All Chapters of Painting the Skies: Chapter 11 - Chapter 16

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"Del Valle? Are you Dominique's son?" Tanong niya sa akin. Tumango naman ako sa kanya. He looked confused. Tinanong naman siya ni Sky kung may problema. "Ah wala naman hijo. Pero I haven't heard of any Soliel Alexis being related to Dominique. Ang kilala ko lang na anak niya ay si Luna kaya I concluded na baka isa lang ang anak ni Dominique."I felt a slight pain in my chest after hearing those words. Does that mean he never even mentioned my name in front of anyone? Sky noticed the change in my mood kaya naman ay agad siya nagpaalam sa matandang lalaki at bumalik na kami sa upuan namin. He made me sit on the chair and he kneeled in front of me. "Are you okay?" He asked, worriedly. Tumango naman ako at ngumiti sa kanya. "Yeah. Of course. I actually expected that to happen. Alam ko naman na kay Ate Luna lang tumatakbo ang mundo ni Daddy. P-pero I didn't think na totoo nga pala ang lahat ng hinala ko. Masakit pa

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"Hello?" Sagot ko. "Hayop ka, Soliel Alexis! I kept on texting you! Bakit hindi ka nagrereply!" Bungan ni Stephanie sa akin. I apologized and asked her what was wrong. "I was working out. Bakit ba? Ano ba ang nangyare?" Tanong ko habang binubuksan ang hydro flask ko para uminom ng tubig."Alam mo ba na engaged si Sky?!" Hysterical na sabi ni Stephanie! Naibuga ko ang tubig na iniinom ko. Bigla akong kinabahan. Ano ang ibing niyang sabihin? "T-teka. P-paano mo nalaman?" I was nervous as hell!"What do you mean paano ko nalaman? Duh! It was on the news! Some reporter took a picture of Sky hugging someone from their Family gathering last night! After nalabas 'yung picture madaming lumitaw na mga insiders saying that Sky is already engaged and ang babaeng iyon daw ang fiancee ni Sky! Their picture is spreading all over social media, Alexis jusko! Saang planeta ka ba

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"Ano yan?" She was looking at some concert or something. Agad naman niya tinago ang phone niya sa akin. "N-nothing! You're here na pala. Kamusta? Okay ka lang ba? Hindi ka naman na hurt? Did he explain? Ano?" She kept asking questions pero hinayaan ko nalang siya. Hindi ko siya pinapansin. "Bruha ka Soliel Alexis. Sasagutin mo ako o ihahambalos ko sayo itong buong bag ko?" Tinawanan ko nalamang siya. "Ano ba kasi?" Lumapit naman siya sa akin at umupo sa table ko. "Did you talk to him?" She looked seriously. As much as I want to tell Stephanie everything, hindi pa oras. Hindi pa ako handa. I nodded. She gasped at pinaharap ako sa kanya. "What did you say? How did you react? Did you make away?" I laughed at her kaconyohan. "Tumigil ka nga. Bakit ko naman siya aawayin. Wala namang kami. Tumigil ka na nga diyan at ang mabuti pa ay mag handa nalang tayo dahil 3 weeks nalang at UAAP season

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Umayos na din kami ng upo when the program started. We all cheered loudly when our school was called. Minutes later the cheer dance competition began. I was curious why he was looking intently sa isang participant galing NU. Maybe a family member? I don't know. Nagulat ako when his teammate lightly punched his arm. "Hoy! Katabi mo na nga girlfriend mo pero nakatingin ka pa din sa ex mo!" Ex? I thought isa lang ex-girlfriend niya? Is that her? Hinanap ng mga mata ko kung kanino siya nakatingin pero hindi mahanap. I looked at him habang kausap niya ang mga teammate niya. It was an exhausting day today pero masaya ako at maayos na natapos ang araw na ito. I was about to leave first when Sky grabbed my hand. "Sabay na ako sa'yo," he said. Tinignan ko lamang siya at tumango. I don't know. I felt distant sa kanya after hearing his teammates. I appreciate Jolo for standing up to me. Alam ko things between him and Fiona are complicated right

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I fixed his jersey. I crossed my legs and placed my elbow on top of my knees. I rested my cheek on my palm. I looked at him phone and winked a bit and smiled. He immediately took a picture of me at pinakita naman niya kaagad iyon sa akin. He looked proud of me and to be honest I was proud of myself too! Bigla akong naging confident when he was taking a picture of me and hindi ko alam kung bakit."But.. You will be more beautiful kung susuotin mo ang jersey ko tomorrow during my game?" He said cutely. I knew it. He will insert that topic talaga. Well, syempre gusto ko manuod tomorrow. My only problem is I was not able to buy tickets! Hindi ko naman pwedeng sabihin sa kanya iyon. "I'll try nga," I said. He smiled at me and handed me an envelope. "What's this?" Tanon ko sa kanya peor tinignan niya lang ako. "Open it," he said. My eyes widened when I saw game tickets! "I don't know if makakapanuod ka nga bukas but just incase gusto mo manuod." He got me Patron A tickets! I looked at him

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Stephanie you cheered loudly when the game started. I was just silently watching. One of their teammates got the ball during tip off. Agad naman nasa Lasalle ang bola. Pinasa ng isang kasamahan nila ng bola kay Jolo at agad naman naishoot ni Jolo ang bola! 3 points! Kakasimula pa lang ng laro pero sobra sobra na ang kaba na nararamdaman ko. Agad naman na pinasa ni Jolo kay Sky ang bola dahil wala namang nag babantay kay Sky. He was about to turn around when a player bumped into him. Napaupo si Sky dahil sa impact. Napatayo naman ako sa gulat. Agad naman tinigil ang laro. The player who bumped Sky kneeled down and helped him. Sky took his hand at tumayo naman siya. He looked at me and smiled. As if telling me that what happened was okay. I was about to calm down pero agad ko nakita ang labi niya. It was bleeding! Mukhang nahalata naman niya ang dugo sa labi niya dahil agad naman niya ito pinunasan. The game resumed as if nothing happened. Teka lang. Ganon nalang? He won't have it che

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