Overview: in this chapter, masisilayan niyo kung gano mapraning ang isang girlfriend pag hindi nagtetext ang boyfriend. true to life perhaps? other than that, this chap will also show various characters who are good at advicing to our good main protagonist ---Nina
Quote for this chap :
Guys & Girls are like Chess & Checkers, we both play on the same board, but we're playing two completely different games
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“Nina? You’re still awake?” Meg said while she was removing her Jimmy Choo 'Seattle' Sandal from her feet and dangled it on her hand
Walking barefooted on the carpet, she slowly unhooked her earrings one by one from her ear
“So sorry.. I was out the whole night.. Patrick----“ Meg stopped from blabbering when she finally noticed me lying on the couch while I change the channels randomly
“Were you crying?” she asked as she dropped the sandals on the carpet and sat beside me
“Why are you crying?”
I ignored her and still held unto the remote while I stared on the tv completely lost
“Kendra, do you plan on settling down in your mother’s homeland?”
And then, by that I was completely awake… sitting up on the couch as my eyes were wide open
That woman!!! I thought nang makita ko si Kendra na habang naglalakad ay dinudumog ng mga press
Kendra suddenly stopped and smiled at the guy and shook her head
“ I don’t know yet” then flashed her perfectly white teeth to the camera
“Are you going to be @$#%#%#&&*@@#^%?” asked by a woman reporter
“Come again?” she said as she tucked her now curly brown hair to her ear while leaning to the reporter
“Are you going to be the cover for November issue of Blush Magazine?”
She winked and said “Just watch out for it”
and then continued her striding only to be stop when she was blocked by another male reporter
“Is it true that you went down to Philippines for a certain man?”
Suddenly, my heart had stopped and my pulse went completely AWOL as I waited for her answer
She bit her lower lip then smiled at the reporter “ I don’t think I should answer that but----”
Out of nowhere, the Tv went blank, I frowned as I saw Meg beside the tv and approached me slowly on the couch
She sat beside me and said “What the heck was that all about?!”
“Meg, what do you think about that model on tv?” I blurted out from my mouth which made Meg more confuse as she crossed her arms on top of her chest
“Why would you ask something such unimportant question as that?” she asked while her brow were raised in curiosity
“Because, its not “unimportant” it’s a matter of life and death!”
“Pfft! Stop the exaggeration! Its—“
“Meg! Please!” I pleaded while I held both of her shoulder so she could face me
“Well.. I didn’t really pay attention to her. I was looking at you who was o-ooo-obviously not happy to see that bitch on tv”
I sighed and looked down on the floor while I saw Meg in a concern look
“Spill, girlfriend. I know there’s something”
and by that, I hugged her tightly as I could while I cried my self telling her what happen awhile ago
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“Hey? What’s with the puffy eyes?” Jesse said as she looked at me through my reflection in the humongous mirror
I just smiled at her and said “Nothing really”
“Those nothing of yours sure is something to my naked eyes”
She said as she rolled her eyes and applied a Nyx Soft Matte Lip cream on her lips, pouting it a little just so she could take a better look of it on the mirror
It was coffee break and I went to the powder room to fix my self before going down the block and get my self a coffee, then I stumbled upon Jesse who was freshly out of the cubicle
“And oh! What happened to your date a day ago? Was it romantic? Omg! Did you guys kiss? How was it?! Im dying to know!!!” She said with excitement as shoved the Nyx Soft Matte Lip cream inside her Michaela bag
it took me a long sighed before I uttered “We went to Carpaccio—“
“OHH EMM! Carpaccio?! That highly expensive Italian restaurant? My!! I’ve heard its like Italy in Philippines.. so how was it?! For sure the foods were scrumptious right? I mean, its Carpaccio.. hello?”
“Yeah, their delicacies were good, I guess. Although, I don’t understand why would they name their foods in Italian if in the first place, sa Pilipinas nila tinayo yun”
“Good point right there. But who cares?! Now, tell me!! Spill it!! Spill!”
“It was good until, we happen to see some old friend of Iñigo there” I said as I felt my hands clench on my side
“Friend?! Was he hot? Omg! Please, pakilala mo naman ako!” she said as she tugged her hair on her ear in a flirty way
“She’s not a HE, Jesse. It was,I guess, one of Iñigo’s old flame.. the one you told me who goes by the name of Kendra”
“HOLY!! SERIOUSLY?! You’ve met Kendra? As in Kendra Gainsborough?! Filipino-Brit model?! That Kendra?” She said as her eyes grew wider
“Yeah. Who else?” I said as I rolled my eyes and took a long sighed
“She’s like.. the hottest girl that ever walked on to earth.. well, probably second to Christine Reyes and all but---“ She was taken above when she took notice on my face’s stiffen expression
“AWW, Nina. It must’ve been hard on you then” She said as she tapped my back trying to console me
“You have no idea..”
