Wait ed. (Carla-Billy's Story)

Tracing the Past (His Story p1)

Y- 9days
Sunday 1pm

Budoy and Friends 🤴🥷👩🏻‍🍳👨🏻‍🎓👫🏼

~Guess who's back?~

I looked at my phone, and I can feel my heart was beating too fast.
I stared at her message, unblinking... scared that when I blinked my eyes, those three words would disappear.
I held my breath as I waited for someone to reply, another witness to make me believe that she is indeed back.

~Without me?~ Budoy

~Eminem?~ Chopchop

~We're at arrival, Tsong! ~ Budoy

I let go of that breath I didn't know I was holding.
Carla Patricia is back... but I waited for a heartbeat or two more to fully believe, scared that I'd be caught off guard by those four words which I hope I won't see ever again.

"Carla left the group"

Three years, 2 months and 21 days
Three years, 2 months and 21 days

Suddenly, memories from three years, 2 months and 21 days came flooding down my head.

Budoy and Friends 🤴🥷👩🏻‍🍳👨🏻‍🎓👫🏼

Carla: Are you already with them, Billy?

Billy: Almost, Baby.

I smiled when I sent that message.
Two years, and finally we made it.
I thought, wala na akong babalikan.
Ganun pala yung feeling nung akala mo wala na... then bigla, we're here... we're still here.
Maybe a year more or two max, and we'll be back together again.

Budoy: Nakakakilabot...

Chopchop: Akala ko ba wala nang kayo.

I grinned when I read those messages.
I couldn't imagine kung anong gagawin nung mga kumpare nya pag nalaman nila those things that we've been through in those two years.
Honestly, I was readying my face sa suntok ni Budoy.

I knew, even when we were younger, that they've always been protective of her.
But I called dibs.
Carla is mine, and I don't care how many times Budoy has claimed to be Prinsipe Juan when we were younger.

I read Aya's message, and I was about to send another message when I saw the barkada that instance I took the right turn.

Aya: He's here na, Carla.

Almost there...
Malayo pa... pero malayo na...

Then her message arrived.
I saw the notification before I read her message.
Nag-dm pa talaga si Patricia.
I'm twenty one, and yet heto si Billy, kinikilig sa simpleng DM.

Congratulations, Billy!
You finally got your dream.
So proud of you, Love.
And I will always be rooting for you.
Mahal kita... ng sobra. Hanggang sa dulo.

Goodbye, my bestest boy!

I was smiling, re-reading her message...
Mahal kita... ng sobra. Hanggang sa dulo.

I didn't notice the last part.
My eyes went down, and I did a double take on that last line.

Goodbye, my bestest boy!
Goodbye....
Good...

The message hasn't sunk in yet, when notification after notification came in.

Budoy and Friends 🤴🥷👩🏻‍🍳👨🏻‍🎓👫🏼

*Carla left the group*

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