A Happy Ending (BOOK 2)

Eighth

Natapos ang madugong quizzes. Yep, quizzes, plural. Ang dami kayang pinatest si Victoria sakin! Feeling ko dito bumabawi sakin e. Pahirap kung pahirap. But oh well, I can endure any pain with this training as long as behave lang siya with Zac.

And to be honest, right now, I'm happy. I'm happy simple because parang bumabalik na kami sa dati ni Zac. We're becoming close once again.

"So, kamusta naman ang quiz mo?"

Tanong sakin ni Zac paglabas ko sa study room.

"Madugo. Sobraaaa."

I said and kulang nalang humiga ako sa floor.

He held my hand na siyang kinagulat ko.

"I'm sure you aced that quiz. Ikaw pa."

And he gave me the sweetest smile.

I can't help but melt with that stare and smile.

Ang genuine e.

Ngumiti nalang din ako kasi wala na akong masabi sa sobrang kilig ko.

Lumabas na rin si Victoria mula sa study room.

"Look at you. You look so pale. Is the quiz that hard?"

Tanong niya sakin nung nakita niya ako.

"I didn't expect that the quiz would be that loooong. I mean, when we were having our quizzes back in high school, 20 was the highest number or items. But with you, it's like 50 is the minimum."

And we all laughed.

Bigla naman akong may nakitang guard na tumatakbo palapit sakin.

"Princess! Princess!"

Sigaw niya kahit hingal na hingal na siya.

Bigla akong kinabahan. Lahat nang kilig at tuwa na naramdaman ko kanina, nawala na parang bula.

"What? What's the problem?"

I asked.

"Your ... your father. The ... the king."

Just by the mention of the word "father," halos hindi na ako makapakali, hindi na ako makahinga.

"What happened to my father?"

I asked.

"He's ... I'm sorry princess. We're sorry. Everything happened so fast, it was unexpected."

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY FATHER?!"

Hindi ko na napigilan ang pagsigaw at pagtulo ng luha ko.

Sobrang sama ng kutob ko. Pero hindi pa kasi dinedetalye kung ano talaga ang nangyari kay daddy kaya sobra akong kinakabahan e. Sobrang kaba ko na feeling ko any minute, pwedeng lumabas na tong puso ko sa ribcage ko.