Seventeen
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Seventeen
Morning came and Athena couldn't see her husband beside her. It's like her world is spinning and couldn't resist the urge of vomiting, so she ran towards the bathroom. "s**t! Nasuka ko yata pati baga ko ah" naiiling na sabi niya saka nagmumog.
She brushed her teeth, washed her face and went out like there's nothing happened.
Pagdating sa kusina, ang akala niyang madadatnan niya ang asawa doon, ay hindi nangyari, instead she saw a note on top of the table.
'change and meet me afterwards' saka nito isinulat ang address ng restaurant. Napakunot noo siya at tiningnan ang oras sa hawak na cell phone.
"What?!" it's already 11 A.M for Christ sake! "Jesus! Since when I woke up this late?!" napapantastikuhan niyang tanong sa sarili saka mabilisang umakyat at nagpalit.
She chose to use a dark blue mid rise ripped fitted jeans na tinernohan niya ng blue stripe collar blouse that instead of using the buttons, itinali niya iyon sa gitna kaya kita ang flat pa din naman niyang tiyan kahit pa bigla siyang naging antukin at heavy eater this days. And her cleavage showed its 'way' too.
She use one of her fashion necklace, then she put a simple lip gloss and after that, she took her dark brown shades.
Samantalahin na niya, minsanan lang siyang ganahang mag ayos. For her husband..
Nang masiyahan siya sa ayos, she took a flat shoes and her sling bag at doon inilagay ang cellphone. She went out from their room and run to the stairs.
"Haysst, buhay. Bakit ba palagi na lang ako antukin this days?"
She drove her ass off to not put herself into situations like pissing off her husband for being late kahit pa alam naman niyang hindi naman ito magagalit.
Napaka maunawain nito sa kanya, she's like a princess to him at hindi niya alam kung bakit lagi siyang naka ririnig ng hindi magandang katangian daw ng asawa niya sa ibang tao.
Mostly in magazines and articles. But for her, Pierre is a good man.
Pagpasok niya sa loob ng restaurant, nakita niya ang asawa na nakaupo. And when Pierre saw his wife, he couldn't stop from glaring Athena for being so hot! Paanong ang simpleng jeans and polo made her so hot like this?
The question he asked was answered by the looks of the guys near them, so he stood up at sinalubong ang asawa sa gitna ng hallway, he wrapped her on her waist and planted a quick yet deep kiss on her lips like showing 'f**k off, this is my woman' to the crowd.
"What's that for?" naiiling na sambit ni Athena sa lalaki.
Pierre and his possessions
Nagkibit balikat lang si Pierre "To show them you're mine. Makatingin sila wagas e!"
Natatawang sumabay sa pag lakad ang babae at siya na ang kusang humawak sa kamay ng asawa.
Pierre calmed and kissed the top of Athena's head saka iginiya paupo ang asawa.
"So, you planned this date?" aniya
Pierre look away, he's here again, shy and embarrassed. Hindi niya kasi alam kung nagustuhan ba ng asawa o hindi "
Uhm. Yeah" aniya.
"Oh. Okay, let's eat. Gutom na ako e. Alam mo bang late na ako nagising?" naiiling na kwento niya sa asawa.
"It's fine. You can sleep and rest. Baka napagod ka kagabi" Pierre smiles went teasingly.
Why not? He just ate the whole her. And made love for how many rounds! Kaya nga medyo masakit ang katawan niya e. Her knees are still shaking, good thing she managed to walk good.
"Yeah. Ibang klase ka naman kasi. Hindi ko nga alam kung bakit parang hindi naman lumulupaypay yang alaga mo. Tirik na tirik lagi e!"
"Babe!"
"What? It's a fact Montoya. Nahiya ka pa diyan!" Athena made a 'pfft' sound.
Good thing the waiter came that's why she stopped talking. But she can see Pierre smirking all the way.
"What's that smirk for?" aniya.
Oh. She loves to prank this man but lately, she became lazy as f**k. Hindi na rin niya maintindihan minsan, ay hindi.. Palagi pala. Wala siyang alam bakit nag iba lahat ng uri ng ugat ng katawan niya.
