It is one gloomy day in Ateneo, katatapos lang ng season 79 and season 80 is fast approaching. Summer class and training are the things that keeping myself busy this past few days.
I got my phone and earphones as I play on full volume, Lunas by Earl Generao. I'm heading to Eliazo cause I need to prepare my things before training.
I prefer to walk kasi hindi naman mainit. Saka nasa Eliazo din sasakyan ko, feel ko lang naman maglakad at magmuni-muni sa daan.
Lunas - Earl Generao
Tumatakbo, pumapatak ang bawat oras
Bumibilis, lumalala ang karamdaman
Nasaan ka,
Nang ika'y kailangan?
Hindi ko namalayan na may tumatawag pala sa pangalan ko. Kaya patuloy lang ako sa paglakad hanggang naramdaman ko na lang na may tumamang bote sa ulo ko. I was about to protest pero nakita ko kung sinong tumawag sakin. Isa lang naman sa pinakamagaling kong kaibigan. Maddie Madayag!!
"Problema mo De Leon? Kanina pa kita hinahabol at tinatawag di mo ako pinapansin" -Madz
"Sorry Madz, I was hooked with this song I'm listening to and on full volume. Pero you don't need to throw the bottle! Ang sakit kaya!" -Bea
"Sorry! Di mo kasi ako pinapansin mukha tuloy akong tanga na sumisigaw kanina pa tas hinahabol ka!" -Madz
"Di ba hinabol mo naman talaga ako noon...."- Bea
Madz cut me off.
"Subukan mong ituloy yan Isabel Beatriz may kalalagyan ka" -Madz
"Fine Madz! Chill ~ Bakit mo ba ko tinatawag?" -Bea
"Papunta ka bang Eliazo? And why are you walking? Where's your car?" -Madz
"Isa isa lang Madayag. Yes papunta akong Eliazo and may paa ako kaya naglalakad ako at the same time nasa Eliazo yung car ko. Ikaw ba? Papunta ka don?" Bea
"Alam mo kahit kelan pilosopo kang gago ka, tara punta rin akong Eliazo. Pero are you sure ayaw mong sumakay? Zoe can give us a ride!" Madz
"Alam mo Madz, feel ko maglakad eh. Ikaw na lang saka ang lapit na oh sasakay pa ba ako." Bea
"Fine if you say so. Sabayan ko na lang yung madrama kong kaibigan." Madz
Sinabayan na niya lang ako and bumalik na si Zoe sa Moro after magpaalam ni Maddie. Yes Maddie's in a relationship with Zoe. Okay naman ako sa kanya so far kaya walang problema.
Tumutugtog pa din pala yung Lunas hehe! Nilagay ko uli sa tenga ko yung earphones.
Hayaan mo na akong humanap
Ng lulu-lulu-lulu-lulu-lulunas mo,
Hayaan mo na akong humanap
Ng lulu-lulu-lulu-lulu-lulunas mo,
Papalapit na kami si Eliazo, when I saw a two figure of people right at the door. From head to toe kilala ko na siya. My bestfriend and my love of my life.... but she was, she really was my everything. Then I see her smiling to the guy he is talking to.
"She used to look at me that way" as I sigh.
The sight of them makes me hard to breathe as I put my hands on my chest. Maddie saw it and tap me at the back.
Hayaan mo na akong humanap
Ng lulu-lulu-lulu-lulu-lulunas mo,
Malay mo, ako pala
Ang lulu-lulu-lulu-lulu-lulunas,
Ako pala ang lunas mo ohh.
Dapat ako talaga yung lunas mo, as I said to myself.
"Smile naman diyan Bei! Wag mong ipahalata, alam kong mahirap pero nandito lang kami for you." Madz
I smiled back at her and nakarating na kaming Eliazo.
"Hi Madz, Hi Bei!" Jho
O God! Her voice makes me weak. I smiled back at her.
