My Silver Lining

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Disclaimer: Medical terms here are just a work of fiction and have no basis whatsoever in real life situations

DEANNA'S POV

Kakaalis lang ng mga teammates ko at mga teammates ni Jema.

Pumunta kasi sila kaagad nang mabalitaang gising na ako.

I had no idea that most of them were all there that night. Tinawagan din pala sila ni Ponggay kaya hindi sila nagdalawang isip na pumunta don.

They made sure na madala kaagad kami sa hospital. They spoke with the police and the medical team.

I'm so thankful for having friends like them. Yung talagang maaasahan mo ano man ang mangyari.

Some time after they left, I had an unexpected visitor.

Tumayo muna sya sa may pinto na parang naghihintay ng pahintulot para pumasok.

Nagkatinginan muna kami bago ako tumango sa kanya kaya unti unti syang lumapit.

There was an awkward silence.

"I...I honestly don't even know what to say" hindi na sya maka tingin sa mata ko.

Hindi rin ako nagsalita. Because honestly, I don't know what to say either.

"I'm sorry. I know that's not enough but I don't...I just..." he was struggling to find the words.

He shook his head while looking downcast.

Is it really fair to blame him for what happened? Should he be paying for the consequence of someone else's actions?

"It's not your fault" sabi ko sa kanya.

Luigi finally looked at me again.

"Pero kasalanan ko rin eh. I should've known. I should've noticed something. She just seemed so...so normal" halos para din syang hindi makapaniwala sa sinasabi nya.

"Sana kasi hindi ako umalis agad nung tinanong mo ako. Sana siguro mas na open up mo sa akin yung nangyari. Maybe we could've figured out it was her at naagapan natin" pagpapatuloy nya.

"Mali rin naman kasi ang pagkaka approach ko sayo nun. Parang pinagbintangan kita agad" sabi ko kay Luigi.

"Yung evidence na sabi mo nun, it was the keychain right? Kinausap na kasi ako ng pulis. They had me identify kung yun ang keychain na binigay ko sa kanya."

"Yep. That's the one."

"Shit! If only I listened to you. Kasi aside sayo, sya lang naman ang nabigyan ko nun eh. Nasabi ko na sana kaagad sayo yun but my ego got the best of me"

I can really feel his sincerity naman. And kahit ako rin naman magagalit kung pagbibintangan ako ng best friend ko.

But I need to know more. Sino ba talaga ang babaeng to?

"Let's let bygones be bygones. Anyways, Clarisse Zayde. Pangalan nya lang ang alam ko. I was hoping you could give me more details"

"Well, she was my lab partner in Chemistry. And sya rin ang naging takbuhan ko nung mag-away tayo. Naging close kasi kami because of a project. Binuhos ko sa kanya lahat kasi nasasaktan ako. She seemed very nice."

Tumingin muna si Luigi sa akin, tumango ako kaya nagpatuloy sya.

"She was a good listener. Nag advice pa nga sya sa akin na makipag ayos na daw sayo. In a way, she became special to me but only as a friend. Kaya nga binigyan ko sya ng isa sa mga keychain collections ko. Di ko talaga alam na may tinatago syang feelings" dagdag ni Luigi.