“You know, Nina. As much as I want to tell you my advice about this, for sure.. you don’t want to hear anything from the less Cum-Laude material brain such as mine.. so see you at lunch” She said as she took her bag and was ready to go
I don’t know what have gotten into me but I grabbed her by the arm and said
“Try me, Jesse .. I’m no genius when it comes to love”
She just smiled at me and laid her bag on the sink once again
“You sure you want to hear nothing but the truth?” She said while she slightly tilted her head, looking at me intently as if taking a good look on my puff-eyed face
I nodded only to make her step closer to me and held my chin up high
“Nina, Just because she’s pretty, doesn’t make you ugly. Okay?”
Wait, where have I heard that before? I thought while looking at Jesse’s face who was still smiling at me
Right, it was Meg
and then Meg’s smiling face flashed right before my eyes
“You just have to trust him, Nina. He loves you” those phrase kept on echoing inside my head as my mind started to remember the conversation I had last night with my best friend
We were still sitting on the couch at that time when the whole area was filled with silence before she finally let out her words from her lips
“Really?! so what naman kung ang first time ng Boyfriend mo eh sa kaniya na punta?” ang sabi ni Meg while her right brow was pulled up
“Meg naman eh!! You should’ve seen her! She’s so sophisticated, she could speak Italian, She has sexy british accent, she’s filthy rich! You should’ve seen her Silver Porsche Carrera!! And She’s She’s---“
“What?! She’s pretty? Pfft!” then Meg rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms on top of her chest
“Just because she’s pretty, doesn’t make you ugly!” she shouted at me as she held both of my shoulders so I could look straight into her eyes
“So what if she’s sophisticated? So what if she could speak Italian or has a sexy british accent? So what if she’s filthy rich? So what if she has a freaking Porsche? So what,Nina?! So What?!”
“Meg—“
“Nina, Sa’yo nag commit si Iñigo for a reason, not because of the things you have but he chose you for a reason and you know it for yourself. You just have to trust him, Nina He loves you!”
then Meg clasped both of my hands and said
“He could walk away from anyone he ever knew, but he surely can't walk away from someone like you. Ano pa ba hahanapin niya? Maganda ka, mabait na, matalino pa!”
before my lips slightly crooked itself for a smile, I sniffed like a 14-year-old wiping enough tears out of my puffy eyes. Suddenly, Meg slightly giggled to it and abruptly pinched my nose
“Cry baby nga lang!”
Tumawa pa siya ng malakas before I locked her up on my embrace and said
“Meg!! What am I going to do without you?”
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“So, He hasn’t called you for almost a whole day now?”
I just sighed and played with my chair, turning 360 all the way through as I held on my phone next to my ear.
It was 3 in the afternoon in the office and I seriously need someone to talk to so I pressed 3(on a speed dial) and called for the perfect person to understand the complications of my self – Meg
“Yeah, no text, no call not even.. close to any of those” I said getting annoyed and impatient just thinking about Iñigo’s sudden distance for almost the whole day now
“Oh! Come on, Nina! Don’t tell nagdududa ka na naman? Hello? Race track racer ang boyfriend mo? Not the typical boyfriend here? He’s probably out there practicing” Meg said almost in retort while I could almost sense that she was rolling her eyes on me
“Masyado ka kasing mahilig sa mga habulin, tuloy yan!” she added
“Meg—“
“Shut up, Nina! Listen, Im still in the middle of something.” She said lowering down her volume almost whispering words through the phone.
I could even hear the crazy sounds of keyboards while she’s obviously in front of the computer pro’lly doing something
“----Yeah! Im on it, Aranillo! Wait----- Right, where were we? Oh! yeah!! its working hours,Nina!! Since when did you learn to slack off on your duties. work ethics please?”
“Meg do you think—“
“I’ll call you back later okay? Bye”
I attempted to open my mouth only to close it again when I heard my phone making the sound…
Doot..doot.doot…
She just hung up on me I thought feeling hopeless of no one to talk to
Maybe I should just go to the powder room I thought as I stood up from my seat
“Nina,Nina!! Thank goodness you’re here!” I turned around only to see Tina, my co-worker, approached me while she’s trying to catch her breath
“Can you do me a favor?” she asked
“Oh sure! What is it?”
