Trigger and Bullets

bullet 4 - flame and frost

'Coz I am Juliet and you are Romeo

evermore does not exist.

And so I wish not.

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Bullet four

Hinablot ni Dana ang kwintas bago siya tumayo. “Okay ka lang?” tanong niya sa akin habang ibinubulsa ito. I gave her a quick nod. I was okay, masakit lang ang balakang ko dulot ng pagtapon sa akin ng malaking mama.

Bigla-bigla na lang akong nakarinig ng mga kasa ng baril sa paligid kasabay ng yabag ng mga paa, mabilis na humugot si Dana ng isa pang baril mula sa kanyang bulsa. Just really? Kanina rifle ang inilabas niya ngayon naman pistol! Itinutok ni Dana ang mga hawak niya sa mga pulis na pumalibot sa amin.

“Ibaba mo ang mga baril!” wika ng nasa harap na pulis. She slightly tilted her head and said “Goodmorning officers. Welcome to McDonalds.” I would have laughed at that kung hindi lang higit sa sampung baril ang nakatutok sa amin. She stepped back closer to me kaya umatras din ako. What on earth is happening? Pumunta lang naman kami sa McDo for the minions, nagkataon lang na nakabangga ko si minion-crazed-man. Dahil ba sa baril ni Dana kaya nagtawag na ang crew ng mga pulis? She's not going to harm anyone. Pete’s sake! Mas mukhang mga bad guys pa nga itong tatlong lalakeng ito.

Bonnet-man laughed and walked towards them. At first akala ko sasapakin niya ang kaharap niya, ngunit ipinakita niya lamang sa isang pulis ang pulso niya. Tiningnan muna siya nang matalim ng pulis bago niya inexamine ang pulso nito. Pagkatapos ng ilang segundong pagtitig sa kanyang kamay sinenyasan ng pulis ang kanyang mga kasama na ibaba ang baril at lahat sila bigla-biglang sumaludo kay bonnet man.

What was on his wrist? Sumaludo muna si bonnet man bago ibinababa ng mga pulis ang kanilangmga kamay. “Bloody hell,” bulong ko. Okay, this was something I did not expect. This man could be a goon in a movie, but here he was… making all these men in uniform salute to him. Dapat talaga hindi ako nagja-judge ng tao base sa pisikal na anyo. In the middle of my amazement I felt someone's pressence behind me.

I turned around and found out that chewing gum-guy was watching me. I looked up at his face, he was looking down at me. Allow me to measure our distance. If I made one step forward our knees will touch. “What?” I asked him, eyeing his tousled brownish hair, finely chiseled face, black cryptic eyes within those hurtfully long lashes, perfectly carved lips that could only belong to a male lip-gloss model, defined chest. I shook my head, trying to stop my brain from thinking of these positive adjectives that I could use to describe him. But darn it, a gorgeous badboy was right in front of me.

He reached for my chin and closed my slightly hanging mouth. What the--. Tinapik ko ang kamay niya at sinamaan siya ng tingin. The nerve of this guy to touch me! He smiled arrogantly—that one lopsided smile that I began hating the first time I saw it from him.

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“You know those men?” tanong ko kay Dana. She nodded before she took a bite from her burger. After siya kausapin ng mga pulis kanina umuwi na rin kami dito sa condo ko. “You will see their boss?” sunod kong tanong na ikinatigil n’ya sa pagkain. Narinig ko kasi ang bulong sa kanya ng lalakeng nagtapon sa akin bago kami makaalis sa McDo. “Da bosz wull be happy to zee yah…” bulong sa kanya.