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TITLE: TRIP
LANGUAGE: Filipino
GENRE: AU
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...
SUMMARY:
Boy meets girl, simple lang di ba?
Pano pag boy is in love with another girl habang may other boy na naghahabol kay girl na una?
Mas komplikado pero same old, same old.
Eh pano kapag meron pa to?
Boy and girl are set to marry each other?
Saya, di ba!
(Sana… haaayz!)
This is a story of love.
Finding it, realizing it, and keeping true to it.
Dahil iba pa rin talaga pag ang puso ang nag-trip...
CHAPTERS: Chapter1, Chapter2, Chapter3, Chapter4, Chapter5, Chapter 6, Chapter7, Chapter8, Chapter9, Chapter10, Chapter11,
Chapter 12:
“Kumusta ka na?” tanong kaagad ni Barbie habang isinasara nito ang pinto ng kuwarto ni Bea bago niya nginitian si Joy.
She was already thinking of visiting Bea that morning para sana i-check ang kalagayan nito. Angelo had assured them the night before na okay na si Bea at na nagpapahinga na lang ito. Bea even messaged her early that morning na okay naman daw ang pakiramdam nito and that she needn’t worry about what happened the night before. But being Bea’s bestfriend, no one really is expecting her to just accept those words and not confirm it for herself, lalo pa dahil marami ding mga katanungan ang pumasok sa utak niya, well, of course, after she got over the distraction that was Joshua.
One of those questions, or perhaps the mother of those questions, ay bakit nga ba naglasing ang best friend niya. Wala namang masabing dahilan si Rick sa kanya kung bakit nagkaganoon si Bea nang iwanan niya ito sa lalaki. That, of course, had caused Rick to hear more than just an earful from her. It’s actually highly unlikely na magpapakita sa kanila, lalo na sa kanya, ang lalaki pagkatapos niya itong sermunana ng abot 30 minutes din.
And it turns out, hindi lang pala siya ang nakaisip na dalawin si Bea. Nang makarating siya sa malaking bahay gamit ang sasakyan na iniutos ng lola niyang gamitin niya habang nasa Pilipinas siya, nalaman niya na naroroon na rin sina Joshua, Kris at Joy matapos hilain ni Joy ang dalawang lalaki doon ng umagang-umaga dahil sa pag-aalala sa babae. Nakita na niya ang mga lalaki, pati na rin si Angelo, sa baba bago siya pinatuloy ni Aling Ruby sa kuwarto ni Bea.
As it turns out, naroroon na rin kasi si Joy.
Bea chuckled and Barbie was glad to see na other than the slight paleness that could be attributed to hangover, mukha ngang okay na ang babae.
“Ang kulit-kulit nyo talaga!” Bea was saying. “I told you girls, I’m fine! I don’t think I was that drunk last night to really feel bad ngayon.”
“Like you believe it yourself!” sarkastikong sagot ni Barbie. “Ma. Beatrice Binene, kahapon lang kita na nakitang umabot ng ganoon katinding kalasingan!”
“Halos buhat ka na nga ni Angelo papuntang parking lot eh,” tumatangong dagdag ni Joy. “Nagblack-out ka ba?”
“Hindi ah!” mabilis na sagot ni Bea sabay lingon sa babae, Barbie noticed the slight coloring of her cheeks at Joy’s words, maybe due to the mention of the state she was in the previous night, or simply because of the mention of the guy.
“Ows? Talaga?” diskumpyado at sa nang-aasar pang tono na ani Barbie. “Sige nga, kung talagang naalala mo ang mga nangyari kagabi, anong ginawa ni Rick noong kunin ka ni Angelo sa table nyo?”
Mabilis na binuksan ni Bea ang bibig niya para sumagot pero mabilis din niya iyon isinara, causing both Barbie and Joy to get into a fit of laughter.
“See!” Barbie said amidts her chuckles. “I don’t even think you were aware na si Angelo ang sumundo sayo sa table nyo nina Rick kagabi.”
