My Fake Boyfriend

MFB '35 - Kababata

DENISE POV

"Sit down... let's talk about you and Xavier." My brows automatically raise. Nambibigla si Lola masyado eeh.

"W-what a-bout us?" I asked. She look at me with her serious face. Ang taray masyado.

"I want you to get close to him. Be close friends instead. Madali na lang iyon dahil magkakilala naman kayo di ba?.. so, I WANT you to do that." Naguguluhan na talaga ako.

"Why should I do that? W-why do you want m-me to d-do that?"

"Simply because I want both of you to be comfortable with each other... Napansin ko na parang hindi pa kayo ganoong malapit sa isa't isa and that is what I want."

"Lola, whats truly your point?" Alam ko naman na may binabalak si Lola eeh.

"Denise, trust me. Yun lang iyon. Walang iba... wala namang masama kung maging close kayo di ba?" Seriously lola? Sabi ko sa mind ko.

"Okay. I'll do that."

"Good."

Tsk. If I know may binabalak lang 'yan siya. And if my prediction was right it will never gonna happen. My parents told me na hindi nila kami idadamay sa mga bussiness matters nila such that Arrange Marriage. Kasi diba most of the bussinessman ay pinapakasal ang mga anak nila para secure ang yaman, ang merging ng mga company and most of all pambayad utang. At ayaw kong mangyari sa akin 'yon. Never!

~**~

I woke up early in the morning dahil sa sikat ng araw na tumatama sa mukha ko. I do my thing inside the bathroom. Nang pababa na ako may narinig akong ingay mula sa dining.

Pagdating ko doon. They are all complete nag-uusap may napansin pa akong isang lalaki na nakatalikod sa akin. Sino toh?

"Oh? Here she is. Good Morning,Denise!" Mom greeted.

"Good Morning." Kumunot ang noo ko. Nakakacurious kasi eeh.

"Oh? May bisita tayo, sweetie." Dad said.

"Who?" I asked. Nang humarap sa akin ang lalaking iyon. Ngumiti siya sa akin at nanlaki ang mata ko. Geez! I missed him.

"Miss me,Couz?" Tanong niya. I hugged him tightly.

"Lance!! I missed you so much!!" Sabi ko.

"Tsk. You're still the same huh!? But hinahabol mo ang height ko eeh noh!? ." Pinalo ko braso niya. Nagsisimula na naman siya sa asaran.

"You two stop that muna. Kumain muna tayo ng breakfast." Eeh. Sino pa ba ang magsasabi no'n. Edi si Lola.

. My oh-so-loving cousin. Haha. Magkababata kami actually but they migrated in US nang maghigh school kami. And ngayon na lang kami nagkita. Kaya we really missed each other.

After nang breakfast me and Lance with kuya ay pumunta ng pool area. Favorite place ko ito in our entire house. Kasi fresh ang air. (Obvious naman diba?).

"How are you na? It's been 4 years nang umalis kayo." -me

"Naa. I'm good. And yeah it has been a long year since we left this country. You know nung pagdating namin doon I need to adjust kasi naman kahit we have this kind of lifestyle yet we don't really talk english fluently. Kaya nag-aral pa ako nang pure english doon. I also want to collapse when my classmates talked to me. Hahah. Nakakanosebleed eeh." Pati kami ni Kuya nakikitawa din. Yeah! He's right ngayon na lang umi-english.

"So, kamusta lovelife? Blonde ba?" Si kuya talaga. Basta babae lakas ng curiousity.

"James naman! I do have but she's not american. Actually, british siya. I met her when I visited england."