"Wait Jace" sabi ko kay Jace habang naglalakad ng mabilis. Ang haba naman kasi ng bias ng lalaking to.
"Uy wait lang" sabi ko ulit at hinawakan ko na ang braso nya. Napabuga naman sya sa hangin at nakita kong magkasalubong ang kilay nya.
"Magpeprepare na kami so excus--"
"Galit ka ba?" tanong ko sa kanya.
"Why would i?"
"Then why are you acting like that?"
"Eh ano bang pakialam mo? Ano ba kita?" aww hah. Wait did he just repeat what i have said earlier? Okay i get it.
Tsk. So what now? -____- Nakakainis naman. "Look Jac--"
"Better discuss it to yourself." sabi nito at nilayasan ako. Shet naman. Okay fine inaamin ko namang may kasalanan ako pero he shouldnt be rude at me.
"Hey. You look beautiful in your peach dress, Yanna." napatingin naman ako sa nagsalita. It's Javi.
"Thanks." ngiti ko na lang.
"Pumunta ka muna ng clinic, much better if papalinis mo yung sugat mo. Got to go." sabi nito.
"Good luck." sabi ko dahil sila na pala ang susunod na magpeperform. Dumiretso na ko sa backstage at nakita kong busy lahat sila. Hayyy. Kinuha ko na lang yung pouch bag ko at lumabas na ng backstage.
"Yanna ko! San ka pupunta?" tanong ni Lash nang makasalubong ko ito.
"Bibili ng inumin." sabi ko at ngumiti.
"May kakaiba sayo. Hayy. Wag ka na ngang ngumiti, pinapakaba mo ko e. Tara sama ako." sabi nito at hinawakan na ko sa braso. Napabuntong hininga na lang ako, i succeed yet i failed. Hayy.
"Pero di porket sinabi ko na wag ka ng ngumiti e sisimangot ka na dyan. Cheer up." sabi ni Lash at nginitian ako.
"You did great Yanna so nothing to worry." pag-aassure nito sakin. Lash can read me even though i didn't tell him anything.
"Tara clinic muna tayo." sabi nito at hinila ako sa clinic nang mapadaan kami dito.
"Nasan yung nurse?" Lash at napakamot ng ulo. Umupo muna ko sa bed at tumititig sa sahig. Ano bang gagawin ko kay Jace?
"Akin na sugat mo." Lash at umupo sa tabi ko. Hinawakan nya ang kamay ko at tinanggal ang bandage. Napangiwi ako nang madampian ng bulak na may betadine.
"Lash, galit sakin si Jace." sabi ko sa kanya.
"Magsorry ka." sabi nito habang busy sa paggagamot sa sugat ko.
"Nag-aalala kasi yung tao sayo tapos ganun pa tinrato mo. Tsk tsk ang bad mo, Yanna ko."
"Eh kasi naman---"
"Wala ng kasi kasi, sorry na lang para okay na." sabi nya.
"pero--"
"ssh Yanna ko, i'm busy here."
Hay nako -______- "Alam ko namang may kasalanan ako pero may kasalanan din naman sya e."
"Wala syang kasalanan, Yanna ko. Baba mo kasi pride mo. Makipagpeace ka na kundi nako tsk tsk." at umiling pa ito.
"Oh tapos na. Tara na." sabi nya. Nagthank you ako at lumabas na kami.
Bumili lang kami saglit ng maiinom at bumalik na ulit sa loob ng auditorium. Pag punta namin sa backstage, mga naghahanda na yung ibang magpeperform. Si Lash naman pumunta dun sa mga kasama nya, magpeperform pa yata sila e.
Hinanap ko yung halimaw na lalaki at ayun nakaupo sa gilid habang nagcecellphone. Nasan yung tatlong itlog este sila Mac?
Lumapit ako sa kanya at umupo sa tabi nya. Tiningnan lang nya ko saglit at bumalik sa paglalaro sa cellphone nya.
"Oh." abot ko sa kanya nung binili kong pagkain.
"...."
"Huy mamaw."
"..."
