Touched

Thirty One

Thea Elise

I didn't remember getting myself in a cab and opening the door of our apartment. Ang bilis ng mga pangyayari at natagpuan ko na lang ang sarili kong nakatayo sa may pintuan.

Bumungad sakin si Nicky, I know umiiyak siya, but she wiped her eyes the moment she saw me.

"Thea! Shit! What happened???" Nicky dropped the mug she was holding, causing it to break on the floor, I saw her ran towards me and gave me a hug. Hindi ko alam kung parang napipilitan lang siya akong yakapin or what, because she flinched when I touched her.

"Anong nangyari sayo? Where are your shoes? At shit ang daming dugo Thea!! Oh my God." She held my face up trying to examine the wound from that bitch's ring. At dun ko din nakita sa mata niya na may problema din siya, if anything takot at galit ang nakikita ko doon.

I saw that look in her eyes before, and it is not good, dahil mas matindi yung emotions niya ngayon na sa tingin ko ay isinangtabi niya muna dahil nakita niya akong nasasaktan.

"No, ikaw anong nangyari?Shit naman na kapalaran 'to oh, at talagang sabay tayong ginago!" I hugged her tight.

Shit

Damn

Shit

Umiyak na din siya ng humagulhol na ako sa iyak.

Thank you talaga tadhana sa napaka galing na timing mo.

The best ka.

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Putang ina.

Bumibinggo na yata kami ni Nicky sa kamalasan sa buhay ngayong araw.

I had to calm her down kanina dahil hindi lang basta yung iyak niya. I gave her some brownies and even lit up a blunt to calm her down.

And when she told me what happened to her?

I swear I was ready to kill someone.

Wala, walang binatbat yung ginawa sakin ni Grayson at ng babaeng yun sa nangyari sakanya.

I cried with her--I cried with her hard.

"How are you feeling NIcky?" Maingat ko siyang hinawakan sa kamay.

Kaya pala kanina parang ayaw niya akong hawakan.

Putang ina.

Kaya pala.

"High and numb. Ngayon lang ako magpapasalamat kay Ella, sakto yung tama sakin T. Oh my God. I think I deserve all of it."

Kanina pa siya salita ng salita about blaming herself. I just want her to stop.

"He's engaged Nicky." Sabi ko sakanya.

I have to distract her somehow kaya nagsimula na ako mag kwento.

She is ten times messed up than I am right now.

"No. NOOOOOO Thea!Siya ba ang may gawa niyan sayo?" Alam ko gusto niya akong yakapin, and naiintindihan ko kung hindi niya magawa.

Tinuro niya na lang yung kakalinis lang na sugat sa mukha ko--oh it stings alright feeling ko nga natetano ako nung singsing ng babaeng yun.

I saw tears come out of her eyes once again, kagaya ko, hindi ko nga ma determine kung umiiyak ako dahil sobrang hapdi nung sugat or sobrang durog ng puso ko.

Atleast napakalma siya nung weed.

"He's engaged totoo yun.. Grayson is a fucking lie. Our relationship was a fucking lie." I felt my heart shattered into tiny little pieces.