Miss Rhythm (Misses Series #2)

Chapter 12

It wasn't publicized.

His confession towards me.

Malalagot kami kay Mommy kapag may kakalat na balita tungkol sa aming dalawa.

The band is just starting to rise in this industry at mahirap na kapag iyon agad issue ng vocalist ng banda. At sa akin pa talaga!

Kaya naman pagkatapos mismo ng shoot nila ay nagpatawag ako ng meeting sa lahat ng tao na nasa floor na iyon. Sa lahat ng taong nakakita o nakarinig ng mga pangyayari. Sinabi ko sa kanila na gusto ko walang lalabas sa mga telebisyon at social media ang nangyari nung araw na 'yon.

Kung meron man at hindi sila magsasalita, ako mismo ang magpapabagsak ng mga pangalan nila at sisiguraduhin kong hindi na sila makakahanap ng ibang mapapasukang trabaho sa industriyang ito.

Lahat sila ay tinikom ang bibig at nasindak sa mga sinabi ko noong araw na 'yon kaya naging mapayapa ang banda ng isang taon. Nabibilang na ang pangalan nila sa Top Ten Charts tuwing buwan at sunod-sunod na rin ang offer ng guesting nila sa iba't ibang TV Shows.

In that year, many things happened. If course, isa na doon ang pag-amin sa akin ni Keith ng totoo niyang nararamdaman sa akin. I told him that I am confused kasi mag-kaibigan kami.

If we'll take this relationship on a different level, masisira ang pagkakaibigan na binuo namin noon.

"Trust me on this, Lei." he said.

And I believed him.

We took our friendship on the next level. He courted me for eight months without anyone outside the band and my family knowing a single thing.

He can't bring me to a dinner date but Mom helped him arranged some stuff in our office and made the conference room a restaurant.

"Mom, you didn't need to do this." I told her as she was smiling ear to ear.

"Anak, this is your first time dating. And you're dating a star." she said sounded excited in her first sentence and a little bit of disappointed on the second one.

"You know him personally, Ma."

"Well, I don't know what he can do to you if you're together." she said as she caressed my hair. "He'll busy for this time now, Eleina. You better be on guard."

And on that day, Mommy didn't treat Keith the way she treated him over the past years. She seemed so strict when Keith and I started dating.

Last year was one of the best. Kahit na hindi kami nakakapagdate o nakakapasyal kahit saan ni Keith. He made sure he had time for me.

Ngunit hindi rin naging maganda ang isang taon na 'yon para sa akin. I did some check ups last year because Jorge said that maybe something terrible happened to me when I was a child.

Me and Manuel asked Mom about it but she always say that there's nothing happened to me, so we trusted her but one in my check ups said that I had a head trauma that affects my hearing when I was a kid and now I shouldn't be reckless in engaging into activities that can really affect my hearing.

But that didn't stopped me... yet. I needed to support them, to support Keith's dreams.

And now look at them.

Looking really happy on their second fan meeting here in our own arena.

But then, I saw a familiar figure watching me from afar and when I looked at him with squinted eyes, I asked myself on why is he here again.

"Keith," I called him as he was busy talking to their fan in front of him.

"Ang galing galing niyo po talagang kumanta Riggs! Idol na idol ko po kayo simula pa noong una!" sigaw ng kanyang fan bago sita umalis sa harapan nito.