Stay with me

Kapitulo. Trece

Questions 

Pan Alejandrina Vejar's

Dione pulled up in front of a church not so layo from Paombong. It's like near the Metro but not too layo from Bulacan.

"What are we doing here?" I asked her.

"It's my new home." She answered back. I am shookt.

"Oh my god! Aren't you natutunaw here?! Bawal ang pekpek giver sa church!" I exclaimed. Dione just looked at me and shhed me. We walked side by side until we reach the orphanage part of the church. We met a nun while we were walking and Dione made mano to her – and I was like – fuck! I can't say fuck 'cause I'm in a church. God might be galit to me and I'll go to hell – and I don't want that.

"Sister, this is my sister, Pan." Pakilala sa akin ni Dione. I just smiled. I made mano too – 'cause I'm mabait naman unlike Dione. I am really worried about her kasi nga she's here and she's not bagay here because like, fuck! She's bad.

We walked again until we reached the dulo of the corridor. There was a door there, Dione opened it and I got the biggest shock of my life when she told me that she sleeps here. Like seriously?!

The room is so small, just as small as the bathrooms in the public places. There's one small bed, one pillow, one electric fan that's like so luma na and I have a feeling that when I open it, it will explode – not like the explosion Toto made to me the other night but it will explode and the orphanage will burn like O M G!

Dione sat on the bed.

"Why are you here?" I couldn't help but ask her. "Why are you staying here? Why did you leave the mansion? Why are you doing this to Papa? You really are an ungrateful bitch! You have everything but you gave it all up?! Why?!"

Dione just looked at me.

"It's 'cause I don't deserve anything." She slowly said. I shook my head. What is happening to her? "Let's not talk about that." She said. "I missed you Panpan. I really do. When I was in Korea, all I could think about is talking to you."

She held my hand. I smiled at her. I missed her rin naman kasi. We spent the whole day in the orphanage. We played with the kids. I was making pakain the little ones when I saw Done playing around with the bigger kids. They were making habulan and she was laughing like crazy. I missed seeing her like this.

"Ikaw ba iyong kapatid ni Dione?" A man's voice was heard. I looked back and I saw a priest. I made mano to him and smiled. I feel so mabait - like so much fuck! But forget the fuck 'cause I'm in the simbahan and I should be an angel.

"Yes po, Father. We're magkapatid po. How about you, do you any kapatid?"

Father looked at me like I'm crazy, I wondered why, like fuck again!

"Mas matanda ka ba sa kanya?"

"Opo, yes, like isang year po. Like she's a bouncing baby girl now she's just bouncsing around kasi she doesn't know what to do po eh." I smiled again. Nagulat ako nang i-touch ako ni Father.

"She's a very misunderstood person. She has a lot of love inside her heart."

"Oh! Are you baliw, father?" I asked. His eyes widened. "Oh, I'm sorry!" The priest just blessed me and left. When I looked at Dione, she was just sitting while watching the kids. I made lapit to her.

"Hoy, what happened?"

"Wala. I'm just trying to catch my breath." I sat beside her and made hawak her kamay. I looked at her.