Enticing the Untamed Jewel

Chapter 16: Alcohol

Did I hear it right? Yes. Pero bakit? Bakit niya gagawin 'yon?

"W-Why?" I asked with my trembling lips. Why would he fucking kill for me... why would he ruin everything for me?

Who am I in his life? Am I special to him?

Alistair just stared at me and didn't answer. Tila nawalan na rin ako ng lakas para magtanong ulit kaya tinanggap ko nalang ang pananahimik niya.

He offered me his jacket when he saw the situation with my blouse. Tinanggap ko naman iyon at tahimik na sumunod sa kanya. I couldn't talk to him again because he was so silent and it really got me hesitating.

I sighed and when I looked around, I saw two guys who fought with him earlier.

I don't have any idea who they are, but as I looked at them, I could somehow tell that they seemed to know Alistair a bit. Maybe they're his friends?

"Cyrene." A familiar guy suddenly came to me and offered his hand.

Napakunot ako ng noo. Saan ko ba siya nakita?

"Gigi," I muttered as I accepted his hand.

"Yeah, I know you," aniya at kumindat bago pinakawalan ang kamay ko. "Can't hold you too long though, gusto ko pang mabuhay e." He chuckled.

"Bakit naman? Am I a poison or something?" Nagtataka kong tanong. He just laughed and walked past me. The other guy just silently walked past me, like he doesn't have any plan to talk to me. Okay lang naman.

Hinatid nila ako sa condo no'ng madaling araw na iyon and ever since that day, Alistair stopped talking to me. Sa loob ng isang linggo ay hindi man lang nagpakita sa 'kin, ni anino niya.

What happened was indeed scary and honestly, it visits me everytime I close my eyes. Pero kaya ko naman. Ang mahalaga buhay pa ako. And I'm sure too... that they weren't able to harrass me. Walang nawala sa 'kin, that's why it was somehow easy for me to calm myself every time I remember what happened.

I sighed. I feel bad every time I think about the possibilities. What if he's blaming himself?What if kaya siya lumalayo kasi iniisip niyang pahamak siya sa 'kin? I'm scared that he would think about those things kasi hindi naman niya kasalanan e.

It's not his fault that bad people exist. Kaya never ko siyang sisisihin.

And I somehow miss his presence. That's why every time I open my eyes in the morning, I always hope that he would show himself already like the way he used to do.

"Okay ka lang? Lungkot mo these days ah?" Kelssey asked as she placed a slice of chocolate cake in front of me.

Nasa isang pastry shop kami malapit sa school dahil bigla siyang nag-crave ng sweets, nagpatangay nalang din kami ni Olive dahil wala naman kaming magawa.

"Of course." I smiled at her.

"Pansin ko lang these days parang ang boring na ng party, kaya siguro pati si Gigi wala na rin sa mode pumarty. Idagdag mo pa 'yong nakakatakot na QPA. Teh, tingin mo gagraduate ako?" Nag-aalalang tanong ni Olive.

Tumango ako. "Gagraduate 'yan. Mataas naman grades mo."

"Gagi, ikaw 'yong mataas ang grades. Naka-A ka nga sa midterms! Ano ba sikreto mo? Inspired lang, ganern?"

I rolled my eyes. "Inspired my ass." Paano naman 'di tataas ang grades ko nun, e wala na akong ibang ginawa kundi mag-aral nun, kasi umiiwas ako kay Alistair.

At ngayon, mukhang nabaliktad ang sitwasyon. Siya na naman ang umiiwas. Tss.

"Nga pala, where's Alistair? Hindi ko siya nakikita ah, kahit no'ng pumunta ako sa tech at hinanap siya kasi magpapalibre sana ako." Olive asked me curiously.