Vanilla's Poser Girl

Chapter 23

Vanilla

"Leigh?"

It's only us. Wala na yung mga maiingay na tao sa paligid namin. It's just me and Leigh, in our room. On our bed.

We're both sitting on it. Facing each other. I'm on my usual pajamas while she's wearing her casual lingerie.

"Can I confess first?" Tanong nito na inilahad yung kamay paharap sakin. I took it.

"I only want the truth. Just the truth, Leigh." I whispered in a low voice.

"Where exactly should I start?" naguguluhang tanong nito na halatang kinakabahan.

Is she half as scared as me? Or more than that? I want to know her secrets too. The same way she knew mine.

"Start from the beginning. Tell me every secrets. From the day you first fell in love with me on that bus in our field trip day."

Pareho kaming umayos ng upo. Magkahawak pa din yung kamay naming dalawa. It's like a connection that's binding us right now.

Parang lie detector. I know Leigh's beat. Just like she knows mine. If she lies, I could pretty tell.

"When you first talk to me, I was amused. Because no one dares to talk to me in that brute way. I mean yung ang angas mo na palayasin ako on my seat. Usually, people offer their seats on me."

Pareho kaming natawa doon. I know. I know that she's a royal blood.

"I was so ashamed din kaya when I realized that it's you. That's why I said sorry."

"But you already got my attention with that." She kissed the tip of my nose. "Since then, I mean, after we were kidnapped, we both undergo counseling and the likes. You stick beside me. And I was kind of attached with you."

"So? Tell me more about how weird you've been since then."

"I am not sure about my feelings for you. I see you as a sister I never had. Akala ko ganun ka lang talaga na sobrang clingy and all. But when you took my first kiss on our JS Prom because you're too mad seeing me dancing with my boyfriend, that's when I started seeing you differently. I never felt that kind of feeling. It's like you've set a standard of what a kiss should be. Of how it taste, of how it felt, of how it should be described. And I end up comparing every other kisses I've had to that one. "

I stay silent as she is too caught up with that feeling. Mukhang top na top na talaga ako. Patay na patay nga sakin 'tong si Leigh.

"After that, I always had my eyes on you. Akala ko after that kiss, you'll realized that there's sparks between us. But the next day, I found out that you're already dating that basketball point guard. And I hated you. Out of rebelling, I dated Alex too."

"The captain ball right? The guy who has been courting you since we were in first high?"

Tumango ito. "Just so I could also sneak in the gym whenever you're going there too. And when I saw you making out with that point guard, I really want to cut his head."

"Violent, Leigh?" Natatawang kantyaw ko. I haven't thought Leigh has that side too. She's just always showing me her sweet and chic side lang kasi.

She never gets out of control. Minsan nagbabanta sya but whenever she's already at it, wala naman syang gagawin na against sa standards nya.

It's so hard to be raised as a true regal princess. Where everything is under control. Lahat ng kilos, ng galaw, pag-upo, pagngiti at pagsasalita. Lahat aral. Lahat according to how it must be. Yung kahit galit na galit na sya, she still have to remain calm and to hide it in a smile.