Be For You and Me (Friends Series #2)

Chapter 3

Getting inside the car ay nakita ko si Ethan na he was the one driving the car. 

"Hey." Naka-ngiti nitong bati saakin. Mabilis naman akong umayos ng upo and also to put on my seatbelt. 

"Si Ethan na yung nag-drive today ha. Hindi ko kasi kayang mag-dala ng car ngayon." Saad nito saakin. Nung tumingin naman ako kay Ethan. I saw him smiling a little bit and alam ko na kung bakit ganun. With what happened to Chione six months ago. Alam na alam ko na kung gaano kahirap yung pinag-daanan nito just to be in this position. 

"Oo naman. Alangan naman dibang ikaw nalang yung palaging nag-dadrive." Tawa ko rito. Kaya naman napatawa rin siya. 

While looking at their position right now. I love it when I know that she is slowly moving on. Hindi na katulad two months ago where in halos hindi namin ito makitang ngumiti man lang. She is slowly coming back from Chione before she met Connor. The only different thing is she is now mature but not believing in romantic love anymore. 

After answering her we continued on our comfortable silence. While driving past EDSA and all ay nakarating din kami sa isang party venue dito sa Alabang. 

Napatingin ako sa malaking pintuan nung venue. "Bakit daw dito yung party?" Napa-tanong din ako habang naka-tingin kay Chione for answers. Pero nagkibit-balikat lang ito. 

"I heard, this is just for show pero mamaya talaga yung totoong party." Singit naman ni Ethan saakin. Tumango naman kaming dalawa ni Chione at inaya ko sila na pumasok na to greet the birthday celebrant. 

Contrary to the huge door, sobrang intimate nung party space and it almost looked like a huge sized backyard. 

We saw our high school friends seated on the long table. I immediately saw they saved three seats for us to sit on. 

"Hey" Bati namin sa mga kaibigan namin. Nauna nang umupo sila Ethan and Chione to the seats while I said hello to all of our friends. 

"Kamusta naman ang Atenista?" Natatawang tanong nung kaklase namin. 

Tumawa muna ako ng mahina. "Okay lang naman. Kamusta na yung thesis mo? Tumatawag na saakin si Reah para dun sa thesis niyo pero alam niyo naman na hindi ko narin maisikaso." 

"Okay na iyon. You know Rei, she need to have control pero naayos narin. Also naka-usap na siya ni Kit. Alam mo naman yung mag-jowa na iyon. Yung isa't-isa lang din ang makakapag-kalma." Responsed nito saakin habang tumatawa kaya napatawa narin ako dahil totoo naman. After talking to that classmate ay bumalik na muna ako dun sa upuan ko sa tabi ni Chione. 

Tahimik lang akong umupo sa tabi ni Chione while Ethan is quitely talking to her. While looking around to spot any friends nang napansin kong hindi ko pa nakikita sila Aki. 

"Chione." Tawag pansin ko sakanya. 

Napansin naman niya agad ako. "Hmmmm?" 

"Sila Aki?" Tanong ko rito. 

Napatingin siya bigla saakin because now she only realized na hindi niya pa nakikita sila Aki. 

"Where are they?" Napa-tanong rin ito. Kaya naman napatawa ako dahil maski siya ay hindi niya alam kung nasaan ang mga iyon. 

"Aki, Leila, and Gavin cannot come because of some prior schedule but Alice is going to be late because she had a class this morning." Saad naman ni Ethan. Tumawa kami ng mahina ni Chione because we both do not know where they are. 

Since maaga pa kami nang makarating kami ay we waited pa for about 15 minutes bago nag-simula ang party. Simpleng party lang dapat daw talaga yung party pero naparami yung pag-invite ng mom ng birthday boy.