She started eating while Pierre is staring at his wife flatly.. I exist, right? He cleared his throat but nothing happened. Athena can feel Pierre's glares but food is life.
She continued eating at wala nang nagawa pa si Pierre kundi kumain na lang din pagkatapos umuliling, he even blew a soft sighed. I concede..
Yeah.. He even nodded to his thoughts.
Athena and Pierre ate their lunch at peace. Or more on Pierre in agitation and Athena on happy and contented.
The food is nice. Pasok lahat sa panlasa ni Athena. They had greak salad. Seafood penne. May letchon kawali with rice and atchara papaya din sila. Then they had a lot of seafood like blue marlin, prawn and salmon steak and they were all grilled. And most of all, Athena loved the ginisang ampalaya na hindi malunok lunok ng lalaki.
Athena burp and excuse herself, she took the table napkin and said, "Thank you sa masarap na lunch hon"
Pierre stilled, chocked and now his face became red as he is trying to get back his normal breathing but because he was frozen, he went to coughing real quick!
Athena who is wiping her mouth from table napkins get up so quickly when she saw her husband’s choking "oh my God.. Hon!... Pierro!.."
Pierre wave his hand on the air. But Athena ignored it and massage Pierre's back. Pagkatapos ay hinawakan niya ang mukha nito, lifted it up, placed her mouth on top of it then blows air.
"Hmmn!" ungol ni Pierre.
Athena smiled. "Anong nangyari sa'yo?" aniya na naka dikit pa din ang labi sa labi ng asawa.
Pierre cup his wife’s face then he push it gently on order to make space so he can see her, eye to eye.
"W-What did you just call me?" aniya.
Athena frown "Hon? Hon—kibit balikat nito—definitely short for honey.. Something wrong about it? Or hindi mo gusto iyon? What you want me to call you then? Babe? Darling? Sweetheart?"
Pierre Jaws just continued dropping. Hallelujah! ".. Do you even know how I'm feeling right now babe? " aniya sa pinaka mahinang boses.
Frowning" What do you mean? " Athena said.
Fuck it! Paano ko ba sasabihin na hindi ako pagtawanan?.. Knowing his wife, she's a bully! " Ahm. Never mind. But please next time, itaon mo kapag hindi ako umiinom ng tubig kapag tawagin mo ako ng ganyan ha? Mamatay ako sa'yo e.. CR lang ako babe" aniya saka dali daling umalis sa harapan ng asawa.
"The f**k did he say?" naiwang nagtataka si Athena sa ginawi ng asawa.
In her mind, she didn't do anything wrong for him to tell her he will die. FYI, tinawag lang niyang 'hon' ang asawa!
Nakasimangot siya habang naghihintay ng tumunog ang cellphone niya.
She was excited to open it but when she saw the message, she snorted and her blood started boiling.
Son of a b***h!
And the message went like this:
'Masaya ka bang may napatay kang tao dahil sa kagagahan mo? Pinaasa mo' yung tao'
Athena sighed.
Truly, if you try to forget the past or just burry it and not trying to make peace on it, it will surely affect the future. At 'yun ngayon ang nagyayari sa kanya.
But damn men! She isn't a Bautista if she couldn't fix this s**t of her life!
Not now.. Nit now that she's having a great time with her married life. Not now that she's enjoying the love between her and Pierre.
Ngayon pa bang nagka aminan na silang mahal nila ang isa't isa saka may mang gugulo?
The hell! She will not allow it!
Athena and Pierre decided to go home after the lunch date. It didn't go as planned because Athena like a mind reader' coz she even predicted that Pierre have a surprise to her.
Nakonsensya naman ang babae nang makitang lupaypay ang balikat ng lalaki. So, ang nagayari ay ibinigay na lang ni Pierre ang isang kwintas na sana sorpresa niya sa babae.
But to aid his hurt feelings, he let him put the necklace to her neck.
Athena is playing the airplane pendant of her necklace, Pierre is busy driving. "Hon.. Aww! f**k!"
Pierre literally stopped the car and stilled! f**k it!! Ang akala niya naging 'cool' na siya after he educated him self nung nasa cr siya kanina.
