Love of the Lifetime at a Wrong Time

Chapter 8

"Uhmm, nu ulit ung sinasabi mo? You were gonna ask me something diba?" sabi ko na mejo ilang pa rin.

"Ah, un wala un. Uhmm, hon?!" sabi niya, obviously referring to doc. Hindi na ko nakasagot kasi may cell rang, for sure si doc un.

"Uhmm, cge una na ko. See you later okei?" sabi ko na mejo ilang pa din.

"Uhmm, cge. Call you later okei?"

"Okei." Tapos beso beso sabay split na. When I got to doc's car, he looked at me as if there’s something wrong.

"So, siya pala un." Sabi ni doc, na obviously referring to my pare, pero syempre innocent effect ako.

"Siya un dba?! Ung best friend mo na hindi mo makalimutan." Sabi niya looking intently into my eyes.

"Well yah. So what? He's just my friend." Sabi ko na umiiwas ng tingin sa kaniya kasi when he looked at me, I saw in his eyes na he was hurt seeing me with pare.

"Yah, your friend and your first love na hanggang ngayon hindi mo pa rin makalimutan." Sabi niya na may disappointment sa boses niya.

"It's the past. Pati ba naman nakaraan pagseselosan mo?" sabi ko na mejo naiirita na.

"Un na nga eh. I have to compete with your past!" sabi niya.

"Will you just drop it?! I wanna go home. I lost my appetite." sabi ko. I already lost my patience. Hindi ko na kinaya ung mga sinasabi niya.

"What?! But you haven't eaten yet." Sabi niya

"I said I wanna go home!"

"But you need to eat something."

Hay naku! Napuno na ko sa kaniya. I got out of the car and nag walk out ako. Bad trip! Ngaun pa ko nawalan ng ride pauwi. Nasa shop pa naman ngaun ung car ko kaya I had no choice. Isang tao lang maaasahan ko at times like this.

"Thanks pare. Buti na lang naabutan pa kita." Sabi ko sa kaniya nung nasa car niya kami on the way sa isang resto.

"Syempre nuh. Kaw pa? Alam mo naman na hindi kita matitiis eh." Sabi niya. Napangiti na lang ako nun. Buti na lang naabutan ko siya. I called him up tapos sakto, in just a few seconds dumating na agad siya. He's really my knight in a shining armor. Punta kami sa isang fast food chain, tapos dun na lang kami kumain, parang dati. Walang humpay na kwentuhan tapos alam mo un. It made me feel like a teenager again. Grabe ang saya talaga.

"So, may hon ka na pala hindi mo man lang sinasabi sakin." Bigla niya sinabi.

Oo, kami na nga ni doc.We've been together for about a year and a half. We've been through med school together and matagal tagal din naman siyang nanligaw. I figured na it's about time to give it another try and try to forget about the past. And I was doing until, alam nyo na, nung biglang dumating si pare.

"Ah oo. Bakit nagtanong ka ba?" sabi ko sa kaniya. Tapos tawanan na lang kami. Change topic na ulit. Parang hindi kami comfortable sa topic na love life eh. So, after that hinatid niya na ko sa haus. I invited him over ulit. This time, instead of having coffee, we're gonna watch some movies like we used to do back in our school days. It was already late kaya lang, sayang kasi ung opportunity namin para magbonding ulit and stuff and pareho pa kaming hindi pa inaantok kaya ayun. In the middle of one movie, bigla niya ko tinanong,

"Baket mo nga pala ako bigla tinawagan? Diba ur supposed to be with doc?" tanong niya na mejo ikinagulat ko.

"Ah un, wala un. We just had a little fight over some petty issues." Sabi ko. Gusto ko na kasing tapusin ung conversation namin kasi I'm not really comfortable talking about my fights with my boyfriend kahit sa mga closest friends ko.

"Ah okei. Gano na kayo katagal?" tanong niya. Nag taka naman ako, baket kaya ‘to bigla nagkaroon ng interest sa love life ko?

"Well, we've been together na for about a year and a half." Sagot ko

"Oh talaga? Tagal nyo na rin pala. Eh how did you meet? Kwento mo naman history nyo." Tanong niya pa ulit

"Ano ‘to interview?" sabi ko na mejo naghihinala na sa pagtatanong niya.

"Cge na sagutin mo na. Gusto ko lang naman malaman mga happenings sa life mo since we've been apart. Cge na please..." sabi niya sabay make face na paawa effect.

"Fine! Well, we met sa med school, classmate ko siya sa biology and we have some common friends pero hindi ko siya masiyado pinapansin kasi kaka break pa lang namin ni drummer boy nun. Remember him?" he just nodded kaya I continued my story na.