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“basta stay with riley ha?” I told xavi, tumango naman siya and continued to talk to riley, ngumiti sa akin si tita abi.

“salamat po talaga tita abi, may sakit po kasi yung mama ko baka po mahawa si xavi” sabi ko, tita abi put a hand on my shoulder and smiled.

“okay lang, tahimik naman at hindi makulit si xavi” sabi ni tita, tumango ako at ngumiti, I kissed xavi cheeks and also riley bago ako pumunta sa court. I took pictures of the boys, mostly nung kausap nila si coach bo, and then of course nung warm up.

Nasa tabi ako nagpipicture, nung tinawag si javi to go in, He smiled at me and then ran inside to play.

“hindi lang si javi player ah, halata ka rin eh” ricci said, tinignan ko siya ng masama, then I realized na halos si javi nga lang ang pinipicturan ko. I rolled my eyes and took pictures of all of them.

“Javi GdL is on fire!” sabi nung commentator, I smiled and cheered.

“oo nga eh, pero parang hindi ito battle of katipunan, parang battle of Gomez de Liaño and Tio, napansin mo ba?” the other one replied, kumunot ang noo ko, ricci cheered loudly.

“iba talaga nagagawa ng pag ibig” pio teased me, I rolled my eyes.

“UP down by two points, tio has the ball, Kobe with a steal, a good pass to Javi GdL, 15 seconds in the shot clock”

“Javi GdL for three” the UP community shouted, may one point na lamang na ang UP, and javi did the shot, nakuha pa ng ateneo ang bola but naubos na ang oras, UP won by one point, a point Javi made possible.

He was smiling when he approached me. Yakap yakap siya nila ricci and juan so I took a photo, he was looking directly at the camera.

“may utang kang cupcakes sa amin” javi said whispering, nginitian ko siya.

“ang dami ko tuloy ibabake huhu” I joked, javi wrapped a towel around his shoulders.

“I'll help you, don't worry” he said, smiling widely, xavier ran to me and hugged me, nakasunod ang tingin ni xavier kay tyler, hinimas ko ang likod niya, and I kissed his forehead.

“hindi niya pupuntahan si tyler?” ricci asked, probably confused why xavier won't go to tyler kahit alam naman ni tyler na nandito kami.

“hindi, kwento ko sayo mamaya” sabi ko kay ricci, ricci nodded, after the game, and of course after we waited for ricci to finish taking pictures with his fans, nasa parking na kami.

“so bakit nga hindi nilapitan ni tyler si xavier?” ricci asked, hinihintay namin sila kobe at juan, dahil kakain kami sa labas

“we had to hide the fact na nakabuntis si tyler ng maaga for his career, kaya santos rin ang gamit ni xavier and not tio” sagot ko, nanlaki ang mata ni ricci.

We ate in a chinese restaurant, sabi kasi ni ricci he was craving for sweet and sour daw, so sinunod nalang namin siya dahil tamad na rin kami mag-isip ng kakainan.

"hey xavie" lahat kami napatingin sa tumawag sa akin, it was tyler with his girlfriend.

"good game guys!" tyler said, tumango lamang si ricci at ngumiti.

"hey buddy, did you see me play?" tanong ni tyler kay xavier, tumango lamang si xavier, tumingin sa akin si tyler pero nagkibit balikat lamang ako.

"sige guys, una na kami" tyler said, I nodded and waved.

"why didn't you talk to daddy?" tanong ko kay xavier, ngumiti lamang ito sakin at naglaro muli sa phone ni javi.

"so, xavie" ricci started, hinihintay nalang kasi namin yung order namin, tumingin ako kay ricci.

"ricci?" I asked, mocking ricci, na napaka daldal.

"anong masasabi mo, na dinala ka na ni javi sa bahay nila?" ricci asked, my eyes widen.

"chismoso ka talaga no?" I asked him, he smiled sheepishly.

"okay naman, the food was great, I enjoyed the party, malamang xavier enjoyed din talking to jaime and mara" sabi ko, juan smiled at me.

Naalala ko yung pag-uusap namin, napatingin ako kay javi and kay xavier. Napapalapit na talaga si xavier kay javi, and it breaks my heart kaso hindi naman ako sure kung permanent person si javi sa buhay namin. I'm scared to risk again.