Love me, Rosalie

6

"Mariana, I'm sorry. I made a big mistake. I'm really sorry"

"Tama na Rafael"

"I'm really sorry" Rafael cried so hard.

"Mahal mo pa ba ako?" tanong ni Mariana.

"Mahal na mahal"

"Then it's fine" Mariana smiled with her tears flowing out of her eyes.

SAIS

"Must you always do that Elle, hindi nagsasawa yang camera mo sa mukha ni Rose?" nakasimangot na tanong ni Sam.

He made it to the top and got transferred to our room. Kaya classmate kami ngayon sa third year. Nanliligaw din siya kay Elle pero itong pinsan ko parang walang plano sagutin si Sam.

" She's pretty. We cousins are pretty diba, Ally?" tanong sa akin ni Elle habang nakatutok ang camera sa mukha ko. Tumango ako sa kanya.

"So tell me about yourself?" tanong niya.

"I'm boring"

"Yes you are! Ikaw Sam?" tinutuk na naman niya kay Sam ang camera. Sasagot na sana si Sam kaso inilipat ni Elle ang camera kay Moria. "Ang bagal"

She's that girl who I saved last year. Bigla nalang siyang lumapit sa akin at nagpasalamat. Then we became friends. I don't know the definition of friends pero baka ganitong relasyon gaya namin ni Ellem

"Ikaw Moria? Tell me about yourself"

"I'm... Pretty" Sam snorted and told us that we were narcissistic.

"if you don't like me being narcissistic then why don't you stop courting me? It saves you a breath" sabi ni Elle. Sam's jaw dropped.  Then they spent the whole break time bantering.

I was silent the whole time while looking at Elle who was laughing vibrantly. My ray of sunshine. Kung wala si Elle, hindi ko alam kung ano ang sitwasyon ko ngayon. It may be worse.

This path is full of contentment. I smiled to myself. Then I heard the camera click. I looked at Elle and shook my head. Even if I'm uncomfortable, I always tell myself that she's happy with what she's doing. Let her be.

She would randomly take a picture of me or even make goofy videos. She's recorded maybe hundreds of videos all about me. Daming CD sa room niya and named it EALLY with dates below. Nilagay na ang mga iyon sa isang cute na pink storage box. Along with all our pictures na naka album. Some were put in a frame and was displayed in her room.

"Her sleepy eyes were just magical" sabi niya. My sleepy eyes weren't magical.

"Take a video of us. Magpapraktis kami para sa role play mamaya. Narrator ka lang naman diba?" tumango ako. "Sige ikaw na magvideo"

She gave me the camera.

Sa kalagitnaan ng praktis nila bigla akong nakaramdam ng hilo. Kaya medyo tumabingi ang camera. May lindol ba?

"Ally?"

"Hu?"

"Nasa sahig na nakatutok ang camera, okay ka lang?"

"May lindol ba?" they were all confused. Pinakiramdaman ko rin ang paligid. Inayos ko ang camera at hinarap sa akin. "Baka meron..."

They shrugged and continued their practice. Itinuon ko na sa kanila ang camera.

After ng klase namin masaya kaming umuwi dalawa. Of course naglalakad lang kami kasi mas masaya si Elle tuwing nag uusap kami habang tinatahak ang daan pauwi.

"What do you think? Pwede kayang mag part time job din ako?" tanong niya.

"If you want to"

"Ang dry talaga. Wala rin naman akong ginagawa tuwing weekends e, baka pwede ako sa pinagtatrabahuan mo?"