Heated Deceptions

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I was feeling down until the end of the day. I was in my room, already wearing my pajamas and ready to go to sleep, but I couldn't do so. Hindi ko na rin mabilang kung ilang beses na akong nagpakawala ng buntonghininga.

The sadness was so overwhelming na kahit ang pagtulog ay hindi ko magawa. I just couldn't take my mind off what happened earlier. Sinusubukan kong kalimutan, pakiramdam ko kasi ay maiiyak ako anytime, pero ayaw talaga mawala sa isip ko 'yon.

I finally got to kiss North! He didn't push me away nor refuse my kiss. I was so happy thinking that North might really have feelings for me until Kuya Zoren ruined my day.

Ilang beses ko ring sinubukang sabihin sa sarili ko na he might be wrong. But that was Kuya Zoren. He was North's best friend.

Sighing for the nth time, I decided to Facetime Andrea. I wanted someone to talk to about what happened earlier.

"Ry? Anong mayro'n?" bungad niya agad pagkasagot ng tawag. It was funny. Alam na alam niyang may nangyari dahil tumawag ako nang ganitong oras, but I was feeling so down to even laugh right now.

I sighed. "It's just...it's about North."

"Sabi na e." She even snapped her fingers when she said that. Napasimangot ako. "Oh? Ano na namang nangyari this time? Mukhang hindi maganda base sa pagkakabusangot ng mukha mo."

I slightly pouted. "I kissed North."

Tiningnan ko si Andrea but she didn't say anything. I frowned. Was my connection shaky? She wasn't even moving.

When she blinked, I confirmed that she just wasn't moving. Baka siguro nagulat lang sa sinabi ko kaya hindi nakapag-react agad.

"What?" she asked. Hindi niya narinig?

"I kissed North," ulit ko. She blinked again and I realized that she heard me the first time. Nagulat lang yata talaga.

"Nananaginip ka ba, Rylee?"

Napasimangot ako. What? She thought I was dreaming right now?

"I'm telling the truth, Andrea! I kissed North earlier! And he didn't even push me away!" I frustratedly combed my hair using my fingers but the strands fell back down to my face.

Tinitigan ako ni Andrea at walang kahit na anong sinabi. Mas lalo kong naramdaman ang frustration. What I needed was a friend that I could talk to, and not someone who'd doubt my words!

Andrea sighed. Mukhang nakita niya ang pagiging frustrated ko at ang katotohanan sa sinabi ko. We'd been friends forever. Of course she knew whether I was telling the truth or not!

"E bakit mukhang hindi ka masaya?" she asked.

Bumalik ang dahilan kung bakit ako malungkot ngayon sa isip ko dahil sa naging tanong niya. How could I be happy after what Kuya Zoren said?

"North has a girlfriend." Mas lalo pang dumoble ang lungkot na nararamdaman ko pagkatapos kong sabihin iyon.

"Huh?!" Andrea exclaimed. Mukha pa siyang takang-taka. "Are you sure he has a girlfriend?"

Umiling ako. "I don't know...pero si kuya kasi ang nagsabi..." Halos umiyak na 'ko ro'n.

Hindi nagsalita si Andrea. Wala na siyang masabi para pagaanin ang loob ko. She knew that if Kuya Zoren said so, then it must have been true. After all, si Kuya Zoren ang madalas na nakakasama ni North. Siya ang mas nakakaalam ng mga nangyayari sa buhay ni North kaysa sa akin.

Mas okay sana kung hindi si Kuya Zoren ang nagsabi sa 'kin talaga. I mean, it hurt so bad hearing that news from my own brother. Lalo pa at alam kong totoo kapag galing sa kanya.