What is love?

Chapter 56

"Omg how much daw?" Tine asked "40k pero that's for the grand winner" he said "papa talaga oh" Dawn shook her head. We decided to watch who's going to win dahil eto na daw yung ultimate question and Dawn rested her head on me syempre gusto kong inisin si Carl kaya tumingin ako sa direction niya. Tapos I wrapped my arm around Dawn

EVAN HOSTING
Eto na mga po tumatagingting na 40 kyaw lang naman ang premyo para sa isang tanong na ito. Pero bago yan alam nyo naman po ang rule paunahan makapunta dito sa stage. Salamat po at hindi kayo nag iistampede sana pati sa tanong na ito hindi din po.Ang tanong ay saan dito sa Savion pinanganak si tito Greg, It has to be the exact place

RICHARD
"Love saan ba?" I asked Dawn "wait" she said and leaned over kay Von, they were whispering to each other and laughing "so saan?" I asked when she settled in her seat again "sa may san pedro daw" she whispered to me "nako isa panaman yun sa pinaka maliit na town dito" i whispered back "oo nga eh" she giggled "huy kayong dalawa ha so nakaka op" Tine said "nako don't be op" I joked back "ang conyo kasi eh" Von said "eh so what, At least I'm consistent no ever since bata ako conyo na" she mocked him "paano pwede namang hindi, arte mo lang yan" Asar nanaman ni Von "whatever" inirapan ni tine.

Someone got the correct answer hinulaan lang daw and we all clapped, I just hate how Carl keeps on making small talks with Dawn tapos andiyan daw siya to support her ano ka cheerer ako lalo no I'm her biggest supporter. I've bern pre-occupied with people na dumadaan sa table namin who would stop by to talk to me about the city gets ko namang hindi maiiwasan to. Allen even told me that the Amador's are there and would like to talk kaya I told him siguro after me and Von's performance na which is looming

DAWN
Carl keeps on chatting with me and na fefeel kong sinasadya niya to ayaw ko din naman siyang iignore. Richard naman is talking with people din pero we were still holding hands underneath the table "hopefully your sculpture wins" Carl said "oo nga eh" tine agreed "sana nga kasi I spent a lot of time working on it" I said "bakit naman naisip mo yung ganong wave as a design?" Carl asked. Because i decided that my sculpture would be a contrasting wave "ever since we moved here napansin kong madaming beaches" i said "so?, obviously Philippines is an archipelago we're surrounded by water " I know that Carl is judging me with the look his giving

Hindi ko naman sila masisi bakit hindi alam eh kaso parang hindi sang ayon si Carl sa design ko kaya I took my hand from Richard's and cupped Carl's face "it's a juxtaposition of both the chaotic and calm side of life" i was shaking his head lightly "okay okay I get it now" he said laughing and held both of my hands din "parang ang saya ng usapan nyo ah" Richard bitterly said. Oh shit hindi na nga pala acceptable ang ganitong harutan with him "kasi naman si Carl ang bobo mag interpret ng work ko" i said and faced him. He and Carl were just looking at each other "mukhang bobo naman talaga" he said "sshhhhhhh" I said and covered his mouth. Parang mag sasapakan yung dalawa we can all feel the tension "baka ikaw" Carl raised his brows and looked ahead sa stage

"Richard!" Pinandilatan ko siya and he ignored me tapos kinausap si Von "what is that" Tine mouthed "tension" I mouthed back "scary" she mouthed nanaman buti nakang hindi nag papay attention samin ang tatlong boylet sa table. Tine and I sighed because the party's not even half way done and may sagutan nanaman itong dalawang to, bakit ba hindi nalang sila magkasundo even just for one night

EVAN HOSTING
Oh yes, syempre before ang chibugan may ispesyal na hinanda ang pogi daw niyong anak tito Greg at tita Cora, gulat kayo no? Ako hindi kasi nasa cue cards ko eh *they laughed* okay so without further ado Von at bestfriend its your time to shine na.

DAWN
"Ayan na ayan na" i said tapping Richard sana good mood na siya, he faced me and is smiling na "wish me luck" he pouted and kissed my hand tapos tumayo na sila "Tine kiss mo din kamay ko" Von joked "ewww no" mataray na sabi ni Tine and I laughed . Richard and Von went to the stage nagpalakpakan mga tao "pa this is for you" Von said "ikaw naman Richard para kanino yang sayaw mo?" Evan asked "kay tito syempre" "ay weh, siguraduhin mo lang hindi pang macho dancer ha" Evan said "loko" habol ni Richard and kinurot si Evan at nag tawanan nanaman mga tao "sakto while you're dancing, I'll warm your seat for you" Evan said and Richard just nodded at him dahil mag stastart na ata sila.

I've never seen what him and Von would actually be doing kaya my eyes were glued to the stage. "Wala na bang ibang alam yang asawa mo kundi magbigay ng petty remarks" Carl scoffed with his face way too near "what do you mean?" My eyes were still glued to the stage "napaka babaw umatake eh" "well he's not going to attack you unless you provoke him which you've been doing" I said "i'm not attacking him he's just threatened" he said and may hinawang buhok ko "ay wow may pag ganon" nakatayo na pala si Evan sa likod namin "sit down" yun nalang nasabi ko and Carl backed away "alam mo ba isasayaw nila?" evan asked "hindi nga eh" I said smiling.

The lights on the stage dimmed and may spotlight kay Von and Richard "never ko pang nakitang sumayaw yan sa ganito, for a grade oo basta di lang siya bumagsak but for a party impossible....dati" Evan said. The song started to play Richard and Von were going to dance sa 90's boyband songs "talaga?" I said "oo promise, malakas ka sakanya" "bakit ako?" I asked confused "kasi alam niyang matutuwa ka pag ginawa niya yan" "hindi ko rin naman siya pinilit, si Von lang kumausap sakanya" "yun nga nagpapalakas yan" he said "he changed" he looked at me "you changed him" i stared at him and gave him a faint smile "is it a bad thing?" I asked with my brows creased "no Dawn, feel ko he's trying to be the man of your dreams or something like that" he said and looked at the stage again.

Pero i never told Richard what my ideal man is noong tinanong niya ako kung ano type ko, they were still dancing and ang cute nila. They even pulled papa and tito sa stage and taught them a dance. "I could do that too, for you" bulong ni Carl, eto epal din eh istorbo sa panonood ko "Carl!" Pinandilatan ko siya "what, just saying" "what for?, I'm not asking if you can do that" madiin kong sabi "i still think I could make you happier" he sternly said "i'm happy with Richard" am I really or sinasabi ko lang to, to shut him up"for now" he slowly whispered and sat properly. I just shook my head at him buti nalang sumasayaw padin sila mukhang pa end nadin dahil nag tatango sila and it was so funny with Von twirling Richard na mas matangkad sakanya. I can see that Evan was watching me and Carl interact and I can feel that he knows that Carl is still hitting on me. I know my actions might look like i'm letting him pero ayaw ko lang mag make ng scene dito at mapahiya siya

"galing ng asawa mo ha" Tine said "naman" I replied "una na muna ako guys at mukhang matatapos na itong dalawa" Evan said and left.