Crazy for You (COMPLETED)

Chapter 1 (The Maiden)

A/N:

Sarah Geronimo as Elena...picture and video on the right (she doesn't necessarily danced the right music but she is great at that Britney Spears song..------>>>>>>> 

She always performs during weekdays. She dances with others and during Tuesdays and Thursdays she has her own solo performance.

It's Tuesday night. It's nine o'clock in the evening. Her call time is in fifteen minutes.

She fixes her long black hair and checked her make up once again. She is wearing a silver two-piece costume. And as always she wears her small mask which covers her eyes.

They call her The Maiden because she maintains untouched by customers and she refuses to be in a table with anybody. She is only here to perform, nothing else.

They can watch her but they can't touch her- that was her rule when she agreed to perform here. At first she got resistance from the management.

"Ipokrita daw siya, nagmamalinis," but she stood her ground and later on got her own following - regular customers who came just because of her. For them she is a mystery- and watching her alone filled their thirst for something empty in their lives.

Her friend, Dina called her and told her she is on.

The music was Like a Prayer by Madonna.

The stage was dark, she slowly moved in the middle of the stage, and sat at the stool.

She waited for Madonna to start singing....

***Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone  

I hear you call my name  

And it feels like home ***

When she dances on stage she gives her best, Elena is a good dancer, performer.

Her moves are sensual and sexy.

Hindi bastusin.

She closes her eyes as Madonna sings:

**When you call my name it's like a little prayer  

I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there  

In the midnight hour I can feel your power  

Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there **

When she dances she feels the lyrics and interprets it- that's where she gets her moves out of. She feels she is in a different place, she's alone- just enjoying the music while her body moves with it.

She dances with every beat, rhythm of the music.

She started slowly dancing and gyrating her hips, the crowd started applauding her.

She smiled, it is a good night. She let's Madonna finish her piece as she continue to dance with it.

The audience were very generous with their whistles and applause.

After her performance, she took a bow and ran back to her dressing room.

When she got there Dina was smiling at her holding a couple of bouquet of flowers, boxes of chocolates and envelopes.

"Suerte mo day! Ang dami mong admirer! O meron kang dalawang makakapal na sobre ngayon ha! Balato naman!" she teased her.

She laughed at her,"Sira ka talaga! Hayaan mo sila! Interesado 

Lang ako sa mga sobre! Sayo na ang flowers at chocolates!"

"Okay sabi mo eh, o sige pauwi na ako, sabay ka ba sakin?" she asked her.

"Hindi na girl, may dadaanan pa ako eh. Thank you uli- kita kits bukas!" Elena told her, Dina is her close friend at the club, like her she is also a dancer, unlike her she goes out with customers - for extra kita sabi nito sa kanya minsan ng tinanong nya kung bakit nya ginagawa ito.

"Wala girl, kailangan ko ng extrang pera. Alam mo na mahirap buhay di ba? Sayang naman ang dalawang libo pag take out at limang daan kada table. "

"Sabagay, tama ka- pero mag-iingat ka ha? Dapat lagi kang may protreksyon- pisikal at emosyonal. Wag kang mai-inlove sa customer ha?" she advices her.

"Oo naman Girl, naku nadala na ako sa pag-ibig na yan. Ang mga lalaki alam ko kung ano ang kailangan nila sa akin- katawan ko lang. So, mas okay na ganito at least pagkakitaan na- pag may love, free na nga lugi ka pa pag broken hearted, wag na di ba?" she said and laughed.

Elena laughed. Kalog talaga tong si Dina. Pero tama naman ito, sa trabaho nila mahirap magtiwala, laging sila ang lugi pag nagkataong nauwi sa pag-ibig ang usapan.

Mabuti na lang hindi pa sya umiibig. Walang oras at walang tamang lalaki pa syang nakikilala.

Simple lang naman ang hinahanap niya. Basta mayaman, gwapo at mabait okay na sa kanya. Simple daw, sabi ng utak nya. Paano naman kaya naging simple ang humanap ng mayaman, mabait at guwapong lalaki. Puedeng makakita ng mayaman, masungit at matapobre naman- at usually may asawa na o sosyal na girlpren na. Meron naman guapo, pero tambay at walang ambisyon, minsan lasenggero pa at babaero. Meron naman mabait pero hindi naman guapo, hindi pa mayaman.

"Hayyy, kelan kaya magtatagpo ang tatlong to- si Mister Mayaman na, mabait na at guapo pa?!" Elena wonders.

Elena stiffens and knocks her head- tok, tok

"Elena ano ka ba naman, wake up wala ng ganyang lalaki ngayon! Kaya maghanda ka nang tumandang dalaga!" she scolded herself.

She finished up removing her make up and opened the two envelopes, one has a letter with two Ninoys inside while the other has a note with a name and number in it together with four Ninoys.

Napapalakpak si Elena 

"Wow naman thanks Lord ha, mahal mo talaga ako, may pang-tuition na mga kapatid ko," she tossed the note and the letter without even reading them.

After she changed into her regular clothes she tool her large bag and went at the backdoor. It was her secret way out especially after her performance a while ago, she's sure may nag-aabang na naman at nagbabakasakaling mai-table sya.

She opened the door and went towards the taxi waiting for her.

She went inside and told the driver to take her home.

"Halika na manong, thank you at nandyan ka na."

"Basta ikaw Ineng, maaga ka yata ngayon?" he asked, the driver was a fifty year old man whose name is Mang Edwin, regular taxi nya ito. Last night wala ito dahil day off sya pag Lunes.

"Oho eh..kumusta day off nyo?"

"Okay naman..bumisita ako sa misis ko, bertdey kasi nya kahapon eh," he was talking about his wife who has been dead for five years. Walang puknat pa rin ang pagbisita nito sa puntod ng kanyang yumaong asawa.

"Yan yong tunay na pag-ibig, kahit wala na nagmamahal at nag-aalala pa rin," Elena thought, her mind wanders to when she will eventually get hit by the deadly one- LOVE.