“I… I… like you too…” Robbie said, as Pinky clung to him after saying the same thing… in the cool early Sunday morning of February 26, 1995 in a beautiful garden in a convent in Tagaytay…
She gasped a bit, and with the happiest look Robbie ever saw on her, looked up to him and said, “Really…?”
“Yes…” Robbie said, and he returned her embrace, bringing tears of joy to her eyes. “I mean… I think I have for a long time… I just didn’t realize… because I was so blinded…”
“By her…?” Pinky asked, and he knew exactly who she’s talking about.
“Yes… you’ve been there the whole year… right near me… and yet…”
“But Robbie… Are you sure…?” she asked, looking up and still clinging to him. “Please… I don’t want to be here just to take her place… I don’t want to be hurt… anymore…” She said that with a pleading look and tone…
“No… you’re not a replacement… you’re you…” Robbie said.
She smiled and cried… looking up at him… then, to Robbie’s surprise, she backed off a bit and kicked him lightly (but it still hurt like hell) in the leg and said, “If you’re just toying with me, I’m going to kick your a__ so bad!” Then she pointed at him, trying to look menacing but ended up looking really cute…
“Wow… then…” Robbie said, blushing now, “go ahead… I promise I won’t hurt you…”
“You better!” Pinky said, punching him this time.
“Ouch!” Robbie said, and yet Pinky hugged him again.
And they laughed and laughed while embracing each other, until they realized that seven people were watching them… and they all suddenly clapped their hands hehehe…
“Congratulations sis and bro-in-law!! Hahaha…” Noy said.
“Finally!!”, Kris and Nancy both said, holding hands as they’ve been touched by the spectacle they just saw.
“Omedetô!! Umm… congratulations!!” Kim said, laughing.
“Yeeeheee!! Go go Robbie and Pinky!!” Tina said, jumping around with some cheerleading moves.
Pinky blushed furiously, and Robbie said, protesting, “Hey guys, we’re not yet!!”
“Yes”, Paolo said, “but… the procession might be long, but it will always lead to the church, eh?”
“And with that, I agree…” Ernie said.
And they taunted the ‘couple’ for the rest of the morning, until they went back to Manila.
In the bus, Robbie and Pinky slept midway in the trip, with her leaning to him… And also… before they rode the buses, Nancy borrowed Kim’s Polaroid… hehehe…
And so, the day after, aside from it being the first day of the Intramurals, another picture in the bulletin board became a hit… “Robbie Salvador and Pinky Reyes getting cozy on the way home after retreat”, as Nancy’s caption said. It was posted in the very entrance to the high school building.
Many flocked around it, as they did when the Paolo-Tina and Kris-Nancy pictures were posted hehehe…
But however surprising the picture was to some, it was overshadowed by the excitement that week had to offer. For the whole week (Feb. 27 – March 3, 1995), there would be no classes, as only sports events would occur. In short… it would be all fun and competition. However, before all of that, there would be a parade of all the high school students through the main road of the village. The CAT officers, old and new, would be in charge of the patrolling.
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BANDED 2 (JUNIOR JAM!)
Teen FictionThey've conquered their school... now they're set for the outside world. This is the story of BANDED's journey and the obstacles they encounter, musically and otherwise... The first romances and heartbreaks....
