MY DYING GIRLFRIEND.[pt.5]
What if you were making a tower through cubes and malapit mo ng matapos ang tower na yun, last cube na lang when suddenly, natumba ang mga cubes ng tower mo... Would you still continue and try building the tower cubes again or just give up because your afraid that when you try again, your efforts would just be wasted?
January 1, 2009. 12:00am.
"HAPPY 3rd ANNIVERSARY!!" kapwa nila sinabi sa isa't isa and kissed each other while the fireworks background their sweet moment.
"Why am I hearing that your heart says, 'you love me so much?" nakangiting sabi ni Nathaniel after the kiss.
"Hoy. ang korni mo ha. Asa ka pang marinig mo yung sinasabi ng heart ko. Atsaka hindi naman nagsasalita ang puso." natatawang sabi ni Alexis.
Hinawakan ni Nathaniel ang magkabilang pisngi ni Alexis and looked deeply in her eyes, "Bakit? Mali ba? Hindi ba yun ang sinasabi ng heart mo?"
"hmmm..." nagkukunwaring pagiisip ni Alexis. Actually, hindi na kelangan pang pagisipan yun ni Alexis kasi she would never deny the love she have for this guy in front of her.
"Alexis naman..."
Natatawa na si Alexis, alam nyang pag nagbibiro sya na pinagiisipan nya kung mahal nya si Nathaniel or hindi ay kinakabahan ng todo todo si Nathaniel, parang matataeng ewan ang itsura.
"haha. Of course tama ang narinig mo sa puso ko kaso..."
"Kaso?"
"Relax ka lang.. natatae na yang mukha mo eh."
"Naman kasi Alexis, pinakakaba mo ako eh. Kaso ano kasi?"
"Kaso..." nagpapabitin effect pa talaga si Alexis.
"Alexis Rhaine Espinosa! Aatakihin na ako sa iyo, wag mo akong bitinin!"
"hahahah. ihh.. Kaso, Mr. Nathaniel Bryan Del Rio. Ambingi mo, bakit si heart ko lang narinig mo? Hindi mo ba narinig na sinabi ng lungs ko na 'I can't live without you'?"
Tumaas ang kilay ni Nathaniel. Natatawa pa rin si Alexis.
"Hindi mo rin narinig na sinabi ng liver ko na 'you are my forever' and even my small and big intestine ay hindi mo narinig na sinabing, 'what would be my sense in this world without you by my side'?"
Pinisil ni Nathaniel ang magkabilang pisngi ni Alexis, "Ang KYUT KYUT mo talaga." pang-gigil ni Nathaniel.
"Ouch. Sakit nun ah." nakapout pang sabi ni Alexis.
"Korni ko pala ha. Eh mas korni ka pa sa akin eh."
"Syempre, I love you eh sabi ng lahat ng organs ko."
Then nagkiss ulit sila.
They part ways at around 6am, pero they didn't do anything immoral. Nathaniel isn't what you call a 'virgin' anymore. Yes, may nakasex na syang ibang girls pero that was all for fun. And now, kahit solong-solo nya si Alexis, he wouldn't do anything indecent to Alexis. Alexis was the only girl she learned to respect because he loves her. He'll wait till their MARRIED. He believes that Alexis is the girl he would gladly be with in front of the altar someday.
When Alexis reached home, natulog na sya after taking a shower.
7pm
masyadong napahaba ang tulog ni Alexis. She really felt tired, hindi nya alam kung bakit. These days, she always felt tired, pero she doesn't know why.
She felt hot too. Hinipo nya ang noo nya.
"Oh. I have a fever."
Tumayo sya from her bed para kumuha ng gamot, she was walking out of her room when she felt abdominal pain... Bigla biglang sumakit ang dibdib nya, she ignored it and make her way to her mom's room para mag-ask ng medecine.
"Oh, Alexis anak, buti gising ka na. Ang haba ng tulog mo ah." nakangiting bati ng kanyang ina ng pumasok sya. She smiled at her mother pero biglang sumakit ng sobra-sobra and everything was turning to a blurr...
"Alexis! Alexis!"
she heard her mom shouting then after that, everything went black.
The next day...
When she woke up, "Mom?"
"I'm glad your awake, dear."
"Ma, anong nangyari?" She can't remember anything that had happened that night.
"Nothing anak..."
"No... Tell her, Suzzane, she need to know it. She has the right to know." it was her dad. Naguguluhan si Alexis sa mga magulang nya, what are they talking about?
"Pero, Carl..." her mom is now crying.
"Ma, pa, what's going on?"
She was ignored, "Suzanne, sabihin mo na ngayon pa lang... kelan mo pa sasabihin? kung kelan malala na sya? It would just make things worser. She needed to know it hanggat maaga pa. Malalama't malalaman nya din naman yon." Now, it was her father crying, gulong-gulo na sya. Why are her parents crying?
"I need to go, Suzanne. Remember, you need to tell her." her father went out of her room.
It was just her and her crying mother now.
"Ma, tell me. What's going on?"
Her mother looked at her and held her hand, "Anak, wag kang mabibigla ha?"
"Mabibigla?"
"Alexis... you..."
"I?"
"you have...."
"I have what ma? Ma naman, nambibitin ehh." Sabi ni Alexis sa pabirong tono para naman mabago ang atmosphere, medyo kinakabahan na din siya.
Lalong lumakas ang iyak ng kanyang mommy dahil sa pagbibiro nya, "Alexis, you have LEUKEMIA!"
Parang dinaganan sya ng napakabigat na bagay. It was such a revelation! Parang tumigil ang isip nya, ang buong sistema nya pati na rin ang mundo. Natulala lang si Alexis, ayaw magfunction ng kahit ano sa sistema nya sa narinig na balita.
Yesterday... I was the happiest woman... I was
near at the peak of my happiness then suddenly, here I am, falling down at the core of depression. Why must this happen? Must there really be a balance? Why can't it be just pure happiness? Why must there be suffering like this?!"
The first thing in her system that functioned was her tears, it started rolling down in her cheeks.
"Why ma?!! Why me?! Bakit?! Tell me that it was just a big LIE"
"I wish I can..."
"Who told you that ma? Who told you that I have leukemia? The doctor?! The hell for him! He's just a human! Tao lang sya! How dare him tell na may leukemia ako?! He is not God to know it! I don't believe na I have leukemia! Wala akong leukemia ma. I'm just perfectly fine! That doctor is just making a big lie to us!" naghyhysteria na si Alexis. She can't accept the fact that she has cancer...
That she is--dying.
Her mom just hugged her tightly.
"Sana nga kasinungalingan na lang ang lahat anak..."
Hindi na nagsalita si Alexis, all she did was cry.
November 28, 2009.
"Nathaniel?! What are you doing here?! Di ba I told you to get out of my life?! Why are you here?!"
Nang magbalik na ng tuluyan si Alexis sa consciousness nya saka nya lang narealize na she's not dead yet. She's not yet in heaven. She was just in this freakin hospital.
Kung nung medyo unconscious pa sya at akala nyang nasa heaven sya ay tuwang-tuwa sya na nandon si Nathaniel with her, eh ngayon ay hindi. She's angry at nobody, she's just angry kasi andito si Nathaniel sa hospital. And maybe, Nathaniel knew her condition already.
"Yes, you told me to get out of your life. I'm about to do that when I learned that all of it was just a lie."
Nakatungo lang si Nathaniel nung sinasabi niya iyon and hindi makita ni Alexis ang expression nito.
"...And you know, lying is bad. It's a sin, so as a punishment, you can't do nothing but to bear with me with all of your life whether you like it or not."
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