An early Christmas treat for everyone. =) Pasensya na sa grammar ah
“Sir, a call from Hostetics Foundation” “Call from Amado-Lopez Corporations on line 3” “Sir, 12.30 pm at Fredrigo’s Resaurant with Mr. Henry Ko”“Hannah give this back to Finance Department Head and ask him to double check it. There’s really a missing account from January to March” Hannah was in my office the minute after. Though I asked the head twice already they still couldn’t find any missing account from those months. And Dad would surely find holes just to give a damn reason to say that I don’t deserve his company.
“Sir, 1.30 po ang labas ni Pia ngayon” It’s been over month since we became official. Actually we spent our first month yesterday at a restaurant. Though we were both tired from our respective works, we still managed to spent it happily.
I glanced at my wristwatch, it says 1.10. I sighed knowing that I can’t see her today. Blame my schedule. I hardly see her these past few weeks. Swerte na lang at nakahanap ako ng time last night. Since she got back to school, less na yung days na nagkikita kami. Cos of my work and school works tapos I’m encouraging her to study pa. Good thing she’s being obedient naman at nag-aaral. According to Tisha.
“Sir, Tony is on line 2” Who the hell is Tony?
I just punched on the orange lighted button that says ‘Line 2’ on it.
“Sir Arturo is on his way to your house and ask me to call you for lunch” Oh. What does he want now? Going to some unknown country to bum around and now he’s back to lecture me? That is not really what I plan to end my day.
“I’m on my way” I really don’t have any choice but to follow everything that he says. No, I’m not being a puppet but I feel that I just need to do it. Okay. That’s the same but whatever. I stick to what I think.
I cut the line at nag-ayos na ng gamit para makaalis na kaagad. I managed to call Pia while I was driving.
“Hey” “Ui. Musta?” I sighed just hearing her voice. I miss her so much.
“O bakit? Anong meron?”“I’m on my way to meet Dad. He came back and he wants to talk to me” Of course I told her my thing about Dad. That we never got along….please emphasize on the ‘never’ part.
“Anyway, how are you?”“Nako. Okay lang yan. Huwag mo masyadong pinagpapapansin yang tatay mo” I chuckled. I always love her cool comments about anything like she always has this positive aura around her. Or maybe she’s just saying that for me….I don’t really know.
“Ah ito. Papunta kami ng mall nila Tisha”
“Oh that’s good. Would you like me to fetch you after?” “Hindi ko pa alam eh. Sabihin ko na lang mamaya. Sige alis na ko. Nakakaistorbo ka na eh” Then my smile faded while I was making a right turn on the intersection.
“JOKE. Ano ba!” Why do I keep falling on her childish tactics?
“Okay okay. Take care” I put my phone on the other seat and sighed. We’re still not in the ‘I love you’ stage. I’m just waiting for the right time para masabi ko sa kanya. But yeah, kating kati na akong sabihin sa kanya iyon. Yes, I love that girl (that should be called lady or else World War III will start) that loves to be childish all the time. Though she’s not my first but she’s the one that I know that I can love the most. There’s something in her that makes her so lovable and what’s unique about her is that she doesn’t have any single idea about it.
I got home by 2.30 because of the traffic. Nandoon na yung sasakyan ni Dad. I took a breath while making my way inside my so-called house. I never felt really at home there. When I was younger I’m always alone and nobody would be there to play with me. And plus I have a father such this old man…definitely hell.
“Is it a bit early for me to come here or you're really fond of coming in late?” Okay. Good afternoon to you, Dad.
“Traffic isn’t what I want, Dad” He looked up at me and frowned. What now? I thought we look the same? Looking at him, I don’t have any idea why he became so strict. Maybe it’s just to me dahil he’s really doing well with other people. Oh I don’t know. He probably had this thing that he should be molding me into some business freak minded man.
“What is this I’ve heard Victor? Flirting with a 17 years old childish girl?” Of course we’ll talk about this.
“We are not going to talk anything besides business, Dad” That’s what I hate the most…other people minding my own business. Especially about Pia.
Then he smiled. So I should be thankful now that you smiled at me?
“So you like her huh? Just like Andrea?” Why does he keep on bringing up Andrea? Seriously.
