The Neighbors – Kabanata 13
Nadagil siya nito nang lumampas sa kanya. “It’s all right,” aniya at binilisan na ang pag-lakad.
Binagalan niyang muli ang paghakbang nang malapit na kay Liza, at ang dalaga’y aktong magbabaling ng tingin sa kanyang direksiyon.
Nagulat ito — para bang saglit pang nahintakutan — nang magtama ang kanilang mga mata.
“You’re wrong, Liza,” aniya nang makalapit dito sa harap ng tindahang iyon. “I can easily spot you in a crowd of a million people. Faces and places change… but they remain the same like fingerprints.” Humakbang siya at nilampasan ang dalaga. “Ang usapan natin ay sa dulo… sa may barandilya.”
SAGLIT na napakurap-kurap, napapihit si Liza at sinundan ng tingin ang binata. Pagkuwa’y kunot-noo, nakapamulsa ang dalawang kamay sa jacket na sumunod na rito.
Hindi naka-jogging outfit si Sammy. Sa halip, pangpormal ang kulay abong pantalon nito. May kurbata ang katernong sky-blue long-sleeved shirt. Ang kuwelyo’y litaw sa silky white jacket na hanggang beywang. Aywan ni Liza kung dahil medyo kumapal ang buhok nito, nagmukha itong mas mature kaysa tunay na edad. Ngunit lalong gumuwapo. Napapitlag ang puso niya at para siyang saglit na naparalisa nang magtama ang kanilang mga mata, at saglit na bumakas sa prominenteng mga panga nito ang pagtitiim-bagang.
Para siyang nagayuma nang malanghap ang men’s cologne nito paglampas sa kanya. Ngayo’y nakapatong na ang dalawang braso nito sa ibabaw ng pantay-beywang na railing, parang tinatanaw ang hangganan ng daigdig sa likod ng nangangasul na bundok.
“I thought we’re going to run,” aniya nang makalapit sa tabi nito, inilabas na ang kahita ng singsing. “But it seems you have some place else to go. Here’s the ring.”
Malungkot itong humarap sa kanya, pareho na silang nakatagilid sa barandilya. Tinanggap nito ang munting jewelry box na kulay maroon. Ipinamulsa sa jacket.
“Thanks,” ang malamig na sabi, sinlamig ng klima ng Baguio. “Oo, pasensiya ka na. Hindi ako magdya-jogging ngayon. But I’ll stay here awhile…”
Napatungo siya. Pinigil mapakagat-labi. Nag-init ang sulok ng kanyang mga mata. The ulterior motive. Damn it, Rado was right all along!
“To wait for someone else, maybe?” aniyang muntik nang mapasigok. “Is that what you’re going to tell me?”
“Maybe,” sagot nitong aywan niya kung bakit may garalgal din ang boses. “Someone else I can bring to McDo for a chicken dinner. I hate Max’s chicken a lot, you know. I’ve got a thank-you card for you, by the way. Here…”
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68 responses to “The Neighbors – Kabanata 13”
September 25, 2009 at 1:56 pm
ganda..so kilig..
October 4, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Grabehhhh so kilig..its so inspiring story ahihihihhi….. sarap talaga mainlab….. nakakadala lang masaktan ahhehehehe
November 30, 2009 at 12:46 am
OH GOD,,….SOO KILIG…
April 19, 2010 at 3:38 pm
nakakakilig talaga ang story na ito at nakakaiyak at nakakarelate ako…hehehe
July 28, 2010 at 6:02 pm
waaaah kinikilig tlgah ako… ahaahah romantic comedy ito.. sobra…
ganda ng story.. nice nice!
September 25, 2009 at 3:01 pm
thank you very much sa author
September 25, 2009 at 4:13 pm
so…nice story…waiting for next…..
September 25, 2009 at 4:21 pm
ahay….so kilig…….
February 18, 2010 at 2:11 pm
heyyyy……….. kitam ta han ka nga ma inlove
September 25, 2009 at 7:47 pm
ganda po ng kwento nya
September 26, 2009 at 10:33 am
Hay!!nakaka-in love talaga!! sana marami pang ganitong story na laging Happy ending!!! nice work Ms. Ma.Elena and thanks!!
September 26, 2009 at 12:23 pm
hay… ang ganda po ng story… sna marami pang story n ganito…
tnx s author… sna magpost ulit kau ng mgndang story….
September 27, 2009 at 3:57 am
love it.
September 28, 2009 at 7:27 am
bitin huhuhu
September 28, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Great that what means love!!!!!!
