Days passed by and today, our book concert will be held in a big convention center.
The concert will start at 5:30 pm at nandito pa din ako sa condo kahit 4:00 pm na. Di naman na ako kailangan sa mismong venue since I've done my job yesterday. It's up to the production staffs ad creatives na.
I am checking my green gown and my face. I learned doing my own make up because of modelling.
Bumaba na ako at sumakay sa grab na binook ko kanina.
I arrived at the place at exactly 4:30, malapit lang naman yung place it's just that the traffic is very heavy sa main road kaya inabot ng 30 minutes.
The convention center is on the 20th floor pa at madaming tao sa elevator kaya I decided to wait for another one.
While waiting...
"Stunning as always." nagulat ako ng makita si Sir William na nandito rin sa event.
"William, bakit kayo nandito?" I asked politely
"Well, because I have the time to spare I guess?" he said while casually fixing his waxed hair
He's wearing a white tux and slacks, looking expensive as always Sir William.
Sabay kaming sumakay sa elevator at ako na din ang nag-guide sa kanya papunta sa kaniyang seat para sa book concert.
"Felicity, where are you going to sit for the entire book concert ?" Tanong ni Sir William
sa akin.
"Ah, I will be at the side part of the stage. Hope you'll enjoy the concert, William." sagot ko at dali dali na pumunta sa gilid ng stage upang maupo. I can see everything here kaya mablis kong mamo-monitor kung mayroong mali.
Dahil sa kaba, hindi ko napigilan ang pagbuntong hininga. I am very excited and at the same time, scared. I am scared about the technical issues or any issues that'll ruin the book concert.
I already checked everything 10 times, sana ay smooth ang flow ang concert.
"Hoy, lalim ng iniisip natin ah." biglang bungad sa akin ni Rover sabay lahad ng iced tea.
"Kinakabahan ako eh."
"Eh hindi naman ikaw yung Author ah." sagot nya kaya hinampas ko siya sa braso na ikinatawa nya. Good thing, hindi na awkward.
He sat next to my chair and we patiently waited until ALL the lights go off.
"Putsang--" sabi ko sa pagkagulat. nagugulat ako kapag namamatay ng ganito ang mga ilaw, I am not used to it.
"Fely, walang pinagbago ah. Lutong pa rin." biglang bulong niya sa akin,hindi ko pa naman siya mahampas. Sayang!
"The art of loving is like a painting;
Each colors represents the feelings,
Each stroke represents the decisions,
and each error represents the problem.
The thing is,
The painting I've had
Had a lot of error
And no stroke or color can help."
The author started reading, as if the author's the one who experienced it.
Just beautiful words conveying painful messages.
The title of the book is "Canvass" it is a poetry book with 5 question for the readers as its intro and it talks about the journey of the character and his partner or lover.
Actually, this kind of book is very trendy nowadays. Gusto kasi ng reader na mas maging involved sila sa kanilang binabasa and that is one way of doing so.
No matter how the technology surpass the traditional ones, the book is also evolving and continue to surprise the bookworms.
"I am in a state of confusion,
How can you hurt someone you love?
Is my love not enough?
Is her love not enough?
Or maybe, we didn't really love each other from the start."
Yeah, how can you hurt someone you love?
There are a lot of factors naman, siguro isa na doon yung hindi sapat yung pagmamahal.
See, this kind of book concert is my favorite!
Mapapaisip ka, masasaktan,matutuwa, iiyak at tatawa ka hindi dahil naranasan mo na kung hindi dahil may pakiramdam ka bilang tao.
The author kept on reading the book until it reaches its end.
Everyone clapped except me, I didn't like the ending.
The character got hurt and started to write these poems about his lover pero sa kaduluhan, naging sila ulit.
wtf?!!
Oh baka ako lang itong may problema, I don't know.
Once someone hurt you, never let them enter your world again. That is my motto.
Baka ayoko lang yung ending kasi this is how I'm built and forged.
Ayoko sa marupok, naiinis ako.
Maya maya lang ay namalayan kong nawala na ang mga tao at iilan na lang ang natira.
Ako, si Rover at si William.
William's still here?!
I mean Rover is beside me baka hinihintay nya ako pero si William?
Nagpaalam ako kay Rover saglit upang puntahan si William,
"William, why are you still here? Everyone's gone." tanong ko pagkadating na pagkadating ko sa seat na inuupuan niya.
"Well, you're still here." he casually said at tumayo siya bigla bago pa ako makasagot...
Leaving me looking small dahil 6'2 siya while I'm just 5'6.
"May gagawin ka pa ba dito, Felicity?" he politely asked.
"Ah, wala naman na. I think the staff can handle the props na. Bakit?"
"Can you come with me? Uhm, dinner?" he shyly replied.
Oh.. I looked at where I left Rover but he's not there anymore.
I texted him,ofcourse I can't say yes kung nandito pa si Rover dahil...
dahil siya ay isang kaibigan?
I asked William to wait habang hinihintay ko ang reply ni Rover.
Rover: Sorry, Fely. Something came up nauna na ako. Take care!
"Yeah, sure, let's go." sabi ko kay William at ipinasok na ang phone sa aking clutch.
I should be happy or excited because duh! It's William!
Pero why do I feel disappointed?
