Chapter 20

“sorry, ikaw ba yung umiiyak? may narinig kasi ako kanina ..”
“hindi naman, ingat ka na lang sa susunod”
“alam mo bang wala sila kuya Sandro at ang mama mo?”
“Jake? late ka din! pareho kayo ni Che!”
“Joyce, Matthew, sila Ace pala tsaka Tristan. Jake, si Tristan”
“Cheska Lynn!!!”

“ahhh!” napasigaw si Mattina
“anak!” agad tugon ng mama nya
“anong nangyari sayo?” muling tanong ng mama nya

“hindi ko po alam ma, nagsimula po kanina lahat nung tinulungan ko yung bata na nasira daw yung laruang cookie monster, bigla na lang po akong may nakikitang images, hindi ko po alam ma, tsaka sino po sila Jake, Tristan, Joyce, Ace, Matthew tsak Cheska Lynn?” sabi nya habang nakahawak sa ulo

“hindi ko alam anak” sabay hawak sa kamay ng dalaga at buntong hininga
“nak, kung natatandaan mo, inampon ka namin diba?” patuloy ng ginang
“opo mama, salamat po at inampon nyo kami ng anak ko” sagot ng dalaga
“wala yon. kasi anak, nung nasa ospital tayo, sabi ng doctor nagka amnesia ka daw, pinangalanan ka lang namin ng Mattina dahil nung tulog ka, madalas mong bangitin ang ‘Matt’ hindi nga namin alam kung pangalan mo ba yun, o pangalan ng ibang tao, tapos nagising ka, inuwi ka na lang namin dito at nagpakilala kami bilang magulang mo, at si Carol ang kapatid mo.” paliwanag ng ginang
tango lang ang sagot nya at pinipilit padin nyang alalahanin kung sino ang mga nakita nya sa kanyang isip
“sige po ma, puntahan ko po muna si Charlynn” sabi nya ng lumaon

“Mattina” sabay tayong bati ni Arlo ng makita ang dalaga
“hi Arlo, pinapahirapan ka ba ng anak ko?” tanong nya sa binata
“hindi naman, sanay na ako sa kulit nya” sagot ng binata
“salamat sayo ha, simula nung ipinanganak ko yan, lagi ka nang nandyan para saming mag-ina, malapit na pala birthday ng anak ko” sabay hawi sa buhok ng bata
“e alam mo namang gagawin ko ang lahat para sa inyo eh”
“Arlo, mahirap kasing tanggapin yang pagmamahal na binibigay mo, hindi mo pa kilala yung talagang ako, kahit nga ako hindi ko pa din kilala kung sino ba talaga ako eh, sorry ha?” paliwanag ng dalaga
tango lang ang sagot ni Arlo, matagal na kasi itong nanliligaw sa dalaga, halos dalawang taon na din
pero ang laging sagot ni Mattina ay ayaw nya


Flashback

they can’t help their selves to kiss the one if front of them, what can someone do when it comes to love?
even if it’s the wrong thing, you just can’t help but give in. they did the unexpected, he got carried away and she just gave in, she tried to resist when she was reminded by her conscience that she have a boyfriend, but she love him still and can not control her feelings anymore. they didn’t mean to do it, but it happened either way.


“I‘m sorry Che” biglang sabi ni Matt
umiling si Cheska
“nothing to be sorry about” sagot nya
“pero, pano si ..”
“just this once Matt, I want to be myself”
napatingin si Matthew sa dalaga
“what do you mean?” tanong nya sa dalaga
“I love Tristan, but I don‘t know, it’s like I never stopped loving you”
napangiti sa una si Matt, pero napabuntong hininga sya nang may napagtanto
“this is not right”
“I know, but ..”
“okay, fine .. I‘ll let it go, I love you Cheska”
“I love you too Matthew, as soon as possible, I‘ll break up with Tristan”
“okay, but what reason will you tell him?”
“I‘ll tell him that it‘s not working anymore”
“that .. I still love you” ngumiti si Cheska
Matt kissed her forehead

