The random right one

Epilogue: The much awaited

"Bakit hindi ka mapakali?"

Marahas na nagbuga ng hangin si Nathan at saka hinarap ang kaptid. Juan Miguel was stading right beside him by that time, he was holding a bottle of beer and smiling at him like he was some kind of a lunatic. 

"Why do you care so much?" inis na inis na tanong niya diytyo. Nagpatuloy siya sa paglalakad ng pabalik-balik sa living room ng bahay nila. He sighed. After his father died last year, his brothers decided to move back to their old house to look after their mother. Siyempre hindi pwedeng hindi siya kasama doon. So now, after almost ten years of living apart, they were now living together and he sometimes disgusts that fact. He felt like he was trap in a very bad sitcom. 

"I worry about you." Juan Miguel said after a while. Napaamang siya dito. Seriously, he's worried about him? Why? 

"If you're going to act like a kuya now, hey, you're fifteen years too late." biro niya dito. Juan Miguel just sighed. Nadala rin siya nito. They both stared ar nothing. Maya-maya ay narinig niyang bumukas ang pinto. They both turned to see who just came in. Nakita nila si Edward. Lumapit ito sa kanila. 

"What are you too looking at?" he asked. 

Juan Miguel sighed. 

"I miss climbing mountains." he said. 

"I miss L.A." Edward commented. 

"I miss Ella." bigla niyang naiusal. Sabay na napatingin sa kanya ang kanyang mga kapatid. Nagulat siya ng biglang dutdutin ni Juan Miguel ang tagiliran niya. 

"Ayyeee!" he teased him. 

"What the? That's so gay!" he exclaimed. 

"There is no vaccination for that love virus!" nakangising sabi ni Edward. inulit muli ni Juan Miguel ang ginawa nito sa kanya kanina. 

"Ayeee!"

"Gay!" he shouted. Lumayo siya sa mga ito at tinungo ang daan palabas ng kanilang bahay. He immediately went to the garage. Binuksan niya ang sasakyan niya at saka sumakay doon. Bahala na si Batman pero kailangan niyang kausapin si Ella. Isang taon na siyang nakanganga, kailangan na niyang gumawa ng paraan ngayon, hindi na niya mahihintay pa ang tinatawag nilang destiny to take it's own course, he has to make something happen between him and Ella dahil kung wala ay mababaliw na talaga siya. 

It's been a year and nothing had change that much -- seriously, nothing had really change. Isang taon na ang lumipas but Calen was still the same old bitter-some, black sheep band member who doesn't give a damn about anything. He still hates being around happy couples and from time to time ay nasasangkot pa rin ito sa mga away. 

He remembered the conversation he once had with him. 

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"I hate my brothers." he said. It was late at night at naroon sila sa lugar kung saan itinanim ni Ella ang puno nito. Calen tapped his shoulder. 

"That makes two of us." Saglit siyang natigilan. He turned to Calen and he saw the pain flashed on his face. 

"Hanggang ngayon?" he asked. Calen just sighed. Inihagis nito kung saan ang lata ng beer na hawak nito. 

"Sinubukan ko naman, Nate eh. I tried forgiving him but I just couldn't forget the fact that Caleb took everything away from me. At kahit anong gawin ko, hindi ko na mababawi ang bagay na minsan niyang kinuha sa akin."

They both fell silent for a while. He again turned to him after a while.

"But don't you miss him?"