JOSHUA
Sitting inside a rescue van with all calm people. They were chattering, teasing each other, being their usual selves as if they were just going to a resort to have fun, not save someone.
"Why are you all acting like this?" I yelled sealing the silence in that space.
"Like what, Joshua?" Jinn asked with a smile still plastered in his face.
They were staring at me like I'm a mere psychopath. Like I'm weird, like I don't belong.
"Putangina!" I breathed. "Steff has been kidnapped, nobody in hell knows what's happening to her during every passing hour! She wasn't with us since last night and y'all are just chilling? Giggling like disgusting little bar bitches?"
"Joshua, this is not the time to act like a brat." James said.
JAMESNakisisid na din ako at halos umapoy ako sa galit ng makitang wala ng malay si Steff. Sumisid na din ako papunta sa tali at sinubukang tanggalin ang pagkaka-buhol nun.Sila Nash, Tredd at Aldren, madali nang hinihila pataas si Steff. Si Jinn,Toffy at Toffer sinusubukang tanggalin yung tali mula sa pagkaka-dugtong sa bangka. Si Tripp, ako at yung Mamang nag-dadrive ng bangka kanina, tinatanggal yung lubid mula sa paa ni Steff. Naramdaman kong sumisid na din si Joshua at may nilabas na kutsilyo mabilis nyang naputol yung tali at lumangoy na sila Tredd pataas ganun din kami. Inihiga agad nila si Steff sa dalampasigan at agad na binigyan ng first aid. Lumapit si Joshua para i-CPR si Steff habang chini-check ni Toffy ang pulso ni Steff. Ang lahat ay alalang naka-tingin sa kanila. Pare-pareho pa kaming tumutulo dahil basang basa.''Damn Steff! Open your eyes!'' Sigaw ni Jo
CRISTEPHARIEEto nanaman siya. Lumabas nanaman ang famous line nya. Can I still object? What the hell are you thinking Steff? Of course not! Uh''W-what got into you so suddenly?'' Bulong ko. I heard him chuckled at mas hinigpitan ang pagkaka-yakap nya sakin."I suddenly got scared.""Why?""I don't know."Bahagya ko syang tinulak at kunot noong tumingin sa kanya.''Nababaliw ka na?"''Hmm.. Crazy for you?''''Cut that crap Joshua Jethro!''Bahagya syang lumayo sakin at tinitigan ako.''Tara Na.'' sambit nya at nauna nang lumabas. Anong problema nun?Umiling nalang ako at umupo sa tabi nila Ate Ace.''Nga pala Faby! Birthday mo na next week. Anong balak natin?'' Biglang sabi ni Tasha.Oo nga no? Birth
CRISTEPHARIE*RIIIIIINNNNNNG* *RINNNNGGGGG*"Ahhhh! Talaga naman!"Inis akong bumangon at pinatay yung alarm clock. Ang sakit ng ulo ko!Dahan-dahan akong umupo at bahagyang tinupi yung kumot ko. Inaantok pa ko! My eyes are still half closed. Napasabunot ako sa buhok ko dahil sa sakit ng ulo ko.Ano bang nangyari't ansakit ng ulo ko?Biglang pumasok sa utak ko yung kagabe ..."KYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" Tili ko at sinabunutan ang sarili ko! Aaaaaah! Baliw ka na Steff! Baliwww! Did I just let him kiss me last night? And not once! But TWICE! Twice bes! Hindi Blackpink hindi SNSD ... TWICE! Lol! K. Enough.Hinding hindi na talaga ako iinom !N-E-V-E-RI decided to completely stand up and went directly to the bathroom. Ang baho ko! Saglit akong naligo at nag-bihis bago derechong bumaba sa sala.
CRISTEPHARIE"You are not my secret saviour, are you?"He just stood there and stared at me, eyes widened in shock. Maya-maya, tumungo siya. Akala ko umiiyak siya dahil sa pagtaas-baba ng balikat niya hanggang sa narinig ko ang pagtawa niya. He sounds like a lunatic. A scary psychopathic villain. "You're not an idiot after all. No wonder you were dubbed as the genius." Aniya tsaka pinunasan yung luha niyang namuo sa kakatawa. "Tutal magaling ka naman, I think I'll leave things up to you Steff. Ikaw na ang bahalang umalam ng katotohanan."
CRISTEPHARIEWala akong ka energy-energy pagdating ko ng school. Napupuno ng tanong na walang sagot yung isip ko. "Steff!" Bigla akong natauhan nong may sumigaw sa tainga ko. Paglingon ko, tumambad sa akin ang naka-simangot na Tasha. "Kanina ka pa diyan?" I asked as she rolled her eyes. "Called your name ten times! Ang aga-aga, sabaw ka. My god Faby! Iyan ba epekto ng halik ni Joshua?"Tila nakalimutan ko lahat ng bumabagabag sa utak ko matapos kong marinig yung sinabi niya. Bagkus, parang umakyat lahat ng dugo sa pisngi ko dahilan para uminit ito.
