Through You

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE - Clementine

I already watched you go.
Made plans.
Prepared my heart.
I know
how to deal with the leaving;
It's the staying
I am not ready for.

- L.E. Bowman

~Kylie

I was awaken by the bright lights passing through my eyelids, I look around, see Gabbi walking back and forth in front of me, biting her fingernails, weakly, I call her name.

"Ate Ky! Sabi ko na nga ba nung nawawala ka, may nang yari. Buti nalang at tinawag ako ni Rocco muna dahil currently on shoot sya." She says, and hurriedly walks towards me, hands both on my bed, looking at me with full of worry.

I notice by the white pearl banging through each other that Gabbi was still wearing her costume. That made me look at what I am wearing. I am glad to see that I am not wearing any hospital gowns, it can only mean that I am still on set just resting.

"Gabbi, stop pacing back and forth, nahihilo ko lalo..." She stops what she was doing and returned to me.

"Ate Ky, sabi ko naman sayo. Kung ano nararamdaman mo kanina. Sabi ni Kuya Rocco, hinimatay ka daw?" She says, slowly, nag sisink in na sakin ano ung last words ko nung nag blackout ako.

"Tinatanong ko si Rocco kung tatawag ako ng Doctor, sabi nya wag. Kahit anong pag pipilit ko wag. Anong gagawin ko? Edi andto ko nag dadasal, magising ka. Magising ka. Kahit nga fictional lang ung briliante, triny ko pa gamitin sayo sa sobrang kaba ko eh." Gabbi says in a very fast way, She even kept on wiping her palms on her dress, I laugh.

"Ate, Bat tinatawanan mo na naman ako, seryoso, kanina kahit anong tapik ko ayaw mo magising!" Gabbi says, wiping her fingers again on her dress.

"Ano ba, papagalitan ako ni Direk pag natanggal na naman ung mga anek anek nito." Sabi nya, huling pag kakataon ay pinunas ulit ang kamay nya sa palda nya.

"Gabbi, I am okay...." I say. Slowly, she starts to calm, I tried to stand up, she helps me to.

"Ate naman kasi, paabiso naman kung mahihimatay ka ulit ng ma prepare ko pagkatao ko!" She says, attempting to wipe her hands again on her dress but stops it before her hands could even reach the cloth.

Gabbi walks towards me and leans in to me. She carefully observed my head trying to look for something.

"What are you doing Gabriella?" I asks.

"Tinitignan ko lang baka sa scene natin nasugatan kita, eh kasi naman kung kailan tayo mag kaeksena saka ka naman nag sipag himatay, baka ako naman ang cause nyan!" I remove her hands from my hair and holds them tight.

She starts to fixate her eyes on me, I knew she felt that I have something important to say. She return my grip by holding on to me as well.

"Gabbi, Okay lang ako, I am just pregnant. Okay?" I say, and instead of her lessening the grip she has on me, she hold on tighter, I watch as her jaw drop.

"Gabbi, you are hurting my fingers." I say, still she seems to be shocked, I waved my fingers infront of her.

Reality seems to have kicked in, She slowly takes her fingers away from me, I watch as she tries to form words from her lips.

"Ate, Buntis ka." Gabbi says, she collapses into the chair infront of us. She looks at me still.

"Kylie Pristine Santiago. Pregnant." She says, on repeat, as if every words will heighten the possibility of it being untrue.

When she finally regained herself, she gleefully walks towards me and jump up and down.

"Oh my God! Real life Hadia! Congrats Ate!" She says, jumps up and down again, but this time, the beads on her head starts to rollover with each other.