“I needed to be inside the meeting right now urgently and I have to photocopy this paper work.. can you do it for me instead?” she said as she handled me the papers
“Sure thing!” I said as I took the papers from her hands
“Thanks! I’ll get back at you right after the meeting” She said as she walked or rather run as fast as she could
The Xerox machine wasn’t that far from my table so I immediately made my way to it and just as I was about to open the machine..
“Hey, Nina” a familiar husky voice told from my behind
I turned around to see..
“Luigi” I said while I saw him smiling at me as he took his step closer to my direction
“You owe me a lot, Nina.” He chuckled lightly
“I haven’t seen you in awhile now and it kinda hurt me to know that you were avoiding me” he added
“About that—“
“I’ve heard you’ve gotten yourself a boyfriend. I know you,Nina.. you were trying your best not to hurt my feelings by avoiding me.. but its alright. Tanggap ko na, I guess, hanggang friends na nga lang talaga tayo”
He then flashed his ever famous colgate-commercial smile and then finally he took notice of the papers that I was holding
“Do you need a hand with that?” he asked offering his genuine kindness to me.
I smiled back at him and said “I guess so”
Then I handled him down the papers and He started pressing down a button in that said machine
The moment it was done, he took his time to read it for himself, titling his head just so he could get the better view of it then he turned to my direction with a confused look
“All out war in Mindanao? I thought you’re a sports writer?” he asked as he handled the paper to me
“Its not really mine, its Tina’s. I just did her a favor”
“Alrighty then, How are you and that racecar dude?” he said while we were now walking side by side
“we’re okay, I guess” I said plainly
“Sorry, it might be eavesdropping awhile ago but I just happen to hear the conversation you had with Jesse” He said
hearing those words made me stop from walking and looked at him in the eyes
“How much did you hear?” I asked
“Nothing much really.. just the part where an old flame was trying to get back at your boyfriend”
I immediately pulled him with me in the corner of the room. i looked around making sure nobody's around to listen to us and said in a low volume “That much huh?”
I sighed as I closed my eyes
“Im pathetic” I murmured
to my surprise, Luigi held my chin so I could look up to his endearing eyes once more
“Relationships are like a book, it takes a few seconds to burn - but it takes years to write it. So, write it carefully, never let go and don’t let former flings ruin it.”
Don’t let former flings ruin it I thought while savoring each word he just uttered to me
and then he smiled, a kind of smiled too genuine not to appreciate
“Oppsy! Gotta go..” he said as glanced at his wristwatch and tapped my back, starting his way to his table
I smiled to my self while looking at his back
“Thanks, Luigi!” I said while he just waved from behind and held his thumb up signaling its alright
I took a deep breath and said to my self
“You heard him,Nina. Don’t let former flings ruin it”
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It was 7 in the evening and I waited for a cab right in front of the venture. Iñigo hasn’t called me the whole day so I thought maybe he was busy.
I sighed. Its been almost an hour waiting for a cab.
Just as I was about to call a cab and wave my arms for him to notice, my eyes had caught a man, about 40-ish something, obviously in pain with his chest as he kneeled to the ground while holding his chest
I hurriedly made my way to his direction and kneeled to his level just so I could help him stand up
“Kuya, Ayos lang po ba kayo?” I asked as I helped him stood up from the ground
and when he finally stood up on his own knees he suddenly …
covered my nose and mouth with a handkerchief that smell.. it was too sudden I didn’t have time to react right away.. I struggled but I notice.. the smell was…
uuhh.. I think its something.. I thought as my mind went completely blank
I couldn’t think. The smell was too strong it made me want to doze off..
“Sorry, Miss. Napagutusan lang” I heard him say before I shut my eyes closed and felt the cold-cemented ground on my skin
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(A/N: *INSERT HORROR DOOM SOUND HERE* dun dun dun dun!!!! nakikidnap si Nina!!!! :O
sorry if it took awhile, i tried to come up something in my head.. nastress kasi ako sa paghabol sa mga profs. akalain mong pinabalik balik pa ako from one building to another and take note, buti sana kung malapit lapit lng ung mga buildings. ugh! shizz! tapos ang daming tao nung enrollment. gosh! anyway, i was also having this writer's block for days now.. luckily, i overcome it by watching ALL MY LIFE and.. Priest (a horror movie)
i think thats where i've got the ending of this chap. sarreh! no Iñigo this time around..
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