P.R.N

4

I scuffed. "Would I ask you to drink with me if I don't?"

He chuckled. "Okay. Sure."

--

"Wow, who broke your heart?" I turned to Cole who just came in the bar. He was wearing his white sweat shorts and a black Adidas hoodie.

"What's with you and sweat shorts?" I couldn't help but ask.

"What do you mean? It's comfortable!" As he settle beside me. "I didn't know we were going hardcore."

I ordered rhum, vodka, tequila, beer, and whiskey. "Hindi ko alam kung ano ang gusto mo."

"Kaya inorder mo lahat?" I shrugged.

"Low-tol ka ba?" I asked him.

He chuckled and played with his lips. He seems very amused by me at the moment. "Maybe." He answered playfully.

Oh, he should stop talking to me like that.

I opened the bottle of vodka and poured some on my glass. He went for the whiskey. He raised his glass in front of me. "Cheers?"

I rolled my eyes at him. "I can't believe I'm actually drinking with this topnotcher" He said. I just shook my head at him.

An hour passed with us having random topics. Nakalahati ko na ang bote ng vodka at nakalahati niya na rin yung bote ng whiskey niya.

"I have a question." Panimula ko.

He ran his fingers through his hair and licked his lips. "U-huh?"

"Bakit ka magdodoctor?"

He went silent for a moment before answering my question. "Gusto ko lang. Ikaw?"

I shrugged. "Well, I want to have a purpose."

"A purpose." He repeated my words.

"Bata pa lang ako, ang gusto ko lang, mag-aral nang mag-aral." Natatawa kong sabi. "I pointed my vision at the rewards I will get sa pag-aaral nang mabuti."

I sipped my vodka before continuing. Maybe, it's the alcohol that is making me talk so much. Or, maybe it's because he's just Cole.

"I forgot thinking about what I want to do."

"And the first thing that came into your mind was to be a doctor, huh?"

"The challenge is here."

"Why not law?"

I shook my head. To be a lawyer is to be good at expressing things. I am never good at that. "Law is not for everyone." I commented.

"So is Medicine."

"Well, I think Medicine is for me."

He pursed his lips and nodded. Dumaan na naman ang katahimikan sa amin. It was not an awkward silence, thankfully.

"You're red all over."

Tinignan ko ang balat ko at napangisi nang makita na namumula na nga ako. I am pretty sure my face is redder. Tinulak ko ang mukha niya. "Stop checking me out!"

That made him laugh. "You're literally in front of me, Erica Vienne."

"Hmmn..."

"Hmn?"

Pinuno ko ang shot glass ko at ininom bago ako nagsalita ulit. "Who's the girl in your instagram?"

Mukhang nagulat siya sa tinanong ko pero sinagot niya pa rin naman. "Addie."

"Girlfriend?" I don't even know why I'm asking. I just don't want a dead-air, i guess.

"She used to be." My mouth formed an "o" as I nod. "We broke up a year ago."

Tumango ako at nagpatuloy nalang sa pag-inom. Maya-maya ay nagsalita siya. "Aren't you gonna ask why?"

"Are you gonna tell me why?" I challenged him.

"Personal differences." He answered shortly.

I scoffed. Ang showbiz, huh.

"How about you? Do you have a boyfriend?" His question made me laugh.

"Do I look like someone who has a boyfriend?"

"Well, if we're basing it on looks, then yes." His lips rose. "You look like someone who has a boyfriend."

"And why is that?"

"Maganda ka, eh."

Kung meron akong iniinom ay nasisigurado kong masasamid ako sa sinabi niya. With wide eyes, I looked at him. "Dude, are you drunk?"

"Do I have to be drunk to tell you you're beautiful?"

"Nilalandi mo ba ako?" That made him laugh again.

"Woman, chill! Aren't you used to compliments?"

I rolled my eyes at him. Not from you!

--

Okay, the world is fucking spinning and I couldn't see the man I'm drinking with properly anymore.

"You finished a whole ass bottle of vodka. Are you okay?"

His voice sounded blurry too. What is this guy saying? Where is he?

"Hehe..."

Then, I heard a laugh. "You're drunk." I felt his hand on my shoulder.

"Can you still walk?"

Waltz? "No, I don't want to dance!"

"What?" Mas lalong tumawa ang lalaki na naririnig ko. He made me stand.

"Where are you taking me? Where's fucking Cole?" I don't even know if I said that straight.

"I am fucking Cole." Natatawa niyang sabi. "Let's get you to your room. Help yourself, Erica Vienne."

Oh.

It is him.

"Oh, Cole!"

He chuckled. "Yes. Cole."

I laughed for no reason. "Do you know that I had a crush on you when we were little?" He tried to cover my mouth. Is he trying to kidnap me?

"Ssshhh, stop talking."

"Good thing you went away." I continued, anyway. He is now carrying me, I guess. Or am I flying? Am I Princess Jasmine now? Great, Tory would be glad!

"If you didn't... Edi sana... ako yung ex mo ngayon..."

Puta.