Matagal bago nagprocess sa utak ko ang sinabi ni Alyssa. After we talked mas lalong gumulo ang utak ko, hanggang ngayon kasi hindi ko pa rin alam ang irereact ko sa mga nalaman ko. Ang alam ko lang ay kailangan kong bumawi pero hindi ko naman alam kung paano at saan ko sisimulan. And Alex! Did he know about this? I was pacing back and forth thinking if I should go tell them or not. Hindi ko kasi matago sa sarili ko!
Agad kong dinampot ang phone ko and after five rings Alex lazily answered from the other line. "What's up?"
"We need to meet! I need to tell you something."
"Right now? Hindi ba pwedeng mamaya nalang? Ming, I'm-"
"I'll go there, Lex."
"No, okay fine." He exhaled. "Ako na ang pupunta dyan. Do you want me to call the boys?"
"Yup, mas mabuti pa nga pero wag mo isama si Travis ha? See you later. And bring pizza please!"
Nagsiksikan kaming lahat sa maliit na kama ko. Ayaw nila sa baba kaya wala kaming choice kung hindi magsiksikan dito.
"Anong meron?" Josh was the first one to ask. "Ahh, miss mo na kami noh? Okay lang yan namiss na rin kita." Tapos inipit niya ako.
Kumuha si Charles ng pizza and shoved it in his mouth while waiting. Ganon rin sila Alex. Greg was texting though.
"I-" Hindi ko alam kung saan dapat simulan dahil baka magalit sila kay Travis for deceiving all of us. "I have something to say."
"Yup, you've said that a while ago." Bored na sabi ni Alex.
"Yeah the thing is I don't know where to start." I confessed.
Kumunot ang noo ni Josh. "Tungkol saan ba yan? Tsaka bakit ayaw mong isama si Travis? Did you two fight again?"
"Ayun na nga. Actually this is about him. Uh, wag kayong magagalit sa kanya ha? I found out that Alyssa is really not his girlfriend pero wait bago kayo magalit hear me out first. Hindi naman niya idea 'yun so chill."
Kinakabahan ako sa maaari nilang ireact at mga ilan minuto rin bago sila nagreact. Nagtinginan sila and Alex gave a relieved sigh.
I gave them a confused look. "Hello, narinig niyo ba sinabi ko? Uy, don't get mad at him ha? He didn't mean to cheat naman. Ano na? Bakit ganyan mukha niyo? Totoo kasi 'yun!"
I was expecting a mad Alex kaya nagtaka ako sa inasta niya. Sinubo niya ang huling kagat ng pizza at lumipat ng pwesto at tumabi sa akin.
"Ming, we knew about it. Matagal na actually. We didn't want to tell you because we want you to find it out yourself. Hindi ko nga lang naisip na it will took you long time to figure that out. Tsk, still the naive ming ming we know." Umiiling siya habang sinasabi yan. Ako naman medyo nakaramdam ng tampo dahil hindi nila sinabi sa akin at naging dahilan kung bakit ko nasasaktan si Travis.
"Yeah, sorry na.. Muntik pa ngang magsuntukan 'yung dalawa dahil sayo. Alex was so mad at Travis and that's the time we knew about this." Josh patted my shoulder.
Ngumuso ako, "You should have told me hindi 'yung pinagmukha niyo kong tanga. I'm sure you're all laughing behind my back. Ugh, I hate you all!"
Hindi nila sinersyoso ang sinabi ko instead they even mocked me.
"Aw I love you. But hey it made you a strong person you are right now. Right?"
"Yeah sorry. We won't do it again, promise!"
Sinamaan ko sila ng tingin lahat. Simula dati pa ay palagi na nila ako pinagtutulungan. I was always the last one to know about a secret and it still applies until now, I see. I can't really be mad at them. Huminga ako ng malalim, "Okay I forgive you but next time I want to be the first one to know of secret. Ang daya niyo talaga!" Ngumuso ako na parang bata.
