Quotes for this chap :
We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. ~Tad Williams
Overview: The truth.. the fight and the .....
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"Thanks for the ride, Jesse ---" I bent a little more and smiled at---" Luigi, naabala ko pa kayo sa quality time niyo together" I said after getting out of Luigi's dark green Mazda CX-9
"Naginsist talaga kasi tong si Jesse ---" He pinched Jesse's tiny nose and added-- " Atsaka it's none taken, Nina .. It's a little late so we wouldn't want to leave you behind"
"Yeah, makokonsensya talaga kame if we jsut let you ride a cab sa lagay na yan" She pointed out my crutch
Kaya get well, not soon, but now.. as is now na"
I chuckled "I'll try"
the moment I turn around and start taking the stairs, I was a little tacken aback to take the knob
The other day, Meg and I had this little fight. She was quite upset that I've been pulling the 'amnesia' stunt right before her..
"So all this time nagmukha lang kaming tanga right before you?" Meg shouted at me with disbelief, her eyes depicted so much anger as I saw her hands clenching on her side
"It's not like that, Meg .." I reasoned out, looking at her straight in the eyes
"Then what it is Miss Fernandez? I can't seem to fathom or even bring out where have you attain a degree of vaingloriousness and egotism in every bits of your fiber .." She took a few step closer and rolled her eyes
"or maybe I didn't know who you are from the very beginning huh?" She taunted and lifted up her right brow as if urging me to throw a bitch-fit anytime soon
"Meg, I'm sorry kung hindi ko nasabi sa'yo agad. Swear, I was planning to spill the beans soon---"
"Kailan pa, Nina? pag ginawa mo na kameng tanga lahat? You know for the very fact that I dont buy stupid and, most especially, dumbest excuses of all"
My hands automatically clenched on my side and the site of an infuriated Margareth Toledo before me. It was surely something my knees to wobble for but I looked up to her face once again and said, with all the might, hoping I wouldn’t stammer
"Sige, ganon na ba tingin mo sa akin ngayon, Meg? Ganon na ba talaga? sasabihin ko naman eh.. ang hirap lang talaga!!" A tear unknowingly fell to my eye, I bit my lower lip once again and wiped that tear away
"Ang hirap lang Meg kasi I don’t even know where to begin with. This, whatever this thing between Iñigo and I.. Whatever there is between us, kung meron man .. ang hirap dalhin, Meg.." That time more tears cascaded and rolled down my cheeks. I watched as Meg's face fell softer than the more intense and hard-to-decipher facial expression she's been pulling with awhile ago
"Hindi ko alam kung matutuwa ako for the mere fact na naalala ko na lahat.. lahat lahat, Meg! Pati ang part na hindi pala ako yun .. All this time, Meg.. Hindi pala ako yung mahal niya.. Hindi niya ako minahal for who I am, Meg.. Minahal niya ako cuz he thought the whole time I was Rima!!"
My hands were trembling while my knees were becoming weaker and weaker as more tears slid down my face, and my grip to my crutches has been jelly-like too and before I would completely fall to the floor, Meg caught up with me and hugged me tight
“lagi na lang si Rima.. Si Rima!! Si rima!!” I shouted as more and more tears fell from eyes
I looked up and saw her face full of symphaty and care
"I'm sorry, Meg.. Im sorry, I didn't know how to tell you.. I didn't know where to begin with all these things.. Im sorry--"
"Shhh!! It'll be alright, Nina.. Don't worry.. Walang binibigay ang Dyos na pagsubok na hindi natin kayang lampasan. It's here to test you.." She began rubbing my back
She grabbed my hand in between hers and said "Just hold on and stay strong, Nina" She said reassuringly
"Kailan mo balak sabihin sa kanya?"
I was startled when I heard her voice the moment I've closed the door behind me. I've searched for the switch and found Meg sitting on the recliner in the living room
"Well?" she stood up from the recliner and assisted me to the couch. Nahihirapan pa rin akong maglakad and I was still relying my balance to the crutch
"Excited? Excited? Hindi ba pwedeng huminga muna? nakakapagod umakyat sa hagdan nang may saklay no!"
I cracked to lighten up the mood, Meg didn't buy that tho. She tried, honestly, she did.. She chuckled a little but it sounded more like an awkward laugh to me
"Ano ka ba! Havey naman joke mo.. It's just that at times like this .. that's the last thing you should do, Nina. Seriously?"
I sighed and laid my back to the couch
"I dont know yet, Meg. I can't decide when.. I dont even know if I'll have the guts to tell it off his face. Kung sana kasing tapang mo lang ako, Meg .. Kung sana"
“Silly!!” She pinched my nose and smiled
“Hindi naman ako ganon katapang, Stupid.. It’s just that I’ve handled the worst among the worst and kaya mo yan, Nina.” She grabbed my hand and squeeze it
“Maiba ako” She laid her legs on top of the couch and left her slippers on the carpet
“Tumawag ba si Iñigo sa’yo? For sure, if I’ll be in his shoes…”
“Wala eh.. I heard from Gerard na may race daw siya next week, kakaalis niya lang daw niya papuntang Roma”
“Wow, its getting more complicated than I thought It would be.” She shook her head in disapproval and took a long harsh breathe
“Wait—did you just say, Rome? Hindi ba nandon ang bestfriend mo?”
My brows automatically pulled itself together “Best friend?”
“Slow ka talaga, Nina.. Si Kendra!! Yung Kendra Gainsborough na masarap murahan sa tagalog kasi hindi naman siya nakai-intindi”
I don’t know but it felt good to laugh again after all this time, after all the tangled webs I’ve been on.. It feels to laugh again kahit alam mong panandalian lang
Just then something fell out of the couch we’ve been sitting on and it turned out to be the remote and then, out of nowhere, the pad’s 14’ flat screen tv turned on
and my heart froze for the moment I saw Iñigo on tv. I blinked several times, too many to count when the next thing I’ve realized the woman standing beside him, while damping her handkerchief to Iñigo’s sweat-drench face, was no other than….
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(A/N: The countdown starts now girls. and now pa lang I would like to thank you for everything! Please support my other works din, kahit mga short story ko.. I suggest you read din 'The Runaway Bride' and if you wanted teasers, You're free to add me on facebook
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