Reclaim The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 06

#RTG06 Chapter 06

Sean must've realized that I was nowhere near kidding nung sinabi ko sa kanya na BAR review ang priority ko at hindi talaga ako magpapakita sa kanya habang nagrereview. Alam ko naman kasi na malandi ako at bibigay ako kapag nakita ko siya... kaya naman totoo ang prevention is better than cure. Although nagkikita naman kami tuwing Sunday para magsimba. We're both not really religious people... but I felt the need to pray for guidance. Kailangan ko talagang maka-pasa. I didn't want to wait for another year. 'Di ko alam kung ano ang takbo ng buhay.

"Let's go?" I asked Sean nang matapos iyong misa. We didn't see each other for a week. After graduation pa iyong start ng review, but I was busy organizing my things. Mas gusto ko kasing i-review iyong old notes ko kasi nandun na 'yung mga na-highlight ko, e. Mas madali siyang tandaan for me.

"It's your grad next week, right?" Sean asked.

"Yup," I replied.

"Aren't you going to invite me?"

"Why? You wanna come?"

"Uh... yes?" tanong niya na medyo naka-kunot ang noo.

I laughed. I seriously believed that Sean's already frustrated with me. Ako na yata ang may hawak ng 'densest girlfriend' award. Literal na wala akong ambag sa relasyon na 'to. Para akong kabute na nagpaparamdam tuwing Sunday.

"My whole family's going to be there," I told him.

Kahit na exclusive na kami ngayon, hindi ko pa rin sigurado kung pangmatagalan na ba 'to. I just didn't want to introduce temporary people to my family. Alam ko mag-aalala ang parents ko tapos if hindi magwork, malulungkot sila... I just didn't want to give them that kind of headache. Nasa retirement years na sila. They should just be enjoying the fruits of their labor.

"Yeah, and so?"

I pursed my lips. Paano ko ba sasabihin na ayoko siyang ipakilala sa parents ko as my boyfriend habang 'di ako sure kung seryoso ba talaga 'to?

I like Sean... like a lot. But I still couldn't see this as something serious... Nabibilisan kasi ako. May doubt sa utak ko kung seryoso ba talaga siya. It's just too detached from reality—contrary to human experience. Ayoko lang masyadong isipin ngayon dahil nasa iba ang focus ko.

But definitely, ayoko siyang ipakilala sa pamilya ko.

"Let's just have dinner the day after my grad, okay?"

Bigla siyang napa-hinto sa paglalakad.

"What?" I asked.

"Why don't you want me to meet them?"

I licked my lower lip and then drew a deep breath. "It's not that I don't want you to meet them," I explained.

"Then what?"

I looked at his eyes. "I told you I don't want a relationship at this point of my life," I told him. "And that includes the whole meeting-the-parents thing."

Ilang segundo na naka-tayo lang kami roon habang dumadaan sa paligid namin iyong mga galing sa simbahan. I even heard some people calling Sean's name, but he was either ignoring them or he just couldn't hear them.

"Okay," he said after a few seconds.

"Okay?"

He nodded. "Yeah... Sorry for bringing that up."

"Are you mad?"

Umiling siya. "I think I understand what you mean," sabi niya at saka bahagyang ngumiti. "But can I still go to your grad?"