"Nagdate kayo ano?" Jho
"Hahahaha in my dreams Jho pwede pa, pero kasi tong si De Leon ayaw akong idate." Madz
"Pauso mo Madz!" Bea
"Oh Hi Nico, nandito ka pala hehe" Madz
I can feel her hesitation to greet this guy hahaha!
"Hello Madz, and Bea" Nico
He smirk at me, haha the nerve of this guy.
I said goodbye to them as I enter the Eliazo and sumunod na din naman si Madz after she bid goodbye dun sa dalawa.
I hurriedly go to my room. Ayokong makita nila akong ganito kahina, mahina na naman. I cried and cried nang hindi ko namalayan nakatulog na pala ako.
It was 3pm when I woke up. I did my usual routine and went to bathroom. I got my phone and prepared my training necessities.
After a few mins natapos na din ako. Bumaba ako kasi nagugutom na ako.
I see three girls right there. Ponggay, Jules and Deanna nilapitan ko sila and ask them kung kumain na sila pero di nila ako pinapansin. Busy sila sa phone nila kaya lumapit ako sa router ng dorm and pinatay to.
Bigla namang nagwala si Ponggay and Jules kasi they can't browse si Deans walang pake kasi nakadata naman pala ang bata.
They were about to throw me a pillow pero biglang may sumigaw galing sa taas.
"Ano ba yan! Bakit nawala yung signal ng wifi?"
Oh no! Patay ka Beatriz, nakaramdam ako ng takot and nawala sa pag-iisip ko na ibalik agad yung power ng wifi.
"Ano ba Beatriz? Nangjojoke time ka ba? Kasi kung oo, wag mo akong idamay sa kalokohan mo. Wag mong idamay yung mga taong wala namang ginagawa sayo." Jho
"I....I'm sorry J...Jho" Bea
"Anong sorry? I'm in the middle of my Animation, kelangan ko na naman magrestart Beatriz! Napapagod na ako and utang na loob wag ka nang dumagdag." Jho
"I'm really sorry J..." Bea
But Jho cut me off
"Save your explanation Beatriz wala ka nang magagawa." Jho
At umakyat na uli to pagkatapos niyang isaksak yung router.
Nandun pala ang buong team even ang Team Besh. Nakita nila yon lahat from the beginning.
I'm about to left nang hilahin ako ni Jia for a hug. I protest and left them without saying goodbye. Sumakay ako ng kotse ko and pinatakbo ito palayo ng Eliazo.
I turned off my phone. Good thing 7pm pa ang practice namin. I need to breathe, away from this heartbreak.
"Is it the right time to walk away? Tangina naman Beatriz anong kabobohan na naman ginawa mo." As I said to myself.
I went to my favorite spot kapag kelangan kong huminga. Just right in time for sunset.
What a breathtaking scene! Favorite nating dalawa 'to pero ngayon ako na lang yung nandito. As I cried myself, i turned my phone again and sobrang daming message ang natanggap ko.
From Babba, Mommy Den, Ate Ells, Ate Kiwi, Jia, Deanna, Ponggay, Jules and Maddie. Hindi na ako nag-abala na basahin pa ito. Nagstay lang ako ng ilang mins and nagdrive na pabalik ng Ateneo.
Buti hindi traffic and nakarating ako 30mins before magstart ang practice.
Lahat naman ay nakatingin sa akin maliban sa isa.
Nilapitan naman ako agad ni Jia and hug me real tight.
"Akala ko di ka na naman babalik Bea! Nakakatakot ka na ha!" Jia
"Sorry Ji! Gusto ko lang huminga hehe pero okay naman na ako. No need to worry about me." Bea
"Hoy Beatriz alam mo sasabunutan na kita! Don't do that ever again! Leaving us okay?" Jia
"Yes, I promise." Bea
Nakatingin lang sila samin and nagsmile naman si Ate Ly and gave me a thumbs up so I return it.
Start na ang drill, light training lang daw kasi we are gonna have a team dinner.
