When Love Lasts

17

This is a work of FICTION. All characters are used in FICTITIOUS manner.

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It's the last day of the year. Everyone is very busy. The kitchen seems so be so crowded. Paano ba naman kasi, kahit mga hindi marunong magluto ay nandito.

"Magbalot na lang kase kayo ng shanghai." sabi ni Liza kila Bongbong.

"Expert ka na nyan?" sagot naman ni Bongbong.

Inirapan lang siya ni Liza at pinagpatuloy ang ginagawa. Nakita kong umalis si Greggy.

We are preparing a lot of foods. Rice cakes such as puto, maja blanca, biko, palitaw, ube halaya. There are also ceasar's salad, sans rival, spaghetti, macaroni salad, carbonara, pudding, fruitcake, paella, crema de fruta, leche flan, camaron rebosado, pancit, cordon bleu and many more.

Kaya pinayagan ni mommy na tumulong ang lahat. This is because, our cousins will come over and celebrate with us.

I am chopping some vegetables when I felt someone gathered my hair and put a tie on it.

"There. Para hindi ka hawi ng hawi." Greggy said. I looked at everyone and they are also looking at him. "What? Baka kase malagyan ng buhok ang mga pagkain."

Nagtinginan sila at sabay na nag-ismiran. Tinuloy lang namin ang pagluluto.

Later on, "Hey guys." tawag ng bagong dating. Nandito na sila Martin.

"Tikoy is here, and lechon will be delivered tonight" Alfred said as he put the boxes on the table.

Cristina, Alfred's wife, went straight to me. She teased me when she saw Greggy. "Now I will witness you guys personally. May maichichika na naman ako kila Dawn" she smiled widely and she looks excited.

I just shook my head, smiling.

"Ang aga niyo ata." mommy asked.

"We thought we could lend some helping hands tita so we came early." Cristina said.

"That's good. Can you check everything in the kitchen?"

"Sure tita" she said. Tinawag niya rin si Yedda, asawa ni Martin para samahan siya.

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It's already three in the afternoon, we're almost done. Kahit sa dami ng prinepare, naitawid namin.

"Mommy sa taas lang ako, I'm tired." Paalam ko. They're talking about something.

"Go sleep. Gisingin ka nalang namin." she said so I went to my room.

Mabilis akong nakatulog dahil sa pagod. Nagising ako nang may maingay sa kwarto ko. I looked around. What are these three ladies doing in my room?

Liza and Christina is on my vanity table and Manang is again on my book shelf.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Ay kabayong bruha!" gulat na sabi ni Manang kaya napatawa ang dalawa.

"We're waiting for you to wake up." Liza said. I looked the time and it's already seven thirty.

"Take a bath now, we'll wait for you here" Cristina

I went to the bathroom to take a shower. When I'm done, they also went out of my closet. "We picked your clothes." they said, they seem to be proud.

They showed it to me. It's a light pink bustier ruffle dress with a slit. "Hindi ba masiyadong OA?" I asked.

"Hindi yan." sabi ni Cristina at tinulak ako papasok sa walk in closet ko. "Bihis na dali."