Not Just Another Rebound

Chapter 3- Reveal

TREVOR

What on earth happened to me? Bakit sa dinamidami ng pwedeng makakita noon, si Steph pa? I am so dead. Lagot nanaman talaga ako sa kanya. For sure, she's very angry by now. And unfortunately, I can't even explain it to her since she swore that she will not talk to me until I find it. Urg.

Wala na akong lakas ng loob na i-deny ang nakita niya. Nag-log-out na ako at humiga sa kama, hoping for sleep. Pero wala. Ayaw pumikit ng mga mata ko. Maybe they knew that there is no use for closing them since the first thing I'll see in the morning when I open them is a mad ka-MU whom I can't even bear looking at. Nakaka-badtrip.

It's already 2:00 in the morning and I still failed in getting some sleep. Insomnia. Nang nakuha ko na ang chance para umiglip man lang, biglang nag-ring ang cellphone ko. Ano ba naman. Sa haba ng oras ko kaninang nakatitig lang sa kisame, ngayon pa talaga tumawag ang taong 'to?

Tiningnan ko ang caller's name. Si Austin. Ang dakila kong kaibigan. Good timing bro.

"Dude! What on earth did you just do? It's has become viral!" He shouted through the phone.

"Don't ask. I don't want to talk about it. It was a mistake."

"But I suggest that you check up on the wrong person you just tagged."

"What's the use? I don't want to have any further involvements with the girl. It might get worse." I stated.

"But dude. Think about the trouble you caused to that girl. She's as shocked as you."

This guy sure knew how to persuade me in doing something he wanted me to do. I took a deep sigh as I logged on again. I searched for the name. Stephanie S. Well, it is not really that hard to remember it, since it's only a single letter different from Steph. Stephenie. Stephanie. Hmm. Coincidence.

When I was about to click the icon, someone barged into the room.

"KUYA!!!" Taylor dashed inside my room without even bothering to knock.

I jumped in surprise which made my foot pull the plug off the circuit. WTH?!

"What on earth do you want?!" I didn't notice my voice rising.

"Ohhh. Someone's in a bad mood." She gave me a cat-like smile. Ang creepy ng kapatid ko.

"Just tell me what you want."

"Ang sungit...Huwag mo nga ako idaan sa Ingles mo! Hindi ako si Kuya Austin!"

"Ahh...yung crush mo?" Biglang tumalim ang tingin niya sa akin at namula siya.

"Basta! Give me some money. I wanna go shopping." Ano ako? Utusan? Grabe talaga itong kapatid ko.

"Bakit sa akin ka humihingi? Kuya mo ako, hindi ATM."

Bigla siyang nag-poker face then she glared at me.

"Ang damot mo kuya. Ganyan ba talaga kapag may ka-LQ?" Huh? What the hell was that?

Nang hindi ako sumagot, tila nakuha na niya ang ideya kung bakit.

"Hay nako. You were not born yesterday to not know Lover's Quarrel kuya." She confidently

Told me.

I cleared my throat to hide the embarrassment.

"Thanks for reminding me about that. Ang bait mo talagang kapatid."

Bumungisngis siya bigla. "Buti nga iyon eh. Never ko naman nagustuhan yang Steph na iyan."

Yes, believe it or not, tutol ang kapatid ko sa amin ni Steph. But unfortunately, wala naman siyang magagawa since ako ang magdedesisyon para sa sarili ko at isa pa, si Steph ang tinitibok ng puso ko, at mahirap kontrahin iyon.