Chapter 18: If We Go Down, We Go Down Together

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Sheena's POV 




Months passed and we met Aiah through Colet. We go for road trips and night drives sometimes kaya napalapit na rin siya ng sobra sa amin kahit na she's one batch higher than us. Kahit hindi niya sabihin, halata namang hindi si Colet ang gusto niya kundi si Mikha. Grabe magpapansin si ate Aiah sa kanya eh tapos 'yong isa naman super pikon. 




Ate Aiah is caring, considerate, and very ate figure kaya ang dali namin siyang nakaclose. But not Jhoanna, though. She seemed uneasy towards Aiah. Siguro dahil si JL na ang mas madalas niyang kasama kaya ganoon. 




And that's how Colet got her heart broken. 




Kagaya ngayon, nasa bar kami around Makati. Using Mikha's connection at kaunting pananakot sa guards, they let us in. Of course hindi alam ng mga girls at siguradong malilintikan kami. Hindi naman dapat ako sasama pero when I saw how broken our best friend was, napapayag nila akong samahan siya sa kanyang broken era. 




Sinamahan ko pa silang itakas 'yong car ng daddy ni Colet. How? Tinulak lang naman namin ito hanggang gate ng subdivision para hindi marinig ng parents niya. I never imagined us doing this. We're so desperate na parang nagrerebelde na kung titingnan. Wala eh, anything for Colet. 




"Cheers to the love we can't have!" she shouted and raised her glasses. Feel na feel niya pa 'yong pagkakasabi niya habang si Mikha at Maloi, nakisigaw din na parang dumaan sa 50 break ups.




"Cheers to the love we can't have!" Mikha and Maloi both shouted too. 




I shook my head and raised my glass. "Cheers to your broken hearts." 




"Ang yabang mo!" Maloi said sabay tungga ng beer. Palibhasa ay nagdate sila Colet at Stacey when Colet saw Jhoanna with JL kaya ganito siya umasta. Mabuti nalang talaga at kaibigan lang ang tingin ni Colet kay Stacku, baka mas mataas pa tagay ni Maloi ngayon kung hindi. 




"Alam mo, Col, it's obvious naman na you guys like each other. Bakit hindi ka pa umamin?" I asked. 




"She has JL now. Hindi ko alam kung matutuwa ako o hindi with the idea na at some point in our life, we both liked each other. Ramdam ko naman eh but when I was about to tell her, JL came to the picture." She said and looked away. Alam ko na 'to! Kung hindi nag-iinom ngayon si Colet, malamang nasa room niya lang at umiiyak. 

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