Paper Hearts on Paper Planes

Chapter 18

Gab's POV

"Please stop dodging me and just be honest with your feelings, just like before, nung tayo pa."

"Jerrick past is past na, please let's stop this. Tapos na yun and napatawad na kita, magkaibigan na nga tayo di ba?"

He quickly pulled me towards him, kissed me. "Please be honest with me, Gab." he said after we broke the kiss.

"Jerrick, why are you doing this, bakit hinihila mo na naman ako sa'yo. Okay na tayo di ba, as friends."

"Oo, pero I want us to be more than that, again. Because I still love you Gab. Can't you see how hard it is for me to act like I don't care about you."

"Ako ba hindi. Everytime I see you, like everyday, I can't help to ask myself kung asan ako nagkulang. Na kung bakit mo ako iniwan?" it's my first time seeing her cry, and that made me feel bad about myself. How many times have I made her cry? Kasi ayaw ko ng mangyari pa yun.

I quickly hugged her. "Ako tung mahina Gab, ako tung hindi ka kayang ipaglaban. Hindi ka nagkulang. Please give me one more chance, this time I'm gonna make everything right. For us."

Chris's POV

It's still quarter to five and I'm up. I fetched my phone and inopen ang note app. What should I write for my bucket list? How many should I write?

After taking awhile, I managed to write all the things that I want to do. I stretched then napansin ko na masinag na ang araw.

Bumaba na kaagad ako to have some breakfast. Luckily pagbaba ko hinahanda na nina Jay at Claire yung breakfast.

"Himala ahh.. aga niyong nagising. Hindi uso hangover?" I joked.

"Dapat nga ikaw tung maagang gumising Chris." Jay exclaimed.

"True that." Claire seconded.

"Why is that?"

"Don't tell me, Sharon didn't text you?"

"Hindi Claire ehhh.. Ano ba yun?"

"Kasi magpapatulong siya sa'min ni Claire, she'll be redecorating her room today. Part of her bucket list daw."

"Talaga? Why didn't she texted me?" pagtataka ko.

"I don't know, tulungan mo kami mamaya ha."

"Sure, since part rin naman ng bucket list ko na tulungan si Sharon na macomplete yung bucket list niya."

"Wow, iba ka rin talaga bro." "Omo! Really?" they said at the same time.

"Yes, I made my bucket list too."

"Mahal mo pa talaga si Sha, can't wait for you both to get back together, bro."

"Me too, and soon I'll make sure that will happen."

"Uhmm... Chris may nasabi na ba sa'yo si Sha?"

"About what, Claire? May dapat ba siyang sabihin sa'kin?"

"Aahh...nevermind. By the way, tulog pa ba sina Gab at Jerrick?"

"I'll go get Jerrick, so we can all have our breakfast together na."

"Pupuntahan ko na rin si Gab sa guest room, maybe she's there."

"Wait Claire, hindi ka natulog sa guest room? Don't tell me Jay, sa kwarto mo natulog tung si Claire."

"Anong mali naman dun? Girlfriend ko siya, at boyfriend niya ako."

"Naku, kapag kayo nakabuo."

"Then we are going to start our own family, nasa tamang edad na rin naman kami so I don't see anything wrong with that."

"Bahala kayo, buhay niyo yan. Sige na, pakigising nalang yung dalawa."

Bumalik kaagad si Claire but Gab's not with her.

"Let me guess, ayaw bumangon?" inunahan ko na si Claire.

"No, actually, wala siya sa guest room."

"Guys, you need to see this." hingal na sabi ni Jay.

"Ano ba yun?"

"Huwag ng maraming tanong Chris, tara na nga."

Pagkadating namin ng kwarto ni Jerrick we were all shocked sa nakita namin. Gab and Jerrick are in the same room, sleeping and cuddling in the same bed, well wala naman sigurong nangyari sa dalawa kasi they're both still wearing their clothes.

"Aheeemmm..." Jay intentionally cleared his throat.

Nagising ang dalawa and Jerrick immediately rubbed his eyes at sinuot ang glasses niya. "What are you all doing here?"

"Kami dapat ang magtanong niyan? Anong ginagawa niyo?" nakaka-crossed arm na tanong ni Jay.

From the looks of it, these two are already busted. Might as well tell is the truth about kung ano man ang tinatago nila kaysa magpalusot na naman sila.

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Nagather kami lahat sa dinning table.

"So ano na? Walang magsasalita sa inyong dalawa?" kung makaintriga naman tung si Jay, parang may nagawang kasalanan yung dalawa.

"So are you two, seeing each other?" Claire asked.

"Yes, we made it official again last night." straightforward na sagot ni Jerrick.

"Again? Naging kayo ba dati?"

"Yes Claire, naging kami noon. Almost 4 months din."

"Woahh... and you hid that from all of us. I must say, impressive yung pagtatago niyo ng relationship niyo ahh.. Ni isa sa'min hindi man lang nakahalata."

"Sorry talaga kung hindi namin nasabi sa inyo yun. Back then, we were waiting for the right time para sabihin sa inyo yun kaso daming nangyari ehh.." with that napakamot nalang si Jerrick sa batok niya. "To the point taht we broke up."

"Come on, hindi niyo naman dapat itago yang pagmamahalan niyo anyways I'm happy for the both of you. Congrats sa inyo."

"Thanks Chris."

Sharon's POV

I'm getting ready nang may nagdoorbell. I hurriedly went down and open the door. I was shocked to see all of them, I wasn't expecting them to be all here.

"You're all here."

"Aahh... oo, ininvite na rin namin sina Chris, Jerrick at Gab. Okay lang ba?"

"Of course, the more the merrier."

Tumungo na kaming lahat sa kwarto ko.

"So what do you want us to do?"

"Actually nasabi ko na kay Jay yung details, Chris. Jay." tawag ko sa kanya, so that he can explain the details.

"Don't worry about a thing at magpalit ka nalang Sha. Kami na bahala dito."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"May pupuntahan lang kayo ni Chris. By the time na makauwi na kayo, tapos na ang renovation ng kwarto mo."

"Oyy... ano ba kayo, let me help you."

"Huwag na Sha, we insist di ba guys?" and the others nod, agreeing to Jay. "Mabuti pa sumama ka na kay Chris. We can handle this."

"Let's go." at nilahad ni Chris ang kamay niya.

"Saan ba ang lakad natin?" I asked.

"Basta, sumama ka nalang."

"Well, hindi ako sasama sa'yo kung hindi mo sasabihin."

"Fine, we'll be going on a date."

"Date?!"

"As a friend, friendly date lang naman Sharon."

"Magpapalit lang ako."

"Sure, take your time."

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Stay tune sa date nina Sharon and Chris sa next update 😊.