"Ano ba Bern?! Talk to me!"
Nagulat kaming lahat sa sigaw ni Irish. The next band is currently preparing to perform kaya dinig na dinig namin ang lakas ng boses ni Irish. Pati mga tao malapit sa'min ay napatingin din.
"Will you listen? Ha? Makikinig ka ba kung kakausapin kita Irish?!"
Bern's voice was even louder. He sounded so frustrated and mad.
What the hell is going on?
"Akala ko kasi naiintindihan mo na! We've talk about this from the very start. You know this was bound to happen!"
Umiiyak na si Irish.
Laglag parin ang panga ko habang pinapanood ang nangyayari. We were enjoying the songs a while ago habang hinihintay sila Harley.
Slater was even humming and paying attention, kuya Glen and Jacob were banging their heads like crazy, Clark and Roselle were singing along too.
While the two of them were close to each other, whispering God knows what. They look too sweet that it's hard to look at them without feeling anything painful.
Tapos ngayon bigla nalang silang magsisigawan. What went wrong?
"Alam ko nga Irish. Alam ko na pero masakit parin tangina!"
I gasped. Kuya Glen and Jacob held Bern's shoulders. He was shaking so bad, his face and eyes red because of anger.
"I was never ready for this Irish. Tanggap ko pero hindi ko kaya!" he growled. Nakaramdam ako ng takot.
Napaupo si Irish sa damuhan, mas lalong tumindi ang pag-iyak niya. Agad namin siyang dinaluhan ni Roselle at Clark. "Hindi ko ginusto na mangyari 'to Bern. Kung ako lang ang magdedesisyon, I won't leave. But I can't do that."
Irish was trembling. Her words came out weak and hopeless. "Hindi pwede."
"Hindi pwede kasi ayaw mong gawin. Ayaw mo akong ipaglaban."
"Hindi totoo yan!"
"You don't love me enough to fight for me. To fight for us. Gusto mo--"
"Stop it Bern!" nangibabaw ang galit na boses ni Slater. Lumapit siya sa pinsan niya at inalalayan itong tumayo. Irish stood up and hugged him.
He looked at Bern, eyes cold and piercing. "This is not the way to handle matters like this. Mag-usap kayo when you're both calmed and collected."
Humiwalay si Irish sa pagkakayakap kay Slater. "I'm sorry." she said before running away from us.
