After resting for a day with the dances and boozes, we did it staright. Attending every single party invitation we received in the festival.
"Why are we doing it again?" Tati asked when I was so caught up dancing and making memories with my favourite people.
"Because we fvcking can!" Sigaw ni Maddie na kasayaw ang kanyang boyfriend.
I heard Leo shouting something too. "Because life is too short to only experience everything once!"
"Cheers to our memories and to the life ahead of us!" I said as I hope for the future more than ever. Because having the lights in every color flashing on the dance floor made everything slightly magical.
Sa lahat nang napuntahan naming party ay may taga sundo at hatid na ako. I can't still believe that I have someone who actually takes time to do that. Nasanay kasi ako na kung hindi mga kaibigan ang mag-hahatid ay ipinapahatid naman ako ni papa. It feels weird but I feel so taken care off just by that little gesture.
Nauuna pa nga siya sa oras na sinabi ko at naghihintay sa akin sa living room. I feel pressured getting ready once I was informed that he was already down stairs. I told him what I felt about him being early kaya hindi na niya sinasabi na dumating na siya ng maaga at sa sasakyan na lang naghihintay. That's something I find a little funny and very him. I just hope those things won't change...
Sinundo niya ulit ako ngayon. He was early again!
Before I go out of the front door I checked my denim mini skirt and sleeveless top. I also checked my balm, nang nakulangan ako duon ay dinagdagan ko iyon ng gloss. I opened the door and I was welcomed by the wind howling the cold in my skin. I should've brought a cover up but it was too late.
I am going down the steps, when I heard the clap of the door opening and closing. Ang there he was...
I checked him out. And I purposely let him notice that I did, so he did it too. Our chuckles blending and melting together in the cold and quiet night of Ridgewood.
My eyes went from his shoes and his simple grey long sleeve shirt only decorated by his charisma. I suddenly wonder how he dance?
"You look beautiful..." he said softly and opened the door for me. He turned his back at me, maybe to hide his shyness that was already sipping through our atmosphere.
Akala niya siguro ay hindi na iyon halata kung hindi na kita ang kanyang mukha. When I slid in, he immediately shut the door. He didn't even let me say 'thank you' or compliment him back. Lalo tuloy akong naging pursigido na medyo asarin siya. Bumukas ang driver's seat at pumasok siya.
I didn't speak first. I just stared at him shifting the gear while looking at the road and unintentionally flexing his sharp jawline. Napansin niyang nakatingi ako kaya hindi pa umaandar ang sasakyan ng tuluyan. Nilingon niyo ako tumitig din. Handang making sa iniisip ko.
"Ang gwapo mo pala!" I blurted, he didn't seem surprise so I was the one surprised.
Huh! Hindi gumana!
He smiled, brightly. "Salamat... Let's go?"
He said asking me if we should go already. Tumango ako at tyaka pa lamang umandar ang sasakyan patungo sa bar. There was a bit of traffic on the way there. Kaya gumagala ang mga mata ko sakanya. Siya naman ay titingin din at tataas ang kilay. I will just shake my head and smile at him.
We arrived at my friends already starting to mingle with the alcohol too much. Lalo na si Tati, she is video taping us arriving and laughing like a witch.
"Ayos ka pa?" Tumatawang tanong ko sakanya nang nakaupo na.
"Ako pa ba..." Tinuro niya ang matangkad na lalaki medyo malayo sa aming sofa.
