Love Trap (COMPLETED)

Fifteen

"Apologize now, Chariessa."

A tear escape from my eyes. Hindi ko napigilang hindi masaktan dahil sa ganitong pagkakataon ay ibang tao ang kinakampihan niya. Tinignan ko siya ng masama. And then I gazed back again at Shaina.

"Such a good actress, hands down for that." Her eyes are gleaming in happiness, as if she won the battle so easy. "Anong kukunin mong kurso sa college? Major in flirting or major in plasticity? O baka may iba ka pang mga talento?" I looked at her from head to toe. "Bitch!"

"Chariessa!!"

Natakot ako sa taas ng boses ni Addison pero hindi ako nagpatinag lalo na nang nakita ko ang galit sa mukha ng babaeng kaharap ko. Now I do feel like telling them what I really feel. Just this time, let me be honest to what I wanted to say.

"Why?" Nag-angat ako ng tingin upang salubungin ang nagpupuyos sa galit na si Addison. "You lied to me because of her. You left me because of her. Why do I feel like I was just a second choice? Why do I feel like I'm not your girlfriend starting when she came?"

"Ano bang sinasabi--"

"May sakit ang kapatid mo? Really? Siguro nga mayroon pero bakit hindi mo nalang sabihin sa akin na may sakit siya? Why do you have to say you have an emergency?" He was about to talk when I hushed him. "Hindi pa ako tapos. Kahapon, how many times did she fvcking steal your attention?"

"Excuse me?" Ang sarap lang talaga hampasin ng paso ng babaeng ito.

"Nasugat ka? O umeepal? Come on, we both knew how you'd always find a way to get him away from me."

"So lumabas din ang totoo," aniya. "Insecure ka nga sa akin."

"That's not my point here!" I shouted.

"Tama na," singit ni Addison. "Charies, bumalik ka na muna roon at mamaya tayo mag-usap."

I crossed my arms on my chest. "Sino may sabi sayo na gusto kitang kausapin? I don't want to talk to someone who chose to believe other person than his own girlfriend."

"May sinabi ka ring tama." Naglakad palapit sa pwesto namin si Rina. She held her face high as she glance at the two people in front of us. "Anong klaseng boyfriend ka, Mr. Mariano?"

"Wag kang makisali sa usapang ito, Rina."

"Kung ako hindi mo kayang paniwalaan, bakit hindi nalang si Charies ang paniwalaan mo?"

"Why would he?" Singit na naman ni Shai. "Maliwanag naman na pinagtutulungan niyo akong pareho."

"Pathetic!" Rina calmly said. She held my wrist and pulled me away from them.

Bago pa ako makapag-react ay binitawan niya rin ako at iniwan doon. I watched her walk away until I can't see her anymore. Rina Sandoval, she maybe mean in the eyes of almost everyone but I knew she's more than just a mean girl. Actually she's not mean. She's just brutally honest and kind of rude.

She saved me.

Nang makarinig ako ng yapak papalapit ay nagmamadali akong bumalik kung nasaan ang mga tent namin. Dali-dali kong nakita ang mga kaibigan ko na magkakasama na. They are drinking coffee from their mugs. Agad akong napansin ni Kathy at tinuro pa sa mga nandoon.

"Saan ka galing?" Tanong ni Dana.

"Diyan lang." I looked away before she can realize that I'm lying. "Bakit ako walang kape?"

My nerves gone wild when I caught Kathy looking at me cautiously. It's as if she's looking more through me.

"Magtimpla ka ng sayo."