New Romantics | Completed

Chapter 39: Finally

Sabrina's POV

"Happy birthday kuya." Sabi ko kay Kuya Red. Birthday niya kasi ngayon. September 17.

"Thank you." Ngiting sagot niya sa'kin. Walang pag-aalinlangan ay kumuha na ako ng pagkain. Ang dami kasing ta, siyempre business partners nila kuya at Mommy. Tapos mamaya mga kapitbahay naman ang makikikain sa'min tapos ako ang maghuhugas. Joke ...

After ng birthday ko last week ay umuwi agad sila James. Yong iba naman after tomorrow, nag-tour muna dito sa Manila. Galing kasing province eh.

Maybe James will be here. Nasa kabilang district lang naman sila.

But wait... Kung nandito si James last week? Posible kayang nagkita sila ni David?

Alam kaya ni James na break na kami na kami ni David?

Haay buhay... Parang life.

Tapos nong nasabi pa ni Lester na 'she's my everything', ang epic ng mukha ni David.

Gusto kong matawa nong time na yon, dahil ang epic ng mga mukha nila. Pinigilan ko lang dahil baka mabuko si Lester sa panti-trip. You know what? I'm not the type of person na nangbabasag ng trip.

Umupo ako malapit sa pool. Dito kasi yong hindi ma-tao. Ang iingay nila eh. Eh kuwentuhan lang naman nila is all about business. Walang kasawaang business. Buti na nga lang hindi ako sumunod sa yapak nila dahil walang kasawaang business. Buti pa ang police puro advemture pa.

Back to the topic earlier, hindi ako yong tipo ng taong bumabasag sa trip. I remember in my junior high school, Lester courted me in chat. Habang ka-chat ko siya, sobra akong natawa. Then nong hindi na siya nanliligaw, kaya kuya naman niya ang sumunod. Just like wow?! Hindi ba nila ako maalala? Si kuya Lee pa nga umagaw ng salbabida ko nong umuwi kami sa probinsya. Hinabol ko siya no'n pero ang bilis niya kaya hindi ko na siya sinundan pa kaya bumalik na ako sa cottage.

Sabagay, grade 1 pa lang naman kami noon. If I remember 6 years old pa lang kami noon. Tapos nanligaw si Lester ay 15 years old kami. And now, we're already 19. Buwan lang naman ang pagitan namin, March siya at August naman ako. Kaya it means, mas matanda siya.

Ang bilis talaga ng araw no? Siguro mabilis umikot ang Earth sa axis nito.

After kong kumain ay umakyat ako sa kuwarto ko.

I saw my guitar on the wall so I grab it and went to the veranda and sit on the vacant table.

I want to sing this song again. At kapag maluha man ako ay pipilitin kong wag bumagsak ang mga iyon.

"I Walk through the door with you, the air was cold

But something 'bout it felt like home somehow and I

Left my scarf there at your sister's house,

And you still got it in your drawer even now."

It's been two months since David and I broke up. Aaminin ko, miss na miss ko na siya. Sobra pa sa sobra. Pero, ano nga bang magagawa ko? Pinaglalayo kami ng Mommy ko. At pangalawa he has Stephanie right now. And I know, he's very happy with her.

"And I know it's long gone,

And that magic's not here no more,

And I might be okay,

But I'm not find at all.

'Cause here we are again on that little town street.

You almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over me

Wind in my hair, I was there

I remember it all too well."

I know it's long gone but I'm still wondering why David leave me that easy.

"And I know it's long gone

And there was nothing else I could do

And I forget about you long enough

To forget what I need to."

"'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night

We dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light

Down the stairs, I was there

I remember it, all too well"

I still remember those memories we had at Pangasinan. Our very first kiss.

"Hey, you call me up just to break me like a promise.

So casually cruel in the name of being honest.

I'm crumpled up piece of paper lying here

'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well."

"Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it

I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it

After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own

Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone

But you keep my old scarf from that very first week

'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me

You can't get rid of it, 'cause you remember it all too well."

Si David din kaya naaalala yong mga masasayang araw naming noon?

"'Cause there we are again, when I loved you so

Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known

It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well."

So I guess it is the end between us David.

"Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all

Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all

It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well."

Pinakiramdaman ko ang puso ko at hindi na ito tulad ng dati na nasasaktan at punong-puno ng galit.

I smiled...

I already moved on... FINALLY.