The REAL ME

26- Surprised

Chapter 26

Andrea's POV

"Ano ka ba namang bata ka? Kaaalis pa lang nina Leslie eh nagmumukmok ka na agad sa kwarto mo? Namimiss mo na ba agad sila? Labas ka na dyan at kumain. Maghapon ka na dyan at almusal pa lang ang nakakain mo." Rinig kong sabi ni Nay lidia sa labas ng pinto ng kwarto ko.

Nagkunwari lang akong tulog.

Hindi naman dahil namimiss ko sina mommy kaya ako nagmumukmok dito sa kwart, dahil kasi kay Dwayne.

Nakalimutan nya kasi ang birthday ko, ang birthday ng girlfriend nya.

At di ko maiwasang isipin kung ano yung mas importanteng bagay sakin, na inaasikaso nya ngayon.

Is he really hiding something from me?

Napabangon ako sa kama ko ng maisip ko iyun.

Nanligo ako, nagbihis at kumain bago ako umalis ng bahay.

Tama aalamin ko kung ano yung bagay na yun, o sino?

Pwede bang tao ang pinagkakaabalagan nya?

Siguraduhin nyang mas importante sakin yun kundi malalagot talaga sya sakin.

Wait sino bang pwedeng makaalam kung anong ginagawa nya?

Tama, si Ben! Siya ang pinakaclose ni dwayne sa barkada nila so baka alam niya.

I drove around 10 mins papuntang makati, dito kasi yung condo ni ben.

Bumaba ako sa kotse once i had parked, at pumasok ako sa building.

"Excuse me miss, kay Ben Salazar." I said to the information girl.

"Uhm, mam according po dito sa logbook, he's not expecting any visitors today." Sabi niya.

"Thats why i am here, o my goodness, just... Can you call him and tell that Andrea, dwayne's girlfriend is here and i need to talk to him? Will you please?" I continously said.

Hindi ko alam pero kinabahan ako.

Mukhang nagaalangan yung babae but she nodded and called ben.

"Yes sir. Okay po, sige po." She said and binaba na nya ung telepono.

"Sige po mam, punta na po kayo."

She gave me a card para daw iswipe ko paramakasakay ng elevator.

Pagdating ko sa tapat ng room ni ben, nagdoorbell ako at di kalaunan eh pinagbuksan din ako ng pinto.

Mukha siyang balisa at kinakabahan din pero di ko alam kung guni guni ko lang yun kasi bigla na lang siyang tumawa.

"O? Anong kailangan mo Ms. Montemayor? Hahaha. Pasok ka." He said smiling.

Hes weird, sobra.

"Wala ako dito para makipaglaro, may itatanong ako." I said.

"Ah. Ganoon ba. Ano gusto mo juice, coffee or me?" Sabi niya na may kindat pa.

"Wala nga. I said im here to ask ou something important." I said.

"Ha? Eh kakain muna ako, di pa ako nakain eh." He said.

"Oh come on ben, madali lang ito. Please just sit down." I said tapping his sofa.

"Ha? Eh wait kuha lang akong tubig." He said avoiding my gaze.

Halatang may tinatago.

Naglakad sya papuntang kitchen at sinundan ko sya.

"Ben, are you avoiding my questions? Come on ben! Ok, this is my question. Is Dwayne hiding something from me? May iba ba sya?" I said lowering my tone on the last lines of what i've said.

Naibuga ni Ben ang tubig na iniinom nya.

Oh so confirmed.

"Anong pinagsasabi mo?" He said nervously.

"Ben, tell me whats happening, nakalimutan nya ang birthday ko ben, we are not having a date almost 1 month na and its..., its killing me." I said and suddenly tears came falling fromg my eyes.

Napaupo ako sa sahig and i cried.

I looked at ben "Do i need to know something? Help me, please." I said sobbing.

Itinayo ako ni ben at pinatahan. He hugged me tight na para bang nasasaktan din sya para sakin.

"May mga bagay kasing mahirap ipaliwanag pag sasabihin mo lang that's why i am not gonna tell you about it, i am gonna show it to you, if this will help you. But please dont conclude yet, let him explain." He said.

Holding my hand tightly, he got his car keys and we drove off.

After ilang minutes were infront of a....
Hospital.

Do i need to pray for whats going to happen today?

"Just be strong, you'll both get through this but if ever na hindi i'll be strong for the both of you." Ben said smiling.

Nervously i got out of the car and the first thing i saw......

Dwayne pushing a wheelchair and on the wheelchair is Carly.

Si Carly?

Ben looked at me and it looks like he's telling me not to conclude anything yet.

But suddenly, i broke down again and cried.

Why do i need to see all this? Si Carly ba? Si Carly ba ang importanteng pinag kakaabalahan nya this past few weeks?