Natapos naman agad and nagshower na lahat.
Everyone was waiting for me na lang pala nakakahiya. Napasarap pagshower ko eh.
"Girls! Libre tayo ni Coach Tai, saan niyo daw gusto magdinner?" Ate Ly
"Buffet Ly! Buffet!" Ate Ells
"Napapaghalataan ang laging gutom *cough*" as Ate Den whisper pero rinig din ng lahat.
Everyone laugh and Ate Ells would have rebutt pero pinanlakihan na siya ng mata ni ate Ly kaya hinayaan niya lang.
"Mamaya ka sakin Lazaro" Ate Ells
"Uhm guys can we passed team Dinner courtesy of Coach Tai? Mom texted me kung pwede daw ba na doon na lang tayo kumain kasi she prepares a lot daw hehehe" Bea
"Yun oh! Way to go Beatriz! Love na love kita! Tita Det's cooking is way better than the restaurants" Ate Ells
"Sige Baby Besh, kausapin ko lang mga Coaches." Ate Ly
I called Mom to inform that they accepted the invitation for dinner.
As per Coach Tai kami na lang daw team and magkakaroon na lang ng meeting ang coaching staff so we decided to go.
Ate Ly's Car - Ate Den, Ate Kiwi,
Bea's Car - Jia, Maddie
Kat's Car - Kim, Jules, Deanna, Ponggay, Jamie's Car - Michifu and Therese
"Ikaw Besh Ella? Saan ka sasakay?" Ate Den
"Ayaw nga akong bitawan nitong si Jhoana kaya wala akong choice. Kanino pa pwede?" Ate Ells
"We still got two seats Ate Ells!" Maddie
Jhoana was about to protest to Ate Ells when Donya decided to get in Bea's car.
Jia was on my side tapos silang tatlo lang ang nandon.
Jia connect my phone to my car to play some songs kasi sobrang tahimik.
Used to be - JxTF
You used to be my future
You used to be my one
Used to love me baby all night long
What happened to us lately? I don't know
We both know that we had it good
What went wrong baby?
As I sing, Jia just changed the song.
"Luh Jia, bakit mo pinalitan? Feel na feel ni Bei oh!" Madz
"Magdradrama na naman eh. Pagpahingahin mo naman yan Madz! Hahahaha." Jia
Di namin namalayan na tulog pala si Ate Ells and si Jho naman busy sa cellphone niya.
Ilang minutes lang nakarating kami sa bahay good thing hindi traffic. So we head to my house and sinalubong naman kami ni Mom and Dad.
"Mom where's Kuya?" Bea
"On his way here pa baby. He had to run for dessert. Kulang pa dessert natin." Tita Det
"Hi Girls! Thank you for accepting my invitation. Pasok na kayo and let's have dinner already." Tita Det
All of their eyes is fascinated with the foods on the table. As in sobrang dami, I feel like there's something that's gonna happen here kaya nagyaya ng dinner si Mom.
We all eat ng sabay sabay and dumating na din si Kuya Loel. He bought cake pala, my favorite cake.
Then Dad, tumayo siya out of nowhere and he said, "I'd like to make an announcement. Nakausap na namin ang management niyo about this and pumayag naman sila. All of you girls will have a vacation training for one month. We can't say pa where we are going but you still have one week rest before this start. Have bonding with your family and special someone bago kayo umalis.
I sponsored your vacation training kasi you girls need it.
Everyone of my teammates squeal of excitement!
Syempre sinong hindi matutuwa sa vacation training right?
We finished dinner and head to entertainment room to fizz our night.
Dad and Mom put a lot of liquor at the fridge.
"Hmmm sounds like a sleepover at Ate Bei's house!!!" Ponggay
"Yes naman! Libre dinner na nga libre pa yung pa-walwal! Thanks Tita Det and Tito Elmer!" Ate Ells
"Besh wag mo naman pahalata na gutom ka at uhaw sa alak!" Ate Den
"Ikaw Lazaro kanina ka pa ha! Pasalamat ka nandiyan si Ly. Kung wala kanina ka pa kalbo!" Ate Ells
And the room filled with laughter. Everyone got their drinks.
