To Begin Again (It Girls Series #1)

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Ako Lang

Me:

Trix??

Are you asleep? 

I sent two chats to Trix dahil nakikita ko naman na ‘active now’ siya. It’s actually 2 AM at kanina pa ako pabiling-biling sa kwarto ko dahil hindi ako makatulog. 

I didn’t have to wait long dahil mabilis niyang sineen ang chats ko and shortly after that ellipses appeared on our conversation. 

Beatrix Ponce de Leon: 

I was about to. Why? 

Me: 

How can you tell if someone’s into you? 

I chewed my bottom lip after hitting the send button. Sineen kaagad ni Trix iyon pero hindi kaagad lumitaw ang ellipses so I tried pressing the bubble to remove the message pero too late dahil nag pop up na ang reply niya. 

Beatrix Ponce de Leon:

The fuck, girl? It’s 2 in the morning! Hahaha! 

But okay... malalaman mo naman sa sarili mo ‘yon e. 

Pero still you can’t just rely alone with the actions that he’s showing you kasi it’s not one hundred percent sure. 

I mean, malay mo he’s just nice lang talaga. Or malay mo he treats everybody like that kaya doon pa rin tayo sa sinasabi talaga directly. 

Why’d you ask ba? 

Sunod-sunod ang naging reply sa akin ni Trix and my eyes are just fixed at our conversation the whole time. Tangina! Ang confusing din ng mga isinagot niya sa akin, e. 

I let out a deep sigh before typing a reply. 

Me: 

Nothing. Just curious. 

Pero what do you do when it’s confirm that a guy is into you nga? 

Beatrix Ponce de Leon:

I lose interest. Duh. 

Tsaka kung magkakainteres man ako wala rin naman. Colton will just find away to lowkey scare the guy away. 

Ang OA lang ng kapatid ko na ‘yon. He says that I’m still his baby kaya hindi pa pwede. Like, I’m a grown ass woman! Hello!?

The middle part of Beatrix’s last chat is what caught me. I’m still his baby. Ganyan din ang sinabi sa akin ni Colto n the last time that I was with him in his condo. He said that I can’t kiss another guy because I’m still a baby. I’m still his baby. 

That moment was striking. Two days have already passed pero paulit-ulit na lang iyon na nagre-replay sa utak ko, wondering what drove him to say those words. I wasn’t able to respond to him that time dahil sakto ang pagtawag ni mommy and so he had to drive me back home na. 

We acted casual—or at least I did that day kasi he’s naturally casual naman, e. Ako lang naman ‘yung deep inside hindi mapakali but now it turns out na wala naman pala akong dapat na ikabahala. 

So, he’s treating me like a sister now? Of course, Jess! What do you expect? Iyong mga tipo ni Colton ay ‘yung mga babaeng-babae. Iyong mga hindi marunong lumaban sa kanya. Anyway, no hard feelings. Hindi ko rin naman siya type. Duh? 

I started typing a reply to Trix. 

Me:

IKR. Kagigil ‘yang kapatid mo. Grr.