to reply, but I had an even crazier idea. 

After only a few seconds of hesitation, my phone started ringing, at wala pang sampung segundo ay agad na niya sinagot yung tawag ko.

"Hey." 

Hearing his voice through my phone felt so familiar but so weird. Although I've never called his number other than just for him to pick me up, this just felt like it was right. 

"Hey..." I trailed off, not really knowing what to talk about. I had so many questions in my head, like what he's thinking right now, what does he feel about me etc. 

"So...do you feel sleepy at all?" he asked. 

"No." and I leaned on the headboard of my bed, waiting for him to keep on talking. 

"Yeah? I honestly can't sleep either. I kept thinking about what happened earlier." sabi niya. 

I want him to say it. I want him to start talking about it so we can finally put our minds to rest.

"Which part?" diretsahang tanong ko sa kanya. 

"You know what I'm talking about." sagot niya.

"I don't." maang maangan kong sagot. 

I hear him sigh at the other end of the line. 

"You want me to say it, don't you?" sabi niya.

"Mhhmm." sagot ko and I heard him chuckle.