Too Late
The name's Cayden, 23 years old, working as a high school teacher in Makati. I have a girlfriend, her name's Hope. We're classmates since 2nd year college. I can still remember how we first met. Naging friends kami dahil sa stain niya sa uniform. Yep. Dahil sa tagos. It was a typical day in school. I was walking to my classroom when I hear girls giggling and whispering. "Uy grabe naman si ate, walang pambili ng pads" -Girl 1 Girl 2, "for sure pagtatawahan yan sya pag dating sa classroom nila." And they both laughed. Out of curiousity, tiningnan ko yung pinag-uusapan nila. A girl wearing earphones walking here at the corridor and yes, may blood stain siya sa palda. And dahil isa akong mabuting tao, I walked over her and tinapik ko siya. "Miss, uhm" don't know what to say sh*t She's my classmate pala. "Yes?" she removed her earphones "Uhm, kasi, ano e" yes mukha akong tanga nyan. "Yung palda mo kasi ano e. May ano" tinuturo yung palda nya. "WTF! GHAAAAAD! Why now!" she panicked "Nakakahiya sh*t" I was about to walk away from her when she grabbed my wrist and said "Classmate can you do me a favor?" she asked "If sasabihin mong papabili ka ng napkin, no. Malelate na ako miss, sorry." I replied "WAAAHHH! Please please please!!!" she begged "Okay I'll do you a favor" I said. Pinatalikod ko s'ya "Lakad" I commanded her "What?!" she replied "I'll walk behind you to our classroom" I said "Atleast I'll be helping you without being late sa terror prof natin." dagdag ko Di na siya nagsalita, lumakad na lamang. Head turns over us while walking. Ang awkward. Bakit ko ba kasi naisip to e. We reached our classroom just before our professor came in. "Thank you." she said. We became friends. 1 year of friendship, then I courted her. Luckily, naging kami nga. After we graduated, kami parin. And we moved in together. Okay naman sa parents namin kahit di pa kami kasal, since may tiwala naman sila. We both worked as teachers sa isang private school near our place. Super happy namin through the years. After 5 years of being in a relationship, pakiramdam ko I found the woman I will treasure for the rest of my life. That I am ready and sure that this girl is the one I want to be with forever. I contacted all of our families and common friends. I told them my plan. A grand proposal for my beloved. A place full of red balloons, candle light dinner, bunch of red roses. All our relatives and friends are here. S'ya nalang ang kulang. Siya, na bida ng gabing ito. Her father suddenly approached me. "Den, I know you love my daughter. And I also know na matagal na akong boto sa iyo. Kaya I give you my blessing. I know na yes ang sagot ng anak ko 'pag tinanong mo siya mamaya" sabi ng Dad ni Hope.
"Thank you po, Tito" I said.
"No, from now on, you can call me Dad. I-claim mo na agad dahil alam kong papakasalan ka ng anak ko, ni Hope" Then 3 red balloons popped. Kasunod ng pag putok ng lobo, nagring ang cellphone ko. "Incoming Call... Hope" I immediately answered the call. "Good Evening sir. You are the last person here in Ms. Hope's call log so we called you. We called to tell you sir to immediately drop by here at ASD Hospital. Ms. Hope got hit by a truck. And is confirmed dead on arrival"
