"DOCTOR she's awake!"
"Oh my goodness! Alice! Can you see me? Can you hear me?"
"Alice! Are you okay?"
Dahan-dahang inimulat ni Alice ang kanyang mga mata. Her vision is still kinda blurry but she can see that she's surrounded with peole.
What happened?
"W-What... H-happ-ened..." she asked. Namamaos ang kanyang boses. She tried moving ngunit hindi niya magalaw ang kanyang katawan. She saw someone using a white robe approach her. Inimulat nito ang kanyang mata at may tinutok itong ilaw sa kanyang mata.
"Can you see me? Can you hear me?" The man asked her.
She slowly nodded her head.
"Can you talk?"
"Y-Yes..." she whispered.
"How are you feeling? Do you feel pain anywhere in your body?" sunod-sunod nitong tanong sa kanya. She coughed.
"No pain but I don't feel g-good." she answered. Dahan-dahan nang nagiging clear ang kanyang paningin. She scanned the room and realized that she's inside a hospital room. Paano siya napunta rito?
"Try not to move too much and get some rest." The Doctor said before leaving the room. Nasa loob rin ng kwarto ang kanyang nobya at ang kanyang mga kaibigan, She couldn't remember what happened last night.
Nilingon niya ang kanyang nobyang umiiyak. She smiled at her.
"Babe..." sabi nito.
"What happened?" she asked her girlfriend. Mas lalo itong naiyak. Damon stepped in.
"Do you know Cyan?" tanong nito sa kanya. She nodded her head. "Well last night, Cyan abducted you." Nangunot ang kanyang noo. "He was about to bring you out of the country using his private jet but he was found out by his own Twin, Cylix. He's the one who returned you to us."
"W-Why would he do that?" tanong niya rito. Damon shrugged. She seriously can't remember anything from last night. She remembers going out of the house and then nothing more.
"I seriously don't know but one thing for sure, that man is crazy." Damon said. Patuloy pa rin ang pag-iyak ng kanyang nobya nang biglang bumukas ang pintuan ng kanyang kwarto. Lahat sila ay napalingon doon. Bigla niyang naramdaman ang mahigpit na paghawak ng kanyang nobya sa kanyang kaliwang kamay.
"How dare you go here?!" Sigaw ni Tessa sa pamilyar na lalakeng nakatayo sa pintuan.
Cyan...
Tinignan niya ito and suddenly, her memory of what happened last night flashed before her eyes. A tear fell from her eye and she suddenly felt fear crippling all over her body.
Cyan drugged her and tried to kidnap her!
He sighed.
"I'm not Cyan, I'm his twin brother, Cylix. I came here to apologize for what my brother's done to Miss Alice." sabi nito.
"I'll sue him for what he's done to my girlfriend!"
"I don't think you'll be able to do that anymore. He's no longer here in the Philippines."
Nanlaki ang kanyang mga mata.
"W-What." she said. Pinilit niya ang kanyang sarili na tumayo mula sa kanyang kinahihigaan. Kahit na nanghihina ay naglakad siya papalapit sa kakambal ni Cyan.
"What did you do?!" Sigaw niya rito. Hinawakan siya ng kanyang mga kaibigan.
"You shouldn't have done that! Paano kung bumalik iyon?!"
"He won't."
"Paano mo masisiguro?!"
Cylix sighed.
"Because he's in a mental facility now."
*/*
3 Days Later
Gladesville NSW, Australia
"WALA na ba talagang normal sa pamilyang ito?!" Napapikit siya sa sigaw ng kanyang ama. He's currently in a mental facility owned by their family now.
Ramdam niya ang galit ng kanyang ama sa kanya ngayon. He knows what he did was wrong but he just couldn't stop himself because he was too drunk to do so. The moment that he saw Alice, he immediately felt something waking up inside him.
If he could just rewind the time and just went home, he would—but he couldn’t. Now he’s outside the Philippines, he’s in a mental facility because his own family thinks that he’s crazy—he’s not, he was just drunk.
"I'm normal." Sabat ni Cylix. The douchebag even raised his hand while smiling. Tinignan ito nang masama ng kanilang ama.
"Shut up Cylix!" sigaw ng kanilang ama. Cylix pouted and mouthed 'it's true, I'm normal.'
