YZABEL'S POV
"Cole!" sigaw ko at napaupo.
"you're so loud ms.divinagracia" someone spoke beside me at mukang alam kona kung sino yon.
"lara?"
"s-si cole?! okay lang siya?!" nagaalalang tanong ko.
she didn't answer...
"lara!" sigaw ko
"she left you but she's okay" she calmly said.
naalala ko naman yung nangyari bago ako makatulog.
naramdaman ko naman na may nakakumot sakin.
i-it's her jacket... there's a weird noice coming from the jacket's pocket..
it's a gummy bears...
"I'll order, what do you want?" tanong niya.
"i don't want to eat" sabi ko at tumayo then sinuot ang jacket ni cole.
it smells like her.
hindi mabango hindi mabaho, sakto lang.
"pathetic" lara said, i clench.
"you need to eat, thats what cole's said" lara.
cole...
i felt my tears drop so sudden.
"I don't want to hear her name" sagot ko.
"please."
"fine, just eat" lara.
"what do you want?" tanong niya.
"just a nuggets" sagot ko.
"okay, I'll order" sagot niya.
she used to say that when i want nuggets.
mananatili akong alipin ng pag-ibig mo cole.
nasa condo niya pala kami, nakapunta nako dito nung galing kami sa restau niya, we didn't do anything bad, nagpahinga lang then umuwi.
after an hour.
I'm eating while watching tv, i can still feel cole hugging me with this jacket.
I will never wash it.
"what do you mean she left me?" tanong ko kay lara.
"she left you for Law" sagot niya, she's just reading a book all the time.
i miss her already.
"may pasok kapa, nasa kwarto yung bag mo, kinontak kona yung parents mo na dito ka nakatulog kagabi so pwede ka nang pumasok at doon na umuwi sainyo" mahabang sabi niya at tumayo para pumunta sa isang kwarto..
yan lang ata pinakamahabang nasabi niya eh, seryoso pa yung boses kala mo laging galit na ewan.
parang ayokong pumasok dahil wala nang maghihintay sakin sa labas ng room at maghahatid sakin pauwi.
gusto kong sumunod sakanya sa u.s.a
can't we just be happy? bakit kailangan kapa kunin ng daddy mo sakin?
"kumilos kana" lara said habang bitbit ang bag ko.
"may unused underwear sa cr at nandun din ang damit mo" sabi niya at umupo ulit para magbasa ng libro.
tumayo nako at naligo.
pananatiliin kong ikaw lang cole... susubukan ko.
