JURA'S POV
Everything was perfect until they came.
Flashback
"Sacrlet? Dad?" Nathan grabbed me and looked intently in my eyes.
"No matter what happens, stay with me." I just nodded.
"What do you want?" Tanong niya sa tatay niya.
"Gusto ko itigil mo na yang kahibangan mo! Ano bang makukuha mo jan sa babaeng yan! Lumayo ka sa kanya kung ayaw mong may gawin akong masama!"
"Don't you dare talk to me like you know me and don't you dare say something about her!" Nathan pointed a finger at me.
"This girl! She changed me Dad na kahit kayo ni Mom ay hindi nagawa. She taught me a lot of things. Kaya you don't have the right to tell me that she is not worth it!"
"Yang babaeng yan destroyed your friendship with Scarlet, son. Ang bait na bata ni Scarlet pero you chose to be with that girl who you claimed that changed you?! Changed you for what? Worse?!"
"Mister Dad ni Kuya Nathaniel. I know na you don't like my sister not because concern ka sa friendship ni Kuya jan sa Scarlet na yan. I know there is something more. Now, if you are saying na mabait yang Scarlet na yan, she would not let my sister be beaten up by 6 ugly looking men na muntik na siyang gahasain. Second, she would not post on twitter some insulting words to her and third, she would not let my sister drown just because she doesn't like her. If you think na just because Ate Jura is the reason for Kuya Nathan and Scarlet's broken friendship and you think na my Ate is not worth it just because of that, then ano nalang ang masasabi mo sa babaeng katabi mo na muntik nang patayin ang Ate ko?!" nganga lang kaming lahat sa sinabi ng kapatid ko, even Nathan's father.
Angel ran to me and hugged me tight.
"This is great. Alam mo ikaw na bata ka, para kang kung sinong matanda kung magsalita. Why, hindi ba kaya ng kapatid mo na protektahan ang sarili niya?" magsasalita na sana ako nang Nathan stopped me.
"She can protect herself. Pero she is too kind not to stand up and talk back to you. Kasi she respects you so much and she could not even believe na ganyan ka."
"This is it. Nathan, you need to go home right now."
"Not without her." he looked at me na para bang nagsosorry.
"It is okay bi. Sumama ka na sa dad mo. I guess he changed the contract. Iniksihan niya yung days na pwede pa tayong magsama." I smiled and he hugged me.
"I am coming back for you."
End of flashback
Ayun. Nathan went home at sumabay nalang kami ni Angel kina Javier and Denice. Total wala na rin lang namn si Scarlet.
Tahimik lang kami sa byahe. Tulog na yung kapatid ko at si Denice. Samantalang ako. Inaalala ko pa yung nangyari kagabi. That perfect night na sinira na naman nang Scarlet na yun.
"Jura, okay ka na?" I looked at Javier and nodded.
"Pasensya ka na kay Tito Nate ha." so that's his name. Mana nga siguro si Nathan sa tatay niya. Pero at least si Nathan nagakaroon pa ng konting kabaitan na minana niya sa mama niya.
"Is he always like that?" tanong ko sa kanya.
"Yeah. He is also the reason why Nathan flew back here. I think Nathan being such a rebel is not because pinanganak na siyang ganyan. It's because of his father. Gusto niya sigurong ipakita na his father cannot handle him." So siya pala ang dahilan ng pagiging bitter at walang pake sa buhay netong si Nathan.
Pagkarating namin sa bahay ni Angel nagulat nalang kami at basag na ang bintana namin. Ano ba naman, pati ba naman pag uwi ko may haharapin na naman akong problema?
"Angel jan ka lang ha. Papasok ako." tumango lang si Angel.
Pagkapasok ko. Wala namang nawala. Kompleto naman ang lahat ng gamit mula sa tv, pagkain. Para namang walang magnanakaw ang pumasok.
Umakyat ako sa room ni Angel at kagaya sa baba. Wala namang nawala. Ipad at laptop niya nasa kama pa rin naman.
Pumunta naman ako sa room ko. Hinawakan ko yung doorknob para buksan yung kwarto ko. OMG! Sh't its locked.
Dali dali naman akong bumaba nang narinig ko na may bumukas ng pinto. Naging The Flash ako agad agad. Naku paano nalang pag may dalang baril toh. Ramdam na ramdam ko talaga na may sumusunod sa akin.
Lumingon ako and I saw a guy na ang lapad ng ngiti.
"KUNG NAKITA MO LANG YUNG MUKHA MO BI!" Naku! Tumatawa pa talaga siya!
"URGHHHH! I HATE YOU!" Hindi ko alam kung magiging masaya ako o magagalit sa nangyari.
Pumasok si Angel and laughed as well. Naku lang.
"Siya nga pala. Sorry I broke the window."
"Yeah, you have to pay for that Kuya!" ayun. Nagkwentuhan lang kaming tatlo about things, pero we never touched that part about what happened sa resto with his Dad.
"It's time to sleep Angel."
"Eh I don't have a class naman tomorrow eh!"
"Matulog ka na para tumangkad ka." sabi ni Nathan sa kanya.
"Ang sabihin niyo, you just want to spend the night together! Oh siya sige. Matutulog na ho ako. And by the way. You call yaya na we are home na. The house is so maalikabok na kasi." oo nga pala. Pinagbakasyon rin namin si yaya, kasi kawawa naman pag siya lang mag isa. Hindi talaga masarap sa feeling ang mag isa ka lang, sa pasko pa.
Nang umakyat na si Angel sa room niya, we went sa garden namin.
"Sorry about my Dad." he said habang papaupo kami sa grass.
"Okay lang yun. And thank you for protecting me over him."
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"Ah, Jura?"
"Yes?" I looked at the stars. Ang ganda nga naman nila.
"Will you go with me?" this time, napatingin ako sa kanya.
"Go with you? Where?"
"Kahit saan na malayo dito."
"What? Bakit? Paano nalang si Angel at isa pa, kailangan ko pang pumasok. Baka pagalitan pa ako sa Mommy at Daddy namin ni Angel pag nagkataon."
"Yeah, right. I forgot. You have a family." he looked away at tumingin lang siya sa kalangitan.
"You know Nathan. We are like stars. Kasi tingnan mo. Some stars ay parang nakakumpol like they are a family. Yung iba, malayo sa group of stars pero napansin mo, yung mga stars na nalalayo sa iba, they glow the brightest. Para bang its glow is equal to the glow of the stars grouped together."
"So, what's your point?"
"My point is, you may think na wala kang silbi o na you are alone because you are far from the other people perhaps. Pero you have something in you na alam ni God na makakaya mo na mamuhay na mag isa. But someday, you have to share your glow with others and someday you have to lead the others by being the star they would soon follow kasi they will also see how much you glow." tiningnan niya ako and smiled.
"Alam mo--."
"Hindi ko alam." pagbibiro ko sa kanya, to lighten up the mood. Ang bigat bigat lang ng feeling ko, seryoso na seryoso ba naman kasi tong topic na ito. Tiningnan niya ako ng masama.
"Joke lang. Sige na. Magpatuloy ka na."
"Nevermind."
"Galit ka na agad?"
"Oo."
"Oy joke lang yun eh."
"Halikan mo muna ako, dito." sabay turo niya sa pisngi niya.
"Ayoko nga."
"Ay oo nga pala. You are different from my girls. Ibang iba ka. Kaya nga nakuha mo puso ko ng buo."
"Ha?"
"Yeah Jura. I like you, no, I love you for real."
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