Serendipity

Prologue

ser·en·dip·i·ty [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee]
noun
1. good fortune; luck
2. happy accident; pleasant surprise

"Pa, ayoko nga sabi! How many times should I repeat myself to you guys!? I will not marry that girl!" rinig kong sabi niya mula sa kwarto.

Me and my best friend didn't mean to eavesdrop, but they're all being so loud inside their suite and I immediately recognized his voice.

"Timothy, don't you dare raise your voice at me like that!"

Wala nang nagsalita pagkatapos ng warning na 'yon. Nagpalitan na lang kami ng tingin ng best friend ko, hanggang muli kaming makarinig ng sigaw.

"Timotheo, I'm still talking to you! 'Wag kang bastos! Timotheo!"

Nawala agad ang galit ko at napalitan ng tawa nang tawagin siyang 'Timotheo' ng papa niya. His real name sounds too old school! Tawa kami nang tawa ni Julianne at kumunot lang ang noo ko nang bigla niya akong hinila sa gilid.

Natahimik na rin siya at napalunok. Inangat ko ang tingin ko at nakita kong sinasamaan kami ng tingin ni Timothy ngayon ay nakatayo na sa harap naming dalawa.

"What's funny?" iritadong tanong niya.

"Wala!" sagot ko at hihilahin ko na sana ang best friend ko pabalik sa suite namin nang marinig ko ang boses niya.

"Who are you? And what the hell are you doing outside our suite?" tanong niya at sabay-sabay kaming napalingon nang bumukas ang pinto ng suite na tinutukoy niya.

"Timothy—oh, Alex! What are you doing here?" tanong ng isang middle-aged man nang lumabas siya sa suite. I don't know how he knew me, but I don't know him. He's probably Timothy's dad.

"You're Alex?" tanong ni Timony nang bumaling siya sa akin.

Umirap lang ako. I saw how he clenched his jaw before pulling me by my wrist. We were headed towards the grand staircase as drags me and I tried to keep up.

"My god, slow down!" I said as I tried to stop him. "Yes, fiancée mo ako but that doesn't give you the right to drag me from the seventh floor until here in the lobby, BY STAIRS."

I made sure to stress the last two words for him to realize what he did but it doesn't seem to get through him.

"Fiancée my ass," he scoffed while still pulling me, then he suddenly stopped.

Nagtaka ako kung bakit pero marahas niya akong binitiwan bago isinara ang pinto. Do'n ko lang napansin na nasa loob na pala kami ng men's comfort room.

What the hell is wrong with him!?

"Kay, wala akong pakialam sa kasunduan na sinasabi nila sa atin. You're not my fiancée and I'm not marrying you, okay?" mariin niyang sabi na parang may galit sa bawat salitang binibitiwan niya.

"Kay?" I uttered in a confused tone. Saan galing 'yong pangalan na 'yon? He gave me a nickname?

"Hey," he called my attention. Inilapit niya pa ang mukha niya sa akin at tinaasan ko naman siay ng kilay.

"What?" I taunted him.

"Please do me a favor? Stay out of my life."

There, then he slammed the door in my face.

Asshole!

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Serendipity © patriciaxo
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Started: November 05, 2013 // Finished: December 26, 2013