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The next day, I have a dressing on my fore head. The fucking wall made my head bleed. I also got an earful from mamita. God, just thinking about her upcoming rants if ever this happens again made me inwardly groan and curse myself.

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"What did I told you about going out with Holi and Flam, Anne? Ba't ba ang tigas-tigas ng ulo mo ha? Why can't you understand na you'll be safer with them around?" She pace back and forth in front of me. Nasa study kami, I'm sitting on the couch while mamita's pacing back and forth. She's very protective of me, ni galos ay ayaw niyang natatamo ko. She almost lost me when I was still in her womb, so that's explain. Plus, I'm an only child.

"Sorry po, 'mi." This is what I kept muttering earlier whenever she stop talking.

"Sorry... sorry ka ng sorry, Anne! Hindi ka talaga nadadala, eh no? Kakabalik lang ng kotse mo, then," she stopped in front of me and pointed the dressing on my forehead, "that? I don't know what to do with you anymore." She groan and massage her temples.

Naglahad ito ng kamay sa akin, I gulp hard. Uh-oh. "Cards and keys please." Napabuntong hininga nalang ako sa parusa ni mamita.

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"Hoy! Rosamund!" Napatingin ako sa unahan, only to see Flam waving at me. She's not with Holi. Napakunot ang noo ko, baka late?

Biglang nag flash back ang sinabi ni Flam sa akin na mawawala ng one week si Holi.

Tinakbo ko ang distansya namin at niyakap siya.

"I missed you!" Nanggigil kong sabi habang pinanggigilan siya.

Kumawala si Flam habang nagrereklamo kung paano'ng di siya makahinga sa yakap ko. Ngisi lang ang iginawad ko sa kanya.

"Oh? Okay ka lang Anne?" Nag-aalalang tanong niya nang mapatingin sa noo ko.

"Ah, ito ba?" Turo ko sa noo tsaka asiwang ngumisi. "Nabagok lang." I said na para bang hindi iyon big deal.

Nanlaki ang mga mata niya at pinaulanan ako ng concern. Sinabi ko naman sa kaniya ang nangyari at kung sino ang kasama ko noon.

"Si Theodoro?!" Namimilog ang mga matang tanong ni Flam. Tinanguan ko siya.

Agad naman niya akong tinukso. Inilingan ko lang siya at naglakad patungong first subject. Ganun din ang ginawa niya while still teasing me.

I suddenly miss Holi. She won't act this way towards me, because between the three of us, she's the most understanding.

I can't blame her. Noon pa man ay magkaibigan na talaga kami'ng tatlo. Medyo nahati lang ang atensyon ko nang magkahiwalay kami ng sections and found comfort in Theo. They saw how I gush about Theo and how I got my heart broken, for the first time, by him. Akala niya siguro ganun pa rin ang nararamdaman ko.

Na sana maibalik namin kung ano man ang naudlot. Sana ganun nga. Sana ganun kadali.

Napatigil ako sa pagpasok sa loob ng silid nang magtama ang mga mata namin.

My breath hitch and my heart started ramming inside my chest.

Damn it. I could almost hear Theo's voice while he said the same thing at that time.