“Galit na galit itsura ni Angelo,” Joy helpfully supplied. “Akala ko nga magkakasapakan sila ni Rick kasi tumayo din pa si Rick para pigilan si Angelo na ilayo ka doon. Worried talaga yung tao.”
Bea snorted, recalling bits and pieces of the night she actually could make herself recall. Pagkagising na pagkagising niya kasi, at nang maramdaman niya ang sakit ng ulo niya, she tried recalling the events of the previous night that led to that. Unfortunately though, ang pinaka-na-aalala niya of the previous night was seeing Angelo and Alexis at the terrace, enjoying each others company and ignoring everyone else, including her.
“Yeah right,” anito.
Barbie and Joy caught each other’s eyes bago nila nilingon si Bea at tinignan ito ng makahulugan. Bea, though, was not saying anything. She simply crossed her arms over her chest and set her face straight.
The small smile playing on Joy’s lips told Barbie enough na pareho or almost pareho sila ng iniisip ng babae tungkol sa reaksyon nito.
“Interesting… Anyway,” any Barbie as though talagang titigilan na nito ang anggulong iyon. “We are being veered off the question na dapat naming tinatanong ngayon,” she said, pausing dramatically bago walang kagatul-gatol nitong idinagdag na “Bakit ka nga ba naglasing kagabi?”
“Ano?!” bulalas ni Bea. “Hindi ako naglasing ano!” depensa ng babae sa sarili.
“Eh anong tawag mo sa nangyari kagabi? Uminom ka lang ng konti?” sarkastikong tanong ni Barbie. “Anong nangyari? As far as I know, noong papunta tayo doon, you didn’t say anything about wanting to get drunk.”
“Oo nga,” segunda ni Joy. “Nagulat na nga lang ako nung nakita ko na sunud-sunod ka naman nang umiinom. Hindi naman kita mapigilan. Buti na nga lang nakita ko din eventually si Angelo…”
“Ikaw ang nagsabi sa kanya?” singit ni Barbie sa sinasabi ni Joy.
Bea, on her part, could only roll her eyes (although the action, admittedly, hurt quite a bit). ‘Siyempre, kailangang sabihan,’ she said in her mind before she could even stop herself. ‘Pano, busy masyado siya para makapansin ng kahit ano.’
“Actually, hindi eh,” iling ni Joy. “I think nakita na niya sina Bea kasi nung naabutan ko siya, nilampasan na niya ako. Alden said something about Angelo na nakita na daw nito. I think hinanap ka talaga ni Angelo kagabi.”
“Yeah right,” Bea snorted. “Paano ako hahanapin nun eh masyado siyang occupied kay Alexis?! Please!” she blurted out unintentionally and in annoyance, lalo pa dahil nag-flash na naman sa isip niya ang itsura ni Angelo habang nasa terrace ito kasama ni Alexis. She can’t help but feel really miffed.
Bea immediately realized what she just said though nang salubungin ng katahimikan ang sinabi niyang iyon, coupled by raised eyebrows and meaningful grins from both Joy and Barbie.
“Ano?!” pagalit pa rin niyang bulalas, partly to hide her embarrassment of suddenly saying something like that aloud, and partly as a self-defence mechanism, para hopefully ay hindi na siya kulitin ng dalawang babae.
Neither intention came through though dahil nakangisi pa rin si Barbie at nagtinginan pa ito at si Joy nang makahulugan bago nito sinabing “So,how’s this for a reason? Nagseselos ka dun sa Alexis na iyon dahil super, duper mega-close at sort of sweet siya kay Angelo kaya ka naglasing kagabi…. Makes sense, di ba Joy?”
“Absolutely!” sagot ng babae, nodding her head enthusiastically. Bea could only groan.
“Kaso,” tuloy ni Barbie, turning back to Bea. “From everything you’ve told me, you’re saying na wala kang gusto kay Angelo. Kaya nga ayaw mong makasal sa kanya di ba?”
It was Joy’s chance to return the favour of Barbie cutting in to her sentence earlier dahil ito naman ang sumingit sa pagkakataong iyon.