CRISTEPHARIE"Wake up sleeping beauty! Wake up wake up! wake up!"Agad akong napa-balikwas ng tayo nung nagpupupukpok ng kaldero si Kuya Toffer. Sinamaan ko sya ng tingin at nag-peace sign naman sya."May nakalimutan ka yata!" Sabi nya na nagpa-kunot ng noo ko.Umiling sya bago ako hinila at pinagtulakan papuntang Cr."Dalian mo jan!" dagdag nya pa bago lumabas ng kwarto. Napa-iling nalang ako at nag-umpisa nang maligo. Ano bang meron ngayon? Saglit akong nagbabad para sa milk bath at maya-maya'y umahon na din at nag-darecho ligo. Pagka-tapos ko maligo, lumabas na ko ng cr para magbihis.*beep*Agad kong kinuha yung cellphone ko. Halos mahulog yun nang mabasa ko yung text.From:Joshua UnggoyYou know? I'm enjoying the view kaso baka may ibang maka-kita kaya better close your curtains.
JAMESMuli akong bumalik sa mesa pero wala na si Steff dun."She's with Joshua." sabi ni Ethan na kaka-upo lang din. Buti naman naisipan ng magaling kong kapatid na puntahan ang girlfriend nya?"Dito ka muna dude! May kukunin lang ako." paalam ko at tumakbo na papuntang parking lot. Nakalimutan ko nga pala yung regalo sa kotse ko.Agad kong binuksan yung kotse ko at kinuha yung isang maliit na box dun. Sana magustuhan ni Steff."J-James ..." Napa-pikit ako nang marinig ang boses niya. Hindi ba sya nagsasawa? Nilagpasan ko sya at akmang babalik na sa hall nang hilahin nya ang kamay ko."James please... Let's talk." irita akong humarap sa kanya then crossed my arms."Say everything you wanted to say then get lost! You're wasting my time." malamig kong sabi sa kanya. Nakaka-irita na talagang lagi nalang syang
CRISTEPHARIE"Waaaaah !!! What are you doing here?" Sigaw nya habang nanlalaki ang mata."Should I just get out?""Obviously?""And should I tell them that Mr. Campus heartthrob loves Elsa?"Bigla nya nalang akong hinila at tinakpan ang bibig ko."S-Sorry okay? Just please ... Keep this a secret." naka-tungo nyang sabi na kina-hagalpak ko ng tawa."Fine lumabas ka dun! Ipagsigawan mo! Ipost mo pa sa social media!" sigaw nya bago padabog na nag-walk out. Uh Oh! Am I in trouble? Well of course you're in trouble Cristepharie!"Hey! San ka pupunta? Nagjo-joke lang ako! Uy!" Sigaw ko at hinabol sya pero tuloy tuloy lang sya sa pag-lalakad."Uy! Unggoy sorry na!"Deadma!"Babe !!!"1..2..3..
Halloooo! This will be a short notice. I'm so sorry for not updating the past days. So we just lost our internet connection and when I said lost, we like have 'em completely cut off cause the services has been really bad. We're still waiting for a new provider and I just can't afford paying for mobile data everytime so I'm so sorry. Yet, I will still.be updating everytime I can. I'll try to update as well later once I overcome author's block. I've been going through a lot lately that affects my writing. I hope you understand and still thank you so much for supporting the story. Again, I will still be updating with the best that I can. Constant updates will begin once everything's better. Thank you so much and Have a great day!
NASHThe sunlight gently waving from the curtain gap fetched me from dreamland. I tried to sit up put an extreme pain hammering my head stopped me from doing so.Napa-pikit ako sa sakit habang naka-sabunot sa sarili kong buhok. I'll never drink again, I swear never!"Are you finally awake?" A familiar voice caught my attention.Dahan-dahan kong idinilat ang mata ko. My eyes was still half closed and so I tried my best to recognize the person instead.James was standing right beside my door, a tray held by his hands."Oh, I didn't know you're there." I groaned before trying my best to sit up.Lumapit siya sa akin tsaka siya umupo sa gilid ko. Naglagay din siya ng foldable table sa harap ko tsaka inilagay yung laman ng tray doon.Nagulat nalang ako nang hawakan niya yung noo ko.
