An Angel's Kiss

II. Textmates

Jamie Aguirre

Highschool classmate ko sya. Third Year to  be specific. Attractive sya dahil sa Angelic voice nya. Maganda naman sya pero hindi ko sya nakitang ngumiti o tumawa kaya siguro ang naging crush ko dati yung bestfriend nyang si Jessy. Madalas din syang absent kaya hindi rin sya gaanong pansinin.

Ano na nga kayang itsura nya ngayon? Hindi naman kasi sya umaattend ng class reunions ng batch namin.

Nakatext ko sya last year pero may boyfriend sya kaya nilimitahan ko din yung pakikipagkaibigan ko sa kanya. Baka kasi masamain ng boyfriend nya. Isa pa, hindi din naman masyadong mapagkwento si Jamie kaya nakakatamad din syang katext. Isang tanong isang sagot lang kadalasan hindi ka pa rereplyan.

She called me morphine kasi naging pain reliever nya daw ako. Napagaan ko daw yung pakiramdam nya nung time na nagkatext kami. May problema daw kasi sya nung mga oras na yun.

I'm wondering why'd she suddenly wanted to talk to me? Nung New Year kasi i greet her pero kahit sa email hindi nya ko nireplyan. May problema na naman siguro sya?

I texted her.

"Jamie"

message sent

after an hour.......

Wala pa ring reply. I checked the time maaga pa naman para matulog.

"Baka walang load." I muttered.

I decided to check her profile. I logged on my account and viewed her photos.

Mas payat sya ngayon kaysa dati.

Morena.

Bilog yung mga mata na halatang kulay brown.

Maganda sya ngayon.

I scrolled down..

"Kaya lang may boyfriend…" Napabuntong hininga pa ko na parang natalo sa pustahan sa Dota.

"Jamie Aguirre"

Halos mahulog ako sa kama ko nang mapansin ko yung kapatid ko na nakatitig na sa profile ni Jamie. Mabilis kong isinara yung laptop at binigyan ng death glare yung kapatid ko pero ngumiti lang sya ng nakakaloko.

"Sya ba yung may boyfriend kuya?" She laughed demonically.

"OO!!!" Pasigaw kong sagot. "Now what do you want?What do you need? Di ka ba marunong kumatok???"

"Bukas naman kasi yung pinto kuya! at saka hihingi lang sana ko ng pambayad sa fieldtrip namin next week." She sit beside me tsaka nilaro laro yung unan ko. Kinuha ko yung wallet ko and gave her the payment.

"O, eto wag ka nang humingi kay nanay ng pocket money mo kasi sobra yan! Kumain ka ng tama ha?" Baka kasi puro junk food lang kainin nito may UTI kasi tong si Lorraine. "O sige na lumayas ka na sa kwarto ko." She stood up tapos dahan dahang naglakad papunta sa pinto na parang slow motion pa ang dating.

"Kuya..."

"Ano?" Kulang ba yung bigay ko?

"Sayang noh?" Sumandal pa ang bruha sa pinto. Napaisip ako ano yung sayang? I looked at her na parang mauutot na sa pagpipigil ng pagtawa.. I gave her the whats-that-look.

"May boyfriend si Jamie Aguirre!" Sabay karipas nya ng takbo palabas ng kwarto ko. Nakarinig na lang ako ng malakas na kalabog ng pinto mula sa kwarto nya.

I was left dumbfounded. Yung bruhang yun talaga! Napakatalas ng mata! Kung hindi ko lang kapatid yun baka nakalbo ko na yun. Hayy.

Isinara ko na yung pinto at baka si Nanay naman ang pumasok. Bago ako ulit humiga i grabbed my phone and checked kung may reply na. Pero wala...

She may be too busy or by this moment she's asleep. So i just shut my eyes and went to sleep.

I woke up late this morning wala namang pasok eh. My eyes went to my phone. Jamie. I quickly grabbed my phone.

1 new message

"Sino to?" I checked the time she texted, not too long ago.

"Jamie, si Lawrence to."message sent. After two minutes my phone buzzed. Ang bilis na nya magreply ha?

"Morphine! I thought di mo ako itetext. So how are you?"

"Ikaw ang kamusta na?"I bring back the question.

"We broke up."

Something made me smile. Ang sama ko naman pero napangiti ako sa sinabi nya siguro dahil pwede na kami maging friends talaga. I called her.

Teka bakit nga ba ko tumatawag? I got panic. Papatayin ko na sana...

"Hello?" her voice so sweet.

"Uh..Uhm..J-Jamie. H-Hi!" Bakit ba ko nauutal? Bwisit.

"Are you alright?" She asked from the other line. I compose myself.

"Uhm..Yeah I'm good. Tumawag lang ako kasi parang inappropriate kung sa text lang natin paguusapan." I heard her chuckle.

"Thank You that's thoughtful of you." My heart jumped with some unknown reason.

We talked about sort of things including their break up. They broke up pala without her knowing.

Nagkagalit sila for months because of some petty things and Jamie took the blame. Kasalanan daw nya. Her boyfriend intentionally cut all their communication but she never stopped pacifying him. She even court him. She's desperate that time to win him back and to save their relationship. She waited, She got hurt for months but she never quit loving him.

Nakulitan daw siguro yung boyfriend nya sa kanya that's why he did the closure through Facebook. He told her daw na matagal na silang break at may bago na daw na girlfriend yung boyfriend nya. Ang sama naman.

She spoke between sobs. She's still in pain and I think I could really help her out.

Gusto nya daw matanggal yung stress nya so I asked her out tomorrow after our Sunday services.

If I were her man? I won't let her go. She deserved to be treated as a queen. She don't deserve to get hurt and her boyfriend doesn't worth her tears.

If I were her man.. I will love her and would even end up with her not just because she's pretty but because she loves unconditionally. She loves selflessly.

Whole day din kaming magkatext at madami akong nalaman sa kanya. Madami syang naikwento. May pagkapilya din sya kaya mapapalagay ang loob ko sa kanya.

Im really her morphine..

I removed the pain she feels..

When it cames back..

Im willing to gave her a doze of me..