Coleen's Point of View
Suot ang isang white crop top at jeans ay sinimulan ko ng maglagay ng natural make up look, with rose-colored lip tint. I stared at the mirror, I look so fresh — every day.
"God, I can pull it off."
Kinuha ko ang silver sling bag at lumabas ng bahay. I drove my car. We decided to meet now, Saturday at 3 pm. And after 30 minutes, nandito na ako sa De Palsada restaurant.
Nakita ko si Faith na naghihintay sa isang for two's na table. I notice how simple she is and suddenly remembered what Stay told me three days ago...
"Bakit pinagaral mo pa ulit si Faith? She must stand on her own!"
He sighed.
"Faith needed me to stand again. She's more than a friend to me."
"Hi Faith!" I greeted.
"Oh, hello!" Ngumiti s'ya sa'kin at inabot ang menu.
Umupo naman ako at pumili ng pwedeng i-order. The price is quite expensive, so we ended up choosing beef steak and vegetable salad. While waiting, she approached me.
"Ang sexy mo talaga, ma'am," puri n'ya sa'kin.
I know right.
"No need to call me ma'am, call me Coleen when we're out of school," I said and smiled.
"Oh, okay." She smiled a bit.
The atmosphere is a little bit weird. I know I'm too intimidating but, that's what I want. She wouldn't be too close to Stay. How could Stay do that? He doesn't even want others to enter his house, even me.
And that's what I hate.
Faith, what's with her? She's not even that beautiful, daig pa n'ya ang anemic dahil sa kaputian. Doesn't she know how to put liptint? Napakalanta n'ya. How could she be so special to Stay, she's not classy.
I admit, her dress is an expensive one, it's a famous brand along France, but she's not that sexy to pull it off.
Suddenly, my phone rang. So I quickly answered it.
"Yes, hello?"
"This is RFC Agency Ms. Villamor, we want to know if you're interested being our model."
"What?" Nilakasan ko ang speaker.
"We want you to be our model, since you're one of the influtential and fashionable woman in social media. So, can you give a time to talk about this?"
I saw how Faith reacted. She must be aware that she can't reach us — me and Stay. A little poor bitch.
"Oh, I'm sorry but I'm too busy," I answered.
"Is that so? Well, we're offering you--" I ended the call.
Nanlaki ang mata ni Faith. "Why did you refused?"
Our order came. As we received it, we started to eat.
"I'm a model of five brands, and also a professor. And also planning to be a flight attendant too, masyado nang maraming biyaya," I answered.
She chuckled. "Sinalo mo na lahat, you're a total package, Coleen. Your family must be proud of you."
Natigilan ako sa narinig ko. There's a tons of topics, but I hate talking to my family.
"Oh, I'm sorry..."
"That's fine. I'm sorry, I'm just--"
"I feel that too." She bitterly smiled.
I didn't answered and continued eating. Many minutes had passed and the silence is so awkward.
"So, how's living with Stay?" I asked.
She seemed so shock. "It's fine... We're like living on our own."
"Oh, that's good to hear," I said in a tone of warning.
"I'll just go to the cr," paalam n'ya sa'kin at naglakad palayo.
I just smirked while looking at her food. Hindi 'yon masyadong nabawasan, she really felt the intimidation. Now I know how cheap is Faith, I feel a little bit comfortable.
Stay likes classy girls, she's out of his league. But living in one house is dangerous.
"Hoy! Tigilan mo 'yan!" I saw Faith on the next table.
Inagaw n'ya ang baso na hawak ng isang blonde hair girl, dating with a tall guy. A familiar freshman student from DSU. God, being college is so stressful, how could they date during weekends?!
"Faith, what are you doing?" I said and walked towards her.
"Narinig ko, nilagyan ng babaeng 'yan ng pampatulog ang inumin mo!" She said on the guy.
He smirked. "I'm used to it."
"What?! So you're still calm?!" Faith shouted. Hinawakan ko s'ya sa braso.
"Faith, calm down. C'mon, it's not your problem," I disgustingly said.
"Girl, pwede ba h'wag ka ng mangielam sa style ko? I just want one night stand!"
"Gosh, mga dalaga talaga," bulong n'ya.
She's talking like a matured one, but she's just 20.
The blonde girl walked out. While the guy stood up, and glanced at Faith.
"Hey, you're a DSU student right?" I asked.
"Yeah, hi ma'am." He waved his hand and smirked.
I suddenly noticed how fashionable he is, loose black shirt and short, that suits him very well. He's good looking too, I wouldn't doubt why he's dating a lot of girls.
"Wait, I know you," Faith said.
"You're the one who bumped me!"
"I bumped you!"
Sabay nilang sabi. I just rolled my eyes, what a coincidence.
"By the way, Faith can we go to mall?" I said changing the topic.
"Ah, sige. Tara na," she told.
We are about to go outside when that guy called Faith again. He offered his hand.
"Thanks."
Faith doubted for a while, but she shook hands with him. She gave a smile before we go outside. And while we're going to my car, she said,
"He's used to it daw, pero nagpa-thank you."
Well I guess it's a freaking love story.
As we roamed around the mall while sipping milk tea, inaya ko s'ya papunta sa isang girl's boutique, where I used to be a model.
"Hi, Coleen! How's teaching?" ani ng may ari ng boutique, si Dianne.
"Oh, I'm fine. By the way, I'm with my friend, she's Faith. Faith, she's Dianne," I said.
"Hi!" They greeted each other.
"You can choose anything you want. Wait, Faith I think there are clothes that might suit you."
She assisted Faith on the other corner, while I looked at some great dresses.
"This one." Lumingon ako sa kanila. Inabot ni Dianne ang isang baby pink crop top and high waist short. I automatically rolled my eyes.
Lumapit ako sa kanila at kinuha ang dala ni Dianne. "This doesn't look good on you," I said.
Tumingin ako sa iba pang mga damit. But hell, I don't think these will make Faith more ugly. What a great boutique.
"Tama si Coleen, isa pa hindi naman ako mahilig sa ganoon," she said while smiling.
"Really? But seriously, all of the outfits suits well on you! OMG! Can you be our model?"
"What?!" I exclaimed.
How could she be a model? She's like 5'5 while I'm 5'8, she doesn't even look classy.
"Raise your standards, Dianne!" I mouthed that can't be heard by Faith.
"What? Hey, hindi pa malabo ang mata ko," she answered that made me glared at her.
"Hey, if you're interested just go here ha!" she approached her.
"Faith, let's go." Hinawakan ko s'ya sa braso at naglakad kami palabas.
"Bye, Dianne!" aniya.
Pagkalabas namin sa boutique ni Dianne, bigla akong natigilan nang makita si Stay sa loob ng isa pang boutique.
"W-what the--"
Is he picking gifts for me? My birthday is about three days!
"Si Stay ba 'yon?" Faith asked.
"Whatever. Let's go." Dumiretso kami ng lakad palabas ng mall.
"Coleen?" I heard his voice.
Lumingon ako sa kan'ya. "Oh, what are you doing here?" Nabigla s'ya nang makitang magkasama kami ni Faith.
"J-just roaming around."
"Really? Bakit nasa pangbabae kang boutique?"
"I'm picking clothes..." He avoided her gaze.
"For Coleen."