FALLEN (JiBea)

CHRONICLE 30

JIA POV

BEA: "Bebejowa."

Biglang sulpot niya out of nowhere kaya nagulat ako sa kanya. Nasa labas ng bahay ang mga magulang ko. Ang mga kapatid ko nasa kanya kanyang room.

Nasa kitchen nga ako para kumuha ng maiinom.

JIA: "You are not suppose to be here."

Hinatak ko siya sa kamay at ipinaupo malapit sa mesa sabay lingon sa paligid dahil baka may mga umiikot at makakakita sa kanya.

BEA: "But I want to be here bebejowa. I want home."

Malungkot na sagot niya at akma akong yayakapin. Pero pinigilan ko siya.

JIA: "Come with me. Let's talk inside my room."

Hinatak ko na siya sa braso at sumisilip sa paligid bago naglakad papasok sa room para walang makakita.

JIA: "It is not safe for you to be here. You should go to somewhere safe until Liz and Laine comes back."

Pagpapaliwanag ko sa sitwasyon niya. Hindi ko alam kung nasaan yung dalawang guardian niya. Bukas pa sila babalik gaya ng napagkasunduan namin na babalik na sila sa Merth.

BEA: "I just want to be here with bebejowa."

Parang frustrated pa siya sa pagkakasabi niya. Salubong ang dalawang kilay.

JIA: "Look. They are going to take you, if they will saw you here again. So just stay where you are awhile ago when you are gone. You are safe there."

Hindi ko rin alam kung saan siya nagpunta kanina ng bigla siya nagdisappear. After 15 minutes tsaka siya nagpakita ulit sa akin sa kusina.

BEA: "I didn't go somewhere. I was just beside you."

Relax lang na sagot niya.

JIA: "What? But you were not around. You just suddenly disappear. I didn't see you."

BEA: "I was there, I saw you all there beside the sofa. I didn't move. I was invicible."

JIA: "You were invicible?!"

She just nodded and smiled at me. Possible naman niyang gawin yun kasi may mga kapangyarihan siya.

JIA: "Okay. Look. For now, they are not supposed to see you here. We will figure things out and see what we can do first."

BEA: "What do you mean?"

JIA: "For now, you can stay here. Just here, inside this room."

BEA: "Our room? I can stay here?!"

Excited na wika niya at natuwa talaga siya. Parang hindi pa nga siya makapaniwala sa narinig.

JIA: "As long as they will not see you."

BEA: "I am going to hide?"

Inosente niyang tanong.

JIA: "Sort of like that. Or maybe you have to be invicible just like awhile ago if they are around."

BEA: "You mean if I saw them, I will get invicible."

JIA: "That's right. You'll get invicible to hide from them."

Buti na lang at hindi siya mahirap magpaliwanagan ngayon.

BEA: "Bebejowa."

Bumalik ako sa pinto para mailock ito.

JIA: "What?"

Tanong ko sa kanya habang naglalakad palapit dito.

BEA: "Cuddle."