(Hii im baaack 😁 Sorry sa sad chapter 16, but just so you know, i'm always a big fan of happy endings. Sorry narin sa malaking jump na chapter, pero I promise na ibabalik ko po ang lahat ng important details na na-miss out. 😁 Thank you po sa mga nagbasa nito at magbabasa(if meron) In three chapters, this will end. )
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CHARACTER REFRESH:
• Bamboo
• Sarah G
• Jeanne - Bamboo's daughter
• Andy - Bamboo's youngest brother
• Kath - Bamboo's younger sister
• Emmanuelle/M - Bamboo's ex wife
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Summer of 2015.
Just a few months after Sarah's departure to LA, the team were already adjusted that the longest running noontime show lost their worldclass singer-performer.
Sundays will never be the same. That's what they're trying to say.
"Ano, hindi rin ba nagrereply sa imessage? Are you even her friend?" Andy teased Yeng.
"Tigil ka nga! Hindi, kahit si Teacher G at KC hindi rin pinayagang makausap siya sa phone. Grabe no? Buti nalang hindi ako outsider, kaya alam kong hindi lang siya umalis para mag-aral at tanggapin yung Hollywood offer." Sagot ni Yeng.
"Hollywood, you say?" He raised his eyebrows.
"Hindi ka ba nanood ng tv? Haynako bakit ba ako nagka-boyfriend na sobrang dense. Bakit ba kita sinagot. Tsk." She shook her head.
"Iiwan mo na ko?" Nag-puppy dog eyes si Andy, hinampas ni Yeng sa mukha.
"Wag ka nga. Siguraduhin mo lang na di mo ako rebound." She pinched his nose.
"Di ko alam kung totoo, pero sabi nila, may offer si Sars sa Pitch Perfect 3. Naghahanap pa ng ibang singers para sa Asian Acapella group. Anyway, si Bamboo? Three weeks na siya di nagpaparamdam, aware ba siyang hindi siya nagsabi na mags-summer leave siya? Kawawa sila direk, at si sir P!"
Biglang tumahimik si Andy, naging seryoso.
"Oh, bakit ka ganyan? May nangyari ba?"
"Few weeks ago may tumawag sa kanya."
"She's back."
"Sino?"
"Her."
"Ha?"
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Awkward silence.
"So. You're alive. What a news. At this time." Bamboo said in a low voice. They were in a local coffee shop around Tagaytay.
It was really her, it's Emmanuelle. Her face was thinner than years ago, fine lines were already visible. Her hair was cut short, and was neatly tied up gathered on one side.
"Sorry, for not telling you sooner." She was across him, holding a cup of coffee, staring straight at it.
"No, don't be. Maliit na bagay, di ba? It's just, after a decade, you decided to show up. No hard feelings. *sarcastic B on the roll* What is it? How do you feel on playing dead all this time? Nakakasawa na ba? Do I need to remove your epitaph? Kawawa yung katawan don." He's mad, his words hit her directly.
"When I called you last time, I don't know what to say to you, alam ko galit ka. But yet you came. I will tell you everything now. Please-"
"Don't act as if this is a small thing. M, we thought you're dead. Si Nanay, Kath, Andy... Your parents. And si Jeanne... How will you make it up to them? To our daughter? How?..."
He sighed.
".. How will you make it up to me?" His eyes were already red.
"I'm so sorry. I just... after the incident, when I miraculously survived, I've forgotten everything... Wala akong maalala sa nangyari. Pero hindi ko alam, I can't even talk!" She started crying.
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Square One: Ashboo Fanfiction
FanfictionWhirled by fate to meet again and again, Bamboo and Sarah took the chance of being more than just professional workmates. But no matter what progress, they always end up back to square one. Will they ever get there?