"Thunder, calm down..." pangkakalma ng kanilang ina sa kanilang ama.
"No Sunshine, my son just developed an obsession to someone he met on the club! He even kidnapped her!"
"Attempted but I caught him--" sabat muli ni Cylix.
"Shut up Cylix!" sabay na sigaw ng kanilang mga magulang dito. Cylix pouted. Bumukas ang pintuan and a man wearing a white robe entered.
"Sire, the results are here."
His Father let out a deep breath and looked at him. Napayuko siya. He doesn't want to see the disappointed look in his Father's eyes.
"Cyan..."
"Leave."
His Mother sobbed before leaving the room. His twin brother Cylix just tapped his shoulder, Cylix didn't say anything and just left.
He laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. He regrets doing that now…
-*-
TEN YEARS LATER
Manila, Philippines
"Alice! Here!"
Napangiti si Alice nang makita ang kanyang mga kaibigan na naghihintay sa kanya sa Arrival Area ng NAIA. Kaagad siyang tumakbo at kanyang niyakap ang kanyang mga kaibigan.
"Oh my goodness! Ang ganda ganda mo na!" Tili ni LC habang niyayakap siya. Tawa sila nang tawa.
She left the Philippines five years ago after Tessa and her broke up at ngayon lang siya bumalik ulit.
"You w***e! Ba't natagalan ka ha? Buti naman at natuloy na yung pag-uwi mo ngayon!" sabi ni Gray sa kanya tsaka siya nito pabirong sinabunutan. Gray is her gay friend, they met eight years ago—actually, Tessa introduced him to her. At first, they didn't like each other kasi 'di niya gusto ang aura nito but she came to like him nang makilala niya na ito nang lubusan.
"Tama na kakayakap sa kanya LC! Pagod yung tao!" sabi ni Hilda kay LC. LC pouted. LC is the youngest sa grupo nila, she's very clingy but she's very kind.
"KJ mo mamsh!" sabi nito kay Hilda.
Hilda is like the Mother of their group, she's very hands on sa kanilang grupo and she makes sure that no one gets left behind. Sobrang bait nito.
Sabay-sabay silang lumabas sa gate and she smiled.
She's finally home.
-*-
"Let's drink!"
"Wag masyadong magpakalasing LC, you have a very low alcohol tolerance." sabi ni Hilda. They all laughed except LC, sinamaan nito ng tingin si Hilda na kasulukuya'y umiinom ng wine.
They're currently in a hotel's restaurant, naisipan kasi ni Gray na mag-celebrate muna before going to sleep. Wala rin siyang choice, pag magn-no naman siya, Gray will just drag her out of her room.
They continued laughing and talking for almost four hours, she looked at her wrist watch and saw that it's almost eleven pm.
"Bilat kayong lahat!" biglang sigaw ni LC. Nanlaki ang kanyang mga mata. Gray and Hilda both laughed.
"What's bilat?" tanong niya rito. Mas nangunot ang kanyang noo nang tumawa ang mga ito.
"Huy ano yun? What's bilat? Nakakain ba 'yon?" tanong niya. Parang mamamatay na kakatawa si Gray. Pinagtitinginan na silang lahat ng mga tao sa restaurant. She tried to shush them ngunit nagpatuloy ang mga ito. She raised her brow.
"Funny ka girl, ano... nakakain siya—" sabi nito tsaka nagpatuloy na tumawa.
She rolled her eyes.
"Tara na nga pinagtitinginan na tayo." Aya niya sa mga ito. Hilda looks drunk dahil kung nasa tamang pagiisip ito ngayon, Hilda wouldn't laugh out loud like that.
"Gray..."
"Oo na! Ako na ang bahala sa dalawang 'to, you can go to your room first." sabi nito. She sighed.
"I'll go first okay?"
"Go na sist. Akez na bahala." Gray winked. Natawa nalang siya.
*/*
Palabas na siya ng restaurant nang bigla siyang mawalan ng balanse ngunit napasinghap siya nang may bigla siyang naramdaman na humawak sa kanyang bewang upang pigilan ang kanyang pagkahulog.
Liyong-liyo na siya, the wine is starting to kick in.
"Thank you—" magpapasalamat dapat siya nang makita niya kung sino ang sumalo sa kanya. Her eyes widened.
"Alice."
Oh f**k this s**t!