The Notebook

Part 75

Zach's POV

" Zach!"

"Zach!"

Lumingon ako sa babaeng tumatawag sa akin.

Si Persia?!

"Zach!!" habang papalapit ito sa akin ay mas lumalakas ang sigaw niya.

Teka, nasaan ba ako?! Lumingon lingon ako sa paligid at mukhang nasa school ako dahil suot suot ko pa ang uniporme ko noong high school at ganoon din si Persia.

I was about to call her but the setting suddenly altered. I can clearly see myself while staring at her putting her love letter on my locker.

It takes me back to the time that I was so mean to her when I got her letter and put it to Jiro's locker.

"Zach!!"

She repeatedly scream out my name but when I was about to call her, I saw my hands disappearing.

Kahit anong gawin ko, hindi ko magawang sumigaw and I saw her crying alone staring at me.

" Zach!"

Napabalikwas ako nang bangon at napagtantong nananaginip lang pala ako. Napahawak sa aking ulo.

D*mn!What happened last night?!

Pinilit kong imulat ang aking mga mata at ang una kong napansin ay ang puting kurtinang kanina pa sumasabay sa mahinang pagpihit nang hangin.

Where am I?!

Tumingin tingin ako sa paligid at napansin ko ang kulay lilac na kulay nang dingding.

This room looks so familiar to me.

Ano nga ba ang nangyari kagabi?!

The only thing I can remember was when Persia came and she told me na naaalala niya ang nangyari noon and she showed me the pictures. I called Brylle at uminom kami sa bar ni Soda... and after that... after that wala na akong maalala.

Napatingin tuloy ako sa sarili ko and saw myself half naked. I was only wearing my boxers.

Suddenly, may gumalaw sa tabi ko and when I turned to see who that was....

"Hey," isang pamilyar na boses.

" Charlotte?!"

Teka, bakit kasama ko siya rito?! She was covering her naked body with the bedsheets.

How did I end up here?! I don't remember anything that happened last night. Ni hindi ko maalala kung bakit ako nandito?!

" Zach," tawag niya sa akin at naramdaman kong niyakap niya ako mula sa likuran.

"What are you doing?!" sabi ko at pinilit na inalis ang mga kamay niya.

"Who the hell took me here?!"

"Can't you remember? Oh gad! May nangyari sa atin kagabi!!"

I was silent for a minute at pinilit kong pakalmahin ang sarili ko.

This isn't happening.

Niyakap ako muli ni Charlotte sa likuran but I shook her hands off me.

"Last night, you told me you love me. You told me you can't live with---,"

"Look Charlotte, I don't know kung ano man ang nangyari kagabi but I'm pretty sure this is all a mistake," sabi ko at pinulot ang pantalon ko sa sahig.

"You call that a mistake?"

"Definitely Charlotte! And you know that I only see you as my sister and not more than that!"