*GAB*
I keep wondering if we were played again. This was Thea after all, but after her crying for thirty minutes in my arms, made me think otherwise.
She calmed down a little and I guess that she got tired so she fell asleep in my arms, and it was near noon.
"Do you think it's one of her pranks?"Kuya Max says, hawak yung test sa kamay niya.
Natingin lang ako kay Thea na nakatulog na sa dibdib ko. Hinawi ko yung buhok niya and I see the teartracks sa pisngi niya. Pinunasan ko lang yun.
"I don't know, Kuya. Kilala mo si Bunso, hindi siya ganito."
"Yung reaction lang ni Kate kanina."
"That too."
Natahimik kaming dalawa. Thea was reasonable. She plans everything. Lahat ng galaw niya, nakaplano, napagisipan. And this?
"Gusto kong isiping hindi posible, but it is entirely possible." Sabi ni Kuya Max sa akin. "Seryoso sila ni Jake para sa isa't isa."
"Seryoso."Ulit ko.
"Tandaan mo kung gaano sila ka close. At kung gaano nila itrato ang isa't isa. They already planned everything hanggang sa pagpapakasal nila."
"Eh yang hawak mo?"Tanong ko. "Kasama kaya sa plano nila?"
"Kuya Max? Gab?"
Dumating si Ate Sheree, Ninay, DJ at Nic. Nakita nila kaming tatlo na nandoon sa may balcony.
"Ate Sheree."Ako.
"Anong meron? Ano daw pinagawayan nung dalawa?" Ate She.
"Thea said something that provoked Katie."
"What do you have there, Kuya Max?"
Inabot ni Kuya kay Ate She yung test and she gasps. Natingin siya sa amin before putting her gaze kay Bunso na natutulog parin sa mga kamay ko.
"Is this hers?"Sabi ni Ate She.
"Nic. Si DJ at si Ninay."Umpisa ko.
"Kuya, alam namin ni DJ ang ibig sabihin niyan. We're not stupid. Hindi ninyo kami kailangang ilabas sa usapan na to."Ninay.
Hindi naman nga bata ang dalawa, at hindi rin sila iba. Kasama nga naman sila sa pamilya. If not, Ninay was as matured as anyone of us na matatanda. Parehas sila ni Thea, ang pinagkaiba nga lang, walang masyadong problema kay Ninay.
"Maybe it's a prank again. Nee-chan loves making our brains hurt."DJ says.
"You think so too?"Kuya Max.
"I don't."
Napatingin kami kay Ninay na nagsalita. She was staring at the white device on her hands, her eyes fixed on the two pink lines on the indicator and turning it over. She looks at us though.
"You can't fake something like this." Sabi niya. "This is real."
"And you know that how?"
"See this? It has a serial number." She shows Kuya Max. "I know Ate Thea's a bit of a sadist when it comes to pranks, but...Hindi na joke ito."
Natahimik kaming lahat. All eyes on Thea na tulog parin. I was so confused about everything, I wanted to shake her awake and ask her what was this.
BINABASA MO ANG
Back at Step One (COMPLETED)
Romance"Would you be able to put up with me, if we both go back to step one?" Thea isn't your typical girl. She plans and she gets things done. But what happens when everything unravels and she's forced to confront the past? COMPLETED | NOT EDITED. All r...
