Scripted Relationship

Chapter 47

"Huwag kang killjoy, Boss Erik," Gardo told me when he saw me stood up in cognito. In cognito? Yet, he saw me? He might have felt that I wanted to leave. It only made me hestitant and sat back on my seat instead.

Rose stood up as the song began to play and started singing. The first stanza of the song did not strike me that much. And then, the song came to its refrain.

The scars of your love reminds me of us

They give me feeling that we almost had it all

The scars of your love could leave me breathless

I can't help feeling

Those lines caught my attention. It was really upbeat but the words struck me to the core for some reason.

We could have it all

Rolling in the deep

You had my heart inside you hand

And you pained it to beat

Rose emphasized on singing those lines of the song. In fact, when those lines were repeated for a second time, I sensed that she was indeed stressing on those parts of the song because he would make glances on me. I looked at her inquisitively. Are you telling me this, Rose? Are you telling me that we could have it all?

Everyone applauded as Rose finished her performance. The score: An amazing 93. Everyone applauded again. Gardo even joked that Rose should continue singing until she reached the score of 100. Rose laughed at him. She gave the microphone back to Gardo and sat on her seat to take a sip of beer. Gardo was looking for another volunteer to sing.

Then, it hit me. I realized I can use this opportunity to tell Rose what I needed to tell her. Maybe, I could answer her song which I assumed she pointed out on me point-blank. I decided then to grab the opportunity to reply her song with another song. So, without hesitation, I took the song book, looked for this particular song, and called on Gardo.

"Pakilagay itong kantang ito," I said to him.

"KAKANTA NA SI BOSS ERIK!" Gardo shouted. Everyone went ecstatically nuts as if they were a crowd in a concert that was given an encore.

"Ito. Six. Four. Six. Three. Five." I told Gardo and he entered the code. He went wrong in putting the code the first time so he entered it correctly for a second time.

The title of the song was 'Hard To Say I'm Sorry' by Chicago. I took a look at Rose and saw that her eyes were hooked at the joy of the helpers. She was happy because of their craziness. Even Tita Nang was laughing on her seat when he heard one of the helper joked about my singing abilities.

Then, the song played and I sang the lines.

Everybody needs some time away

I heard her say from each other

Even lovers need a holiday

Far away from each other

Hold me now

It's hard for me to say I'm sorry

I just want you to know

I looked at Rose. The grin she was showing a while ago suddenly left her face and went to somewhere far way from her. She was sipping on her can of beer while her eyes looked serious. With emotions, I continued singing the song.