He's A Beautiful Mess

3.

"What took you so long?" It's Marco. Mabilis akong nakarating sa classroom namin.

Agad nya ako'ng nilapitan the moment na pumasok ako ng room.

"Lay told me na magba bar daw sila ng girl na nakilala nya sa kabilang University at pinapatanong kung gusto natin sumama." Imbes ay sabi ko, then sat on my chair.

 "Why not?" Marco said. Tumabi sya sa katabi ko na upuan, although hindi naman sya doon naka upo talaga. We have a seat plan. And it sucks. Hindi ko naman close 'yung mga katabi ko both sides so wala ako kadaldalan.

"So. Okay lang sayo?" He asked again.

"Sure." Kibit balikat na sabi ko.

Siguro kung mag eenjoy ako kahit ngayong gabi lang ay kahit papaano mawala sa sistema ko si Syd. Kahit ngayong gabi lang. So after class, since naka civilian naman kami, dumiretso na kami ni Marco sa bar na sinabi ni Lay. Nag convoy na lang kami nila Lay. Nauna na kami ni Marco sa bar, Lay had to stop by somewhere to fetch the girl he met.

The beat is jumping pero nagpasya kami ni Marco na manatili lang muna sa isa'ng tabi.

"Enough time na magka interes sa ibang babae si Lay." Marco said after some minutes of idling.

"She's lucky, whoever she is." Comment ko na lang. Sa dami kasi ng nagkaka gusto kay Lay, doon sa babaeng iyon sya nagkagusto. Swerte lalo 'yung babae kasi hindi naman babaero pati si Lay.

"Of course. She better be nice." Marco answered.

We got our martinis on the way. Nakailang shots na kami ng dumating si Lay kasama yung babae. She looked pretty, but she also looked familiar for some reason. Ewan, ikinibit ko na lang ng balikat.

"Hey, this is Nadine. Nads, this is my cousin, Marco and this is our friend, Andrea." Jumpy yung way ng pagpapakilala ni Lay. Halatng masaya sya.

I never saw him this cheerful. Well, ito pa lang din naman ang first time na nagpakilala sya ng babae sa amin ni Marco. He looked really interested in her. Sa effort pa lang ni Lay sa pagsundo, eh.

"Hi guys! I heard so much about you two." She smiled at us. Nakipag kamay sya sa amin ni Marco and sumalo na sila sa amin.

After that, hindi na rin naman kami masyado nakapag usap. Lay and Nadine kept each other company habang kami naman ni Marco, minding our business. Syempre may mga pinag uusapan rin kami.

We dance a bit, but I was never one of those girls na nagpapapansin sa mga lalaki sa bar for someone to get my number. I went there to have fun with whom I was with. So when someone kinda flirted with me, to the rescue agad si Marco.

I almost died laughing when he started to smooth talk the guys, pretending to be a possesive boyfriend of mine.

"That was awesome. I never thought you could be the possessive type." I said laughing. Nakikita ko pa kasi halos 'yung reaction ng lalaki kanina habang kausap ni Marco. He's really convinced na boyfriend ko si Marco.

"Give me some credit, Andrea. Hindi marami ang nanghihinayang na bakla ako for nothing." He said grinning.

I laughed at his statement.

I was actually one of those girls. Nanghihinayang na hindi na lang sya naging straight. I wasn't interested to be romantically involved with Marco even way back na hindi ko pa alam na member sya ng third sex. But to think of it, someone out there will still be lucky to have Marco, so hindi naman sya sayang talaga. Hindi nga lang babae.

Past 1 am na ng magka ayaan na kami umuwi.

Nadine was fine, for me. But Marco said there's something about her that makes her look like she's just faking it. Well, hindi ako magaling mang judge ng tao at hindi ko rin gawain kaya I just shrugged my shoulders.