ARTIA’S POV
"Anna! Don't be mean to our visitors." bulyaw sa kaniya ni Rita na isa sa mga nag-aasikaso sa ampunan.The kid even rolled her eyes on me. Inirapan ko din. Matapos umirap ay napadpad ang tingin ko kay Kingsley na nakatingin pala sa akin. I showed him a poker face and looked away.
"Now, let's hear interesting story about you guys. What do you do at your age?" Rita asked to the kids. One bubbly girl voluntered to answer. She told us how her days goes by. What she do and who she spend her days with. Then other kids told their stories too. Lahat sila sa laro umiikot ang mga araw nila. Buong araw na nakikipaglaro sa mga kaibigan. Makikita ang saya at kuntento sa mga mukha nila.
Ang sarap sigurong bumalik sa pagkabata. Ang akala ko noon mas sasaya ako kapag tumanda na ako dahil magagawa ko na ang mga bagay na gusto kong gawin. Mali pala ang akala ko.
As you grow old, the problems in the world unreveals
Artia's POV "I guess she don't want to play so she wouldn't be called childish." Anna said sarcastic. I Looked at her with sharp eyes. "ANNA!" sigaw na ni RIta sa kaniya. "Pwede pu bang pumatol sa bata?" tanong ko kay Rita dahil malapit ng maisagad ng bata itong ang pasensiya ko. The story telling goes and I was thankful because their attention diverted to someone else and skipped to ask me why. But I know one person wouldn't skip asking me why I answered I can't. I could feel his stares since earlier. We locke eyes and I saw how he tried to read my soul. I avoided his gze afraid he could really read me. "Excuse me, I'll just go to the rest room." paalam ko at tumayo na. Rita gave me direction where I could find the rest room. Tumango ako at umalis na kahit hindi pa talaga naiintindihan ang direksyon na binigay niya. Magtatanong nalang ako sa mga madadaanan o makakasalubong ko. Ilang silid na ang nadaanan ko. There was
Artia's POV"Do you want it tight or just...?""Tight is fine, a bit loose is okay."An evil thought visited my mind. Kingsley doesn't like green jokes, so I'll drop one."So you prefer tight?" I asked double meaning.I don't know if Iulian understood the other meaning. But I heard him chuckled."Let's go." said Courtney serious. Pareho kaming napatingin sa kaniya. Ngumuso ako at mabilisan nalang hinigpitan ang pagkakatali ng apron ni Iulian."Thank you miss beautiful." pabirong sambit sa akin ni Iulian nang umikot na paharap sa akin. He was smiling with his dimples showing. I smiled at him too, then glance at the guy who I caught is staring at me with sharp drowsy eyes.I insisted to tie Iulians apron to divert my attention. Hindi ko nagustuhan ang naramdaman ko kanina sa nasaksihan. And I saw Iulian looking at me, afraid he might notice I was feeling jealous, I made an excuse and voluntered to ti
Artia’s POV"Pinagtanggol ko lang naman si Anna. Anong masama doon?" Panguna kona agad sa kaniya kahit wala pa siyang sinasabi."Nothing's wrong with that. Pero mali na pumatol ka sa mga bata.""Well, the quarrel was unfair. Mag-isa lang siya laban sa mga batang yun.""You joining the quarrel didn't made it fair."Natuptop ang dila ko ng ilang sandali. He got a point. Hindi parin naging patas dahil wala naman laban sa akin ang mga bata. An adult vs kids. It wasn't a fair fight afterall."Are we gonna fight about this until we get home?" Sambit ko nalang, dahil walang maisagot sa sinabi niya.He just looked at me intently, still holding my arm."If you're going to argue because of me, I might just go back to those cheap kids and get back to our fight."Sabay kaming napabaling kay Anna nang magsalita siya. After seeing how serious she is with what she said, me and Kingsley st
Artia's POV "You two already kissed." Mula kanina ay hindi na ako tinantanan ng batang ito. She keeps on asking the same question over and over again everytime she sees me-- no she's following me. "Why are you so eager to know if we did kissed or not?" Gaya ngayon, sinusundan niya ako kahit saan ako magpunta. Kanina ay may kinausap kami ni Kingsley why we left her for a while. Pagkatapos doon ay naghiwalay kami ni Kingsley. I don't know where he went to and if he talked to someone but now I can see him and I'm walking towards his direction. "I heard the other girl is Kuya Kingsleys girlfriend. So if you two already kissed, maybe you seduced him to kiss you. Or you stole a kiss from him since you like him." Tumigil ako sa paglalakad at binalingan ang batang nakasunod sa likod ko. "I like him?" I asked. Parang sure na sure sa sinasabi niya. "Yeah. I can see it in the way you look at him
