CHAPTER TWO
Carmela's POV
I drink my scotch straight up.
Nasa Bar ako ngayon. I am bored and stress. Bored dahil walang magawa at stress dahil kay Salvador. He don't want to team up with me. But hella asshole! So am I! Grrr! Kapal naman ng mukha niya na tanggihan ako! Maybe he is scared that I'll level him. Hmp!
"One more." sabi ko sa Bartender and he gave me what I ordered. I drink it again straight.
"Having a bad night, baby?"
Napalingon ako sa nagsalita sa tabi ko na ngayon ay nauupo sa bakanteng upuan sa kanan ko. ANd I want to slap myself that I turn my head to look at him. Because, right now, I just can't take my eyes off him.
He is so cool wearing that soldier white pants and black T-Shirt with his dogtag. Yung dogtag na hindi ko nakikita na wala sa leeg niya. Dog!
Napakurap-kurap ako.
Arghh! What's happening to you, Thorn? Stop drooling! Damn! Focus! The enemy is calling you BABY!
"What do you want?" paasik na tanong ko. Then I look infront to avoid looking at him. I heard him chuckle.
"Bad night, huh?" he stated. And its a fact!
"Kanina Bad, nung dumating ka, WORSE." I said and rolled my eyes. I really hate his presence. Sumasama ang timplada ng mood ko.
"Oh come on, Baby." he said in a low voice.
Arghhh! Tinatayuan ako ng balahibo sa lalaking ito! ARgh!
"Will you stop calling me 'baby'?! Please lang! Tumatayo ang balahibo ko!!!" nanggigigil na sabi ko. Why is he close to me anyway? And talking to me too? So unusual!
"You're just feeling your hots for me, Mela... Kaya tumatayo yang balahibo mo." he said in a husky voice now as he drew closer to me.
The moment he utter the last word. That name... I feel like I've stop breathing. Natulala ako bigla at may naalala.
Mela...
Mela...
Lumipad ang utak ko at naalala ang nakaraan. Yung mga nakaraan na...
"Hey..." naputol ang pagmumuni-muni ko nung bumulong siya sa tenga ko and he is so close to me. SO CLOSE. I almost feel his lips touched my ear. Napalayo tuloy ako sa kanya.
"DON'T GO NEAR ME!" napasigaw tuloy ako. Napatingin samin yung ibang tao pero yung iba enjoy lang sa dancefloor.
He smiled sheepishly and naughtily.
"What? Remembering some old time moments?" he teased. Namula ako. Hindi lang dahil sa nagagalit ako pero dahil naalala ko nga ang mga "Old Times Moments."
"Missing me now, Mela?" he said again. Teasingly.
He has this kind of voice that making me shiver and relaxing at the same time. He also makes my stone heart melt. Just damn him!
Ayoko nang maalala yung kung ano man ang namagitan samin noon. I don't want to remember that husky voice. Sexy red lips. Handsome face. And his HOT perfect body. I don't want to feel his warmth too. I hate it. I hate him too much.
"I will never ever miss you, idiot! Never will be! So don't say such things and don't go near me!" I shouted with control. Ayoko na pinagtitinginan kami ng mga tao.
He laugh. That sexy laugh that I've never heard for years. Years and years ago.
"Too defensive, Mela. I really like you when you're angry. Angry in different ways." sabi ni Reeve habang nakatingin sa mga mata ko.
How dare him talk like that, that makes me remember things from back then? How can he affect me like this hell this!
I calmed myself although the anger telling me to strike him deadly.
"I am not defensive. Just being with you really makes me sick. I want you to be away from me. I hope I clear you with that one, Reeve."
"Ohhh... You say my name, Mela. I like that." he said in a low voice and smiled widely.
I want to punch him and kill him right now. Why's he like that? And why did I say his name anyway? The alcohol strike me. Yeah. It must be the alcohol.
"Aalis na ko. Madami pa akong ginagawa." sabi ko at kinuha na ang mga gamit ko.
"Hindi ka pa din ba makikipag-cooperate sakin, Mela?"
"Can you stop calling me "Mela"? Please!" naiirita na ako. Ayokong sinasabi niya ang pangalan ko sa ganung tono. Like we're making...i mean...like we're on a bed.
