ALIENS AND STARS, LIKE YOU AND ME [COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 43

Nang makita ni Gab ang Logo ay tinitigan niya yung ng maigi. Napakunot siya ng noo at ang sabi niya "I think I've seen the logo before." Sabi ko "siguro nakabili ka na sa cafe kaya parang nakita mo na yung logo, pwede rin na nakita mo yung logo dahil sa malapit-lapit lang naman yung cafe dito sa university."

Sabi niya "No, I don't think na nakapunta o nakabili na ako sa cafe na yan. I just think I've seen the logo before, I just can't really remember when." Napakunot din ako sa pagtataka dahil sa sinabi ni Gab.

Maya-maya pa ay may nagsalita "Sorry, we're late." Napalingon at nakita ko na si AA ay ang nagsalita. Napakunot kami ni Gab noo sa sinabi ni AA, tanong "we're?" 

Sabi ni AA "He said he will eat with us." Sabi ni Gab "He? Wait, is it.." May bigla nalang na gumulo sa buhok ni Gab kahit na ito pa din ay nakaupo "Dude!" 

Paglingon niya ay napangiti ang lalaki sa kanya, "Bakit ngayon ka lang ha?" Tanong ni Gab, at hindi namn sumasagot ang lalaki. Nang makita ko ang lalaki ay sa tingin ko na parang nakita ko na rin yung mukha niya before.

Sabi ni Gab "Ah Sam, this is Ryan, kaibigan namin ni AA." Napatingin sakin ang lalaki at sinubukan na iabot ang kanyang kamay para makipagkamay habang nakangiti, sabi niya "Hi, nice to meet...you? Ikaw na naman?!"

Makikipagkamay na sana ako sa kanya ngunit biglang nawala ang ngiti niya at bigla siyang napakunot ang noo, "ay he-llo? Teka, ikaw yung si Papel!" Nang makita ko siyang kumunot ng noo ay naalala ko na siya si Papel! Yung taong tumulong sakin sa convenience store.

So... Ryan pala ang pangalan niya ah, napakunot din ng noo si AA, tanong niya "You two know each other?" Ibinaba ko na din ang kamay ko nang ibinaba ni Ryan ang kamay niya at tinignan ako ng masama. Bumuntong hininga siya at ang sagot ni Ryan kay AA "Yes, she's the annoying coffee girl with a stalker."

Medyo napayuko ako sa hiya nang sabihin niya yun, grabe naman sa 'the annoying coffee girl with a stalker'. Tanong ni Gab "The annoying Coffee girl?" Tanong naman ni AA "with a stalker?"

Nanatili akong tahimik at si Ryan naman ay nanatiling nakatingin ng masama sakin. Sabi ni Gab "Wait a minute! Is she the one who gave you the free coffee you make me drink and the reason why you are annoyed by the word 'caffeine'?" Natahimik lang at umirap ng mata si Ryan.

Suplado talaga kahit kailan, buti nga binigyan siya ng kape, ang sarap-sarap kay nun. Natawa na lang si Gab dahil sa realization. Maya-maya pa ay nakaupo na din sila AA at Ryan. 

Nanatili naman napakunot ng noo si AA, sabi niya kay Ryan "Wait, what do you mean when you said she's 'with a stalker?'" Sabi ni Ryan "yesterday, we met again by accident because she bumped into me at a convenience store, she told me she was hiding because someone was following her." 

Nanlaki ang mata ni Gab, at napatingin sakin silang dalawa ni AA na nakaunot pa din ang noo. Tanong ni Gab "Is that true? Someone was following you?" Sabi ko "ah..um." Nawala ang kunot ng noo ni Ryan at ang sabi niya "It's true. Well at first, I couldn't believe what she said either, I thought she was just assuming that someone was following her. But when the guy she was referring to entered the convenience store, I noticed that the guy was actually a stalker because I saw him taking pictures of her."

Sabi ni Gab "The hellllll?! What a creepy guy!" Nanatiling tahimik at mukhang hindi makapaniwala si AA sa sinabi ni Ryan. Maya-maya pa ay napayuko ako at nanatiling tahimik. 

Sabi ko "buti nalang nandun si Ryan, nahuli niya yung lalaki." Sabi ni Ryan "well... not really, when I confronted the guy, I grabbed his wrist to prevent him from running away and took his cell phone to delete the pictures he had taken. I was a bit stunned when I saw that he had taken pictures of me too, so he suddenly took back his cell phone and immediately let go of my grip on his wrist, that's why he got escaped."