Crushes (EDITING)

Chapter 26

"I told you to stop but you didn't, at wala akong pakielam sa kahit na anong sabihin mo tungkol saakin, but don't you dare talk to my mom like that." Madiin kong sambit sakaniya, gulat pa rin itong nakatingin saakin.

Hindi na kinaya ng pasensiya ko, sumosobra na siya. Hindi na ako nagpaalam sakanila at umalis agad sa restaurant.

Nag maneho lang ako ng nag maneho, hindi malaman kung saan pupunta, hanggang sa mapagtanto kong huminto ako sa isang parke.

Bumaba ako ng kotse ko bago inilibot ang paningin sa paligid, ito ang park na pinuntahan namin ni Lucas noon, maraming bata ang naglalaro sa harap, presko ang hangin at malilim ang paligid.

Umupo ako sa pinaka malapit na bench at pinanood ang mga batang naglalaro, napangiti ako sa kawalan ng maalala ang saya ng magkabata ko.

When I was a kid, I have no one to play with, I am an only child, and no one wants to play with me from the outside.

But then my dad was always asking me if he could be my playmate instead, I agreed right away, we play dolls, we play games, he will often brought me to the park every day after his work, he also learned how to braid a hair, so he could braid mine just like Anna, because he knew, Anna is my favorite disney princess.

Sunday is our family day, he never missed a single Sunday to spend time with us, he will brought us to the mall to buy me new clothes, or sometimes we're going out of town, just the three of us.

He also never missed to give my mom flowers every week, he also never forget me too, he's the first guy who ever gave me a flower, he told me, he wanted me to marry a guy, who will love me as much as how he loves me, who will treat me, more than just a princess but a queen.

But he's so unfair, because he left me..

He told me he wanted to see me getting married with someone who will love me unconditionally and will treat me like a queen, and by that, he will die in peace.

But now he's gone...

When he died, that's when I met Quira, she became my coping mechanism, and then we became best friend, I've been wanting to have a sister when I was a kid, that's why I'm so lucky to meet her, she is not just my best friend, but my sister.

"Here" Nagulat ako sa isang pamilyar na boses na nagsalita sa harap ko, inangat ko ang paningin sakaniya.

"Lucas?" I murmured, he was standing in front of me and offering his handkerchief, hindi ko namalayan na may tumutulo na palang luha sa mga mata ko habang naiisip ang mga iyon.

Tinanggap ko ang bigay niyang panyo at pinunas ito sa luha ko.

"Wait here" Hinayaan ko lang siyang umalis, maya maya lang din ang bumalik na siya, may dala siyang dalawang sorbetes.

"Ice cream?" He then again offered me the ice cream, napangiti agad ako sakaniya at kinuha ang ice cream, umupo naman agad siya sa tabi ko.

"Cookies n cream yan" sambit niya at nag-simula kainan ang ice cream niya.

"Alam mo ang favorite ko ah" Natatawa kong sambit at sumubo rin ng ice cream.

"Nagkataon lang!" tanggi niya, agad akong natawa at napailing sakaniya.

"Huwag mo ako masiyadong ngitian miss, baka isipin kong gusto mo na rin pala ako" Nakakaloko nitong sabi, lalo naman akong natawa dahil don.

"Sira!" Singhal ko sakaniya at natawa.

"Ayan, ganiyan nga, ang ganda mo kapag nakangiti" seryoso nitong sambit, agad ko siyang tinignan, sinabayan naman niya ang tingin ko, seryoso ang itsura niya at ramdam ko ang sinseridad ng pagkasambit niya niyon, sandali kaming nagkatitigan at pinalibutan ng katahimikan.

"Ano nga palang ginagawa mo dito?" Pag basag ko sa katahimikan at iniba ang direksyon ng paningin ko.

"Magl-lunch lang sana ako sa tapat dito, favorite resto ko kase yon, pero nakita kita, kaya lumapit ako agad" He answered.

"Are you okay?" Siya naman ang nag tanong ngayon.

"I got worried when I saw you crying, okay ka lang ba?"

"I met my step sister" I said.

"Uncle chard's daughter " dugtong ko.

"Ow, I heard about her, from my dad" Sagot naman niya.

"It didn't goes well, we fought, sabi niya, she can never accept me" I bitterly smile before I took a bite in my ice cream cone.

"But what's more funny is, I knew who she is, I know her so well" dagdag ko, binaling ko ang paningin kay lucas, tahimik itong nakikinig sa sinasabi ko.

"She's Irish, My stepdad's daughter"

I saw how shock he was from what I said, agad nitong binaling ang paningin saakin galing sa kawalan.

"Irish is Richard Lopez's daughter?" Pag ulit nito, tumango lang ako sakaniya at inubos ang huling kagat sa ice cream ko.

To be continued...