VLS 4: DESIRABLE TEMPTATION (ON HOLD)

"That's it?" Takang tanong sa kaniya ni Elyse. Ito lang kasi ang kasama niya ngayon. Exam is coming kaya naman abala na din ang iba niyang mga kaibigan.

Napag-usapan nga nila ang nangyari kanina na pagkikita nila ni Max,with that annoying girl, Antonette.

"Why is he like that? You haven't done anything wrong to him. Siya pa nga ang nang-iwan ng walang pasabi" her friend, Elyse, can't really go over it. "And Devin was with you? What is his reaction?"

"Devin knows that I only like Maximo as a friend and he somehow knows that Maximo loves Antonette. I kinda told him that"

"Oh" mas naging cute ang babae sa pagbilog ng labi nito. "Devin is so naive, so as you" pailing-iling nito. Dismayado sa bagay na hindi niya din naman alam.

"Why? We're not" parang tangang aniya.

Kulang nalang ay magsapo ng palad sa noo ang babae. "We're going to that concert. And we're going with Max"

"What the hell?!" Gulat na aniya. "Why would we be with him?! E, ako nga hindi mapansin-pansin"

"Yeah. So you have to make him make pansin of you, okay? You have to ask him if he can go with you just like before"

"Things are different now. We're not even that close anymore! How can I just ask him to go with us? Plus, I'm with you guys"

Umiling ito. Hinawakan ang kaniyang kamay. "This is the right time for you so you can prove to us that you're no longer into him. Plus, I'm a team Devin now, Maximo will surely makes him jealous somehow"

Siya naman ngayon ang gustong mapasapo sa noo. Hindi niya talaga minsan maintindihan ang babaeng ito. She thinks differently sometimes. Siya naman nagmumukha tuloy tanga tulad na nga ng nasabi nito kanina.

"No. I'm not going to ask him. Whether he will go or not, I can prove it to you that I'm no longer into him. I want to give another man a chance"

Naningkit ang mga mata nito. "Who's that another man? Devin?"

May kakaibang pagtibok ang puso niya nang sandaling 'yon. She remembers Elyse's words. She should give him a chance, plus Devin had always been there with her. Kahit ilang months palang silang nagkakasama muli. Totoo ngang hindi na tulad ng dati. Malaki na ang pagbabago ngayon sa mundo nila, lalo na ang mundong ginagalawan nila ni Maximo.

"Can we just invite him when we go camping?"

"We will?" Tumaas ang kaliwang kilay nito sa kaniya. Oo nga pala, kanina lang niya na-suggest kay Devin ang bagay na 'yon.

"I told Devin I want to go camping"

"And he said yes?"

"Yes, why? Should he say no?" Pinantayan niya ang pagtaas ng kaliwang kilay ng babae.

"Devin hates camping. He's a varsity player before at meron silang outside activity na camping, ilang beses din 'yon but he didn't go to any. Kahit isang beses lang, hindi"

"Why did he say yes to me then?"

"Because he likes you so much! Even before!"

Sht. Masyado yata siyang naging kampante sa pagiging magkaibigan lang nila ni Devin. Devin likes her but she didn't use that as a way to easily cope up with her broken heart. She was thankful he was a big help for that but she didn't use him. Isang bagay na hindi inaasahan ang pagiging malapit nila ni Devin and he's too persistent before and she just let him. Naging plus one lang ito sa group of friends niya. Alam kasi nilang dalawa ni Devin ang score sa pagitan nila, kung ano lang sila ngayon, and they were contented with that. Walang mga tanong, basta nagkakaintindihan sila pareho at 'yon ang maganda sa kanilang dalawa ng binata.