When You Let Her Go

Chapter 3: Buko Juice

"Oh, I can't wait to see this girl!" bulalas ni Nicollo.

"Sorry, Aishing taken na ang crush mo." sabi ni Mau.

"Ay sheeet na malagkit naman. Pero okay lang nandito naman si Papa Nicollo eh hihi" sabi ni Aisha sabay pacute kay Nicollo. Collo just laughed!

Biglang natigilan si Collo. "Whoah! Please tell me you know her cousin." Sinundan ko ang tingin ni Collo and there she is, a sexy girl in fiery red bikini looking at our direction, challenging someone, challenging me.

"Looks like she's challenging you Georgie!" puna ni Collo. She gave me a smirk, I smiled and mouth "nice" tapos ng thumbs up. Umirap siya which made me chuckled.

"Her name cousin?"

"That's Vivien, Athan's girlfriend." Naibuga ni Collo ang kanyang iniinom na buko juice.

"What? Seriously? She's so damn hot!"

"Oh no, Collo. You are not going to cockblock your own cousin especially Athan."

Collo laughed. "Shame. And besides cousin, somebody already owns this." sabi niya sabay turo sa may dibdib niya. I raised my eyebrow.

"Oh really? The Casanova has finally fallen? Utuin mo ang kambing na may pink na bangs na kumakanta ng wrecking ball, wag ako. I think the longest relationship you ever have is with that buko juice."

Tumawa naman sila. "True that." Leche hindi man lang tumanggi. "Why stick to one girl when you can have more."

"Urgh! You're an asshole, Collo." He flashed me his infamous loop-sided smile. "Correction, handsome asshole." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Oh hey, Georgie. How's Marlon?" sabi niya sabay wiggle ng eyebrow nya.

"Fuck you Collo!"

"I'd love too, cousin. But do you realized that's incest?" I gasp, litsi naisahan ako ng mokong na to. Ganito kami maglambingan ni Collo. Sweet no. Minsan gusto ko ng sakalin yan. And yes, I finally moved on. Nalaman ko din ang reason kung bakit nakipagbreak sakin si Marlon. That information made me hate him more. His dad had him into an arranged marriage at hindi man lang siya tumanggi knowing that the girl was his long time crush. Pero di sila nakasal kasi nalamam nila na buntis pala ang babae sa iba. I guess that was his karma. After what happen, I flew to London and stayed there for two years. Don na din ako nagpatuloy sa pag-aaral ko.

Truth be told, I did love him more than I'll ever know. Sa tingin ko nga soulmate ko siya eh. It took me a while to move on. Sino ba kasing may sabi na madali lang yun diba? But I realized that the reason why we hold on to something so tight is because we fear that something so great won't happen twice.

"Hey Collo, you remember the car Tom Hiddlestone drove in one of his commercial?" I ask. It's payback time.

"Uhh...the Jaguar?" I nod. "Yeah, why?"

I shrugged. "When I woke up this morning I saw one sitting in my garage."

"What? You bought that? I thought you're saving for Elemento" gulat na tanong ni Collo.

"Yeah, I am. Chief gave it to me. He said, it his graduation present for me." I shrugged again. Collo dropped his jaw. I laughed.

"Oh Collo, your life would be more awesome if you are me."

"Fuck you!"

"I'd love to, cousin but do you realized that's incest?" Sabi ko sabay taas ng kilay.

"Ang weird nyong magpinsan." sabi ni Miggy. Tumawa nalang kami.

Umiling iling si Collo. "And that's the reason why you are my favorite cousin." Nag high five kami ni Collo then laugh. Tumingin ulit siya sa gawi ni Vivien. Binatukan ko siya. Tumawa ulit siya. "Looks like hinahamon ka ng pasexyhan Georgie."

I smirk. "Game on, sugar!" Hinubad ko and sundress ko at lumusong sa dagat. Naka white strapless bikini ako. Nakita kong napatingin sakin si Vivien kaya I gave her a smile. Alam nyo yung feeling na all eyes on us? Ganun ang feeling ko ngayon, andaming pares ng mata ang nakatingin sa amin. I saw Collo's proud smile, nag thumbs up pa. Baliw talaga.

"Vivien, George! What the hell?" sigaw ni Athan sa amin na galit na galit ang mukha.

"Use this!" tinaponan nya ako ng towel. Tumama yun sa mukha ko.

"Ang sweet mo naman Athan." Inirapan lang ako. Maldita talaga tong baklang to.

Hinubad naman niya ang t-shirt nya at sinunot kay Vivien. Binigyan ako ni Vivien ng ngiting tagumpay. Pingilan ko ang tawa ko. Ang possesive niya kay Athan. Pumunta kami sa kinaroonan nila Collo. Ngising ngisi naman to si Collo habang nakatingin kay Vivien. Kumunot ang noo ni Athan sa ginawa ni Collo. Natawa ni Collo sa reaction ni Athan. Mukhang tinaman na din to si Athan ah.

"George, may gusto ka bang sabihin?" seryosong tanong ni Athan.

"huh? Wala. Wala naman." Pinanlakihan nya ako ng mata sabay lingon kay Vivien. Kawawa naman to mukhang nag-away siya dahil dun. I smile.

"Vivien, I'm not Athan's girlfriend. Fiancee nya ako."

"George!" Tumawa ako.

"Fine! Sorry Viv, I'm his cousin and I really like you for him." sabi ko sabay yakap sa kanya. "Please take care of him." I whispered. Halatang nagulat siya sa nalaman niya pero nag smile din siya.

Athan seemed relieved. "Viv, this is Aisha, Mau, her boyfriend Miggy and that's my cousin Collo. Stay away from him."

"Ouch naman Athan. May stay away talaga?" sabi ni Collo na umaarteng nasasaktan. Athan rolled his eyes.

"Collo, I know your nature. I bet the longest relationship you had is iyang iniinom mong buko juice."

Nagkatinginan kami ni Collo and laughed.