Imperfectly Perfect

IP- 35

Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

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She has been walking around her room finding for a right dress to wear because Aga has just texted her that he will be there in an hour to pick her up and they will be having their dinner tonight.

Not a date.

A dinner.

Dawn and Vice barged inside her room without even knocking.

She startled and held the towel wrapped around her body because she has just finished taking a bath, "Ano ba 'yan! Lumabas nga muna kayo."

"Oh, bakit 'di ka pa nagbibihis?" Dawn asked her and looked around only to see dresses scattered around her room, "Ano ba 'yan!"

"Vice, labas!" she shouted.

"Oh, bakit? Ano naman kung naka-tapis ka lang? Pwede ba, Lea. Hindi tayo talo."

Dawn laughed, "Vice has a point-- oh, ano? Wala ka pa ring isusuot?"

She shook her head, "Kanina pa ako naghahanap."

"Alam ko na," Vice exclaimed, "Suotin mo na lang 'yong dress na sinuot mo no'ng pinuntahan mo--"

"No way. No. No way, Vice. Hindi."

"Pero sana this time, huwag mo nang pansinin kuko ni Aga, ha! Baka naman mamayang nag-usap kayo, itanong mo pa kung saan siya nagpalinis ng kuko, ha? Naku, Lea. Bubunutan kita ng kuko, sinasabi ko sa'yo."

Vice looked at Dawn and laughed, "Nakakahiya 'tong kaibigan mo. Bigyan mo nga ng script."

Lea was about to answer when her phone rang.

"Si Aga 'yan."

She nodded as soon as she saw the caller id. She turned the speaker on and continued looking for a dress while Dawn and Vice are helping her.

"Hello?"

"Uh, yeah?"

"I'm on my way." he told her.

"Uhm, Ags, wait. 'Di pa ako nakakahanap ng susuotin. Wala pa akong make-up and--"

"Bakit ka pa magbibihis? Huwag ka nang magbihis. 'Di mo kailangan ng damit."

Vice and Dawn bursted into laughter upon hearing Aga and Lea's cheeks turned crimson red.

"My gosh, Aga! Ikaw na 'yan. Nagbalik ka na sa dati," Vice exclaimed.

"Vice?"

"You're on a speaker," the shy Lea took her phone and turned the speaker off, "That's..."

"The truth," Aga laughed on the other line. "You can wear what you want, Lea. This is just a dinner. Okay? That's fine. You don't need to wear dress plus we're riding my motor."

"Sige na, mag-isa mo na lang mag-dinner, ayaw ko na.

How dare he say this is just a dinner?! It took Lea 2 hours to take a bath, 2 hours finding the perfect dress to wear and will need an hour to fix her face and stuff-- and then JUST A DINNER?!

She rolled her eyes as if he could see.

She heard chuckles, "Lei, I-- basta, ha. Will be there at 8. See you. Huwag kang masyadong magpapaganda. Baka sa'yo na lang ako tumingin, hindi sa daan."

She couldn't help but a chuckle, some things never really changed, "Bye, see you. Ingat ka."

After hanging up, she turned to her closet once more and then finally decided what to wear... for the first time.