“Matt?”
“hmm?”
“what if, what if lang ha?”
“yeah? what?”
“pano kung mabuntis ako?”
“syempre papakasalan kita!” agad na sagot ng binata
“I know that, and sure of it .. pero, ano gusto mong pangalan nya?” nakangiting tanong ng dalaga
“ano muna gusto mo? boy o girl?” tanong ni Tristan
“syempre girl!” sagot ni Cheska
“ay gusto ko boy” angal naman ni Matt
“ah, edi .. isip na lang tayo ng pangalan para sa boy tsaka sa girl”
“Charles Mattew, Cheska Lynn, hmmm” napaisip si Matthew at kumuha ng papel at sinulat ang pangalan nilang dalawa
“hmmm” napaisip din si Cheska

“may naisip na ko para sa girl” biglang sabi ni Cheska
“what?”
“Charlynn Maeka” sulat ni Cheska sa papel
“unique! I like it, how about for the boy?”
“e diba dapat ikaw mag isip nun?”
“okay, okay, I‘ll think of something, wait ..”
“Clynt!” biglang sabi ni Matthew sabay sulat ng pangalan sa papel
“wow, mas unique yung sayo, wala pang vowels!” saad naman ni Cheska
“either way, if we‘ll have a child, if it‘s a girl, we‘ll name her Charlynn Maeka, if it‘s a boy we‘ll name him Clynt, okay, Be?”
“Be?!”
“yeah, short for Baby don‘t you like it?”
ngumiti si Cheska at umiling
“I love it Be”
he kissed her once more on the lips

After a month, balik klase na uli sila

habang nasa tambayan ng barkada

“happy monthsary Honey!” bati ni Tristan sa dalaga sabay halik dito at labas ng bulaklak para ibigay
nagkatinginan sila Cheska at Matthew
“ha-happy monthsary din hun” sagot ni Cheska sabay pilit ngumiti
“okay ka lang ba? parang hindi ka masaya?” tanong ng binata
“ha? I‘m not feeling well kasi, medyo masama pakiramdam ko, sorry ah ..”
“gusto mo dalhin kita sa clinic hun?”
“no need, okay lang ..”
“gusto mo nang umuwi? hatid na kita”
“hindi, hindi, okay lang, uuwi na lang siguro ako pag di ko na kaya” sagot ng dalaga
“sigurado ka, hahatid na lang kita” pilit ng binata
“Tris, time na .. may klase na tayo” singit naman ni Jake kasama si Matt na nakatayo
“aisht! oo nga pala, hun, mag taxi ka ha?” bilin ng binata sabay halik sa noo ng dalaga
“okay”
“tama na ang sweetness love birds. nag kaka hantik dito oh, hindi na langam” saad ni Joyce
“sige na hun, go na .. ” sabi ni Cheska
umalis na din si Tristan


After two weeks

nasa bahay lang si Cheska
napatakbo sya sa CR dahil naduwal sya bigla

“oh God” bulong nya

“miss, pabiling pregnancy test” sabay bigay ng bayad
“eto miss oh”
“salamat po”


Kinagabihan ..

ginamit ni Cheska ang pregnancy test
“positive” napapikit si Cheska
“Matt ..” biglang may pumatak na luha sa mga mata nya

itinago ni Cheska sa lahat ang pagbubuntis nya
hindi din agad nya sinabi kay Matthew ang kalagayan nya
gusto muna nya kasing makipag hiwalay kay Tristan


another two weeks

balak na sanang makipaghiwalay ni Cheska kay Tristan
pero nauna ang pag-aaway nilang magkakaibigan

she admit she was hurt when she heard about Tristan and Nad
she thought he was faithful to her
but then she realized while driving was she also did something
something that would also made him that mad
she let go of what they’ve done, but still she was hurt

she was thinking of telling them the truth once she get back at them
but there’s a big problem, she doesn’t know where she is
then came the incident

the scooter she was driving was found in a highway far from where she came from
the police told her family that her body wasn’t found

a lot of things came to their mind
then the police found a body far from where they found the scooter
it was a girl, with things belongs to Cheska
but the body was unrecognizable anymore

with the thought it was Cheska
all of them cried their hearts out