In the Painted Skies (The Moments) ON GOING

Chapter 6

"Joke lang! Kayo naman.." she laughed while her hands are caressing Gabe's arm.

His brows are furrowed and doesn't seem to care about Vern. What the fuck is wrong with this woman? Hindi naman sya ganito dati.

"This is just a gift from Gabe. It's a very expensive ring from Tiffany's. Sweet noh?" She said while looking at her diamond ring and grinning like an idiot.

May pa Tiffany's pa. Parang binunlot lang naman sa divisoria yung singsing.

"Yeah, it's nice.." Kryz looked at me and rolled her eyes before facing Vern again. "So you two are dating?"

"Yup! Nililigawan na nya ako." her smile never faded. Naaasiwa talaga ako. Para namang naiingit kami sa kanya eh hindi no!

"Ahh okay, good for you two! We'll just talk to our other friends. Ciao!" I faked a smile to her before grabbing Kryz' arm and walked away from Vern.

"Nakakairita sya ah!" Kryz complained nang maka layo kami doon. We just sat in a round table and a waiter served us hard drinks.

"Hindi naman sya ganon dati. Halatang pinapaikot nya lang yung Gabe." umiiling iling kong sabi saka uminom.

"I can't believe naging jowa yun ni Afron. The nerve para ipakita yung singsing!" Kryz rolled her eyes.

"I wonder if Afron knew about that." I looked around to see that they're enjoying and playing beer pong.

"Wala na din naman syang pakialam sa Vern na yun. It's almost a year, you know." Kryz answered. I just shrugged.

Sabagay, wala namang gaanong nababanggit si Afron sa'min simula nung maghiwalay sila. Lantaran sa social media ang pagiging close ni Vern at Gabe kaya imposibleng di makita ni Afron yun.

Nakaka ikadalawang bote na kami ni Kryz ng Jack Daniel. Hindi na kami masyadong humalubilo sa crowd dahil masakit na ang paa ko at pagod na 'kong plastikin ang mga tao. May mga lumalapit ding mga lalaki sa table namin ni Kryz pero we show no interest on talking to them or even hanging out with them. Wala ako sa mood lumandi mga sis.

"Hi." a guy approached us holding a beer in his hand. Mukhang bagets pa 'to.

"Hello, cutie." pagpapa cute ni Kryz. Mukhang lasing na sya.

"Mind if I join you?" he asked with a smile plastered on his face.

"Sure. Come here." Kryz gestured the guy to sit beside her. Bahagya kong sinipa si Kryz at napalingon naman sya agad sa'kin. Ngumisi lng sya at inirapan ako. Kanina pa kami tumatanggi ng kung sino dito tapos sa isang 'to pa sya papatol.

I tunred my phone on and saw that it's 12am of March 25. I browsed some notifications when someone sent me text message.

Siovan

Where are you?

Kumunot ang noo ko. Im tipsy buy I made sure I read it right.

To: Siovan

I'm at a party. Why?

I locked my phone and put it back on my purse. Kyrz is happily chatting with the guy beside her and her handa are already on his lap! Itong babaeng 'to pa ang gumagawa ng moves! I rolled my eyes and took my last shot before I decided to go to the comfort room.

"Cr lang." sabi ko kay Kryz pero hindi nya man lang ata ako narinig.

Hindi ko gaanong nakikita ng maayos ang dinadaanan ko pero nakaabot naman ako ng cr. I erased my lipstick and put on a new one. I powdered up and fixed my hair. Inayos ko rin ang damit ko at baka nasisilipan na pala ako nang di ko namamalayan. Someone from one of the cubicle flushed the toilet and went out of it.