“Teka! Ikakasal dapat sina Angelo at Bea?” gulat pero amused na bulalas nito.
Bea could only narrow her eyes to her bestfriend lalo pa dahil ngumiti pa si Barbie at sinabing “Oo! Hindi ko ba naikuwento? Ipinagkasundo sila ng daddy ni Bea at ng lola ni Angelo. Can you believe that?”
“Si Lola Lory?” bulalas ni Joy. “I’m not that surprised! Siyempre, gugustuhing pangalagaan ni Lola Lory ang future ng paborito niyang apo,” ani pa nito.
“Same thing with Tito Manny,” Barbie agreed with a nod and a smile. “Anything and everything to protect his beloved daughter.”
“We are not honouring that agreement,” bulalas na lang ni Bea just to put it out there. Mukha kasing wala ding plano si Barbie na banggitin ang tungkol sa bagay na iyon.
But it was for nothing din dahil nagpatuloy pa rin ang dalawa sa pag-uusap na tila ba wala siyang sinabi. Worse, kung mag-usap pa ang dalawa ay parang wala siya doon.
“Kaya pala naglasing bigla si Bea,” ani Joy. “Nagselos siya sa Alexis na iyon.”
“Of course not!” may halong gigil nang ani Bea. “Ulitin nyo pa yan, makakatikim na kayong dalawa ng wushu!”
Barbie and Joy caught each other’s eyes one more time bago sila mabilis nagretract.
“Hindi nagselos si Bea!” retract muna ni Joy.
“Oo! Hindi siya nagselos! Hindi nga niya tayo tinatakot ngayon eh!” dagdag naman ni Barbie bago parehong napabunghalit ng tawa ang dalawa.
Nailing na lang si Bea sa dalawang kaibigan bago pati siya ay napatawa na rin.
-----
It took Bea almost one whole day para lang mawala ang sakit ng ulo na umaga pa lang ay bumabagabag na sa kanya. She likes to think that the pain is simply a direct result of her getting drunk the previous night pero alam din niya at inamin na din niya (sa kanyang sarili lamang siyempre) na maaaring may kinalaman din ang walang tigil na pagpapahaging nina Barbie at Joy tungkol sa pagseselos niya kina Angelo at Alexis. The two girls had not mentioned anything directly na tungkol sa ‘pagseselos’ niya the moment na binaggit niya ang tungkol sa kanyang pagwu-wushu pero hindi rin tumigil ang mga ito sa mga innuendos up until umalis ang mga ito kasama nina Kris at Josh.
If she was going to look at it from an outsider’s point of view, she’s going to have to admit na may punto ang dalawa. Actually, if she’s going to be really, completely honest with herself, she would really have to say na may punto nga sila. But she doesn’t want to admit that, not even, or most especially, to herself. Because admitting that she, somehow, got jealous of Alexis dahil sa closeness nito kay Angelo meant that she’s feeling something for the guy.
She’s not going to cop to anything like that. Well, it’s not like Angelo didn’t have good qualities to begin with, at impossible naman na hinidi magkagusto ang kahit na sinong babae sa lalaking iyon. But she’s not just anyone. Siya ang babaeng itinakda na maging asawa nito. And since they have already reached an agreement na hindi nila susundin ang kasunduang iyon, it’s practically a plain fact that she shouldn’t have feelings for the guy.
That’s practically a basic principle and she knows that. And that was the thought that kept running through her mind when she left her room and finally ended up finding herself by the pool.
Madilim na noon, the sun having set already, which is why Bea found herself looking at pool that now reflected the moon. It looked really beautiful, mesmerizing, and for a moment she felt caught in the sight before her.
Someone suddenly speaking behind her broke that moment though as she almost jumped nang marinig niya ang boses ni Angelo.
“Buti naman bumaba ka na ng kuwarto mo. Okay ka na ba?”
“Will you stop scaring me like that?!” Bea growled.