October 2, 2009 at 5:53 am
thank you for sharing you story dear author…
I really enjoyed it!^_^
October 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm
wow nice… thanks!
October 3, 2009 at 7:57 am
haay!! ang ganda
October 4, 2009 at 7:20 pm
grabehhhh its so kilig…..so inspiring …..ang sarap talaga ma inlab pero nakakadala masaktan .ahihihihi
October 5, 2009 at 8:26 pm
kakakilig talaga…………
inspired tuloy ako……
iba talaga pag in-love ang tao………
October 9, 2009 at 7:50 am
gaaannddaaaaa!!!!!!!!!naiyak tuloy ako sa ending…..pag-ibig nga naman…ahehehhee
October 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm
typical pocketbuk love story….
October 13, 2009 at 3:02 pm
wow!!! so kilig talaga!!!! love it so much!!!
October 14, 2009 at 4:39 am
nice story!!!!weeee…..find the right person is so hard and u need to sacrifice just to find the right one for you
October 14, 2009 at 4:40 am
nice story!!!!weeee…..finding the right person is so hard and u need to sacrifice just to find the right one for you
October 17, 2009 at 10:13 am
ang ganda ng story, thanks sa athur…
October 17, 2009 at 5:45 pm
ganda nmn! nakaka inspired magpapayat! aahahahaa
October 20, 2009 at 5:35 am
its worth reading pero ang title parang t magkatugma sa story pero ok na rin thanks i really enjoy…..
October 25, 2009 at 12:06 am
Waaaaaaaahhhh…. Sarap ma inlove…. More story plssssssssss……..
October 26, 2009 at 9:29 am
I Really like the story!
October 28, 2009 at 1:31 pm
-hAhAhA!!! nAka2tAwa uNg eksEna niNa bOboy!!! en kUya rAdo nyA!!! ehEhe!!! morE rOmantiC storiEs pAh!!! thAnkz!
October 30, 2009 at 11:58 am
that was soooo wonderful!!!i really love it!sana po gumawa pa kayo ng mas marami!hehe…
hilig ko pong magbasa ng pocketbooks kahit 17 pa lang ako…
November 3, 2009 at 9:38 am
ang korni kaya.
November 4, 2009 at 3:56 pm
ganda ng story… kakatuwa
November 5, 2009 at 9:02 pm
..+AyAn nA inLuv
nanAmAn AcUe…
nA AadiCt nAnAmAn
AcUng mAg bAsA ng
pOckEt bOoks..
bUti nLang my
frEe OnLyn nA
pocket bOok wEbsiTe..
tNx xau Ang gAndA ng
stOry mUe..
iT wAs Looks sO
rEaL..evEry smALL
piEcE.. cOmpLeTe dEtAiL..
FINESE tLgA…
ndi xia mnAdALe..
gUd wOrk..
kip iT Up…..
gUrL..
mihAn mUe pA
pAg gwA ng nOvELs….
mOrE mPrE
pOwErs…..
November 11, 2009 at 10:31 pm
grabeeeehhhhh!!! thanks sa sumulat grabe ang ganda at nakaka-inlove
sana marami pang love story………mapublish..thanks so much!!
November 16, 2009 at 12:05 pm
omg this is d bomb .. simple and u will d true love….. thanks
November 16, 2009 at 12:06 pm
u will feel the love…
November 22, 2009 at 5:48 am
grabe… broken hearted ako pero ok na ako… thanks sa author ..
“I don’t hate chameleons, Divie. People are all chameleons sometimes. They adapt to their surroundings for survival. We all change colors sometimes. And when we lose love, we change our heart and try to love again. Divina, ang hunyangong ito’y nagpalit ng kulay sapagkat gusto niyang mag-survive… muling makapag-tangka… at magwagi! Nobody loves a permanent loser! If the color of winning and survival is red, then that’s the color I’m gonna wear.”
ang ganda nean… thanks sa author!
January 8, 2010 at 6:37 pm
ou nga noh ..
another motivation ..
go go go !!!!!!
I’ll motivate my self to move on ..
November 27, 2009 at 2:26 pm
danda…nd minadale..sana ung story namn about two pasaway pipol..as if ung guy ayaw sa girl na filing genius but determined to get everytin she wants.ung guy nmn tamad mg aral,mamasboy,but funny.however they are joined together in one big problem that turns out into a romantic comedy love..haha..isnt it kilig?..weeee nd yata. suggestion lng nmn!
