8 Rules to Play (RULES DUOLOGY BOOK ONE - COMPLETED)

Chapter 18

SOMEONE ELSE's

"I've been living with a shadow overhead,

I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed,

I've been lonely for so long,

Trapped in the past,

I just can't seem to move on!"

Halos dumagundong ang buong AVR sa sigawan ng audience ng makita ang pag-lipat ng spotlight mula kay Andrea patungo kay Lavi.

"I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away,

Just in case I ever need 'em again someday,

I've been setting aside time,

To clear a little space in the corners of my mind!"

Humiyaw ang buong audience ng hapitin ni Lavi ang bewang ni Andrea habang sabay na kumakanta.

"All I wanna do is find a way back into love.

I can't make it through without a way back into love.

Ooo hooow"

Diretso lang silang nakatingin sa mata ng isa't isa habang kumakanta. Hindi alintana ang ingay ng mga manunuod, walang nakikitang iba kundi ang isa't isa.

"All I wanna do is find a way back into love.

I can't make it through without a way back into love.

And if I open my heart again,

I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end!"

"There are moments when I don't know if it's real

Or if anybody feels the way I feel

I need inspiration

Not just another negotiation"

Nakangiti si Andrea habang pinupulupot ang mga braso sa may bewang ni Lavi ginagaya ang posisyon ng nobyo.

"All I wanna do is find a way back into love,

I can't make it through without a way back into love,

And if I open my heart to you,

I'm hoping you'll show me what to do,

And if you help me to start again,

You know that I'll be there for you in the end!"

After singing the last line of the song together ay nanatili silang nakangiting titig sa isa't isa.

"Ehem! Thank you for the lovely performance! We all surely felt the love in the air." Pang-aasar ng emcee sa kanila na tinawanan lang nila.

"So habang nag-uusap pa ang judges ay a little trivia muna mula sa ating lovely pair who looks so in love with each other. Bakit naman way back into love ang napili niyong kanta?" nagkatinginan muna ang dalawa bago sumagot si Lavi.

"Almost everyone knows naman siguro na we both came from a failed relationships right? And marami ang nagsasabi na baka raw panakip butas lang or something kung ano man ang meron kami ngayon. But actually it is more than what it looks like." tumingin munang muli sa nobya bago binalik ang atensyon sa mga manunuod.

"There's more to it." Naghiyawan ang lahat ng mabini niyang halikan sa noo si Andrea.

"Ang galing niyo talaga guys!" salubong ni Ally sa kanila sa backstage matapos i-announce ng emcee kung sino-sino ang pasok sa susunod na level ng competition. At nakapasok ang buong barkada nila kaya naman grabe kung makacheer itong si Ally.

"Ally, ano ba?! Kung makasigaw ka naman, akala mo ikaw yung nanalo eh."Masungit na pangbabara ni Ara sa kakambal na nakapagpatahimik sa kanilang lahat.

"Anyare sayo? Ba't ang sungit mo?"Tanong ng kakambal niya. Inirapan niya lang ito at nagtuloy-tuloy na sa pag-aayos ng gamit niya.

"Ara, may problema ba?"Tanong ni Andrea sa kapatid.

"Wala ate. Mauuna nakong umuwi pagod nako. Kayo nalang mag-celebrate. Enjoy!" nagkatinginan naman sila ni Lavi ng dire-diretsong lumabas ng backstage si Ara dala-dala ang mga gamit nito.

"Anyare dun?" takang tanong ni Ally. Pero kahit sino ay walang sumagot, lahat sila ay nagtataka kung bakit biglang uminit ang ulo ni Ara.

Maliban sa dalawang tao.

"Hayaan niyo na muna. Pagod lang siguro si Ara." Pagbasag ni Gwen sa katahimikan.

"Tingin niyo okay lang siya?"nag-aalalang tanong ni Yannie.

"Sus kayo naman! Hindi pa kayo nasanay sa kambal kong yun. Nag-iinarte lang yun. Tingnan niyo bukas okay na ulit yun! Tara na nga! Alis na tayo! We need to celebrate!" At nagkanya-kanya na nga sila ng pag-aayos ng gamit.

Nang abala na ang lahat ay nag-palitan nalang sina Ice at Gwen ng makahulugang tingin bago sumunod sa mga kaibigan palabas ng AVR.

"And now, let us all welcome, the Alluring Lyric!" the whole auditorium was filled with cheers from the audience upon seeing four beautiful girls on stage. Ara behind the drumset, Gwen and Yannie both holding a guitar and Andrea in the center as the main vocalist.

All:

So much for my happy ending

So much for my happy ending

Yannie:

Let's talk this over

It's not like we're dead

Was it something I did?

Was it something you said?

Ara:

Don't leave me hanging

In a city so dead

Held up so high

On such a breakable thread

Andrea:

You were all the things I thought I knew

And I thought we could be

Yannie:

You were everything, everything that I wanted

Gwen:

We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it

Ara:

All of the memories, so close to me, just fade away

Andrea:

All this time you were pretending

So much for my happy ending

So much for my happy ending

Napuno ng hiyawan at palakpakan ang buongg AVR ng biglang humina ang beat ng tinututog ng banda, tanda ng nalalapit na pagtatapos nito.

Yannie:

You were everything, everything that I wanted

Ara:

We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it

Gwen:

All of the memories, so close to me, just fade away

Andrea:

All this time you were pretending

So much for my happy ending

All:

So much for my happy ending

So much for my happy ending

"Woah!! That was one amazing performance ladies, but I would like to voice out sana ang tanong ng halos lahat ng audience dito, inaasahan ng lahat na kasama niyo sa banda ang grupo nina Lavi, Ice at Joshua, kaya naman we we're quite lost kung bakit separate groups kayo ngayon?" nagkatinginan ang magkakaibigan, at sa isang tingin lang ay naalala agad ang kanya kanyang rason.