Me, Ate Ly, Michifu, Ate Kiwi, Therese, Ate Ells, Kat, Ponggay, Deanna and Jules. We are drinking Brandy and planning to go for Vodka or Whiskey. While the rest are drinking, light drinks only.
"Hoy Beadel! Dahan dahan pag-iinom wala nang mag-aalaga sayo!" Ate Ells
"Wow hiyang hiya naman ako sayo Ate Ells! Baka sayo wala, sakin meron! Hi Jiaaaaa! You are gonna take care of me right?" Bea
"Do I have a choice Bei? Kidding! Wag ka na maglasing diyan!" Jia
"Ay wala ka pala Jhoana eh! Si Jia mag-aalaga hahaha!" Ate Ells
Ooops madaldal na si Ate Ells lasing na to.
"Ate Ells ano ka ba! Uminom ka na lang diyan wag mo ko idamay." Jho
"wAg Mo AkO iDaMay" Ate Ells
And everyone laugh! Hahahahaha
"Hoy ikaw Jhoana, kanina ka pa sa word na yan! Gusto mo bang batukan kita? Para matauhan ka! Saka kala mo nakalimutan ko yung ginawa mo kay Beadel!" Ate Ells
"Beshhh tama na! Isa ka pa Ly! Tama na!" Ate Den
"Here comes the boss! Guys tama na daw inom!" Ate Ly
"No Ate Ly! We are still gonna drink!! Rest naman natin eh! Diba Ate Bei? iinom pa tayo?" Ponggay
"Eh ayaw na ni Mommy Den! Pero syempre I'm not backing out so Babba sunod ka na lang kay Ate Den. We will stay here, we are gonna drink Vodka and Beer pa!" Bei
"No! I'm staying here also. I'm sorry Boss pero ngayon lang! Hihi" Ate Ly
"Bahala sa buhay mo Ly. Wag kang lalapit sakin mamaya ah." Ate Den
"Fine! Besh Ella tabi tayo matulog!" Ate Ells
"Okay Besh! Basta ba wag susugod si Den don ah! Saka di ako handa maging kabit! Den are we clear?" Ate Ells
"Aba! No! Ly's gonna stay with me. Fine drink all you want!" Ate Den
Natapos na ang pag-aaway nila ang nag-inuman na lahat.
JIA POV
Hay, Isabel Beatriz is drunk again. Filling his stomach with alcohol. Buti na lang di siya nagyoyosi baka mabatukan ko na tong batang to.
I was afraid nung umalis siya after ng banter nila ni Jhoana. It happen din noon and nawala si Isabel for one week! Buti na lang bumalik siya.
I see Jhoana's a bit tipsy and focused on her phone. Then someone called her.
*on the phone*
"Anong magagawa ko? Eh nandito kaming lahat! Parang di ka pa nasanay eh lagi naman natin tong ginagawa"
"I don't have time for your jealousy! Wala kaming ginagawa ang layo ko nga sa kanya! Ano bang problema mo? Eh bestfriend ko siya!"
"I'm really not in the mood for this. Tumawag ka na lang pag malamig na ulo mo."
-Jho
I was about to approach Jho pero lumabas siya sa Balcony ng room. Sinundan ko siya.
I tap her back and nagulat siya.
"Are you okay Jho?" Jia
"Hi Bibi! Yes I'm okay, nawala lang ako sa mood." Jho
"Good to know, gusto mo pa another bottle? Looks like you need it haha!" Jia
"No, okay na ako Jia hahaha walang mag-aalaga sakin pag naging lasing. And uhmmm Jia can I ask you a question?" Jho
"Shoot it!" Jia
"Why is Bea getting drunk lately?" Jho
"Oh that! Madami lang iniisip yan, I let her na lang kasi she won't open up" As I lie but really I know the reason.
