Love of the Lifetime at a Wrong Time

Chapter 14

"Okei." Sabi ko sa kaniya tapos sumakay na kami ng car. On the way to the restaurant , I can't help but think about what's going to happen tonight. Sabi ni pare, he was going to tell me something. Ano kaya yung sasabihin niya. Basta ako, I have decided to do it na. To rid of all these things inside of me. Were adults now. We're not high school or college students anymore. We could deal with it the right way. I mean if he doesn't feel the same way were mature enough to just let it slip and not affect our friendship. Nothing could possibly do wrong now. It's now or never. It felt weird sitting in that table with the four of us together again. It's our second "get together" since that dinner. I mean we'd see each other but not like this, with all the four of us here. Natago ko nga bigla ung bracelet eh, ewan ko kung baket. Tapos si pare naman ayaw itaas ung sleeves niya kahit na halatang naiinitan na siya. Parang ilang din siya, siguro he misses his bracelet na pero I don't want to return it. Not now muna.

All through out dinner, nagkakatinginan na lang kami ni pare. Parang gusto na namin mag excuse sa kanilang dalawa and tell each other what it is we really want to say. As if we had already decided, we were about to excuse ourselves ng biglang nagsalita si twinx. Ewan ko ba kung baket, pero parang sobrang ganda ng timing niya grabeh as in. hindi rin siya msiyado madrama parang teleserye.

"Guys, I want to tell you something." Sabi niya, lahat kami tahimik lang na nakikinig sa kaniya.

"I consider you guys as one of those people na I could really trust. Kayo ung people na I could entrust my whole life with. Kaya I want to share with you something." Sabi niya, nakakatouch. I never really liked her. I mean hindi naman kami ganun ka close and I thought na ganun din siya sakin pero I never really thought na ganun na pala ung tingin niya sa relationship naming apat.

"I have an announce to make. Guys, babe." He looked intently in our eyes and held pare's hand. Gano ba ka importante ung sasabihin niya, grabeh ba i’to?!

"What is it?!" sabi ni pare na obviously curious ng malaman ung announcement niya.

Huminga muna siya ng malalim sabay sabi ng "I'm pregnant."

Natigilan ako dun. Nanginig ako, I didn't know whether I'd be happy for them or what. Hindi ko alam. So many things were going through my mind. Si pare then, obviously nagulat sa announcement ni twinx, but he hugged her as if na it was the right thing to do pero alam ko na naguguluhan din siya sa nangyari. Everything was perfect, wala na dapat manggulo kasi this was my night. Everything was perfect until now. Doc was rather happy about the announcement, I guess we all should be. I think. So, nung narinig niya ung announcement he peroposed a toast for the new baby nga. After that natahimik na lang ako. I forgot na what they were all talking about kasi parang nawala ako sa sarili ko. I just stared at them. Alam mo un. Ung parang nakikita mo sila pero parang walang sound, parang naka mute silang lahat. Tapos you really have no idea in what is going on. Ganun ung feeling ko nun.Para hindi naman ako masiyado mag mukhang , I just nod my head and smile whenever I feel like na they're talking to me o kaya parang they need my consent or something. Napansin ko rin na parang ganun ung ginagawa ni pare, mas hindi nga lang obvious sa kaniya kasi usap usap ever pa rin sila ni doc, pero I can see it in his eyes na parang his whole world crashed na parang ganun. Parang sobrang laki nung disappointment niya. Parang I think, he feels the same way I do. Ung parang kanina lang, everything was perfect and was actually looking forward to seeing each other tapos biglang nasira, parang biglang nawala lahat. Finally, natapos na din ung dinner. We went our own way na. Hindi na rin kami nakapagusap kasi obvious naman na the two has a lot of things to talk about tapos ako naman I have a lot of things to think about.

Sa car quiet lang ako, doc kept on making kwento about something na ewan ko. Napansin niya yata na I wasn't really paying much attention.