-----TBC-----
so...
pano siya???
good? bad? not?
reactions are loved... :D
LANGUAGE: Filipino
GENRE: AU
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...
SUMMARY:
Boy meets girl, simple lang di ba?
Pano pag boy is in love with another girl habang may other boy na naghahabol kay girl na una?
Mas komplikado pero same old, same old.
Eh pano kapag meron pa to?
Boy and girl are set to marry each other?
Saya, di ba!
(Sana… haaayz!)
This is a story of love.
Finding it, realizing it, and keeping true to it.
Dahil iba pa rin talaga pag ang puso ang nag-trip...
CHAPTERS: Chapter1, Chapter2, Chapter3, Chapter4, Chapter5, Chapter 6, Chapter7, Chapter8, Chapter9, Chapter10, Chapter11,
Chapter 12:
“Kumusta ka na?” tanong kaagad ni Barbie habang isinasara nito ang pinto ng kuwarto ni Bea bago niya nginitian si Joy.
She was already thinking of visiting Bea that morning para sana i-check ang kalagayan nito. Angelo had assured them the night before na okay na si Bea at na nagpapahinga na lang ito. Bea even messaged her early that morning na okay naman daw ang pakiramdam nito and that she needn’t worry about what happened the night before. But being Bea’s bestfriend, no one really is expecting her to just accept those words and not confirm it for herself, lalo pa dahil marami ding mga katanungan ang pumasok sa utak niya, well, of course, after she got over the distraction that was Joshua.
One of those questions, or perhaps the mother of those questions, ay bakit nga ba naglasing ang best friend niya. Wala namang masabing dahilan si Rick sa kanya kung bakit nagkaganoon si Bea nang iwanan niya ito sa lalaki. That, of course, had caused Rick to hear more than just an earful from her. It’s actually highly unlikely na magpapakita sa kanila, lalo na sa kanya, ang lalaki pagkatapos niya itong sermunana ng abot 30 minutes din.
And it turns out, hindi lang pala siya ang nakaisip na dalawin si Bea. Nang makarating siya sa malaking bahay gamit ang sasakyan na iniutos ng lola niyang gamitin niya habang nasa Pilipinas siya, nalaman niya na naroroon na rin sina Joshua, Kris at Joy matapos hilain ni Joy ang dalawang lalaki doon ng umagang-umaga dahil sa pag-aalala sa babae. Nakita na niya ang mga lalaki, pati na rin si Angelo, sa baba bago siya pinatuloy ni Aling Ruby sa kuwarto ni Bea.
As it turns out, naroroon na rin kasi si Joy.
Bea chuckled and Barbie was glad to see na other than the slight paleness that could be attributed to hangover, mukha ngang okay na ang babae.
“Ang kulit-kulit nyo talaga!” Bea was saying. “I told you girls, I’m fine! I don’t think I was that drunk last night to really feel bad ngayon.”
“Like you believe it yourself!” sarkastikong sagot ni Barbie. “Ma. Beatrice Binene, kahapon lang kita na nakitang umabot ng ganoon katinding kalasingan!”
“Halos buhat ka na nga ni Angelo papuntang parking lot eh,” tumatangong dagdag ni Joy. “Nagblack-out ka ba?”
“Hindi ah!” mabilis na sagot ni Bea sabay lingon sa babae, Barbie noticed the slight coloring of her cheeks at Joy’s words, maybe due to the mention of the state she was in the previous night, or simply because of the mention of the guy.
“Ows? Talaga?” diskumpyado at sa nang-aasar pang tono na ani Barbie. “Sige nga, kung talagang naalala mo ang mga nangyari kagabi, anong ginawa ni Rick noong kunin ka ni Angelo sa table nyo?”
Mabilis na binuksan ni Bea ang bibig niya para sumagot pero mabilis din niya iyon isinara, causing both Barbie and Joy to get into a fit of laughter.
“See!” Barbie said amidts her chuckles. “I don’t even think you were aware na si Angelo ang sumundo sayo sa table nyo nina Rick kagabi.”