"Why? That's your name." sabi niya.
"No. You're the only one who call me that." I hissed.
"Oh yeah! I remember that, that's my endearment to you." ngumiti na naman siya ng nakakaloko. Hindi ko na lang siya inimikan at maglalakad na sana palayo when he talked again.
"Our mission is dangerous. We need each other's cooperation." he said in a serious tone.
"I don't need you. I will be working JUST BY MYSELF." I said still facing my back at him.
"You working with it alone?" he sound like stating a fact.
"Yeah. And I am busy." I just said and walked away.
Dumaan ako sa dancefloor para makalabas ng Bar. Naiinis na talaga ako. Bakit ganito ako kapag siya ang kausap ko? Bakit hindi ko maintindihan ang sarili ko? Naiinis na ako. Sobrang naiinis. I hate the way I act when he's around. I feel like I look like an idiot. And I hate it. I hate myself and I hate him too to make me hate myself.
Argh. Ang gulo. Naguguluhan ako.
"Hey, pretty girl. Dance with me."
Napatigil na lang ako sa kalagitnaan ng dance floor nung bigla na lang may humatak saking lalaki at sinayawan ako. He is rubbing his down part body to me. Napapikit ako sa sobrang inis at frustration.
"C'mon. Dance." he smiled at me. Tangna! Ngayon ka pa mambabastos! Napalingon ako sa pinanggalingan ko kanina. Nakita kong papalapit si Reeve sa kung nasan ako. Napapikit lalo ako ng mariin. May lalaking nagsasayaw sa harap ko at papalapit akin si Reeve na gusto pa ata akong tulungan.
At ang pinakaayaw ko.
Ang tinutulungan nya ako.
"I catch the man who is crazily dancing and rubbing his whatever to me. Kinuha ko ang kamay niya at dinala sa beywang ko.
"You like to dance with me, huh?" nanghahamon na sabi ko. He smiled widely. He might be thinking that I'm riding his craziness. But hell no.
Unti-unti kong ibinaba ang kamay niya na nasa beywang ko.
"Oh...yeah...lower." sabi niya. Damn! Nababastos na ko! Ampota!
"Uh-huh. You like that?" sabi ko pa at binaba ang kamay niya. Until he touched my...
Nakita kong nanlaki ang mga mata niya. Hah! Yan gusto mo diba? Bwahahaha.
"What the..." medyo namutla pa siya.
"Yeah... I can see you know what you're touching. Maliit lang yan pero mapapatay ka niyan. Kaya kung kusa ka ng lumalayo sakin, hindi ko na bubunutin yan." sabi ko habang nakangiti.
Unti-unti naman siyang lumayo sakin at nagtatakbo na sa kung saan. Whew! Done!
Pinahawak ko lang naman ang mf3201 small gun ko na dala-dala ko kung saan saan. Magaling naman at natakot siya dahil kung hindi. Baka napaputok ko talaga ang baril ko.
Napalingon ako kay Reeve na malapit na saken.
"I don't need you." I said and walked away. Just to stop when he utter a word.
"Hindi ka pa din nagbabago." sabi niya na may hindi-makapaniwala-tone.
Huh! I will never change. Di katulad niya na madaling magbago... at makalimot.
"I will never be." sabi ko lang at nagmartsa na palabas ng Bar. The place is too small for the both of us. Too small.
Nagpunta na ako sa parking lot at hinanap ang kotse ko. Nang nakita ko ay lumapit ako agad sa kung nasaan ang kotse ko.
I was about to open the door when a hand hold my wrist, turn me to look up at him and pushed me in my car wall.
There is no space between our bodies cause he pressed himself to me like he's gonna crash me. He was looking at my eyes so seriously. I can see his serious eyes too clearly that I know he is serious. But about what?
"You're gonna face danger, Mela." he whispered in a serious tone. I gulped. I smell his hot breath and it somehow make me feel something...familiar.
Hindi ko siya maintindihan pero mas lalong hindi ko maintindihan ang sarili ko.Why is my heart beating like there is no tomorrow? Taksil na puso!
"I-I can t-take care of m-myself." I tried to be strong but my voice strummers.
