One Night Stand - Unfold

chapter 45

Parang isang linggong hindi nakatikim ng pagkain si Elmo. The way he eats his breakfast, like he’s a madman. Well, he actually is. Seeing Julie having her breakfast with Alden while talking to this so-called-Mr. Important Guy makes him really angry.

Nakatanaw sya  sa di kalayuan sa dalawa while their having this interview with some guy. Alden and Julie works as a partner in a magazine company. Their job is to interview someone who is successful to whatever field they have. And right now here they are, having a chat with Mr. Oh. The guy is a successful business man. He owns the hotel they’re staying right now.

Hindi malaman ni Elmo if Julie is still mad at him or not. Lagi kasing itong nakangiti. Given she needs to ‘coz she’s now giving an interview. Pero she’s still all smile kahit pa magtama ang mga mata nila. But  still hindi nmn sya pinapansin nito. So galit ba o hindi?

 Isa pa he hates this that she’s having a good laugh with Alden. Kahit pa sabihin na kailangan din ito para sa trabaho nila. Especially when the dimple guy is at fault kung bakit galit or nagalit sa kanya si Julie.

Turns out hindi nmn pala ang Delivery Man yung kumatok kagabi. It was him, Alden, though dala na nya ang pizza na pina-deliver nya. He insists na hintayin nang matapos maligo ang dalaga ‘coz he has something important to tell her.

Alden invites Julie to a dinner, syempre hindi pumayag ang dalaga na hindi isama si Elmo. But Alden said na exclusive for two persons lang ang dinner. At ang may ari ang may gusto na kumain sila sa VIP buffet ng resto for free. At nakakahiya nmn kung hindi sila kakain. So no choose sya. Kahit ayaw nyang iwan si Elmo, she needs to.

So Elmo got mad, asungot nnmn si Alden. And this time he got Julie. Assuming that Julie will eat in a buffet, tinapon na lang ni Elmo ang pizza na pina-deliver nila. For sure mamaya busog na yun. And he lost his appetite.  Ayaw nyang isipin kung ano nang nangyayari sa dinner date ng dalawa. He hates it.

After an hour or two Julie came back. Alam ng dalaga na badtrip si Elmo. That’s why she became extra sweet to him, pero parang tanga lang si Elmo. Ayaw pansinin si Julie. And when Julie asked kung kumain na sya dahil hindi nya makita ang pizza, he answered her honestly. Dinagdagan pa nito ng pangangamusta ng dinner nila, if she enjoys it, and he bet she did.

That when Julie started to get mad. Apparently hindi sya kumain ng dinner, maybe she did, but very little. Gusto nya kasing sabayan kumain si Elmo. Pero sobrang nagpantig ang tenga nya when she heard what he said and how he said it. Parang bumalik lahat ng pagod nya sa katawan. Tapos gutom pa sya dahil nga hindi masyadong kumain.

Elmo was so sorry when he learned it. Pero tapos na e, galit na si Julie. Hindi na rin sya inimik nito. He spent the night saying sorry to her kahit hindi sya pinapansin nito. He even try to hug her habang nakahiga pero pinaalis ng dalaga ang kamay nya sa bewang nito.

Asar na asar sya sa sarili. Imbis na sana nagcu-cuddle sila ngayon, or maybe more, nauwi sa wala. Hindi nga sya sa lapag natulog, super layo nmn ng pagitan nila. Dulo sa dulo.

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Julie is very aware na kanina pa sya pinagmamasdan ni Elmo. But she doesn’t care, she does, pero dapat hindi. May tampo pa rin sya dito. Para nmng hindi sya pinagkakatiwalaan ni Elmo. Ilang beses ba kasi nyang dapat sabihin that Alden is just a friend, co worker. Other than that wala na, na si Alden lang ang nangungulit sa kanya. And keeps on assuming that there’s something about her chocolate Christmas gift for him kahit pa sinabi na nyang ‘same ones for everyone’nga ang regalo nya.