Snicker & Tears

53: Fall To Pieces

An hour ago when the two were separated, Sierra was still out of sleep so she picked up her cellphone and browsed on Instagram so she might just got visited by sleepiness and fall asleep sooner. Things and situation was changed when she saw Spencer's Instagram story. Spencer says there that he's not feeling well and seems to prefer to just die during these times. That IG story was posted an hour ago and it really bothers Sierra. She is guilty of what she said to Spencer and wants to make sure her friend is safe.

Just a seconds, she took an umbrella and no doubt left the house. She received heavy rain and as she walked down the wet road and from there who knows that she remembered what Spencer had said before long, when they came to Bel-Air Village from Ayala Triangle Gardens.

“Kita-kits na lang bukas!” Spencer said after getting off his bike when Sierra get down. Sierra was standing now, leaning behind their gate as she stared Spencer who was sitting on his bike and tilted his head toward the woman's direction.

“Yung bahay namin, tatlong streets lang magmula rito.” Spencer looked back at the direction in which his bike was facing and was still stretching his lips forwardly as he point out where he was staying. He just realized that it is not advisable to use your mouth when pointing a direction.

“So?” Sierra opened the gate after paying attention on Spencer's words. She went inside now and closed the gate.

“Kung need mo ng help, just DM me.” Spencer watches what Sierra is doing. “I'm a responsible and concerned neighbor! At your service, boss!” Sierra looked at him and nodded.

“Sie!” Spencer called Sierra again. “Mas masanting ka pa sa bengi!” He was smiling as Sierra turned to him around.

“Huh?” Sierra asked for she don't understand what Spencer said. Sierra seems familiar with those words but doesn't know what they mean. Yeah, it was a Kapampangan dialect.

“Wala! Sabi 'ko, good night!" said Spencer as his shoulder was shaking while smiling. Sierra turned away while Spencer had his legs ready for the bicycle ride.

Sierra now stands in front of the gate and thinks that this is Spencer's home. She pushed the door of the gate that was improperly closed and continued to enter the front door of the house when she saw it open. Spencer often commented that he was alone at home, so Sierra thought that Spencer might not be with someone now so she needed to know what his situation was for being afraid of the guy that later on he will do something that could hurt himself.

When she got inside the house, she's right. She's in the right place. The pictures hanging on the wall caught her attention. She approached it and looked slowly. Photos of Spencer's mom and her boyfriend, Mayor Wennard. On the other wall was a single picture of Spencer hanging with his mum and his biological dad who passed away. Spencer could not be denied his dad's resemblance. There is no doubt that he is indeed a son.

She looked out the open door to the second floor above the stairs. She walked slowly and went to Spencer's room, which was open. She wasn't sure what she was doing but she knew nothing else to do but this. But she didn't even get inside the room when she saw Spencer lying in bed with Darlene on his side, taking care of him.

“Baby, come on. Drink this, so you'll be fine.” Darlene's rubbing Spencer's head. Sierra hurried down the stairs when she heard that. She ran until she got out of the gate and was wet with rain as she had left her umbrella inside Spencer's yard.

She returned to his bedroom and was locked up. Weeping as she warms and hugs herself. Grabbing her cellphone and playing the song— “'Di Na Kita Mahal / Silent Sanctuary”, hoping that it will relieve herself and will take away the pain she feels.

At these times she wonders to herself why she is feeling pity. She felt sorry for herself and for Spencer. She, being a Schadenfreude person seems to be slowly fading away.

What Sierra didn't know was that her name was Spencer's vocabulary at that time. He keep calling out her name though Darlene was the one beside him. Sierra didn't hear that because she left immediately when she saw Darlene taking care of Spencer.

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At a place here in Colegio San Agustin where not many people are present, students are beating and dragging the poor Sierra. They are the victims of Sierra's bullying and Darlene ordered it to torture her enemy. Sierra couldn't even fight and defend herself because she knew she deserved it. As a bully, she deserves revenge and hurts back so she can experience the pain she caused for it is not enough that she repent of her past sins.

For a few moments Sierra felt nothing. She could no longer feel the countless swathes on her legs and unforgivable slammed into her body. As she opened her eyes, she saw Spencer wrapped around her. The man protects her and serves as her shield to those who hurt her. Spencer endured the thumps and punches just to not hurt his friend Sierra by those people who seemed blow their tops.

Soon the violent students stopped when Darlene motioned for them from a distance where she was hiding. Spencer was in pain and Darlene doesn't want that. She's being careful, she don't want Spencer got bruises or black eye that will make him look awful and unpleasant. She watched Spencer worried about the woman she called leech.

“Nasaktan ka ba?” Spencer asked Sierra while inspecting her body but she avoided and did not let the concerned guy touch her.

“Pumunta ka sa bahay kagabi?” Spencer asked again but Sierra just shrugged. “Alam kong pumunta ka, nakita ko ang payong mo. Naiwan mo ro'n.”

Sierra struggled to stand on her own but she managed despite her difficulty and weakness because of the pains he got in her thighs.

“Alam ko, hindi mo intensyon ang mga sinabi mo. You just said that so I could stay away from you...” Spencer said talking to Sierra who was walking away from her.

He followed Sierra and quickly ran towards her when he saw the girl lost its balance but Sierra dropped and fell in another arm. He did not catch the girl. Not to him but to the man before him— Paul.

“Sierra, okay ka lang?” Paul asked Sierra worried as well as he supported the woman to her stand.

“Let's go.” Sierra told Paul and she clasped on the guy's arm. They walked together and Spencer had done nothing but look at the woman he wanted to be with. He couldn't be with her because she was with another.

“Baby...” Darlene called Spencer as she said that irritating call sign. “Okay lang 'yan. I told you, she just used you. Don't be sad, I'm here. We're the perfect two, mas bagay tayo. Right?” Darlene kissed Spencer on the cheek.

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