The Dominant and the Submissive

15: Truth or Dare

Dahil hindi na maibabalik pa ni Ellie sa dati ang style ng kanyang buhok ay inilugay na lang nya ito. She renew her lipstick. Habang ang makeup naman nya ay parang magic dahil it stood strong on her face. Syempre may mga part na nadamage pero hindi naman ganon ka sobra.

The gay makeup artist ain't lying when s/he said that her makeup will last longer than other brands. Ang ibang nangalat na lipstick ay pinunasan nya ng marahan at naalis naman ito.

Although she was able to make herself presentable, she have a feeling na iba ang iisipin ng mga tao kung bakit may ilang pagbabago sa kanya. Lalo na ang mga babaeng kaibigan ni Alexander. Kung puwede nga lang ay ayaw na ulit makita ni Ellie ang mga ito. She had enough insult, at sigurado sya na hindi doon nagtatapos ang mga panlalait at panghuhusga nila.

Nanatili si Elizabeth na nakatingin sa salamin. Nakatulala lang sya sa sarili. Blangko lang ang kanyang isipan. Sa sobrang dami nang nangyayari sa buhay nya ay hindi na nya alam ang unang iisipin. Sabay-sabay at domino effect. Hindi na nga nya alam kung kakayanin pa nya ang mga susunod pang darating na unos sa buhay.

Half an hour after Alexander left ay bumalik na sya sa kwarto kung saan nya iniwan si Ellie. He knocked first then he gets in. Tulala padin ang dalaga kahit na tinawag na ni Alex ang kanyang pangalan.

"Miss Jewels, are you alright?" He put his both hand on her shoulder na ikinagitla ng dalaga. They look at each other through the mirror at mabilis na tumango si Ellie.

"I-I'm o-okay. I'm alright." Nabubulol na sagot ni Ellie. She stands up at humarap sya kay Alexander.

"Let's go. We are missing the party." His tone was back to normal. Isang tono na hindi mo mababakas na kamuntikan na palang may mangyari sa kanila.

How can he do that? How can he act so normal after making out with someone? Am I the only one feeling so affected here? Iyan ang tumatakbo sa isip ni Ellie habang nakatingin kay Alex. His hand has been hanging in front of her. Naghahantay na tanggapin ito.

"Elizabeth?" Alexander called pulling her soul and sanity back to life.

"I'm sorry. Yeah sure." Tapos ay kinuha ni Ellie ang naghihintay na kamay ni Alex and they exited the room.

"You look fascinating. Seems like you are suit to whatever hair style you choose." He complimented dahil bagay naman talaga kay Ellie ang nakalugay.

Tinahak nila ang daan pabalik sa table ng mga kapinsanan at kaibigan nina Alex at Ivory. Habang papalapit sila ay mas lalong lumalakas ang kaba ni Elizabeth. Pilit nyang iniignora ang tingin nina Gianna at Rylee. She keep on forgetting that those two ladies just insulted her earlier.

"Hi, Al! We wonder where the two of you have been. Kanina pa kasi kayo wala eh." Rylee said na naglalaman ng hidden message which Ellie understand and Alexander didn't.

"Its non of your business, Ryle. So why asking?" Prangkang sagot ni Alexander kay Rylee. Natahimik si Rylee sa sinabi ng binata. Dahil sa kasungitan ni Alex sa kanila ay hindi na itinuloy pa ni Gianna ang ano mang sasabihin nya.

Alexander pulled a chair for Elizabeth. She gracefully sat down habang ang kamay nya ay nasa kanyang dalawang tagiliran, on her curvy hips. After sitting in, Alexander sat next to her.

"I like your new hair style. Why did you changed it?" Gianna asked while smirking. Sabi na nga ba at mapapansin siya nito.

What am I going to say? Bakit ba hindi gumagana ng matino ang utak ko?! Pagalit na tanong ni Ellie sa sarili.

Sensing her sudden discomfort, si Alex ang sumagot sa tanong. He said in his neutral tone, "I don't like the first style so I asked her to changed it."

"Ohh, I see." Gianna said pero tinitignan nya padin si Ellie. A glare na halatang hindi nadala o naniwala sa sagot ni Alexander.