"Alam mo Jia, things went awkward saming dalawa. After nang nangyari samin na away six months ago. She's never the same Bei, way back season 78! Hindi na kami ganon close. I miss my bestfriend" Jho
I just hugged her.
She misses you too Jho, so much.
Natapos na ang usapan namin ni Jho and bumalik na kami. Everybody is tipsy except sa mga mag-aalaga —— Me, Jho and Ate Den na lang ang mga linaw.
We saw Michifu, Ponggay and Jules dancing while Ate Ells and Ate Ly sing their hearts out.
While Bei, sitting pretty and kita mo sa mata niya how hurt she is kaya nilapitan ko ang bata.
"Hey Bei? Kaya pa ba?" Jia
"Syempre naman Jiababe! Susuko ba tong bata mo? Syempre hindi, di ko naman gagawin yon. Pero nakakapagod din pala Jia." Bea
I let her hugged me and cried. Nakita ko namang napatingin si Jho sa akin. And bigla siyang lumapit sa amin.
"Bei can we talk?" Jho
"I let you two talk muna." Jia
"Shoot! What's up Jho?" Bea
JHO POV
Kausapin ko ba tong lasing na to?
"Are you sure we're okay to talk lasing ka na ata. Bukas na lang puntahan ko na lang si ate Ells." Jho
"Please stay, just for once Jho stay!" Bea
kahit mahina, narinig ko yon so I stayed.
"Bei I'm sorry about kanina. Sobrang frustrated ko lang sa requirements and sayo ko nabuntong lahat." Jho
"Shhh Jho, it's okay. I'm sorry di na mauulit at di na kita guguluhin." Bea
"I miss you beh!" I hugged her real tight. Akala ko di niya ibabalik yung hug. Pero she did.
I really miss my beh, my bestfriend.
Naramdaman kong humiwalay siya sa yakap ko. Then suddenly may nakita na lang ako na na tumumba sa sahig at may tumulong dugo.
It was Bea! She was punched by Nico!
"Ang sabi ko sayo layuan mo girlfriend ko diba!" Nico
Bea laughed!
"Ang lakas din naman ng loob mong pumunta sa pamamahay ko para suntukin ako at sabihan niyan! Sino bang nauna?!" Bea
I can see anger in her eyes. Ngayon ko lang siya nakitang ganyan yan. Kaya inawat na sila ni Ate Ly even Tito Elmer is there.
"Nico get out of my house akala ko susunduin mo lang si Jho, but here you are! You punched my daughter, umalis ka na or magkakalabasan tayo dito!" Tito Elmer
Tito Elmer is furiously mad!
"Nico umalis ka na, umalis ka na wag ka nang gumawa ng gulo." Jho
"At sila pa ang kakampihan mo Jho! Tangina naman Jho!" Nico
"Nico! Ano ka ba ikaw nga tong sumugod dito." Jho
Bigla niya akong hinila at sobrang higpit nang pagkakahawak niya sakin. Naramdaman ko naman na may humawak sa isa kong kamay.
"No! She'll stay ikaw lang ang kailangan umalis dito." Bea
"But Bei, Nico needs me." Jho
"Really Jho? Tapos ano? Masasaktan ka niya dahil galit siya. No Jho! You'll stay!" Bea
"Bitawan mo girlfriend ko." Nico
"Talaga ba Nico? Girlfriend mo?" Ate Ells
"Ells, Nico much better umalis ka muna. Kami na muna bahala kay Jho. " as ate Ly said with full authority.
And he left. Everyone was left dumbfounded.
Jia was attending Bei and apply first aid to her wounded face.
Pinapasok na kami nina Tito Elmer sa rooms na available.
Ate Ly, Ate Den and Jia was in Bea's room. The rest of us sa guest room. Gusto ko sanang kausapin si Bea but Ate Ells said wag muna.
We all drove off to sleep.