Kabanata 35
Happiness Before The Pain
Papunta na ako ngayon sa dressing room. Katatapos lang mag picture taking ang buong troupe together with Alixis and some investors.
May mga fans din na nagpapicture sa akin kanina at ngayon lang ako nakaalis dahil sa dami nila. Some were giving me gifts.
"Where are you going?" Bungad ni Alixis sa akin pagkalabas ko ng backstage.
"Magpapalit na ng damit." I replied.
"Let's take a photo together first." Yaya niya
Ilang pose ang ginawa namin bago napagdesisyunang tumigil para pumasok sa dressing room.
We are about to walk nang mag flash ang isang camera at nagtuloy-tuloy na. Dahil Enchanted Night ngayon, open ang Enchanted sa Media. Ang alam ko nga ay live kami mamaya sa party.
"Mr. Alixis Villaruel."
"Mr. Villaruel!"
"Mr. Alixis."
Sunod-sunod ang pagtawag ng mga reporter sa pangalan ni Alixis. Hindi na kami ngayon makadaan dahil nagsisiksikan sila.
Mahigpit ang bantay para hindi sila makapasok dito sa pathway papuntang dressing room pero may iilang mga nakalusot pa rin.
Ayaw pa kaming padaanin ng mga iilan kaya wala na kaming nagawa kundi ang harapin sila.
"What can you say about the troupe's performance earlier?" Panimula ng isa.
"They did great." Alixis answered na parang sanay na.
"Miss Martin is your chosen Ballerina para sa lead role, what can you say about her performance?" Asked the other reporter.
A question which I wanna hear the answer too since I didn't see any happiness in his eyes at all.
"The troupe did great. It wouldn't be possible if the Prima Ballerina isn't talented enough." He smiled
Okay maybe he's just too overwhelmed by our performance that's why he couldn't find the right expression to express earlier.
Pero pwedeng umalis dito now na? Hindi naman ata ako kailangan eh. Nagmumukha akong props.
"Miss Martin you stopped dancing for years how did you get your body in shape and dance as if you never stopped dancing?"
"I admit there are times that I'm about to give up and stop because I'm losing hope but director Alixis is always there to motivate and help everytime so hindi ako masyadong nahirapan."
Wew that was mind blowing. If only they knew.
"Director Villaruel, We've heard that you and Cerynna are close, how did it affect you as her dance instructor? And for Miss Cerynna how did it affect you as Mr. Villaruel's prima ballerina?"
Now we're both dead.
"Ang trabaho ay trabaho." Makahulugan kong sinabi.
"Cerynna is professional enough to know the difference between work and friendship. Now, please excuse us. We need to change clothes for the party later." He politely said at iginaya ako paalis sa media.
Mabuti naman... Akala ko magigisa na kami doon habang buhay.
Narinig kong nagtitilian ang mga girls sa loob ng dressing room ngayon. Syempre, natapos ng maayos ang performance.
Palihim nalang din akong ngumiti. Sana maulit muli ang dati. Yung mga panahong kaibigan ang turing nila sa akin hindi tulad ngayon. Deretso akong pumasok sa dressing room at naupo sa harap ng vanity table I remove my head dress at tiningnan ang repleksyon sa salamin.
BINABASA MO ANG
Flow Of Memories (On-Going)
General FictionAfter Cerynna Gabrielle Martin broke her ankle from an accident and stopped ballet, she found happiness again when she met Alixis Villaruel, the most well-known ballet master who helped her dance again and made her fall in love. Just as she thought...