Dahil madaming matatanda sa event ay halos matatandang amiga at amigo ng parents ni Ivory ang nasa dance floor at nagsasaya. That is one of the reason why Alex kept on skipping this event. Because he knew that he will only get bored.

"Y'all have to agree with me that we need to play its too boring here." Muling nagsalita si Gianna.

"Anong laro naman, Anna?" a friend asked addressing Gianna on her nickname.

"Truth or dare." Gianna mumbled with big smile on her face.

"Sounds good! Like the usual rule ba?" tanong ni Ivory.

"Yup," Gianna said popping the letter p.

"I like that. Ano game?!" Segunda ni Rylee.

Pumayag ang lahat maliban kayna Ellie and Alexander who didn't respond to their suggestion. Nanatili lang sila na nakaupo doon at pinanood ang mga magkakaibigan na inuubos ang isang bote ng alak na gagamitin nila para sa laro.

When they all finished the bottle, Gianna squealed, "the game begins!" Her circle of friends including Ivory started beating the table making a loud sound na parang tambol dahil sa may kaunting tono ang pinagsama-samang tunog. "Elizabeth, you will join naman diba?" tanong pa ni Gianna dito. There really is something on her stare. Parang hinuhusgahan parin sya nito even on the back of her mind.

"O-oo, sige." Wala nang ibang naisagot pa si Ellie.

"The rule is, first if you chooses dare, you will obey to whatever order you'll get. If you violate the rule, iinom ka ng isang boteng alak. Just the smallest bottle. If you decided to go for truth, you need to prepare yourself sa mga itatanong namin and you don't have the right to get offended because you are in the game." Parang pananakot ang tono ni Gianna kaya naman kinakabahan si Ellie.

"O-okay..." Ellie agreed again.

"Ikaw, Al? You wanna join us?" Tanong ni Ivory sa pinsan.

"Count me in." Sagot naman ni Alexander that earns loud cheer from them. May dalawang mundo ngayon sa venue. Ang mundo ng mga boring na 40+ years old na bisita doon at mundo ng grupo nila Alexander na ngayon ay naguumpisa nang maglaro

The first player was a man na hindi kilala ni Ellie. Pero alam nyang pinsan ito ni Ivory. He chooses dare at ang pinagawa sa kanya ay halikan si Rylee on the lips. A french kiss! The man do what's been told at ganon din naman si Rylee na parang wala lang ang mahalikan.

Then it was followed by a girl na truth ang pinili. She was asked by Gianna kung anong hottest na nagawa nya sa buong buhay nya. Her answered made Ellie so shocked and scared as well. The woman's answer was when she had sex with her bestfriend's boyfriend sa mismong apartment nung babae habang natutulog ito. She realized that this game is not just plain truth or dare! Lahat kasi ay tungkol sa seksuwal na bagay.

Bakit ganito ang pinaguusapan nila? They are talking about sex like it wasn't a big deal! Pero ang mga salitang iyon ay hindi na pinalabas pa ni Ellie sa kanyang isipan.

Ang ikatlong ikot ng bote ay biglang huminto kay Ellie. Nandoon na naman ang malakas na tibok ng kanyang puso. Natutuliro siya.

"So... truth? Or you would dare?" Gianna made the last word sound sop sexy. Kaya naman truth ang pinili ni Ellie.

Ellie sit up straight and she squared her shoulders. Alexander's eyes were fixed on her. Kung nakatutunaw lang ang pagtitig ay kanina pa sya naging likido dahil sa ginagawang pagtingin sa kanya ni Alex at ng iba.

"What is... hmn... your favorite position?" this time ang unang lalaki na player ang nagtanong.

"H-ha?" nagulantang si Ellie. She have an idea pero ayaw nyang isipin na tama ang nasa utak nya.

"Sex position?" Direktang tanong ng lalaki.

Biglang nailang si Ellie. What kind of question was that?! Lahat sila ay naghihintay ng kanyang sagot habang sya ay lunok laway na nagkukutkot ng daliri.

"I-I'm... ugh... I-I'm a-a—"

"She's virgin." Naputol ang sadya nang putol-putol na pananalita ni Ellie when Alexander interfere at sinabi iyon sa harap nilang lahat.

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