November 28, 2009 at 5:27 pm
cute hAHA
December 14, 2009 at 5:56 pm
wah love it
December 20, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Ang ganda ng story thanks xa author… Tpos q n lahat bsahin ang story nyo sna mrami png susunod n bgo yng hndi mtagl bgo mpost ang krgtong kc nkkbtin mgbsa ng wlang karugtong but thanks po ulit dhil magagnda lahat ng story…..
December 31, 2009 at 1:38 am
ag ganda, peel n peel mo ag story. Love it,
January 4, 2010 at 9:59 am
Ganda tlga ng s2ry…
ahahha:)) para sa mga broken hearted…
tulad ko!!!!!!
January 8, 2010 at 6:33 pm
shocks … that’s the story !! !!
ka2kilig tlga pg in details ung SAbIK tlga sila sa isa’t isa
d 1st day na ngtpat na sila ..
sa na may ksunod ..
loveless man ako ..
romantic nmn ako..
thanks sa author nito ..
mwuah ..
January 16, 2010 at 9:45 pm
ang ganda ng story my god,naskakatwa nman
kinikilig tuloy ako,gawa kpa ulit,gusto si boboy nman yung bida ahjahahahahahahaha,god bless you
and more power
January 30, 2010 at 1:37 pm
sobrang ganda at kilig,, gawa ka pa ulit,.
god bless u.. more power 2 u..
February 6, 2010 at 4:47 pm
2 thumbs up ako s story na to, na inspire n nman ako.. akalain.. mo nga naman.. ganda talaga..
February 16, 2010 at 4:32 pm
sana laging ganito ang life……..hapi ending….nakakatuwa c boboy…masubukan nga ding magbikti sa swing…hahahahaha……try ko lng
February 19, 2010 at 11:12 pm
W0w. .Ang ganda p0h ng st0ry,super naka2kilig. . Sna hapi ending dn ang mangyari in real life pagngmahal ka. .Hehe! G0dbless..
February 20, 2010 at 2:04 pm
i think the author of this story is so inspired to write this wonderful story…maganda sya at may lesson pa..so dont fall in love in a physical way but in inside of his/her heart..more power to you all
March 14, 2010 at 5:20 pm
grabeeehhhhhhhh
ssssssssoooooooooooo
ganda talaga
ng
story
i like it
…………
April 1, 2010 at 10:54 am
naka2inlove naman..
and ganda ng story (.”)
hayyyzzzzzz
April 4, 2010 at 6:57 am
+ super ganda ng kwento..
+ hindi nakakaboring basahin..
+ masaya ang takbo ng story..
+ i reaLly like this one..
^,^
April 4, 2010 at 7:05 am
+ super ganda talaga.. haaYz.. kakainlove
+ gustong gusto ko taLaga toh..
+ ang funny ng story..
+ m so inlove.. hehehe
April 9, 2010 at 3:43 pm
helu..i am luking 4 a txm8,boy/15-18 yrs old/kind/gwapo..09309282330…tnx
April 17, 2010 at 6:16 pm
wow ang ganda ng story ang galing….i hope makakabasa pa uli ako ng mas maganda pa no?
April 19, 2010 at 3:38 am
..ehehehe bye srap tlga bshin toh.. next tym ulit!
April 23, 2010 at 2:42 am
all i can say is .. I LOVE YOU , WRITER.
angeliquediane<3
April 24, 2010 at 7:53 am
ganda ng kwento grabe ka kilig!!
more powers pa po ms. maria elena
ika nga ni boboy este bobby
“take keyr”…
hehehe
sana
c boboy namn
ang my love story
c ge po bye
gawa pa po ikw ng madami!!.
god bless.
May 12, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Grabe ang kilig ko eh abot abot. Buti na lang may nababasa pa akong love story na medyo wholesome and medyo kathang isip pa din. Kakakilig sobra,. The Best hehehe
June 7, 2010 at 9:15 pm
. .haiSt . .na’nsPyR aq duN ah. . .8 sEeMz gz2 q ng mg’try uLet . .hahah. .m0r p0wEr po xa magaLinG na auThor ! ! ! tnx. .
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June 8, 2010 at 10:46 am
Wow! I love the originality of the story. Publish ka pa ng iba hehehe, so kilig kc eh. Thank you nga pala. My time is not waisted.
June 16, 2010 at 3:31 pm
nah love this story hehehe^^kilig to the bone paramg max’s chicken at kentucky fried chicken hahah
June 22, 2010 at 4:11 pm
ang gnda ng story..
June 26, 2010 at 5:43 pm
it’s so nice….. how i wish i will find my Sammy too…