"I...I don't know what to say." Kat looked down.
"I'm sorry Thirds. I didn't know." Maddie sincerely said.
"Sorry Thirdy." Jaymie said, guilt evident in her voice.
All the Lady Eagles apologized and rushed in to comfort Thirdy.
"You make me hate you even more." Ponggay jokingly said, while looking up to avoid a tear from falling.
All of them laughed, but suddenly stopped when they heard sobs.
"Bwiset naman kasi. Hindi naman dapat ako nadamay dito eh." Dani sniffed.
"Alam mo, mas malala pa yung iyak mo kesa sa Kuya mo." Deanna shook her head.
"Kasi naman eh, pang-MMK." Dani said while crying uncontrollably.
The team and Thirdy just stared at her.
But their attention was driven when Bea entered the dorm carrying the food, but looking pale.
"Uy, what happened sayo? You look so pale." Jho asked in concern.
"Are you okay ate? And bakit basa ang t-shirt mo?" Syd pointed at her top.
Bea just nodded at her teammates, and looked curiously at Dani and Thirdy.
"Oh, ano kasi...we...were" Maddie tried to explain.
"We were trying to know kung sino ang mas iyakin sa magkapatid!" Ponggay smiled awkwardly.
"Yeah! That's why their eyes are red." Kat agreed.
"It was so much fun! So much...fun." Jho nervously said.
Dani grabbed the tissue and wiped her tears while Bea sat beside Thirdy.
"Ikaw? Anong nangyari sayo?" Ana curiously asked.
"I s-saw him again." Bea said with her voice shaking.
"Who?" Thirdy asked.
"The man--the spy."
Thirdy went silent.
"Can you explain to us what he looks like?" Kat asked.
"H-he is wearing the same outfit when me and Thirdy first s-saw him." Bea tried to stay composed.
"Wearing a LaSalle shirt, black cap and glasses. Right?" Thirdy recalled.
"Yeah. But this time, he's not wearing glasses." Bea said.
Silence.
"But, how did you get your shirt wet?" Dani looked at her top.
"He was staring at me from afar, so I stared at him too. I was about to go near him to ask what's wrong, but I noticed that he was the spy we saw at the carnival."
All of them looked intently at Bea.
"By the way he dress and move, I knew he was the spy. I immediately grabbed the food, and looked at him again for the last time. But he was now walking towards me." Bea inhaled deeply.
"Go on." Kat nodded.
"The way he looked at me really creeped me out, until now. So in fear, I ran as fast as I could, then natapon sa shirt ko yung isang coke float." Bea explained.
"Samahan na kita ate, palit ka ng damit." Jules insisted.
Bea nodded and they went inside their room.
"Hoy sama rin ako!" Dani ran towards them.
Now, Thirdy and the team--without the roomies, are left together again.
"What's your plan now Thirds?" Kat asked.
"The usual. Bring her to the places we usually date so she can remember me." Thirdy said, full of determination.
"Is it effective?" Ann looked at him.
"What?"
"Yung ginagawa mo Kuya. Is it effective? Does she remember anything?"
"She's already remembering the accident, but it's blurry pa. And as far as I know, medyo naaalala na niya rin kayo." Thirdy smiled sadly.
"Good thing, right?" Ponggay exclaimed.
The smile from Thirdy's face faded.
"Yeah, pero hindi niya pa rin ako naaalala."
Silence.
"What if...dalhin natin si Bea dun sa place na marami kayong memories? Like, tumatak na talaga yun sa puso niyo." Maddie suggested.
"That's what I'm doing for the past weeks, Maddie." Thirdy hopelessly said.
"Alam ko na." Jho suddenly said.
All of them looked at her.
"Subic. That's the place kung saan sinagot ka niya, diba?" Jho smiled.
Thirdy giggled while trying to hide his kilig.
"OMG natatandaan ko yun!" Ria squealed.
"Malamang, andun tayo lahat eh." Deanna rolled her eyes playfully.
"May bonfire sa tabi niyo nun eh!!! Tapos 'will you be my girlfriend?' Wahhhh kinikilig ako." Ria rolled on the sofa.
"Mukha siyang bola na gumugulong." Maddie furrowed her eyebrows.
"Kala mo naman ikaw si ate Bea eh." Deanna laughed.
"I have an idea." Jho smirked.
"Creepy." Ponggay didn't look at Jho.
"Nico's Birthday is on Friday. We haven't decided kung saan kami mag-cecelebrate." Jho explained.
"Ate wag mo na kami idamay sa problema niyong mag-jowa." Deanna scratched her head.
"Eh kung hindi kita isama diyan?!" Jho narrowed her eyes to her teammate.
Deanna secretly laughed and signalled Jho to continue.
"So ayun nga. Then what if sa Subic nalang tayo mag-party? Invite ko kayo at ang Men's Basketball team. Then, baka makaalala na si Bea tungkol sayo, Thirdy." Jho genuinely smiled.
"Ayown!" Ponggay clapped her hands.
"Thank you, Jho." Thirdy hugged the latter.
"Baka kayo magkatuluyan niyan ah." Deanna laughed.
"May Nico na po ako." Jho broke the hug.
"May Bea na po ak--aray!" Thirdy massaged her shoulder when Jho slapped him.
"Umayos ka."
"Parang si Bea ka na ah." Thirdy chuckled.
"Hala para ka daw si Bea. Shet baka ma-develop si Thirdy." Maddie teased.
"Ewan ko sainyo. Umuwi ka na nga! Gabi na. Alis!" Jho pushed him (literally) away.
"Oo na! Bye girls!" Thirdy went outside and closed the door.
"Approve na ba sa bestfriend?" Ponggay teased which Thirdy heard outside.
"Ever since. Approve na approve." Jho said.
Thirdy smiled alone because of what he heard.
Tyler calling...
Thirdy looked at his phone curiously for awhile, and answered it.
"Hi Babe." Thirdy sweetly said.
"Babe mo mukha mo. Asan ka?" Tyler asked through the phone.
"Hinahanap mo nanaman ako babe? Don't worry pauwi na ako." Thirdy chuckled.
"Ewan ko sayo, ang bakla mo." Tyler said without any emotion and handed the phone to Gian.
"Hoy Thirdy! Nasaan ka ba kasi?" Gian asked too.
"Eliazo dorm. Paalis na. Bakit?"
"So I assume na hindi mo kasama si Jigs right?" Gian asked seriously.
"No. Wala nanaman siya?"
"Yeah. Galit na nga si Anton at Vince. He said bibili lang daw siya ng bagong glasses kasi naputol yung luma niya. Hanggang ngayon, hindi pa bumabalik." Gian explained.
"So he is not wearing glasses right now?"
"Nope. Baka nga sa sobrang labo ng mata, naligaw na siya." Gian joked.
"Gian..." Thirdy seriously said.
"Why?"
"Bea saw the spy again." Thirdy slowly said.
"The spy? Yung lalake? The one Anton told us na nakita niyo sa EK?"
"Yeah. But she said, this time, wala na siyang glasses." Thirdy recalled.
"Oh no. Okay, I'll tell them." Gian seemed to figure out the puzzle and ended the call immediately.
Thirdy was now heading towards his car, when he saw a figure of a man looking at him.
Thirdy was about to go near him, but the man immediately ran away.
He remembered how Bea described the guy.
And she was right.
Black cap, LaSalle shirt, without glasses.
Only one person came to Thirdy's mind, and he hope he wasn't right.
"Jigs?"
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