Ayaw mo kong pansinin hah. Bigla kong hinablot yung cellphone nya. "Ano bang problema mo?!" inis na tanong nito sakin. Hindi ako sumagot at tumitig lang sa kanya. Huminga ako ng malalim. "Sorry."
Umiwas lang sya ng tingin at di ako pinansin. Ano ba naman yan?! Nagsorry na ko't lahat tapos ganto pa?! Drama naman nito.
"Sorry na kasi. Gusto ko lang naman kasi magperform para di sayang yung pagagambala nyo sakin nung weekend."
"Pakialam ko naman? Ano mo ba ko? Wala naman diba? Wag mo ng aksayahin yung oras mo sakin." sabi nito habang magkasalubong ang kilay. I felt a pang inside my chest.
"Maw este Jace naman e. Sorry na kasi. Wag ka ng magdrama."
"Tsk."
"Galit ka ba talaga?" tanong ko sa kanya. Baka kasi mamaya nagdadrama lang to e.
"Pre! Magready na raw!" Eric na kakarating lang dito sa backstage. Tumango lang si Jace at tumayo. Hinawakan ko kaagad yung kamay nya, "Jace naman e!"
"Ano na naman?" inis na baling nito sakin. Tss fine ayoko lang talaga na may naiinis sakin kaya nagsosorry na ko dito sa lalaking to kahit mamaw sya.
"Sorry na please?" goodness Yanna, bakit mo ba to ginagawa sa mamaw na to? Fine last na talaga to.
"You owe me a lot, Layne."
"So?"
"You have no rights to say no later."
"Hah?" Ano bang pinagsasabi nito?"
"I'll forgive you in one condition, just say yes later. If you say no, you know what i'm going to do to you. " he said at iniwan akong nakatanga dito. Did he drugs?! Ano bang yes yes yun?! -_______-
***
"You guys ready?!" sigaw ni Eric at nagroll ng drums.
"WE'RE READY!"
"GO MAC!"
"MARRY ME KEITH!!"
"I LOVE YOU ERIC!!"
"GO JACE! YOU ROCK!"
"WOOOOOO!"
"Hoy babae nakasimangot ka dyan." sabi ni Rein at umupo sa tabi ko.
"Kanina pa nga yan e." Zyrel. Okay nandito kami malapit sa stage, sa pinakaunahan pa. Hinila na lang ako ni Zyrel dito e.
Paano ako di sisimangot e hanggang ngayon di ko alam yung yes na yun?! Tsk.
"As a LA's representative, we will give you a mindblowing performance! So yes here is it!" Eric at pinaghahampas na naman yung drums ayy. Hahahaha. Si Mac naman kumakaway kaway, si Keith naman ayun inaayos yung gitara nya. Yung mamaw naman ganun din.
Akala ko ba keyboard si Mac e guitar din sya? Naghiyawan na ang mga tao nang magsimula na silang tumugtog.
You're like perfection, some kindof holiday
You got me thinking that we could run away
You want I'll take you there,
You tell me when and where,
Oh oh oh oh
"OMFG! GO LA BOYS!"
"ANG GWAPO SHET!"
"WAAAAAAHHHHH!"
But then I asked for your number,
Said you don't have a phone
It's getting late now,
I gotta let you know
That everybody wants to take you home tonight
But I'm gonna find a way to make you mine
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
Every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Ang harot ni Mac! Jusko! Para syang bata sa stage.
Don't stop 'cause you know that I like it
Every time you walk in the room
You got all eyes on you
And you know it, know it, know it
You're coming close now, swear I can taste it,
You got me tongue tied, I can't escape it
I'm loving what you got,
But then you push me off,
Oh oh oh oh
Well yea, honestly ang ganda ng boses ni Jace. Tss.
And everybody wants to take you home tonight
But I'm gonna find a way to make you mine
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
Every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Don't stop 'cause you know that I like it
"Pogi ni Jace, Yanna!" Rein
"Hindi to pageant, pansinin mo ang boses wag mukha."
"ito naman oh!"