“Galit na galit itsura ni Angelo,” Joy helpfully supplied. “Akala ko nga magkakasapakan sila ni Rick kasi tumayo din pa si Rick para pigilan si Angelo na ilayo ka doon. Worried talaga yung tao.”
Bea snorted, recalling bits and pieces of the night she actually could make herself recall. Pagkagising na pagkagising niya kasi, at nang maramdaman niya ang sakit ng ulo niya, she tried recalling the events of the previous night that led to that. Unfortunately though, ang pinaka-na-aalala niya of the previous night was seeing Angelo and Alexis at the terrace, enjoying each others company and ignoring everyone else, including her.
“Yeah right,” anito.
Barbie and Joy caught each other’s eyes bago nila nilingon si Bea at tinignan ito ng makahulugan. Bea, though, was not saying anything. She simply crossed her arms over her chest and set her face straight.
The small smile playing on Joy’s lips told Barbie enough na pareho or almost pareho sila ng iniisip ng babae tungkol sa reaksyon nito.
“Interesting… Anyway,” any Barbie as though talagang titigilan na nito ang anggulong iyon. “We are being veered off the question na dapat naming tinatanong ngayon,” she said, pausing dramatically bago walang kagatul-gatol nitong idinagdag na “Bakit ka nga ba naglasing kagabi?”
“Ano?!” bulalas ni Bea. “Hindi ako naglasing ano!” depensa ng babae sa sarili.
“Eh anong tawag mo sa nangyari kagabi? Uminom ka lang ng konti?” sarkastikong tanong ni Barbie. “Anong nangyari? As far as I know, noong papunta tayo doon, you didn’t say anything about wanting to get drunk.”
“Oo nga,” segunda ni Joy. “Nagulat na nga lang ako nung nakita ko na sunud-sunod ka naman nang umiinom. Hindi naman kita mapigilan. Buti na nga lang nakita ko din eventually si Angelo…”
“Ikaw ang nagsabi sa kanya?” singit ni Barbie sa sinasabi ni Joy.
Bea, on her part, could only roll her eyes (although the action, admittedly, hurt quite a bit). ‘Siyempre, kailangang sabihan,’ she said in her mind before she could even stop herself. ‘Pano, busy masyado siya para makapansin ng kahit ano.’
“Actually, hindi eh,” iling ni Joy. “I think nakita na niya sina Bea kasi nung naabutan ko siya, nilampasan na niya ako. Alden said something about Angelo na nakita na daw nito. I think hinanap ka talaga ni Angelo kagabi.”
“Yeah right,” Bea snorted. “Paano ako hahanapin nun eh masyado siyang occupied kay Alexis?! Please!” she blurted out unintentionally and in annoyance, lalo pa dahil nag-flash na naman sa isip niya ang itsura ni Angelo habang nasa terrace ito kasama ni Alexis. She can’t help but feel really miffed.
Bea immediately realized what she just said though nang salubungin ng katahimikan ang sinabi niyang iyon, coupled by raised eyebrows and meaningful grins from both Joy and Barbie.
“Ano?!” pagalit pa rin niyang bulalas, partly to hide her embarrassment of suddenly saying something like that aloud, and partly as a self-defence mechanism, para hopefully ay hindi na siya kulitin ng dalawang babae.
Neither intention came through though dahil nakangisi pa rin si Barbie at nagtinginan pa ito at si Joy nang makahulugan bago nito sinabing “So,how’s this for a reason? Nagseselos ka dun sa Alexis na iyon dahil super, duper mega-close at sort of sweet siya kay Angelo kaya ka naglasing kagabi…. Makes sense, di ba Joy?”
“Absolutely!” sagot ng babae, nodding her head enthusiastically. Bea could only groan.
“Kaso,” tuloy ni Barbie, turning back to Bea. “From everything you’ve told me, you’re saying na wala kang gusto kay Angelo. Kaya nga ayaw mong makasal sa kanya di ba?”
It was Joy’s chance to return the favour of Barbie cutting in to her sentence earlier dahil ito naman ang sumingit sa pagkakataong iyon.
