Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Chapter 1: The Bida

(Alarm clock ringing 5:00 am)🔔

(SNOOZE)🔕

(Alam clock ringing 6:00 am)🔔

6am.... 6am?!?! What??!!! Shit 6am na pala. Ouch! My head hurts like hell. HANGOVER. Where's my phone? Where's my phone?! I am on panic mode. I need to call Celine! Oh, wait. What the hell just happened last night? Lia, think.. Think.. Breath in. Breath out. Ahh! Shit wala akong maalala! My key! Oh my, where did I put my car key? Where the hell did I left it?!!??

(Phone ringing, Celine Lim)📱

"Natalia! Where are you? You are already 15 mins late! Everyone's waiting for you. The meeting will not start without you! Gagi ka takas lang 'to. Wala ka pa ring pinagbago!"

"Shit, Celine thank God you called! Andyan na ba lahat ng Board of Trustees? Grabe sobrang sakit ng ulo ko and I don't think aabot ako. Napakatarantado talaga ni Zac. I told him that I want to leave na last night pero nagpumilit pa rin. Sobrang wasted ko ngayon. I do not even know where is my car key. Hindi pa ako nakakabango. I didn't even remember who brought me here."

"So paano 'to? Ipapacancel ko na ang meeting? This is a big deal! Kailangan nating makuha 'to. And Zac is here. He is asking me your number. He also told me na nasa kanya 'yung susi mo. And HE also brought you on your pad. A lot of humors are also spreading here. Kaya utang na loob, bumangon ka na at magpunta ka na rito!"

"Do not give it to him. Ako na bahala. No, Celine. Huwag mong icancel. You know everything about our concept diba? Lahat lahat naman nandyan na even the designs and lay-outs of the project. And please, I just hope hindi 'to makarating kay Daddy."

"Ano pa nga ba? Be thankful that the GOOD DAUGHTER daw eh may kunsintidorang best friend. Hay. I miss the old Lia. I miss the old you."

I smiled. "Thanks, Celine. See you tomorrow on our Fridate. 💋😚"

"See you. And you owe me a story, Ms. Diaz."

Shit.

Anyway.

Hi. I am Natalia. You can call me Lia. 19. I am already a sabit on my Dad's company. Ah no, I own my Dad's company. But I prefer not to manage it. I was just asked to handle a commercial project. At first I refused but accepted it for my Mom's sake. She wanted to see her daughter's work daw on National Television. (Mother knows best.)

Natalia Diaz. Maybe you are TOO familiar with my name. The talk of the town. The Darling of The Press. The almost-perfect-lady. An ugly duckling turned into a beautiful swan. I wasn't an artista but I am always on the headlines of the Entertainment world. Ganun daw talaga kapag nagiging girlfriend ng artista, pulitiko or businessman. GROSS. Even on the Internet. All the Social Networks are talking about my whereabouts, my who-is-that-better-guy-fit-for-her thing, my story and most especially my LIFE. And now, my besftriend just called, telling me that I owe her a story. HER? OR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY? (Most especially my friendly Paparazzi) 🙅

Darn.

My Dad, Mr. Alexander Diaz, owned advertising agencies that is why he kept on pushing me to take up courses on that field. Well, I love too! But I want to experience another thing beyond what I already know. So I took up Nursing. Second choice ko when I took the exam on an exclusive university. Thank God I passed the quota. Sandamakmak na arguments ang nakuha ko from Dad. I enrolled without aaking him and Mom. I didn't even asked for money. I used my own. Katwiran ko, I want to spend my own ipon kasi hindi ko naman siya madadala sa langit. 😉When my Dad found it out, he just tapped my head. That is his own lambing. Then saka niya susundan ng, "Tumatanda ka ng paurong." Pero nakasmile. 😊

My Mom's just a plain housewife. She is a retired CPA. She is the sweetest. She has the softest voice. She has her own room only for baking. She is Ms. Romina Diaz, owner of Mama Mina, a shop for the sweetest cupcakes in the country. I pushed on medical field because of my Mom. She had a Cancer 5 years ago. And now she's doing well. She is a Cancer survivor. She hide it from us. We just found it out nung nagcollapse siya sa isang event sa Makati. That was the opening of her new shop. Cervical Cancer. Stage 2. Since then, we are all worried about her health. My dad and mom sought after the best oncologist in the country just to save her life.