"'Nak, the results will come out next week. Ready ka na ba?" my manager said bago ako sumalang sa photoshoot ko today.
"Yes. Kinda nervous kasi hindi naging smooth for me 'yung shoot," I replied before I stepped into the sea of cottons that made the set look like heaven.
"Give me genuine smiles!" the photographer yelled. I started thinking of the good times. I can say na maganda ang kinalabasan ng mga shot na 'yun.
"Now, look tired! Look exhausted. Ipakita mo kung gaano ka na kapagod sa sistema!" he yelled once again.
"Pwede kang mag-artista. Bilis ng emotions ha," the photographer chuckled. He continued taking photos of me. I focused and did what the photographer told me to do.
In just a matter of minutes, natapos din agad. Ibang iba ang katawan ko ngayon. Hindi siya umaayon sa kung anong sinasabi ng photographer. Kahit nga sa kung ano gusto kong gawin. I used to love my shoots pero ngayon parang hindi ko yata kaya. It must be something personal.
I sat on the makeup chair. I gently removed my makeup as everyone was starting to put the equipments back to their cases. I bid my manager a goodbye and went to the park.
Favourite spot namin 'to ni Kervin. Dito ang first date namin, dito rin kami nag-sstay kapag wala kaming mapuntahan. The nice breeze was enough to relax us. I sat on one of the benches kung saan kami naupo nu'ng last punta namin.
Naalala ko, he carved our initials on the bench's foot. Para raw marked 'yung bench na 'yun as ours. I gently caress it. Inaalala ko lahat ng memories namin sa lugar na 'yun. Bakit all of a sudden nagbago si Kervin? What did I do? Is it because of me? Ano ba nangyayari?
I sat there for awhile. Hapon na and marami-rami nang bata ang naglalaro. Habang tumitingin sa mga bata, may nakita akong familiar.
"Hoy! Ano ginagawa mo rito?" gulat kong pagbati sa kapatid ko. Nakakatawa na enjoy na enjoy siya sa duyan mag-isa.
"Nag-eenjoy," sagot niya.
"'Yung totoo, sinusundan mo 'ko 'no?" Tanong ko sa kanya.
"Eh ate kasi..." lang ang nasabi niya. Mukhang malungkot siya.
"Bakit parang malungkot ka?" tanong ko sa kanya habang kumukuha ng sitsirya na hawak niya. It took her minutes before she answered.
"I don't know if you've seen it but kuya Kervin has been partying all night this week."
I stopped chewing on the food. Kaya ba mukhang pagod na pagod lagi si Kervin?
"What do you mean? Lagi niya akong hinahatid pauwi ah," I said trying to defend my boyfriend.
"Ate, ano'ng oras sa tingin mo ang start ng pag paparty?" she replied sarcastically. "I just don't know paano ko sasabihin sa'yo. I felt like I betrayed you," she continued. We both just stared at the kids for a couple of minutes before any word could come out of our mouths.
"Kaya pala parang lagi siyang pagod kapag kasama ako," I said. Missy turned her head to face me beside her.
"I've seen you so tired too lately. Okay ka lang ba?" she asked.
"Yes, I am. I don't know how I'll cope up with everything. 'Yung pressure sa work, problema ko kay Kervin, lahat lahat na. Everything's just too much for me," I replied.
"You know what we should do then," she mumbled. I was puzzled with what she said.
"Ate, sistectives, remember?" she continued. Sistectives! We invented that when we were kids to spot 'sins' that our parents did.
BINABASA MO ANG
Ephemeral (On Going)
Teen FictionAn international model in her mid-20s named Molly has only one wish in mind: to have someone whom she can spend the rest of her life with. She has been dating Kervin ever since highschool and made plans that was all about him and their future. Moll...