Artia's POV "I just want to say sorry too, about what I said yesterday. No woman wants to be disrespected and molested. Sorry." Parang naisama ko sa paglunok ko ang dila ko dahil hindi ako nakapagsalita. Parang lalabas na din yata sa d****b ko ang puso ko sa lakas ng tibok nito. Dang! What is wrong with me? Bakit ganito makapagreact ang puso ko sa ginawa niya? When I recovered I smiled sweetly at him and said, "Babe, its okay." I bit my lips after talking. Dang! Baka magalit ulit sa akin dahil sa pagtawag ko sa kaniya ng babe. Hindi ko naman sinasadya! It just slip out of my tongue. "You're forgiven." I said my voice automatically turned husky. Our eyes wandered at each other for a while before he looked away and walked. Akala ko ay aalis na siya pero napangiti ulit nang makita siyang sumandal sa may bar counter. I giggled and open the fridge to look at the sandwhich he made for me. Ngiting-ngiti ako habang tinitignan iyon at
Artia's POV "What?" He asked stern now back to being suplado. It was only for a short moment but it was gold for me. Him laughing together with me. Staring at my eyes not to others. Finally he laughed with me. I can't hide the smile formed in my lips. I shook my head and looked away, not wanting him to see that I was too happy just seeing him laughing with me. My heart still feels like its floating in the air above the clouds. Butterflies inside my stomach flying around. Giving the feeling that I haven't felt for years now. "Nothing." I answered. He noticed I was staring at him for a long time why he asked me what. I admit I stared at him so intently. It was too obvious. I should've been careful so he wouldn't get back to being stern so quickly. "I feel sorry to Iulian. I didn't know it tasted so salty. Ang dami niyang kinain," mahinang sambit ko habang nilalaro gamit ang kutsara ang sinangag na niluto ko. Buti nalang pala at hindi si Kingsl
Kingsleys POV"Bukod sa gusto kitang kasama, wala na akong ibang kaibigan.""Look out for, Artia.""I lost everyone. My Dad's dead. I have no more friends."I closed my eyes tightly hoping I get to focus and stop remembering her voices and those words she said and what her mother said to me too. It keeps visting my mind. I can't stop thinking about it.[Why do you have to take her with you?] I looked out of the window for a second. I can feel her staring at me, listening to my conversation with Courtney on the phone."We already talked about this." No matter how much I lower my voice she can still hear me. I glance at her and her face says it. She's asking if we are arguing.[Yes, we talked about it but I want us to talk about it again. I thought it will just be for a while. Don't tell me she'll come with us sa lahat ng lakad natin.]"Mamaya natin ito pag-usapan."[Fine! Let's just meet there. Hin
***THIRD P POV***"I feel better with you, next to me."It's strange, how he can remember the words she said. Kingsley looked away and turned his attention to his girlfriend. He didn't want to start a conversation with Artia now that Courtney, Iulian and their other friends are next to them.He just had an argument with his girlfriend, he doesn't want her to have another reason to argue with. Courtney might get jealous. Artia didn't talkedtoo since she really doesn't have anything to say. She stretch a small smile to Courtney, she smiled back but she know she's not really okay that she's here.She chitchat with Iulian and sometimes with the other guys whose name she can't remember. Well, she's not really interested, her mind is clouded with the couple next to her and the trauma Rom left to her.She's thirsty but she don't have the spirit to drink the glasses of alcohol served in front of her. She didn't voice it out. At kahit pa gustuhin man