Stay With Me Then (Then Series #4)

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 

First meet 

First day again... Graduating na ako pero naiisip ko pa din kung kaya ko ba talaga na ihandle ang Rheinford Hotel. Kahit naman na alam kong I'm with Zaira nandito pa din yung doubt. I am not like Zaira na para sa kanya lahat kaya niya. 

While me I'm just pretending that I can but the truth is I can't . I am not sure if I can. 

I just get ready because I need to cook our breakfast dahil I'm sure that Zaira is still sleeping. Lalo na at first day ngayon. I'm 22 years old taking BS HRM at Rheinford University. And I'm a kind of girl na masaktan na lahat kahit na ako wag lang yung mga taong mahalaga sa'kin. 

And that is my cousins, twin and my friends. They are enough for me. Hindi ko na kailangan pa ng kahit ano. I have almost everything now. I can not wish for more. Makita ko lang na masaya sila at hindi nasasaktan that is enough for me. 

"Tulog pa yun?" tanong ko sa sarili ko ng ilapag ko yung pancake na niluto ko sa lamesa at sinilip yung kwarto ni Zaira. "Ay talaga... Wag niya akong subukan. Baka mabuhusan ko siya ng tubig." sabi ko sa sarili ko. 

Ayaw kong gawin yun dahil mababasa yung kama niya mahirap magpatuyo pero kung kailangan kong gawin yun para gumising siya gagawin ko. Ayoko pa naman malate! 

Nakabihis na ako ngayon at siya tulog pa? I was just about to go to her room ng biglang magbukas yung kwarto niya at nakita ko siyang hindi maipinta yung mukha. What happened to her? 

"Morning," she said at nilapag yung bag niya sa sofa at pumunta na ng dining. 

Something is wrong with her... 

We are just eating at ang tahimik lang ni Zaira. I am just watching her the whole time hanggang sa makita ko kung paano sumama yung tingin niya sa pancake habang tinutusok tusok pa. There is really something wrong with her no doubt. 

"Hey Zaira! Anong meron sa pancake na kinakain mo at parang ang sama ng tingin mo diyan hindi ba masarap?" tanong ko sa kanya ng hindi na ako makatiis. 

 But she just said that she is okay kaya hinayaan ko na. Ayoko lang talaga na ganyan siya. Gusto ko alam ko kung ano man ang pinagdadanan niya. Nasa iisang bahay na nga lang kami pagtataguan niya pa ako.

And I'm not just her cousin. I'm also her bestfriend at ayoko na nakikita siyang ganyan. 

Because the last time I see her like that is when Kuya Zairon and her Mom left her. Sobrang nasaktan ako nun. Seeing her like that. Crying her hearts out at sinasabi na pabalikin na lang sila Kuya Zairon. 

God knows how I badly wanted to help pero wala naman akong magawa. All I can do is to stay with her. 

I was shock that she ask me if what will happen to us after we graduate. Tanong ko din sa sarili ko yan. Ano ba ang dapat naming gawin after graduation? But of course I give her the obvious answer.

We need to handle the hotels and our restaurants. Alam kong sobrang hirap kay Zaira nito because in the first place this is not her dream. She dream to be a designer and handle the Lee's but how can she do that when Tita and Kuya Zairon left her.

Alam ko naman na napilitan lang siyang itake ang BS HRM because that is what Tito Zypher wants for her. And because she is Zaira she will do everything to please him.

I want her to tell me what really bothering her pero pilit niyang tinatago kahit halata ko naman na. Lagi siyang ganyan pag first day of classes pero hindi na lang ako nagtatanong dahil baka wala lang sa mood pero pang apat na beses ba siyang ganyan tuwing first day of class.