"Really? There are r****t there. Baka nakakalimutan mo na illegal p**********n and drug dealers ang makakaharap natin. And their mens probably be all mens. Mens with needs. What if you get caught? You're just a woman..."
Pumitik ang sentido ko sa sinabi niya. Im just a woman huh? Pinakaayaw ko sa lahat ay ang minamaliit ako! Ayokong por que babae ako ay ida-down na nila at lalo na niya ang kakayahan ko! I am a tough strong woman! Tough Strong!
I face him with my chin up. My strummering wiped away and my eyes are fierce now. At bakit niya ba sinasabi ito sakin? Is it to warn me? Because he wants to protect me? Or want me to back out and do the mission alone?
"Not because I'm a woman, means that I can't protect myself. You don't have to tell me those things because I perfectly knew it myself. And I can face any danger. Kahit r****t man yan, kaya kong protektahan ang sarili ko!" Nanlilisik ata ang mga mata ko. I am angry right now. Too angry.
"Can protect huh!" he burst sarcastcally. "Are you sure?"
Hindi ko na siya sinagot. I just look at him in the eyes with my Oh-Hell-Yeah-Look.
"Let's see."
Nagulat ako sa sunod niyang ginawa. I just suddenly felt his soft kissable lips on mine. He is kissing me!
I pushed him, punch him, slap him, kick him, but I can't move freely because he is so near me. I don't know but my force won't come out. I am so aware of his lips touched on my lips. He started moving his lips even my lips is shut close. WTF!
My eyes widened when I felt his tongue asking for entrance of my shut lips and I was shocked when the sensation of his tongue make my lips move on its own.
Coz, suddenly, my lips aparted. And we are now kissing torridly. And hungrily. Like missing the Old times. Missing each other so much.
But though we are kissing, my hands are still stucked pushing him away. I'm pulling the hem of his shirt rudely. Coz my mind want to stop him. But my other parts want him.
Hindi ko namalayan na nabuksan niya pala ang pinto na katabi ng driver's seat. He make me sit while our lips still locked together. He is now kneeling over me to reached my kiss. Pero ngayon, hindi lang ang labi niya ang gumagalaw. His hands are working now.
He started caresses my breast. My hill is so fully cupped by his hands. He massage it and he is making me feel so good!
His other hand is behind my butt and going lower to my thigh.
"Hmmm..." I moaned between our kisses as he massage my legs. That's my weak spot! And he knew it too well! Damn!
I felt his hands between my legs. I am only wearing a mini skirt! That's when my mind awaken as he rubbed his hands above my panties. I moaned once again when he touch me there. But my hands traveled down my own waist. Down to my gun.
*click*
I felt him stopped as he heard it. I know he knows what he heard. He stop moving. But his hands are still on the top of my breast and panties. He also stopped kissing me but didn't move his head away.
I pointed the metal thing on his head and said. "Y-You should stop."
He looked at me and I closed my eyes and open it again. He is smiling but his eyes isn't.
"You can't pull the trigger, I know." then he moved his hands again and kissed me on my lips. My hands are trembling. I am so feeling good. My hand with the gun is still on his heads.
"His lips trailed down my neck and down my breast.
O_O?
How come my top is loosen?
He is nibbling my n****e and playing it with his tongue.
"S-Stop! I'll shot you!" I protest. "Ahhhh!" I moaned when he sucked on my breast like a baby! "Stop!"
"You can't shot me." sabi niya and continue on what he is doing.
"I might pull the trigger unknowingly when you make me feel good like that." That's true. I might kill him because of pleasure. OH DAMN! What pleasure am I talking about?! This guy brain washed me! Damn! Damn! Damn!
Then he stopped. He looked at me.
"I am not kidding. Please stop already." pinatatag ko ang boses ko. Hindi ako maaaring magpadala na lang sa kanya. Kahit nadadala na nga ako, hindi pa din...pwede. I am tough strong right? But when he kissed me... why did I melt?
Then without a word, he moved away from me. He zipped my shirt that he unzipped earlier and stood up. "Sorry." he said and walked away. The sincerity is on his voice when he apologize.
I was left there dumbfounded. That was close. Too close. We almost....damn! I lost again to him!
Reeve...just why did you bring back a feeling of mine that I buried a long time ago?