On a bright July Friday night, lumabas ako kasama si Vanessa at ang mga barkada niya for a bachelorette party.
Ayoko sanang sumama dahil si Vanessa lang naman ang kaclose ko pero pinilit niya ako.
Mas magi-enjoy daw siya if I went with her.
Hindi ako naniwala sa sinabi niya dahil these people were her friends since high school.
There were five of them and they were all very close.
Nalaman ko ang tunay na reason why she was insistent I go when we got to the club.
May isang babae sa grupo na hindi ko kilala.
Vanessa, it turns out, was setting me up with this chick named Nicole.
At first glance, she's actually pretty hot.
A little taller than I am, with thick wavy hair, a nice smile and glowing caramel colored skin.
She's also very intelligent and once we were all seated at a corner table, we started talking.
Good sense of humor, pays attention to what I'm saying, clean nails and an amazing list of accomplishment as a paralegal who is now studying to be a lawyer.
So why am not interested in her as a potential romantic partner?
Because I was intimidated.
Hindi ko alam kung nahalata niya na everytime she talks about the goings on in their office, the cases na naipanalo ng boss niya with her help (he asks for her opinion though I don't know why), I shut my mouth.
I would smile and politely nod but my brain turned off ages ago.
She talked more about her job than herself.
Right now, I'm really not interested in her work.
The truth was, hindi ako interesado to go on a date.
Si Vanessa lang itong mapilit dahil ayon sa kanya, two years is a long time to be single.
Baka daw may cobwebs na ang vagina ko.
Besides, kung hindi daw ako kikilos, hindi kusang lalapit sa akin ang romance.
"Minsan, Cupid needs a little help." Sabay kindat.
After three glasses of red wine, I found an exit.
Kailangang kong pumunta sa washroom.
Nag-excuse ako kay Nicole who turned her attention to Marcie, the girl who was getting hitched.
There was a line to the bathroom and I stood behind a tall and skinny blonde girl na kumikislap from her gold dress down to her earrings, necklace and bracelet.
Tacky.
Naramdaman ko na may tumayo sa likuran ko so medyo tumagilid ako para makita kung sino ang pumila.
Nagkatinginan kaming dalawa and my first reaction was sumimangot.
"We should stop meeting like this." Himalang nakangiti si Emerald.
I gave her a once over and she actually looked nice tonight.
She wore a sleeveless red dress that showed a little bit of cleavage and her nice legs.
Pantay ang kulay niya.
Maputi mula ulo hanggang paa.
"Himalang hindi ka galit sakin ngayon." I crossed my arms.
Ngumiti siya at lalo akong nagtaka.
"I'm still not happy sa ginawa mo the last time pero for some reason, lagi tayong nagkikita. It's weird."
BINABASA MO ANG
Forever Live & Die
Ficción GeneralThe only thing that Emerald wanted was to die. TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains depictions of suicide. *** All rights reserved. No part of this work may be published, distributed, extracted, re-utilized, or reproduced in any material form, incl...
