Be Mine

21

Lianna was up early, mainly because she took a pill to help her ignore all the messages from Gary. She needed to be at the café early as Sundays are usually their busiest day. She helped in preparing the ingredients for the main courses and started baking pastries for their early customers. When everything was set in the kitchen, she double checked the bar and dining area, making sure everything is clean and organized before giving their guard the go signal to open the doors for guests. She went to her office to check for inventory and deliveries when Bianca enters.

"Lianna! Bakit hindi mo na ako tinawagan kahapon?", she demands at her.

"Good morning, Bianca!", she greets her back.

"Good morning!", she sits on the chair across her table. "Anyway, anong nangyari sayo? Pinag-alala mo ako!"

She feels touched with her friend's concern. "Sorry. I fell asleep pag-uwi ko kahapon at sa totoo lang, ayoko na rin maalala ang mga nangyari. Well, I think I don't remember.. well, some parts."

"Ha? Teka, di kita maintindihan! What do you mean hindi mo maalala? Ganun ba kaganda yung date mo at nagka-amnesia ka?"

Lianna sighs and started telling Bianca what happened since she left for the hotel, what the room looked like when she entered, the message she received from Gary, how she dragged herself to the bar, how she got drunk and couldn't remember anything she said, and how Carlos was the one who saved her by bringing her back to the room. Well, she skipped some parts as she is too embarrassed to tell Bianca those things.

"Wait. Anong ginagawa ni Caloy sa hotel?"

Lianna thought about it and realized she was not able to ask that. "Hindi ko rin alam.", she says.

"Baka naman stalker na yang si Caloy ha. Twice ka na nasagip. First sa grocery, ngayon naman sa hotel."

"Hindi naman siguro, Biancs. Baka coincidence lang."

"Sabagay, masyado siyang gwapo para maging stalker. Ang bait pa. Tapos ang bango niya and siguro ang ganda ng katawan niya..", Bianca says.

"Oh yeah, maganda talaga yung katawan niya!", her mind says in agreement. Lianna shrugged it off. "Ano ba, Bianca! Mga pinagsasasabi mo."

"What? Hindi mo ba napapansin yun?", Bianca asks her but Lianna just giggles at her friend.

"So anyway, anong balok mo ngayon kay Gary?", her friend asks, going back to the topic.

Lianna sighs, "Well, mukha namang he made a choice already. Naisip ko na baka hindi naman talaga ako importante sa kanya. I mean, sino ba naman kasi ako.. hindi naman ako kasal sa kanya. Ako pa ang makakasira sa relasyon nila mag-asawa. Nilaglag lang niya ako pagkatapos niya ako itaas kung nasaan ako ngayon. I mean kasalanan ko din eh. Umasa ako. Umasa ako na tutuparin niya yung sinabi niya dati. Pero.. pero parang imposible naman na yun.", she didn't notice that she started crying already. Bianca stood up and gave her a hug and there she sobbed more.

"Lia, tama itong desisyon mo. Palayain mo na yung sarili mo sa kanya. Alam kong mahal mo si Gary pero makakahanap ka ng taong hindi ka sasaktan ng ganito. Makakahanap ka ng taong maiiwan sayo at ikaw ang pipiliin.", Bianca says while rubbing Lianna's back.

Lianna pulled away and smiled at Bianca, "Thank you for always being there for me, Bianca."

"Naman! Nandiyan ka rin naman sa mga heartaches ko."

Lianna giggles at her. There was a knock at the door, she wiped her face with a tissue before Bianca opened the door and one of the staff said, "Ma'am Lia, may naghahanap po sa inyo."

"Sino daw?", Bianca asked for Lia.

"Sir Carlos po ang pangalan.", the staff said. Lianna nodded at her staff signaling that she will come out in a bit. Bianca looked at her with a naughty smile.