My Make-Believe Boyfriend College Hottie Series : Bobby and Ashley

Special Chapter 37 : "You and I... We Fight Together..."

Siguro kung naging lalaki lang si Patty, baka ako na mismo ang humamon sa kanya ng suntukan sa pang-aaway niya sa girlfriend ko.

But since Patty was a girl, a diplomatic way of talking to her would be the best way.

“You told bad things about her. A verbal assault,” I continued in a serious tone.

Patty smirked, an eyebrow raised. “Is that what she told you?” Isang nanunuyang ngiti ang ibinigay niya sa akin. “Sinungaling ang girlfriend mo. Wala akong sinabing masama sa kanya. Bigla na lang siyang nanampal.”

Sinungaling?

I may be a bitch but I am not a liar, Robert Aldus… Kahit na ikakapahiya ko pa, I always own up to my mistakes… Ashley would always tell me.

One of the many things and more reasons why I love her so much.

I clenched my jaw. “Patty, mataray ang girlfriend ko pero hindi siya sinungaling. That I can vouch my life to it,” seryoso kong sabi.

Hindi nakakibo si Patty. Hindi ko alam kung natakot ba siya sa ekspresyon ko o sa kaseryosohan sa boses ko.

Naglabas ako ng isang malalim na buntong-hininga. Sinalubong ko ang tingin niya. “Tell me honestly, Patty, where does the resentment come from?”

Ilang segundong hindi sumagot si Patty at nanatiling nakatingin lang sa akin.

Pagkatapos ay tumigas ang mukha niya. “You don’t deserve somebody like her.” May halong insulto ang tono niya.

Nagsalubong ang mga kilay ko. Ang Patty na nasa harapan ko ay ibang-iba sa Patty na kaklase ko at itinuturing na kaibigan noon.

The Patty before me was the Patty Ashley Grace had been telling me all along.

The real Patty Rivera.

“I love her,” seryoso kong sabi na hindi bumibitiw sa matapang niyang tingin. “As far as I can remember--” I said, calmly and keeping my temper at bay. “I did not give you the right to tell me whom I deserve or not in my life.”

Para namang natauhan si Patty. She tried to hold my hands pero agad kong nailayo iyon. Kunwari ay napasuklay ako sa buhok.

Malalagot ako sa Ashley Grace ko. Maka-karate ako nang walang katapusan.

“I like you,” she boldy said. “Gusto kita dati pa. Hindi pa tayo magkakilala, gusto na kita. I am your fan. And nang maging kaklase kita--“

There. The worms were out in the can.

“I am very much in a relationship, Patty,” I reminded her.

Her eyes were filled with contempt. “You don’t deserve someone like her--“

“The fact that I love her and she loves me, we already deserve each other,” mariin kong sabi. “I love her--for everything that she is and she is not. Sana malinaw na sa ‘yo ‘yon.”

Napalunok siya. Tila gustong maiyak.

Nagbaba ako ng tingin. I could not take a girl cyring in front of me. I felt like I am a bastard.

“There are other guys--“ I said in a low tone. Pambawi kung sakaling nasaktan ko ang damdamin niya. Hindi ko gustong mangyari ito pero gusto ko ring maging malinaw ang lahat.

Ayokong magkaroon kami ng gap. Magkaklase kami at buong semester kaming magkasama. At magkakasama pa nang matagal sa iisang campus.

Ayoko ng feeling ng tulad ng nangyari sa amin ni Kate. Every time I would see her, I would feel sorry for her.