Every time you walk in the room
You got all eyes on you
And you know it, know it, know it
Every day it's the same, love and games that
you play
Back and forth, round and round, kinda like it
this way
Don't stop doin' what you're doin'
'Cause every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Don't stop 'cause you know that I like it
Every time you walk in the room
You got all eyes on you
And you know it, know it, know it, know it
Don't stop (don't stop, stop what you're doing)
doin' what you're doin'
('Cause you know that, you know that I like it)
Every time you move to the beat
It gets harder for me
And you know it, know it, know it
Don't stop, 'cause you know that I like it (you
know that I like it)
Every time you walk in the room
You got all eyes on you
And you know it, know it, know it
"WOOOOOOOO!"
"WANT MORE?!" Sigaw ni Mac
"YESSSSS!!!"
Nagsimula na naman silang tumugtog. Pero this time medyo mabilis yung beat.
Anytime I need to see your face,
I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where
your crystal mind and
Magenta feelings take up shelter
in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola
I don't need to try and explain;
I just hold on tight
And if it happens again, I might move
so slightly
To the arms and the lips and the face
of the human cannonball
That I need to, I want to
Come stand a little bit closer
Breath in and get a bit higher
You'll never know what hit you
When I get to you
Si Keith huminto sa paggigitara at bumaba ng stage. Ugh? Bakit? Nakita ko pa silang nagsenyasan ni Jace. May problema ba?
"Anyare?" tanong ko pero nagshrug lang si Rein.
[chorus:]
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
"C'mon Keith! Kupad mo pre!" sigaw ni Eric na natatawa. Okaaaay?
I'm the kind of person who endorses
a deep commitment
Getting comfy getting perfect
is what I live for
But a look, then a smell of perfume
It's like I'm down on the floor
And I don't know what I'm in for
Conversation has a time and place
In the interaction of a lover and
a mate,
Banda dito samin si Keith tumayo. Bakit? Ano ba gagawin nila?
Nagulat na lang ako nang biglang lumapit sakin si Keith at nilahad yung kamay nya.
"Ah?" napareact ko na lang. Hinila na lang ako bigla ni Keith at dinala sa stage.
"Huy! Ano ba!" ako habang binabawi yung kamay ko pero huli na dahil nasa stage na ko.
But the time of talking,
using symbols, using words
Can be likened to a deep sea diver
who is swimming with a raincoat
Come stand a little bit closer
Breathe in and get a bit higher
You'll never know what hit you
When I get to you.
Tinulak nya ko papunta kay Jace at bigla silang tumigil sa pagtugtog. Whattheheck.
"Okay. *ehem ehem*" Jace habang nakatingin sakin. Inirapan ko lang sya.
"Okay, sorry for interruption guys but i just wanna ask this girl a serious question."
Ano bang pakulo nito?!!
"You are witnesses, guys! But i'll just whisper the question to her and just listen to her answer, aight?"
"OKKKAAAAAY!"
"WOOOOOO!"
"OH NO! JUST SHARE THE QUESTION PLEASE!"
"I'm going to tell that but not now. " he said.
"Wag ka ngang gumawa ng scene dito." sabi ko kay Jace.
"We have a deal remember so?" lumapit sya sa sakin at bumulong.
WTH! Tinulak ko sya sa pagkabigla at hinampas sya sa dibdib.
"So what now?" tanong nito habang nakangisi.
"N---"
Flashback: "I'll forgive you in one condition, just say yes later. If you say no, you know what i'm going to do to you. "
I'M DOOMED.
"I'm waiting." he said.
"Fine y-yes." sabi ko habang nakatingin sa kanya ng masama.
Nginitian lang nya ako.
"OMG WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"DID HE ASK HER OUT?!"
"WE WANNA KNOW IT!!"
"KYAAAAAA! HIS SMILE OMG!"
[chorus]
Anytime I need to see your face,
I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where
your crystal mind and
Magenta feelings take up shelter
in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola
I don't need to try and explain;
I just hold on tight
I stomped my feet and get away from the stage. He freakin blackmailed me! ARGHH!
And if it happens again, I might move
so slightly
To the arms and the lips and the face
of the human cannonball
That I need to, I want to
[chorus]
So can we find out?
I SWEAR MAPAPATAY KO NA YUNG LALAKING YUN! AAAAAAH!!!!!