Beyond the Unplanned Love

Chapter 22: She's involved

Alex’s POV

What happened last night was still clear in my mind. It’s official, I lost a friend.

Kring kring kring

Kinapa ko sa ilalim ng unan ko pero walaa akong mahanap. Oh, where the hell is my phone.

Kring kring kring

Wala sa desk table, wala sa bag na ginamit ko. It must be somewhere. I searched the whole room.

Kring kring kring

Lumalakas na yung tunog so ibig sabihin, mas malapit na ako. Aha! Found it! Nasa laundry pala, nasa pants ko ata kagabi.

“Hello?” my voice sounds so big

What took you so long?

“Sorry, di ko kais makita phone ko kanina eh.”

Ah. Good sleep princess?

“Uh, yeah. I did.” Okay, I lied. I didn’t have a good sleep.

So can you go outside your room now? Medyo kanina pa kita inaantay sa sala niyo eh.

What? Nandito na siya agad? “Oh.” I said. “Okay, 5 minutes,”

Take your time, but not too much. Miss na kasi kita eh.

His words remind me so much of why I chose him over Aljon. He’s capable of making me smile even if I just had a bad day.

I ran towards the bathroom, and fixed myself. Wala ng arte arte, hilamos dito, toothbrush doon, buhos dito, buhos doon. I hurried downstairs to meet him. Nung nakita niya ako, he immediately stood up and walk towards me.

“7 minutes. That took 7 minutes.” He smiled and then kissed me on the forehead. “Uh, 20 minutes.” He added.

“Anong 20 minutes?”

He handed me a box and a paper bag, “Dinaan ko lang kasi ‘to para sayo. Advance Merry Christmas, Baby.”

Aww, he’s so sweet. “Oh, I almost forgot. Malapit na palang magPasko no.” I smiled.

“I barely have 17 minutes to stay.” He checked his phone. I peeked on his phone and his wallpaper is our picture on MVP’s dinner. “Aalis kasi kam, we’re flying to Ilo-ilo.”

Ha? Aalis siya? Bakit hindi ko alam? “Ahhh.” I managed to say.

“Biglaan kasi, dun daw kami magpaPasko. Actually, kagabi ko lang nalaman paguwi ko, eh ayaw ko namang istorbohin ka sa party, kaya ayun. First thing in the morning, dumaan agad ako dito to tell you.”

I felt my cheeks turned red, “So you’re not going to celebrate Christmas with me?”

He lift my face, “We have post dinner celeb, celebrate with us.” He said.

“With whom?”

“Family lang.” he smiled.

“Well, that doesn’t sound an invitation but a must.” I laughed.

“Speaking of party, how was it?”

“Uhh…Great.” Except the part that I cried because of Aljon.

“That doesn’t sound great?”

Ugh, hindi ko alam kung hindi lang ako magaling magkunwari or he knows me too well.

“You know bar problems.” I chuckled, but he just looked at me. “Uhm, Fort and Denise are officially together!” I exclaimed.

He just nodded, “Yeah, I heard. Trending na ata sila sa twitter eh.”