Always Coming Back (Chasing Dreams Series #2) [COMPLETED | Wattys2020]

Chapter 19

Please, play the song on Harmony's performance at Q.C. Memorial Circle. Put your earphones/headphones on for a better experience.

P. S. I chose the drum cover of 2002 'cause there was a live band in the venue. Just pretend that Harmony sang it. :P

Credits to David Cannales

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My sister and her boyfriend were giggling as they talked about their funny experiences, unlike me who was spacing out while holding my lips ever since I got inside the car.

Seija kissed me and said... he loves me. He wouldn't dare say that if it wasn't true; if it wasn't what he really felt. It was so pure and I knew he was sincere. What about me? I felt the same, too! I just don't know how to admit it. I really wanted to say "I love you, too," but I was tongue-tied. Being loved by the one I love was one of the greatest feelings in the world and I felt so ecstatic—No, it was beyond that word. It was deeper than that.

"Harmony?!" Napatalon ako sa sigaw ni Ate. "Kanina pa kita tinatanong kung anong oras tayo pupunta sa Circle mamaya!"

Kinagat ko ang labi ko. "I-I didn't hear you..."

"You didn't hear me 'coz you were spacing out," her mouth rose up a bit.

Hinawakan ni Kuya Tristan ang kamay niya. "Give her a time to digest everything, babe."

Mas kumunot pa ang noo ko sa sinabi ni Kuya Tristan kaysa sa tawag niya kay Ate Symphony. Bakit niya sinabi 'yon?

"What do you mean?" tanong ni Ate Symphony.

Ngumisi lang si Kuya Tristan at kinindatan ako nang tumingin siya sa rear view mirror. Sumandal ako ng maayos. This couple is getting weirder and weirder as the day goes by...

Legal na sina Ate Symphony at Kuya Tristan sa parents namin kaya malaya nang nakakapunta sa bahay si Kuya Tristan. Ganoon rin sa pamilya niya, pero madalang lang si Ate Symphony doon gawa ng kanyang trabaho.

Nakasalubong ko si Manang Minda bago ako unakyat sa hagdan. "Manang, si Mommy po?"

Itinuro niya 'yung ceiling. "Nasa opisina ng Daddy mo, anak. Kanina pa sila doon dahil may plano ang Mommy mong magpa-catering. Heto nga at tutungo kami nina Richie, Betty, at Trina sa talipapa para mamalengke."

Nagtataka akong bumaling sa kanya. "Po? Para saan po? Wala naman pong okasyon, ah. May business meeting o charity event po ba na gaganapin dito sa bahay?"

"Hindi ko lang alam, anak. Hindi naman sinabi ng Mommy mo ang dahilan. Basta't binilin niya na mamalengke kami at magluluto siya ng seafood boil. Ang dami nga naming bibilhin, eh, dahil ilang putahe ang lulutuin niya sa mga susunod na araw," palinawanag ni Manang Minda.

Seafood? But I'm allergic to crabs and shrimps! Ate Symphony doesn't like seafood that much. Daddy hates it, so Mommy rarely makes a seafood dish for us.

Para malinawan, pumunta ako sa opisina ni Daddy pagkatapos kong magbihis. Dad's busy with the paperworks, while Mommy was talking to someone on the phone.

"Kumusta siya? Anong oras kayo pupunta sa Tagaytay bukas? What is she doing right now? Pinakain mo na ba? Kailan—" Natigilan siya nang makita ako. "I-I'll call you later. Bye!"