Pero hindi pa pala! His wife is so innocent of him having this palpitations and stop of breathing every time she call hom hon! Hustisiya naman!
It’s like his lungs stopped working as f**k!
Athena being unaware of Pierre's misery just waiting for his answer.
"Y-yeah?..uhh sorry babe!" aniya saka hinaplos ang noo ng asawa "You okay?" may pag aalalang sambit niya.
Nakasimangot naman ang babae saka nakairap sa lalaki "Ano bang nangyayari sa'yo?"
Of course, Pierre tried to be cool so he just smiled and rub his thumb on Athena's forehead "Nah, I'm okay. Ano ngang sasabihin mo?"
"Why plane?" aniya pagkatapos umupo ng maayos. Mabuti na lang at may seat belt siya— maluwag nga lang— kundi basag ang bungo niya sa lakas ng pagkapreno ng lalaki sa sasakyan nito.
"it's a very sentimental thing to me babe"
Then he started driving again.
Athena just nodded. Simpleng tanong, Simpleng sagot. Ata ayaw naman niyang ungkatin hanggang sa dulo kung bakit nga ganoon ang bigay ng asawa niya sa kanya.
It was white gold necklace. Sa tingin niya, pinasadya talaga nitong pinagawa iyon. It has some words—no delete that— some numbers written in it. Pero hindi lang niya maintindihan dahil kailangan na mulat talaga ang mata kapag gustong basahin ang naka sulat.
She’s lazy. So she ignored it. And Pierre sighed because his wife didn't even asked him about the numbers.
Pero inunawa na lang niya ang asawa. Talagang ganoon e.
She's the type of woman who literally does not care it’s like she's dead inside but never start an argument with her... like never or else, lilipad ang mga kawali sa ilalim ng nakabuka niyang mga paa!
And don't try to mess with her or try to implement anything because that one thing will surely get her frustrated about. Mostly, she don't do emotions. She implements it!
At ayaw niyang gumawa ng anuman. Iba ang asawa niya. But above all that, he loves her from head to toe. He loves all her flaws including her black sides.
Night came and Athena went down. Naisipan niyang bumaba at dahil natatakam siya sa ice cream, madalian siyang bumaba sa hagdan.
Pero nang marinig ang asawa niyang kumakanta, nagdahan dahan siya sa pagpasok sa kusina.
She smirk when she heard him singing. Hell, your voice is soothing..
Just stop your crying
It's a sign of the times
Welcome to the final show
Hope you're wearing your best clothes
You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky
You look pretty good down here
But you ain't really good
Athena smiled. Staying alert in order for her to hide any minute that Pierre will notice her. Damn hon! I'm arouse witj the heck voice!
If we never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets
We never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets
Athena smiles with proud. If she could only scream, she will tell the wolrd 'that's my man!'. Pierre's voice is so soothing! Para siyang idinuduyan sa pagkanta nito.
She enjoyed it 'till her mind went back to her first plan.
Just stop your crying
It's a sign of the times
We gotta get away from here
We gotta get away from here
Just stop your crying
It'll be alright
They told me that the end is near
We gotta get away from here
Just stop your cry... "Yingggg!! Ayyyyyy!!!!"
He went from singing to screaming real quick!
"f**k it babbbe!!" naka hawak sa may lababong sabi ng lalaki habang si Athena naman ay hawak hawak ang tiyan sa lakas ng pagtawa nito.
Why not?
Her husband is a heck of a singer, but an unbelievable screamer! And now she was like, 'I expected the scream, not the great voice!' in her mind that she couldn't say it because of laughter!
Ginulat niya lang naman ito sa pag sabi ng 'bulaga' sa matinis na paraan ang asawa!
And for Pierre who is trying to hide his singing from his wife because he doesn't know if she will like it or not got embarrassed and startled really good!
"hon—she tried so hard to stop laughing —.. The scream was better than the voice..."
"f**k babe! Are you trying to kill me?!" double murder maybe. Her, calling him hon again and the way she made him startled to the point of him screaming in hell!
But when he saw how happy his wife was, his face softened.. I love you always. Kahit napaka bully mo sa akin babe..
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