Seventeen

Chapter 26

Chapter 26 : "Waves & Bonfire."

I was gazing at the cloudy sky as I comfortably leaned back in my chair while pinching my bleeding nose, wiping it using my free hand that is holding a tissue paper when Theo came to my view blocking the cloudy sky from my sight. He leans closer to my face and he kisses my chin. A smile automatically crept on my lips. When he moved away from me, his handsome face was upside down from my sight because he's standing at the back of the chair where I am sitting.

"O, bakit nandito ka? Tapos na kayong magluto ni lola?" Pagtatanong 'ko sa kaniyang habang nakatingin pa rin ako sa nakabaliktad niyang mukha.

"Pwede 'ko ba namang pabayaan ang girlfriend 'kong dumudugo ang ilong?"

I rolled my eyes at him but he just chuckles then he leaned closer to my face again and this time, he plant small kisses on my forehead.

Bigla na lang kasing dumugo ang ilong 'ko kanina habang natulong ako sa paghihiwa ng mga gulay na sangkap para sa planong lutuin ni lola para mamayang tanghalian kaya sinabihan ako ni lola na magpahinga na lang muna ako rito sa hardin. Parang mas pabor pa nga kay lola na hindi na lang ako tumulong dahil mas pinapabagal 'ko lang daw ang gawain nila ni Theo. Oo ni Theo. Nalaman kasi ni lola na marunong magluto si Theo kaya ayon, na-excite siya, parang napilitan nga lang si lola na paghiwain ako kanina para lang hindi ako mukhang tangang nakatingin lang sa mga ginagawa nila ni Theo sa kusina na obvious namang hindi 'ko alam kung ano dahil wala naman akong alam tungkol sa pagluluto.

Ang halik ni Theo sa noo 'ko ay bumaba patungo sa mata, ilong, pisngi at sa huli dumapo iyon sa labi 'ko. I immediately squeezed my eyes shut the moment I felt his soft lips pressed against my lips. Slowly, he started moving his lips against mine and without any hesitation I also started to move my lips, imitating his movements.

The feeling of his lips on mine sends a tingling sensation in my stomach. He's kissing me passionately and it's intoxicating.

When he abandoned my lips I slowly open my eyes like I just woke up from a very good sleep.

"Now Mary Jane, sit up and lean forward, you might swallow some blood in that position." Naglakad siya sa harap 'ko at inalalayan niya akong makaupo ng maayos.

"Mary Jane?" I asked in confusion. 

"May nagsabi sa'kin na in love ka daw kay Peter Parker since you are a ten-year-old girl and your dream first kiss is the way Spiderman and MJ had theirs."

Napasapo ako sa bibig 'ko. Oh my God!

"Who told you that?!"

He laughed then he gingerly removed the tissue paper under my nose and replaced it with cotton balls.

"Tatay Randy,"

Of course it's my grandfather! Bakit pa nga ba ako nagtanong? They are pals after all.

"God! Bakit sinabi pa 'yon ni lolo nakakahiya! Ikaw nga magtapat ka sa'kin kung ano pa ang mga bagay na alam mo tungkol sa akin na sinabi ni lolo?"

Inilagay niya sa taas ng ilong 'ko ang icepack na agad 'ko namang hinawakan para hindi mahulog.

"Uhm, alam 'ko kung anong brand ng diaper mo nung baby ka pa."

"Jesus Christ!"

"Alam 'ko rin kung anong edad ka niregla."

My God! Bakit kung anu-anong kinukwento ni lolo tungkol sa'kin. Hiyang-hiya na ako ngayon. Pakiramdam 'ko mas lalong dudugo ang ilong 'ko kapag pinagpatuloy pa ni Theo ang mga naikwento sa kaniya ni lolo.