Hope Beyond Deprivation (Defiant Youth Series #8) [COMPLETED]

Chapter 29: His Special Day

“So kailan balik mo Parikoy?” Ininom ko ang juice bago siya sinagot. “6 months? 7 or maybe a year? I don't know!” sagot ko.

Napasimangot naman si Lei. “Ay ang tagal naman! Baka hindi ka makakadalo sa kasal namin niyan ha!” Ngumiti ako sa kanila. “Syempre dadalo ako, special day ng mga special people 'yon!”

“Basta parikoy mag-ingat ka dun at doon ka nalang din maghanap ng jowa! Malay mo naman diba doon kana makakapag-asawa!” Natawa na lamang ako sa sinabi ni Jeff. Wala sa vocabulary ko ang mag boy hunting. Kung dadating' yong para saakin tatanggapin ko, syempre hindi ko naman mapipigilan ang tadhan. His perfect time matters to me.

“Oo nga baka afam talaga ang para sa'yo!” Sabay nila akong tinawanan.

Napakasaya lang dahil sa kabila ng lahat may mga tao parin palang mananatili sa tabi ko.

“Ma'am you only have 1 hour left!” paalala ni Magda mula sa kabilang linya. Kinuha ko ang jacket ko. "Okay thanks Mag for reminding me. May dadaanan lang ako!” sagot ko.

I ended the call. Tinignan ko ang mga maletang nakahilera sa harapan ko. I'm checking if may nakalimutan ba akong gamit. Napakaulyanin ko pa naman so I need to make sure na wala akong nakalimutan.

“Ma'am dadalhin na po ba namin ang mga gamit mo pababa?” Napatingin ako sa katulong namin. Isang tango ang ginawa ko.

Dumako ang tingin ko sa isang papel na nasa aking side table. Kinuha ko iyon at binuksan.

Ayrina
&
Apollo

Would love your presence
In celebrating their marriage
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24

@LADY WHITE CHAPEL

Sandali akong napatitig doon bago ito ipinasok sa bulsa ng aking jacket. Wala na ang mga maleta ko at binaba na yata nila.

Pagtalikod ko ay bumungad saakin ang nag-aalalang mukha ni Jeje.

“Ikakasal na pala si master pogi,” saad niya. Ngumiti ako.

“Oo and he found his perfect match!” mahinang wika ko. Lumapit saakin si Jeje. Nabigla ako nang yakapin niya ako.

“Ate I know you still love him. Remember that someone out there is waiting for you. God prepared someone for you ate!” saad niya. Natawa ako sa sinabi ng kapatid ko.

“Je with all my honesty, I'm happy. I'm happy for him that he finally found his endgame. I'm good kung may darating ulit sa buhay ko and it's still good kung wala. I trust His purpose Je. Ang importante saakin ngayon ay kayo!” wika ko.

Bumitaw sa yakap si Jeje. “Bumalik ka ng maaga ate ha?” Now he's lika a baby. Ginulo ko ang buhok niya at tumango.

“You want to see master pogi on his special day?” nakangiting tanong ko sa kaniya. Natigilan naman siya at nag-aalalang tinignan ako.

“Ate, it's okay—” Hindi ko na siya pinatapos pa at hinila ko na siya palabas sa kwarto ko.

Lumabas na kami ng bahay at nakaabang na ang sasakyan sa labas. Kumuha ako ng driver para narin may maghatid kay Jeje sa school. Hindi ko pa siya binibilhan ng sasakyan, ayokong maging spoiled ang kapatid ko.

“Ate sure kaba talaga?” he asked again.

Buong biyahe ay nakangiti lang ako.
“Ito na po yata ang Lady White Chapel ma'am!” saad ng driver.

Napatingin ako sa isang puting simbahan. Maraming sasakyan ang nakapark. Naconfirm ko na ito nga ang kasalan dahil sa tarpaulin na nakadikit sa likod ng sasakyan.

“Let's go Je!” saad ko. Pipigilan pa sana niya ako nang makalabas na ako.

Kanina pa yata nagsisimula ang seremonyas. Napakaraming tao. Pumasok ako at nakisingit sa dami ng tao.

Natigil lang ako nang madinig ko nang nagsalita siya. Him saying his wedding vow.
T

he person that once my man is now crying because of happiness and Joy. He's genuinely crying while looking at his lovely bride and future wife.

“Because of you, I laugh, I smile, and I dare to dream more than I ever have. Thank you for the miracle of you. You are, and always will be, the love of my life, my soulmate, my person.

I’ve seen your kindness and your strength. I’ve seen you patient and frayed. I will strive to not take you for granted. You are my favorite person, and I choose you to be my partner in life. I vow to take you as my husband/wife. My heart is yours. Will you exchange your heart for mine? Will you be my family?”

I see these vows not as promises but as privileges: I get to laugh with you and cry with you, care for you and share with you. I get to run with you and walk with you, build with you, and live with you.
  I will respect and honor you always and in all ways. With you, I pledge to repair one small piece of the world. I take you to be my spouse, to have and to hold, in tears and in laughter, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward, in this world and the next.

I choose to live with you, as your lover, your companion, and your friend, loving you when life is peaceful and when it is painful; during our successes and during our failures.  I promise to love and cherish you from this day forward.

I promise to always be your friend, your lover, and, most importantly, your family, from this day until our very last days.
Let us build a home of laughter, love, support, and charity. Let us create a warm and welcoming space for the good times and the bad. Let us be a home for each other, forever and ever. Till death do us part.”

Napapikit ako. Hindi ko kaya so I turned my back and started to take my step away. He was now happy and I'm happy for him too.

Yes him and I never make it but he made it with Aryina and maybe I can make it too.

Malaki rin ang pasasalamat ko kay Apollo dahil sa kaniya ay marami akong natutunan. He made me realised that there's always hope beyond deprivation.

Here's Apollo and Ayrina's wedding invitation!