Remember

CHAPTER 16

"I...I don't know what to say." Kat looked down.

"I'm sorry Thirds. I didn't know." Maddie sincerely said.

"Sorry Thirdy." Jaymie said, guilt evident in her voice.

All the Lady Eagles apologized and rushed in to comfort Thirdy.

"You make me hate you even more." Ponggay jokingly said, while looking up to avoid a tear from falling.

All of them laughed, but suddenly stopped when they heard sobs.

"Bwiset naman kasi. Hindi naman dapat ako nadamay dito eh." Dani sniffed.

"Alam mo, mas malala pa yung iyak mo kesa sa Kuya mo." Deanna shook her head.

"Kasi naman eh, pang-MMK." Dani said while crying uncontrollably.

The team and Thirdy just stared at her.

But their attention was driven when Bea entered the dorm carrying the food, but looking pale.

"Uy, what happened sayo? You look so pale." Jho asked in concern.

"Are you okay ate? And bakit basa ang t-shirt mo?" Syd pointed at her top.

Bea just nodded at her teammates, and looked curiously at Dani and Thirdy.

"Oh, ano kasi...we...were" Maddie tried to explain.

"We were trying to know kung sino ang mas iyakin sa magkapatid!" Ponggay smiled awkwardly.

"Yeah! That's why their eyes are red." Kat agreed.

"It was so much fun! So much...fun." Jho nervously said.

Dani grabbed the tissue and wiped her tears while Bea sat beside Thirdy.

"Ikaw? Anong nangyari sayo?" Ana curiously asked.

"I s-saw him again." Bea said with her voice shaking.

"Who?" Thirdy asked.

"The man--the spy."

Thirdy went silent.

"Can you explain to us what he looks like?" Kat asked.

"H-he is wearing the same outfit when me and Thirdy first s-saw him." Bea tried to stay composed.

"Wearing a LaSalle shirt, black cap and glasses. Right?" Thirdy recalled.

"Yeah. But this time, he's not wearing glasses." Bea said.

Silence.

"But, how did you get your shirt wet?"  Dani looked at her top.

"He was staring at me from afar, so I stared at him too. I was about to go near him to ask what's wrong, but I noticed that he was the spy we saw at the carnival."

All of them looked intently at Bea.

"By the way he dress and move, I knew he was the spy. I immediately grabbed the food, and looked at him again for the last time. But he was now walking towards me." Bea inhaled deeply.

"Go on." Kat nodded.

"The way he looked at me really creeped me out, until now. So in fear, I ran as fast as I could, then natapon sa shirt ko yung isang coke float." Bea explained.

"Samahan na kita ate, palit ka ng damit." Jules insisted.

Bea nodded and they went inside their room.

"Hoy sama rin ako!" Dani ran towards them.

Now, Thirdy and the team--without the roomies, are left together again.