willing to be your knight (Knight Series, #2)

16: Amazed?

Axl

"Hindi ka na dapat kinakabahan. Akala ko ba tinuruan ka ni Luke? You were with him for like 5 hours." He said while being annoyed at me.

I was just telling him that I can't get my fear off. Paano kung mag-kamali ako bukas? Ahh! I am so stressed over it.

I also talked to Valerie to at least ease my fear. I did get clam for a quite a time while talking to her but as soon as she ended the call, I got immediately anxious.

Damn this feeling! I always feel like my life depends on it when it definitely won't affect my life even if I don't do the presentation tomorrow. Damn!

"Don't be too stressed about it." I heard him while he was busy typing in his phone.

I just nodded at him at agad akong pumunta sa kusina. I need to drink something! Ayaw ko na munang mag-isip ng mag-isip.

I looked at the fridge and I saw milk, chocolate, orange juice and more but my mind says thy I don't want to drink that shits! Argh! Why am I stressing out this much?

Papabalik na sana ako sa sala ng makita kong nasa likod ko si Liam. I just stared at him and said nothing. After a minute of fine silence I heard him laugh that made his teeth came out. Such a rare occasion to see him smiling. He walked past me and headed for the fridge. I was going out of the kitchen when he suddenly called me.

"Drey."

I faced him, "yeah?" He smirked at me before even saying a thing.

"Want some Raspberry Lemonade?"

I don't know why but my whole mood lifted up. Hearing that name of that drink made me alive. I just smiled and he just shook his head before digging into the fridge. Well, I guess I don't have to say that I want anymore. I grabbed my phone at the sala and I went to the balcony to smell some air. Needed this since earlier.

The whole day I was stressing out about that presentation thing to the point that I space out immediately. Like an incident earlier, if Luke wasn't with me I would've been scolded by my professor. I was spacing out in a discussion and I wasn't aware that I was being called several times.

Why am I acting like this? Dapat sanay na ako. I am a company owner yet I am afraid to do a school presentation? How's that?

Somehow, I blame my family. They always pressure me to do my best even if it's not healthy for me to be forced. Growing up, I had anxiety. Mahirap pero sa tulong ng mga kaibigan ko at ng mga doctor ko, naka-survive naman ako. Hay!

Malaki nanaman ako ngayon. No need to worry. I know what's right and wrong now. I shouldn't be stressing out like this.

"Huwag mo na masyadong isipin yung presentation mo bukas. I am sure you'll be fine." Tumingin ako sa kanya at ngumiti ako.

Somehow my mind calm down a bit. Oo, siguro kinakabahan pa rin ako pero mas okay na ako ngayon.

"Here. Baka mawalan ka ng kaba kapag natikman mo ang special refresher ko." Sabi niya na parang proud na proud pa siya sa ginawa niya.

"Asa! Mas masarap pa rin yung sa Starbucks!"

I lied. There's something about his raspberry lemonade that made me want it even more than the Starbucks version that I lived with for years.

"Whatever. Just drink it. Alam kong kanina ka pa naghahanap ng maiinom. Also, I made cookies earlier. Want some?" I just nodded at him while looking at the skyline of Makati.

What a refreshing view.

Wala pang isang minuto ay nakabalik na agad siya at may dala na siyang madaming cookies.