Rhythm Of The Waves (COMPLETED)

12 - Do You Love Blaze?

It's been a month after lola's death and burial and all this time, I locked myself inside my room. Lumalabas lang ako kapag kakain na o kapag may kailangan ako doon, other than that, I never bothered to step out of my room. Hindi ko kayang makita ang bahay kung saan sa lahat ng sulok ay may mga memories namin ni lola.

Dahil doon ay hindi din ako nakatrabaho. My works... ang new songs ko, new albums, new music videos, they were all postponed.

Iilang araw din na binibisita ako ng mga kaibigan ko dito pero hindi naman sila pumapasok sa kwarto. They understand that I want to fight through this alone. Alam nilang ayaw kong makipaghalubilo sa kahit kanino ngayon.

I must admit, namimiss ko sila... pero hindi ko talaga magawang lumabas dito. It's as if I'm a walking bomb, and once I step out of my room, I'll finally explode.

Even though hindi ako nagparamdam sa kanila, they never missed a day without leaving a good morning message to me. Minsan ay kinakamusta nila ako at kung hindi seen ay mga maiikling reply lang ang binibigay ko sa kanila.

Napatingin ako sa cellphone ko nang mag-ring ito ng iilang beses. Alas tres na pala ng hapon. I gulped at the moment I saw what was on my screen.

Cia is calling you...

I wanted to decline the call bit there was something telling me to answer it. Para bang may kung anong tumulak sa daliri ko na pindutin ang answer. I put it on speaker dahil ayaw kong ilapit iyon sa tenga ko, baka kung ano pa ang marinig ko sa kanya.

"Hello?" I shivered when I heard her voice from the other line.

She sighed, "Yara, I know you're listening."

Hindi na ako umimik at hinintay na lang kung ano yung sasabihin niya. She chuckled a bit and a man's voice was heard along with hers.

"Ah, you might be wondering who that man is, right? Don't worry... it's just the producer," she maniacally laughed which gave me chills.

Nakatingin lang ako sa screen ng cellphone ko na nagpapakita ng picture naming dalawa ni Felicia. We were wearing matching dresses, blue yung sa akin at yellow yung sa kanya. This was when we were filming, mga panahon na nangyari sa akin ang insidente na ginawa ng producer. A lump formed on my throat when I reminisced. We were such happy friends... pero siya naman pala 'tong kinakampihan ang taong muntik nang sumira sa akin.

"Yara... remember me?" I immediately turned off my phone when I heard his voice.

My dear old nightmare came back to me. Sa ayay o sa gusto ko ay alam kong hahanapin niya ako, alam kong may gagawin na naman siya sa akin. He didn't get to lay his hands on me before, and I'm sure he will do everything to do so now.

Umiyak ako nang umiyak. I didn't even realize that my cries became loud until ate Lena and ate Sandy stormed in my room. Mabuti na nga lang at wala dito ang mga kaibigan ko ngayon.

"Yara, baby... you're okay, nandito ang mga ate mo," niyakap ako ni ate samantalang si ate Sandy naman ay hinahawakan ang kamay ko.

Sumunod naman si mommy sa kanila na may dala-dalang tubig. I cried in ate's arms and told them what happened. Mula sa nakita kong tweet ni Cia hanggang sa call. As I expected, they were infuriated-- except ate Sandy. She gave me a soft expression as if assuring me that nothing bad will happen to me, na hindi niya hahayaang lumapit sa akin ang producer.

After quite some time crying, I calmed down a bit. Nang naramdaman kong okay na ay sinabihan ko sila. They were outside my room but asked me kung gusto ko din bang lumabas, I told them I will.

They let out a relieved sigh after that.

"Basta, don't make the producer make you feel scared, ah! Remember, narito na kami para sa 'yo ngayon... plus, nariyan din sina Blaze! So don't worry, ok hun? Kapag makita 'ko yang produc--" naputol ang sinasabi ni ate nang nagsalita si Blaze na nakasandal sa pinto.