Mark's :
Bloody hell!
What's this???
What's happening to me??? Why can I not sleep??? Why---
---Why am I still seeing that cute face of the girl who accidentally bumped me a while ago?
Despite of my attempts of closing my eyes and changing my sleeping positions, it's still an epic FAIL for me. I briskly get myself up and sit still. I gently hold my forehead trying my best to erase that girl's angelic face on my mind.
Well yeah, I admit it. She's all over my mind as soon as we came back in the hotel until I lie down on my bed. Seeing her face makes my heart jumps like a lunatic prat into a sudden happiness I couldn't explain why. She's lovely and pretty – and cute, yes; especially when those lovely, big brown eyes were staring back at me. Honestly, this is the very first time I feel like this since I came out. Why in the world I'm acting and feeling like this on a girl? I mean, for God's sake! My tastes in women subsides for good and already vanished like a blink of an eye years ago. And here I am, finding myself thinking about HER!
To stop this so-called "madness" I'm experiencing right now, I scan the whole room to see where my coat is. I stood up and go straight to the couch where I found it lying. I search for this particular thing that was left by this girl on the time we accidentally bumped into each other --- and I finally found it, her cellphone. I take a sit at the said couch and puts my coat on the floor.
---oOo---
Tahimik na pinagmasdan ni Mark ang nasabing cellphone. Habang pinagmamasdan ay hindi niya naiwasang laru-laruin ang naturang bagay, pinapaikot-ikot ito ng kanyang hinlalatok at hinggigitnang daliri. Nilalaro-laro pa rin niya ito nang bigla na lamang itong nag-ring. Gulat na nabitiwan niya itong bigla at bumagsak sa sahig. Mabuti na lamang at carpeted ang buong kwarto kaya naman hindi nabasag ang screen nito. Patuloy pa rin sa pagri-ring ang nasabing bagay habang nakatingin lamang siya rito. Ilang saglit pa'y huminto iyon. Pinulot niya ito at saka muling tiningnan. Hindi pa man din nagtatagal ang pagmamasid na ginagawa niya rito nang bigla itong umilaw at saka tumunog. Napansin niyang may nag-send ng text message rito.
"Will I open it or not?"
Saglit siyang napaisip. Maya-maya pa'y muli niyang ibinalik ang pansin sa nasabing bagay.
"Ugh! Sod it!"
Sinubukan niyang i-unlock ito sa pamamagitan ng pag-slide niya ng unlock icon. Walang naka-set na password kaya naman agad niya itong nabuksan. Nagbi-blink pa rin ang tila mail icon with the words "1 text message received". He taps the screen and the message pops out.
- Ei Andie? Why didn't you answer my call? Your Ate Thessa here. –
Biglang nag-twinkle ang mga mata ni Mark nang mabasa niya ang pangalan ng babaeng nakabunggo sa kanya kangina kasabay ng pagsilay ng isang matamis na ngiti sa kanyang labi.
"Andie, eh? So, Andie's her name..."
Marahan siyang napasandal sa sofang inuupuan. Muli'y binanggit niya ang pangalan ng dalaga.
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