Love Me Back [Completed]

Twenty Two

Shattered

Aliah Alexandria King

Two days, it's been two days since everything happened. I don't know if it was a good thing that my family's not around,  kuya is busy with his business, Cleven is too tired to even make a conversation with me when he goes home because of his projects, while my parents are still out of the country.

Besides, wala din naman akong gana. Vincent hates me, as well as Celine for sure, Phoenix no longer communicates with me and I have no one. I remember how I cried so hard when I wanted to talk to Bianca for comfort last night, but her phone was off for I don't know what reason, so basically, yes, I have no one.

"Are you okay young lady?" Tanong ng driver/bodyguard ko na bagong hired pa lang ata dahil hindi pamilyar ang kanyang mukha.

Tumango na lang ako kahit malayo sa okay ang nararamdaman ko. Everything seems dull for me, it even takes a lot of effort for me to get out of my bed dahil mas gusto ko na lang umiyak ng umiyak sa kama ko magdamag hanggang sa maubos ang luha ko.

I just ruined everything.

Hindi ako madalas mag-make up but I had to put a bunch of concealers just to hide my swollen eyes.

"Nandito na po tayo." He said and I just went out of the car. Hindi ko alam kung anong meron, pero paglabas ko ng sasakyan ay pinagtitinginan ako ng mga estudyante.

I don't have any care for myself now, paano pa kaya sa iba? So I ignored them and just went to my class.

I kept walking on the hallway and all of them was eyeing me as if I did a crime. Binaliwala ko iyon at naisipan ng pumasok sa room ko, but just like what the other students did, automatic na lahat sila ay nagtinginan sa akin sabay iwas ng tingin at magbubulungan.

The whole class ay ganoon ang ginagawa nila and I am starting to get annoyed, plus the fact that I failed another exam but that's not one of my concerns now, kailangan ko ng malaman kung bakit nila ako pinagtsitsismisan.

After my last subject for the day, I went out of the room and the people in the hallway are still giving me that look, napabuga na lang ako ng hangin at naisipang puntahan si coach sa faculty room para sabihing magku-quit na ako sa volleyball, the least that I want to now is to be with the same room of the people I've hurted the most.

Sobrang kapal naman yata ng mukha ko kung magpapatuloy pa rin akong malapit sa kanila.

I am hurt for my unrequited love, yes, but I've also ruined them. Ngayon ay kailangan kong makausap ulit si Phoenix, maybe I could still convince him kahit alam kong malabo.

Naiiling na naglakad na lang ako papunta sa main building kung saan nandoon ang faculty office. Pero ganoon na lang ang pagkatuod ko sa kinatatayuan ng mapadaan ako sa may bulletin board ng university kung saan usually nakapaskil ang mga announcements.

But this time it's different. Pinagkakaguluhan ngayon ng mga estudyante ang mga pictures ko, namin ni Phoenix, sa tuwing magkasama kami, noong magkatinginan kami sa gitna ng hallway ng ayain nya akong samahan sya sa paghahanap ng lugar para sa date nila ni Celine. Picture ko na papasok ng motel at paglabas na iba na ang damit, picture na magkaharap kami ni Phoenix habang nasa labas ng motel.

Mayroon ding pictures kung saan parehas kaming nakangiti ni Vincent habang magkaharap, noong nagkita kami at inaya nya akong mag-ice cream. Noong pinupunasan ko ang kamay nya at parehas kaming nakangiti at marami pang iba. All of the pictures looks intimate when the truth is it was far from being one.

Gusto kong umiyak sa galit na nararamdaman ko lalo na ng mabasa ang pinaka-headline. Nakaprint iyon sa malalaking letra at bold letters.

[The perfect princess of King's turns out to be a two-timer whore]