CRISTEPHARIEStaring at the school's secret garden bring back memories. Na-realize ko lang na ang dami ko palang naging alaala dito sa mga nakalipas na buwan.Hindi ko maiwasang malungkot habang iniisip na hindi kami katulad ng dati. Everyone has already been minding their own businesses and we rarely see each other already.Also, Joshua is still nowhere to be found. Hindi ko alam kung tama pa ba yung naging desisyon kong pakawalan ng ganun ganun nalang si Axel. I should've just killed him or tried to extract any information from him.The worst of all is... I got mad at Joshua for being a gangster, a ruthless killer but what am I doing?
CRISTEPHARIE"Okay so again, class all you need to do is to write a sample script with a minimum of 30,000 words. Please include the synopsis of your movie and take note that the genre should be under psychological thriller." Professor Alvarez explained while the class doesn't even seem to be listening.Maging ako walang ganang makinig. School doesn't feel right anymore... Mayroong kulang. I took a deep sigh as I stared at that one empty seat inside the class. Miss na miss na kita."Miss mo na no?" Muntik na akong makapasak nang biglang may tumapik sa balikat ko. Paningkitan ko ng mata si Jinn na
CRISTEPHARIE"Blossom Hope?" Ikinunot ko ang noo ko habang pilit hinahalukay ang utak ko. May kyuryosidad sa mga mata din namang tumingin sa akin si Ate Den bago niya isinara yung laptop niya."Familiar ba sayo?"Sandali akong tumahimik habang nag-iisip. Familiar yung pangalan ng lugar pero hindi ko alam kung saan o kailan ko na nga ba yun narinig."Oo pero hindi ko maalala kung saan ko siya narinig."Ate Den took a deep breath before standing up, "Then pumunta nalang tayo doon."Dahil don, kinunutan ko siya ng noo bago ako tumitig sa kanya, "Wouldn't it be dangerous?"Baka mamaya trap pala yun or baka mamaya may naka-abang pala sa amin dun. Or paano kung abandoned place na pala yun? Ang creepy kaya! Wala pa ako dun kinikilabutan na ako."Do you want to save your prince charming or not?" P
NASHAldren isn't joking when he said that Steff is here because right now I can see her right before my eyes. She looks fine, she looks alright and she's the same old Steff that we had before.It's already lunch break kaya napag-pasyahan na naming kumain. Sakto, naabutan nga namin si Steff na kasama si Tasha. "Swaaaaannnnn!" Sigaw ko pa kasabay ng pagtakbo papunta sa kanya at mabilis na pagkapit sa braso niya, "I missed youuuu! Ang tagal nating hindi nagkita."Naiiling niyang ginulo yung buhok ko bago ako sinundot-sundot sa tagiliran, "Ikaw nga yon eh! Isang buwan mahigit yata kayong nawala. Noong una hinihintay ko lang matapos mga gawain niyo para makabalik kayo dito ta
TRIPPToday is the third day. Supposedly that Bloodlust thing they've been talking about will be starting today. However, we still don't have any idea how the event goes.Hindi namin alam kung isa ba iyong gathering na sama-sama kami sa isang arena para tapusin o yung challenges o kung battle royale ba yun na kami-kami din ang target.Wala kaming alam, ni wala kaming kinalaman sa mundong iyon. The mafias, they belong in a whole different world. A world that we never really wanted to enter."You guys will be going back to Taerang today." Tahimik na sambit ni Criston habang nakatutok sa laptop niya. Kasalukuyan kaming nasa dining hall habang nag-uumagahan. For the past three days, all they did was to let us sleep, give us a lot of vitamins and control the food we eat.Aside from that, we've been practicing some fighting skills w
JAMES Ilang ulit akong kumurap para lang siguraduhin kung tama ba yung nakikita ko. Pasimple ko ring kinurot ang sarili ko at sumakit iyon kaya ngayon sigurado na kong hindi nga ako nananaginip. Our former boss, DBG's former boss is standing right before us. Healthy and looking strong matapos ang ilang taong paniniwala namin na patay na siya. Ang daming gumugulo sa isip ko at gusto ko ding itanong sa kanya kung ano nang nangyayari, anong nangyari at anong mangyayari pero tila nawalan ako ng boses at walang salitang gustong lumabas sa bibig ko. "I'm pretty sure you guys have a lot of questions circling inside your mind right now so... I'll try to expla
JAMESA very quiet abandoned building is what lies before us as of the moment. There was no one around, ni mga nakaparadang kotse wala. Kung tititigan ang lugar, ni hindi mo iisiping may mga tao pang nagpupunta dito.It was a building right in the middle of the forest. Mukhang factory na ilang taon nang napabayaan."Sigurado ka bang nasa tamang lugar tayo, Tredd?" Tanong ni Nash kay Tredd na hawak hawak pa yung laptop niya.Tredd glared at Nash before rolling his eyes, "My work is to track down that GPS device na pinapahanap niyo. Malay ko kung nasa tamang lugar tayo basta nandito yung GPS device.""Saan ba