Your Song

Chapter 32

KAYLE

Friday night came and all I can think of is the dance with Cal.

"Weird ba na kabahan ako?" wala sa sarili kong tanong kay Cielo sa phone.

Tumawa siya. "Hindi naman, siyempre mahal mo 'yun eh."

"Tigilan mo nga ako," pilit kong pinarinig na galit ako.

"Sus nanggagalit-galit pa," natatawa niyang sabi.

"Ciel anong oras na? Wala pa si Cal. Baka hindi pupunta 'yun," sabi ko.

"Ano ka ba! Kung anu-anong pinag-iisip."

I looked over the wall clock, "It's already 5:30."

"7:30 pa ang ball! Now if you'll excuse me, kailangan ko pang magpaganda para sa date ko!"

I heard her shriek on the other line and hung up.

I rolled over my bed.

Hindi pa ako nakapagbihis, wala pa akong suot na kahit ano para sa ball.

I stared at the dress hung on my closet.

It is a black Sherri Hill ball gown with a bead-embellished bodice, a strapless gown that has a fitted top and a full skirt that fits a royalty.

It is perfect. But I don't think it fits me, hindi naman ako maganda.

I check out my phone and logged in to fb, only to find posts of my schoolmates' dresses. My confidence decreased even more nung nakita kong ang gaganda nila.

I closed my eyes in frustration.

What will I do now?

I heard a knock on my door, maybe the stylist mom and dad hired to fix me up.

I stood up and opened it.

"Ma'an, nagkaroon daw po ng emergency 'yung hinire ng mama niyo, hindi daw siya makakadating," nag-aalalang sabi ni Ate Tess.

"Po?!" bigla kong sigaw.

"Opo, ma'am. Sorry po."

I felt my blood rushing to my face in anger.

"Paano na ako ngayon?!" I freaked out.

She stiffened. "Sorry po ma'am," she said, stuttering.

I turned my back and said, "Okay lang, ako na ang bahala." And shut the door.

I wanted to shout at everyone, how can they let me down?! Hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko! I don't even know how to apply make up. And my hair.

"Ugh!" I groaned in frustration.

I covered my face as my tears started to fall down. It just feel so bad.

I breathe in and out. Cal is coming, and even id everything seems wrong, I can't let him down.

I picked myself up and rushed to the bathroom, I wanted to take a shower again to shrug off the bad vibes.

Kaya ko 'to.

After 15 minutes, I went out and walked straight to my closet.

Maybe I should wear this later after I put on make up, para hindi madumihan.

I used my bath robe and walked over my laptop, time to watch make up tutorials.

Luckily, the tutorials weren't as bad as it sounds. Nasunod ko naman ng mabuti and it turned out great.

I looked at my face in the mirror, I've put on concealer all over to make my skin tone fair and then powder and foundation after. My eye make up is an ombre of gray and black, to match my dress. I applied matte red lipstick too for the night.