|chapter eighteen: prom dates|
"I won't." Nica said.
I'm waiting for the perfect timing to tell her what happened a while ago but she's talking to someone right now on the phone.
"Okay, thanks." She finally said and ended the phone call.
"Sino ba 'yon?" I asked.
"Jacob," sabi niya.
Tumango-tango ako. "Bakit? Tungkol sa'n?"
"Hm, reporting namin."
Huminga ako ng malalim at napa-iling-iling, "grabe kahit magp-prom na may reporting pa din after that day." Sabi ko na sinang-ayunan naman niya.
Natahimik kaming dalawa habang naglalakad pauwi.
Ano kaya magiging reaksyon niya?
Dahil curious ako sa magiging reaksyon niya, sinabi ko na ng walang patumpik-tumpik pa. Dapat kasi karakaraka.
Tumigil siya sa paglalakad. "ANO?!" tinapon niya ng padabog 'yong bote ng tubig na hawak niya.
"Ang OA ha."
She rolled her eyes on me. Wow, sarap dukutin ah.
"Grabe parang nagbasa lang ako ng Wattpad pero ikaw na mismo nahkwento sa'kin." Tapos himagikhik siya.
Wow, ba't mas kinilig siya kesa magalit? Hmp.
"Wala ka man lang bang sinabi?"
Inisip ko kung ano 'yong sinabi ko kaso baka ma-disappoint 'to kapag sinabi ko.
"It's okay."
Her facial expression from excited to disappointed. "What the fuck? Seryoso ka ba?" Tapos no'n ay tumawa siya. Tiningnan ko lang siya ng masama. "Tae totoo nga." Tapos tumawa na naman siya.
"Kung hindi lang kita best friend natulak na kita d'yan sa imbornal." I mumbled.
"Ano sabi mo?" She asked that's why I smiled at her sarcastically.
"Wala," I said.
"Alam mo, Ja, if it's true na he's still coming back to you again and again, then let him wait until the perfect time comes." Then she went inside their house.
I was left dumbfounded.
Nica was right. The question left in my mind is...
"Can he really wait?"
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Time passes by depending on how you feel. Sometimes, time flies so fast when you're happy but when you're sad, it's as if the time stops to be with you.
One week nalang prom na. One week nalang pero...
"Wala ka pang partner?" Napakunot ang aking noo sa tanong ni Nica na kaka-upo lang sa tabi ko.
"Bakit ikaw ba meron?"
She smiled that's why I became curious. "Woah, what's with that smile?"
"Secret."
"Don't tell me--"
"Okay, I won't tell you." She said.
I rolled my eyes but I looked at her again. "Hindi nga? Niyaya ka niya?"
Her eyebrows furrowed. "Pinagsasabi mo?"
Ha?
"Ano? Akala ko ba--"
