Scenarios Of Us

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Hindi malaman ni Alyssa kung san sya nakahanap ng lakas ng loob pero natuklasan nya nalang ang sarili na idinadial ang number ni Denise.

At bago pa man sya makaisip ng panibagong plano sa pag approach dito ay nag beep na ang telepono hudyat na sinagot na ang tawag.

"Hello?" Tanong mula sa kabilang linya.

Bago magsalita ay nagpakawala muna sya ng malalim na paghinga.

'kaya moyan' aniya sa isip.

"Hey, Denise? "

"Oh, Ly? May number mo pala ko. Napaisip kasi ako kung paano mo ko makocontact eh hindi naman tayo nagkapalitan ng number."

Napangiti si Alyssa at napapikit ng mariin.

"Ah oo, nakuha ko sya kay Ella. Listen tungkol dun sa meet up natin? Ano? Kelan ka ba free?" paglalakas loob nya.

Natatawang sumagot si Den. "Eh parang ikaw yata ang dapat tinatanong ko nyan. Super busy kaya ng career mo."

Natawa din si Ly habang parang teenager na napakamot pa sa batok.

"Ahm, ikaw. Kelan ka ba pwede? Milagro kasi na maluwag ang trabaho ko ngayong buong linggo." Palusot nalamang nya upang hindi mapressure si Den sa pag tatakda ng date at oras.

"That's good to hear. Maybe.. Is uhm.. Friday good?"

"yeap, that's a nice timing, saktong end of the weekdays." Sabi nalang nito kahit pa sa isip nya ay alam nyang ang araw na yon ay araw ng may pinakamahabang overtime.

Pero para kay Denise ay sige lang sya ng sige.

"So the day is settled na. Around what time would you like to go out?"

"Hmm.. Around 6-7ish? Anong oras ba ang out mo sa work?"

"Uhm, 5 but 6 is good. Para may time pa ko makapagayos." Den chuckled.

Ang knowing her totoong kailangan nya nga iyon dahil para sa kanya ay hindi lang ito basta meet up o hang out.

"That's settled then. Uhm, should I fetch you, or you know..."  Pagaalinlangan nya.

"Hmmm.. I think it's much better kung mag meet nalang tayo. Para less hassle din sayo."

'there's no such thing as hassle when it comes to you' Alyssa thought.

"Oh, ok. That's fine. Then I'll just text you where we'll meet, that ok?"

"ofcourse-- " "babe whose that?"

Alyssa felt her breathing hitch when she heard a muffled voice of, well clearly its a man.

'that's probably her boyfriend, Ofcourse she have a boyfriend! It IS denise we're talking about.' she scolded herself.

Then she sure as hell heard Den mutter a small 'shit'. Before answering. "Uhm.. Just a.. Coworker."

Alyssa could hear that sweet smile that she's plastering right now.

'well.. Shit. That hurt.' she thought.

"Hey, Ly. Uhm, I kinda have to go.." she hesitated and Alyssa immediately noticed the slight fall of her voice.

But, as usual, for her it's more than fine. Eventhough she could feel her heart broke under her feet at the knowledge that she have someone, a man at that, under a roof with her.

That's fine.

Really, really fine.

"That's fine. Yeah. I have to go myself. Cause uh.. You know.. work." She rambled awkwardly and she knew later she had to slap the hell outta herself.

"Ok uhm.. Bye? I'll see you."

Before Alyssa could utter her goodbye the phone beeps signaling the end of the call.

Alyssa stared into space for a good amount of time before snapping to reality.

And then crumpling and tossing her dream out into the trashcan and decided to just burry herself into the workload that's chilling on her table.

This is why she never let her feelings do the job.