Must Not Fall Inlove

Part 3

Part 3
Alex's POV

"where on earth have you been? " mainit na ulong tanong ni Ate Alex.

It was 7 in the evening when I arrived home, nagsimba kasi ako ulit with Tristan.

"church." I simply replied.

I just kept on walking to ignore ate, I knew she'd be mad.

"Alex." Dad called, napalingon naman ako, I didn't knew he was here already.

"yes, dad? "

He looked so serious, baka sinumbong ako ni ate dito.

"dinner's ready." he said then smiled, gumaan naman ang loob ko sa sinabi niya at sa pag ngiti niya.

I rushed onto the dining area where food is served, si dad ang nag luto, naka apron pa kasi siya.

I sat at the left side facing Ate Alex.

We just had a nice and quiet dinner, Dad didn't asked much, he just went soulfully to his meal same as ate and me.

Next Day

"yung guest room ba, naiayos? " Dad asked before leaving for his work.

"yes, Manang did. I'll just have it double checked later" sagot ni Ate

Everyone was so busy, Kuya Alex requested a lot of foods for their arrival, isa lang naman ang kasama niyang kaibigan pero pang fiesta tong handaan na ito.

"good, make sure the foods were cooked well. Bilin yon ni Alex. Take over the house, I have to go." Dad said and kissed my cheek and then ate

I started touring around the house, it was still early kaya napaka lamig pa,  they were also cleaning the pool, I mean everything.

I don't know what's so big with Kuya's visitor, it seems like he has something in him.

They were trimming the grass and cleaning even the roof. Di ako informed na general cleaning pala ngayon.

"Alex! Fix yourself na we're leaving in an hour." Ate shouted from the kitchen.

I immediately ran to my room naman to have my morning rituals and to get ready for the day.

Maaga naman ako nakapag ayos kaya nag check muna ako nang mga ginagawa nila manang sa kusina.

I checked their steak and I was curious bat kailangan lutong luto, hello steak was better if its medium cooked, parehas nga kami ni kuya na favorite ang medium rare.

"why does it need to be cooked cooked? "I asked myself.

"why do you need to ask ask? " pamimilosopo ni ate, she was looking at me as if she was annoyed.

Di naman mataray saken si ate, sobrang close nga naming dalawa. Bossy lang talaga siya.

"let's go? " I asked.

I forced them to let me drive, malaki yung kotseng dadalhin namin ngayon but its okay, automatic naman yung kotse atsaka di naman siguro traffic ngayon.

"ate, pag umalis ka, mamimiss kita." I said, pangbasag lang nang katahimikan..

"Ate Pauleen would be around naman plus you can always call me. Silly you" she replied.

"but damn, it would be different. Without you? Sino mag aasikaso sa bahay noh? "

"ikaw. Duhh, you are all grown now. It's your turn to take over the house. "

"mahirap, I'll probably screw up."

An hour had passed at nakarating narin kami sa airport.

We just saw na delayed ang flight nila kuya so we'd probably have to stick up for an hour.

"you can always ask or tell manang to do tasks that you can't handle, to be honest you can leave anything up to her, she can run the house pero I also want you to learn." ate said habang nakaupo pa kaming dalawa sa loob nang sasakyan

We decided to stay here, masyadong crowded sa waiting area and mainit, hikain si ate so hindi siya pwede doon.

"if 5th year of college wouldn't be that hard, baka nga makayanan kong i take over ang mga gawain sa bahay."

"5th year would be so stressful, I guarantee you that, punong puno ka na rin nang ojt but for sure ilalagay ka nila sa airline nila dad."

"sana nga, anyways, bakit ang daming handa? Eh isa lang naman yung bisita ni Kuya"

"he's special, business partners si dad and yung parents niya, I must say that they'd been doing well on pastries."

"i know someone ha, di ko lang ma recall yung pangalan."

"oh boy, you really must've forgotten that boy."

Ate Alex's phone started to ring and Kuya was calling.

They were talking for a minute, and I just kept on checking the side mirrors.

"let's go? Naghihintay na sila saten." sabi ni Ate and opened the door.

I couldn't chill my ass off, kinda kinakabahan ako na na eexcite ma meet sila kuya, I have no idea nga kung sino yung dadalhin niya sa bahay.

"kinakabahan ako." sabi ko out of nowhere

Ate laughed "sira, ba't ka naman kakabahan. Baliw ka ba? "

"no, I mean. Di ko gets sarili ko why ako kinakabahan."

"di yan, anyways, you haven't made kwento yesterday, what happened with Tristan? "

I stopped walking at naalala ko nanaman yung malungkot na balita na he told me yesterday.

"uhh he told me that he has 2nd stage cancer." medyo nagpipigil kong sabi, ang hirap naman kasi labanan nang lungkot.

"huh? What?  Baliw ka talaga, bitter ka parin dun sa ex mo." she said.

"di ako nag bibiro, he told me and showed me his huge ass bruises."

Ate then slowed down and her smile went away. "are you serious? "

"yep, all serious. I thought he was joking tho"

"then, what did you told him? "

"i offered to pay for some of his sessions, you know his state naman diba? "

Ate stayed quiet for awhile til we reach the waiting area.

"you know, masakit sa pride if you're going to pay for his therapies"

"i know, pero ate, kailangan niya yon. He denied my offer tho."

"kase nga mahirap tumanggap nang ganong offer."

We kept talking about Tristan and his needs that we didn't noticed that time had already passed.

"ALEX!!! " as usual,  dalawa kami ni Ate tumingin dahil dalawa I mean tatlo kaming alex

Kuya looked so good with his plain white polo and washed out jeans.

"hi kuya! "I greeted. Ginulo niya naman yung buhok ko.

Kuya handed out to his friend. "this is-"

"Jax, yes I know him." Ate replied.