"You look nice." nakangiti si elle habang nakatingin kay brent, tumango si brent.
"I know." sabi ni brent, kissing elle, elle rolled her eyes.
"yabang." sabi ni elle, brent laughed.
"tita, si brielle oh, ang gulo." sumbong ni basti, hugging elle by the waist, the seven year old boy, nakapamewang si brent while looking at basti.
"bakit? Ano ginawa?" elle asked, hugging basti back.
"kinuha niya yung phone ko tapos binato niya tita." sumbong ni basti, elle smiled and fixed his hair.
"yung binata ko, ang gwapo gwapo talaga." Elle teased, kissing basti's cheeks, basti pulled away naman.
"tita oh, she's drooling over my pants!" sabi ni basti, binuhat naman ni brent si brielle and pinanlakihan ni elle ng mata si brent, he sighed at lumabas sila ni brielle leaving elle and basti alone.
"kuya, let's talk." sabi ni elle, leading basti to sit in the couch.
"you know naman na brielle is a baby pa diba? you're her kuya kaya you got to understand." sabi ni elle in a kind voice, basti nodded but didn't meet her eyes.
"may problem ba tayo kuya?" she asked, placing her hands on basti's chin, guiding him to look at her.
"I'm just scared tita." basti admitted, playing with his finger.
"scared of what bud?" Tanong ni elle, fixing basti's bowtie.
"kasi baka you don't love me anymore tita, because brielle is there na, she's your real daughter." sabi ni basti, wiping his nose sa sleeves ng coat niya.
Kumuha ng tissue si elle and he wiped basti's nose and tears.
"you know I love you so much kuya." elle started, "did I ever make you feel like I don't love you anymore?" umiling si basti "I love you so much kuya, you're my first baby, you will always be my first baby."
"promise tita?" he asked, tumango si elle.
"you know what, why don't you walk with me later kuya." elle offered, basti looked at her
"why tita?" he asked, elle kissed his forehead.
"wala lang, I want you to walk with me eh, ayaw mo ba?" she asked, umiling si basti at ngumiti
"I want to walk with you tita!" basti said, elle smiled.
"Always remember kuya, I love you so much okay?" elle said, tumango si basti.
"you look pretty today." sabi ni basti,
"Today lang?" elle teased, umiling si basti
"you're pretty everyday but you look extra pretty today." basti said, elle smiled.
"start na po tayo?" a woman knocked, elle nodded and stood up, extending her arm to hold basti's hands.
"are you nervous tita?" basti asked while they were in the car.
"konti" Elle said, tumango si basti, looking at the people inside the church.
"tita, it's our turn." sabi ni basti, tumango si elle at lumabas na sa sasakyan, she took a deep breath as the door was still closed, basti beside her holding her hand.
This was her life, she smiled when she saw brent at the end of the aisle, everyone seemed to be emotional when they say basti was the one to send elle off.
"tita why are you crying?" Basti asked, ngumiti si elle.
"I'm happy kuya." She answered.
"papa!" basti said loudly, ngumiti si brent. Sinenyasahan ni basti na yumuko si elle because may sasabihin siya.
"you look beautiful today, mom."