“Teka! Ikakasal dapat sina Angelo at Bea?” gulat pero amused na bulalas nito.
Bea could only narrow her eyes to her bestfriend lalo pa dahil ngumiti pa si Barbie at sinabing “Oo! Hindi ko ba naikuwento? Ipinagkasundo sila ng daddy ni Bea at ng lola ni Angelo. Can you believe that?”
“Si Lola Lory?” bulalas ni Joy. “I’m not that surprised! Siyempre, gugustuhing pangalagaan ni Lola Lory ang future ng paborito niyang apo,” ani pa nito.
“Same thing with Tito Manny,” Barbie agreed with a nod and a smile. “Anything and everything to protect his beloved daughter.”
“We are not honouring that agreement,” bulalas na lang ni Bea just to put it out there. Mukha kasing wala ding plano si Barbie na banggitin ang tungkol sa bagay na iyon.
But it was for nothing din dahil nagpatuloy pa rin ang dalawa sa pag-uusap na tila ba wala siyang sinabi. Worse, kung mag-usap pa ang dalawa ay parang wala siya doon.
“Kaya pala naglasing bigla si Bea,” ani Joy. “Nagselos siya sa Alexis na iyon.”
“Of course not!” may halong gigil nang ani Bea. “Ulitin nyo pa yan, makakatikim na kayong dalawa ng wushu!”
Barbie and Joy caught each other’s eyes one more time bago sila mabilis nagretract.
“Hindi nagselos si Bea!” retract muna ni Joy.
“Oo! Hindi siya nagselos! Hindi nga niya tayo tinatakot ngayon eh!” dagdag naman ni Barbie bago parehong napabunghalit ng tawa ang dalawa.
Nailing na lang si Bea sa dalawang kaibigan bago pati siya ay napatawa na rin.
-----
It took Bea almost one whole day para lang mawala ang sakit ng ulo na umaga pa lang ay bumabagabag na sa kanya. She likes to think that the pain is simply a direct result of her getting drunk the previous night pero alam din niya at inamin na din niya (sa kanyang sarili lamang siyempre) na maaaring may kinalaman din ang walang tigil na pagpapahaging nina Barbie at Joy tungkol sa pagseselos niya kina Angelo at Alexis. The two girls had not mentioned anything directly na tungkol sa ‘pagseselos’ niya the moment na binaggit niya ang tungkol sa kanyang pagwu-wushu pero hindi rin tumigil ang mga ito sa mga innuendos up until umalis ang mga ito kasama nina Kris at Josh.
If she was going to look at it from an outsider’s point of view, she’s going to have to admit na may punto ang dalawa. Actually, if she’s going to be really, completely honest with herself, she would really have to say na may punto nga sila. But she doesn’t want to admit that, not even, or most especially, to herself. Because admitting that she, somehow, got jealous of Alexis dahil sa closeness nito kay Angelo meant that she’s feeling something for the guy.
She’s not going to cop to anything like that. Well, it’s not like Angelo didn’t have good qualities to begin with, at impossible naman na hinidi magkagusto ang kahit na sinong babae sa lalaking iyon. But she’s not just anyone. Siya ang babaeng itinakda na maging asawa nito. And since they have already reached an agreement na hindi nila susundin ang kasunduang iyon, it’s practically a plain fact that she shouldn’t have feelings for the guy.
That’s practically a basic principle and she knows that. And that was the thought that kept running through her mind when she left her room and finally ended up finding herself by the pool.
Madilim na noon, the sun having set already, which is why Bea found herself looking at pool that now reflected the moon. It looked really beautiful, mesmerizing, and for a moment she felt caught in the sight before her.
Someone suddenly speaking behind her broke that moment though as she almost jumped nang marinig niya ang boses ni Angelo.
“Buti naman bumaba ka na ng kuwarto mo. Okay ka na ba?”
“Will you stop scaring me like that?!” Bea growled.
-----TBC-----
so...
pano siya???
good? bad? not?
reactions are loved... :D