“They're both different persons. Dad what’s your agenda?” It’s not like him to pry about these kinds of things. All we ever talked about is work work work.
“Nothing really. Just want to say that I don’t like your relationship with this girl…or anybody. Focus, Victor. You don’t need anything” What the fck is this man? Where’s his heart? Is it buried in Mom’s grave?
“Dad. You don’t care about anything but your company. Can you at least be consistent about it? Huwag mo na akong pakialam, please” Now all you think is that I have a perfect life. Rich, gets what he wants and everything. No, got it wrong. I have this really complicated and self-centered Dad…and that practically says that life is unfair.
I left the house with bitterness. Bakit ba hindi kami magkasundo? I mean…he keeps on saying nonsense stuffs. Whenever I work hard, he would always find loops para lang may masabi siya. Hindi siya makontento sa kaya kong gawin at lagi na lang akong pinipilit na maging perfect. I hate to break it to everyone but I’m far from being perfect. I lit a stick before driving. Hindi ko na alam kung saan ako pupunta. Ayoko na bumalik sa office dahil nawalan na ako ng ganang magtrabaho.
I sighed as I saw Pia’s name on my cellphone.
“O bakit?” Nagdrive ako sa Robinsons Galleria dahil nandoon sila. She texted me na nasa food court sila ni Tisha. Dahil hindi naman ako pumupunta sa mall na toh, it took me forever para makita sila. I quickly saw Pia beaming when…Enzo said something. What? I thought silang dalawa lang ni Tisha? She was laughing so hard when the unknown guy beside him talked. Dalawa lang sila Tisha na babae doon.
What the hell.
“Ui Vic!” Tumayo si Tisha kaagad para halikan ako sa pisngi. I’m really close with this cousin of mine. She’s like a real younger sister to me.
“Hoy Pia. Yung boyfriend mo nandito nakaupo ka pa rin” “Aba teka lang ah. Parang makakalabas ako dito diba? Hoy mga parekoy padaanin niyo ko” She looks so comfortable with them. Pinadaan naman kaagad nung mga lalaki si Pia. I put my hand on her back quickly when she gave me a quick kiss on the cheeks.
“Okay ka lang?” She looked at me worriedly. Okay I’m supposed to ask her about these guys and Enzo but I just forgot about it when she did that. No, Victor, you should act like a boyfriend.
“Tisha we’ll go now” “Victor meron pa kaming papanooring movie eh”I looked at him lazily
“Enzo I don’t think you should be hanging out with these bunch of kids” I’ve known Enzo since I was eight years old and he was seven then. Since matagal ng nagtatrabaho sa amin si Tito Dan sumasama na sila lagi sa mga outings and parties na ginagawa ng family ko. Since then I knew that we’ll never got along. Yes, we were both into soccer and were in the same team for four years in high school. It’s weird that we never became friends. And don’t ask me why.
“Victor?! Ano bang problema mo?” “Or what? Are you that desperate to have company kaya sa kanila ka na lang sumasama?” “Guys, halika na nga” She started walking away kahit patayo pa lang yung mga kasama niya.
“What is wrong with you?” tanong ni Tisha na parang hindi naniniwala sa mga nangyari.
What now?! Hindi naman tama na sumasama si Enzo sa kanila diba? He’s a college guy for God’s sake and he’s hanging out with…these childish boys. And it looks really wrong to me. I sighed when I knew that Pia wouldn’t be returning. Hindi naman ako pinansin ni Enzo at sumunod na lang kila Tisha.
I just followed dahil alam nila kung saan pupunta si Pia. Okay. Maybe I’ve lost temper because of what happened with Dad. So they’re going to watch a movie. Kahit na naiinis sa akin si Tisha she still helped me na makipag-usap kay Pia.
“Hey” She looked at me with an annoyed look. Crap. I knew that I’m in big trouble.
“Sorry if I did anything” “Victor!? Pinahiya mo si Enzo at tinawag mo akong ‘kids’? Napakahirap mong basahin at intindihin” I closed my eyes when I felt my head ached.
“So you’re siding—““Alam mo…umuwi ka na lang sa inyo at magpahinga ka. Ang hirap mong kausapin eh” “No Pia, don’t leave” I held her elbow when she retreated.
She removed my hand from hers and went in with her friends.
Now I can’t bear this kind of argument.
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