Love of the Lifetime at a Wrong Time

Chapter 10

"Ah wala lang, just checking on you. I was gonna ask you out for dinner sana kaya lang nakalimutan ko nga na you have your movie night nga pala with pare. Kaya ayun." Sabi niya

"Ah okei. Ge, gotta finish the movie pa eh. It's a very good movie." Sabi ko.

"Oh I see. Okei." Sabi ni doc, then I saw pare making a gesture to invite doc over.

"Uhmm, wait lang ha?" sabi ko sa kay doc, then tinakpanko ung mouthpiece para sure na hindi ako maririnig ni doc.

"Anong pinagsasabi mo jan?!" sabi ko kay pare na mejo na iinis din.

"Ang sabi ko, why don't you invite him over to watch the rest of the movies with us." Sabi ni pare.

"Ano ka ba! Diba nga sacred night natin ‘to?!" sabi ko

"I know pero wala lang, tanungin mo lang naman kung gusto niya sumama diba?! Is there something wrong with that?!"

"Remember the last time merong umepal sa movie night natin? It didn't really went well remember?! " sabi ko na talagang naiinis na.

"Well, just try okei?! Please?!" sabi niya and gave me the look. Oh that look! He knows I can't refuse that look.

"Fine!" sabi ko na mejo napilitan na din. Sabay kuha ulit ng telepono.

"Hello?! Still there?!' tanong ko kay doc

"Yah, still here." Sabi niya(doc)

"Ah okei."

"So what's up?!" he asked

"Well, pare and I were just wondering if you'd like to come over and join us watch the rest of the movies over here." Sabi ko na mejo napipilitan. Siguro napansin ni doc un kaya ung sagot niya,

"Uhm, no thanks na lang. I just received a page na I'm needed sa hospital." Sabi niya.

"Ah okei. See you tomorrow na lang okei." Sabi ko

"Okei, bye, love you!" he said

"I love you too. Take care. Ingat sa pagdrive." Sabi ko. I don't know but for some reason I think that my "I love you" to doc sounded a little bit like pilit. Hindi ko alam kung bakit, I'm just not comfortable saying I love you to other people, specially to other guys, kapag kasama ko si pare.

"So?! Ano sabi?!" ask ni pare.

"Ayun, hindi pwede kasi bigla nag page ung hospital kaya diretso na siya dun. Sabi ko naman sau eh" sabi ko na mejo nabunutan ng tinik

"Well, what about next Friday?!" sabi niya

"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?" sabi ko na sobrang nabigla sa sinabi niya

"Well, next Friday, why don't you invite him over and I'll bring twinx here para naman magkakilanlan sila. I'd like totake a chace to talk with your honey to make sure pare is in good hands." Na mejo sarcastic pa ung dating nung sinabi niya ung honey.

"But those are about us. About us spending more time together. Us meaning only the two of us.!" Sabi ko

"Well, let's make an exception."

"Why?! Tell me why."

"To tell you truth, kasi twinx is starting to get jealous and stuff. Alam mo naman un eh. Kaya ayun naghihinala na, kaya it would really be better for the both of us, kung magkakaharap-harap na tayong lahat. Kahit naman hindi mo sabihin, alam ko naman na kapag na me-mention ako sa mga conversations nyo, I know na nagkakaron ng tension between you two.Am I right?!" sabi niya hindi na lang muna ako nakapagsalita coz' what he said was true. It would really be better if we all face each other and get rid of allthe worries and anxieties and suspicions. So when, I came to my senses I finally agreed and said yes,

"Fine, pero this one time lang ha!?" sabi ko

"Opo, this one tym lang" sabi niya sabay akbay sakin then we finished na all the movies

The next day, I-napperoach ko na nga si doc, and told him about the get together sa house.

"So, I'll see you at about mga 8 siguro. Okei?!' sabi ko

"Okei. Who will be there again?!" sabi niya, hindi niya siguro ako narinig kasi biglang pumasok ung nurse and gave him some results of his patient.

"Pare and twinx. Pare will be cooking the food kaya you don't have to do anything, just come okei?!" sabi ko.

"Okei, what time ulit?!' sabi niya while looking at the results "about 8. okei?! Don't forget ha?!" sabi ko, then I was paged na so I had to go.

Big night na! Oh my gosh! Oh boy, this is gonna be awkward talaga! I mean, I haven't seen twinx for years now, and I never really got along with her and doc and pare is not really that buddy buddy with each other kaya un. Kakaibang gabi ‘to ngayon! Ewan ko na lang kung anong mangyayari. Then biglang nag ring ung doorbell ko, it was just about mga 7 kaya I was shocked, to see pare.

"Oh baket ang aga mo?!"

"Hello?! Alangan namang ma-late ung cook nuh?!" sabi niya sabay, beso tapos diretso na sa kitchen with all his ingredients and started working on dinner na.I was about to close the door when I saw a very sexy but not that beautiful girl coming over. May dalang bowl. Si Twinx ba ‘to?! Ewan ko lang. Naalala ko tuloy, the first time I ever saw her she was also carrying a bowl of chips. Ano ba ‘to?! Lagi na lang bang may dalang bowl 'tong babaeng ‘to?!

"Hey! How you've been?! Haven't seen you in a while." Sabi nung gurl. Ah! Si Twinx nga ‘to, feeling close pa rin eh.

"Hey!" sabi ko na mejo napipilitan ngumiti, "oo nga eh, e’to doctor na." Sabay beso kay twinx.

"Ui, tuloy ka, come in come in." sabi ko and pumasok na nga siya sa loob.

"Oh, ano naman yang dala mo?!" tanong ko sa kaniya na may forced smile pa rin.

"Ah e’to, kasi nakakahiya naman dumating ng walang dala diba?! Kaya nagdala ako ng salad, hope you like it." sabi niya.

"Oh you shouldn't have but thanks na rin." Sabi ko, then kinuha ko na ung bowl and nilagay sa ref. I offered twinx some juice and invited her to sit muna sa may living room kasi nga nagluluto pa si pare and wala pa si doc.

"So, what have you been up to lately?!" ask ni twinx

"Uhm, I'm now a surgeon." Sabi ko

"Really?! What kind?! I mean, what's your specialty?!"

"Nuero. But I also do, general surgery."

"Oh really?! Why don't you try plastic surgery?! You know, I've got this friend who's a plastic surgeon, and she earns a ton of money....." blah blah blah... ewan! Kwento siya ng kwento about her friend ng a na plastic surgeon na yumaman dahil dun tapos hindi na ko masiyado nakarelate sa mga kinukwento niya. I just nodded and smiled pra naman hindi ako magmukhang bastos diba?!

"Uhm, twinx, wait lang ha, may tumatawag yata eh." Sabi ko sabay alis. It was a big sigh of relief. Nakahinga din ako. The one calling was doc, he was gonna be a little late daw kasi he still have some work to do.