Young Love Series #4: September Elizabeth Ferreira
September Elizabeth Ferreira has always hated life. One moment, everything is falling apart. The next thing she knows, she's being confessed at by someone she cannot even recognize because everythin...
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That night.
Nang makabalik na si Liam, nagdodoble pa rin ang paningin ko.
"Are you sober now?" Liam asks me.
"Do I look drunk to you?" inis na tanong ko ulit.
Even though I'm drunk, I'm sure he wouldn't notice. It's always hard for my friends to notice if I'm already drunk. Even Hiram, my closest friend, can't tell if I'm not sober.
Diretso pa rin ako kung tumingin kahit na malabo na ang lahat sa paningin ko. I walk fine too. I'm stilghtly more talkative when tipsy but that's it.
"Hiram's coming, okay?" sabi ni Liam, hinahawakan ang magkabila kong mga balikat at tiningnan ko ang kamay n'ya. I saw the black leather watch.
"Why would he come here?" inis na tanong ko. "Isn't he with that Jolene?"
Napamura si Liam. "Hiram is already on his way. What the hell, September? I brought my girlfriend here to enjoy and here I am, trying to look out for you for my cousin," aniya.
"Jerk," I tell him. "Then don't look after me if you don't want to."
"Of course, I'm worried about you too."
Whatever.
I sighed.
Ang tagal.
Wait. Liam told me he's gonna tell me something important.
He should tell me already. I left the cocktail for it.
"Liam!" galit na tawag ko.
Pumikit ako at sinapo ko ang ulo ko. When I opened my eyes, Liam is back in front of me.
I looked at his wrist. The black leather wristwatch is gone.
"Where's your watch?" I asked.
Liam looked at his wrist. "Ah. . . I forgot to wear it. Nagmamadali akong pumunta rito."
It's not Liam.
Hiram. I could immediately recognize his voice.
"September," he calls me and I raised my gaze to look at his eyes but my vision is blurry. "Did you drink?"
"Of course. What a dumb question," I mumbled. "What would I do in a bar?"
Sumipa ako sa lupa.
"Are you drunk?"
"I'm not drunk."
"Let me see."
Lumapit sa 'kin si Hiram. He held me on both cheeks. Inilapit n'ya ang mukha n'ya sa 'kin at pinagmasdan ang mga mata ko.
