“Chezcaaa!!!” I shouted hopeless as soon as she answered the video call.
“What the hell is wrong with you? You look like a despairing, pie-eyed....”
“Stop right there, cheese, I am not drunk,” sabi ko bago niyakap ang mga binti ko.
“But hell, you are drinking,” she groaned back at me.
Hindi ko siya sinagot at nagmukmok na lang sa harapan niya. Nakaupo ako sa sahig sa harap ng mini table dito sa living room. Grabe naman kasi si Diane, diyan lang siya nakatira sa unit na katapat ng akin, pero mukhang hindi pa rin siya nakauuwi. Gabi na kaya. Naaasar na ako ah!
“Is it... Martina?” she asked and I rapidly shook my head.
“Hell too, Chezca, but no, it is not her. It's....” I sigh, looking away from her, “It's Diane.”
Hindi siya nag-react. I waited, pero wala talaga akong narinig mula sa kesong ito kaya naman ay ipinagpatuloy ko na lang ang mga bagay na gusto kong ilabas na siyang nagpabibigat sa kaloob-looban ko.
“She is with that fucking Andrew again, cheese, what do you expect? Alam mo namang may nangyari sa amin sa island, 'di ba? And I am trying to make things up to her, but what? She is avoiding me, knowing that she was the one who's responsible for what happened. She raped me that night! Ako na nga itong nagso-sorry, hindi niya pa papansinin? I miss her so much, and you know how my day goes when we weren't pestering each other. It's so boring, Chezca, you know that. Kasalanan ito noong Andrew na iyon eh, kinukuha niya ang buong attention ni beb! Remember what I've told you when we met there in US? Kilig na kilig siya kasi nililigawan siya noong Andrew na iyon! Ako ang kausap niya but she always talks about him. She told me that she wants to be with him already and by the looks of them earlier, mukhang sila na nga! Oh, no, my cheese, what will I do? Hindi puwedeng maging sila. Hindi sila bagay, Chezca, what to dooo?!!!”
She blinked twice. What, is that it? Then slowly, she smiles. Nag-aabnormal na naman ang isang ito. Ang haba-haba ng sinabi ko, ngingitian niya lang pala ako? Naiiyak na ako oh, I am losing my bestfriend, for God's sake!
“Baliw ka, cheese! Ngingitian mo lang ba ako? I need your comfort! I am losing Diane, Chezca. Maybe, she don't need me, tapos ngingiti ka lang diyan? I need a friend, Chezca, I know, you can help me!!! I miss my beb!” pagmamaktol ko rito pero mas lalo lang siyang natawa.
Naiiyak ako sa ginagawa nitong babaeng ito. Down na down na ako, tatawanan lang ako? As far as I can remember, si Franchezca Hamilton ang pinaka may sense na kausap lalo na sa mga seryosong bagay. Where is that Franchezca at puro tawa itong kaharap ko ngayon?
“Stop laughing, will you?” iritadong saad ko.
“Stop worrying, will you?”
“Eh, paano ba naman ako—”
“Calm down, Jacob Mondragon. Diane is Diane. Ano ka ba, parang hindi mo naman siya kilala. Hindi ka matitiis noon, beb ka niya, 'di ba? Para na nga kayong mag-jowa eh—”
“Chezca naman, mag-jowa ka riyan. Look, kasama niya—”
“Patapusin mo ako, puwede?”
“Aist, oo na,” sagot ko bago tumungga ng alak.
“Yes, you told me everything that happened to that island. I'll try to wear Diane's shoes to understand how she is feeling right now as a woman who did such stupidity as what she did,” pagsisimula niya na pinakikinggan ko naman nang mabuti. “For men, women are hard to understand, and in your case, Diane is in denial.”
BINABASA MO ANG
Capturing Mine
عاطفية= Tempted Series 2 = I have never been in love. I have never felt love. I have never tried to love. But when I'm with him? I feel so love. Diane Fortalejo's story from Tempted Series. Note: Be open minded. Remember, Plagiarism is a Crime. © March 27...
