Play The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 43

#PTG43 Chapter 43

OG Friends (Ft. Steele)

Matt: @Katherine, kailan ka uuwi? Balak mo na ba talagang mabulok jan sa Alaska?

Simon: Kung di ka pa uuwi, uso magpadala ng balikbayan box para sa mga naulila mong kaibigan

Steele: I accept cash

Matt: @Steele Gago ka kasi anak ka nang anak. Hobby mo?!

Steele: Gago parang di ka tuwang tuwa sa mga anak ko?

Napa-iling ako habang pinapanood ko na humaba ang usapan nila. I quietly sipped my hot chocolate as I stifled laughter as I read how they're all teaming up against Steele. Ilang taon na ang lumipas, pero sobrang isip bata pa rin nila. I used to dream about this kahit nung nasa college pa lang kami... Na kapag tumanda kami, nandito pa rin kami para sa isa't-isa...

And now that it's really happening?

It's way better than my imagination.

Psalm: Coming home for the wedding?

A separate chat box opened. Ibinaba ko iyong mug ng iniinom ko.

Katherine: Invited ba ako?

Psalm: Obviously. And Joey will kill me if you don't come.

Psalm: Did you know that for my wedding gift to her, she asked me to drag you back to the PH? Or at least we get married in Alaska? Can you feel her desperation from here?

Katherine: LOL

Psalm: Seriously though? Coming home? I swear I'll book the ticket for you. Uwi na. Miss ka na namin.

I left him on seen. I was going home. Of course, I was coming home. There's no reason good enough for me to miss two of my best friends getting married.

I was packing my bag when I heard someone knocking on the door. It's Cha. It's surely Cha. She lived just a few blocks away from where I was staying. She's the one who invited me to go to Alaska. Pumayag ako na pumunta kasi alam ko na kailangan ko talagang mapag-isa... I needed to be alone to find myself...

Jax was with me, but I knew that only I could help myself.

At alam ko rin na kahit hindi sabihin ni Jax, alam ko na napapagod din siya na tulungan ako... There's only so much he could do for me... The rest? I had to do it for myself. Kasi ako lang talaga ang makaka-tulong sa sarili ko.

And Dr. Sena told me that I couldn't heal in the same environment that made me sick. I needed a new place. I needed a new place to be able to breathe again.

"What?" I asked when I opened the door.

"Uuwi ka nga?" she asked again.

I nodded as I opened the door for her. "Yes. I told you, 'di ba? Bakit kasi hindi ka na lang sumabay sa akin pauwi?" tanong ko sa kanya. She jumped on my sofa. It's weird, really... It's weird kung paano sobrang nag-iiwasan kami nung nasa law school kami, iyong tipo na makita ko pa lang siya sa hallway na magkakasalubong kami, umiikot na agad ako kahit gaano pa kalayo ang detour? Ganoon kami sobrang dikit simula nung pumunta ako sa Alaska.

We would never admit it, but we're sort of best friends already.

I'd never tell that to Joey and Anj. Those two would kill me.

"Di mo pa rin kinakausap si Iñigo?" I asked. Hindi ko pa kinakausap si Iñigo. I didn't know where to start. I was so ashamed of how I acted before... I kept on blaming him for something that I was sure I would've done myself if I were in his position.