Chapter Twelve

Hindi makagalaw, hindi makapagsalita at hindi mapag-isip ng maayos. 'Yon ang nararamdaman ko ngayon habang nakahigang patagilid sa kama ni Storm. I can hear him breathing hard because of annoyance but I acted like I'm not hearing anything. Ipinikit ko ang mga mata ko. Why can't my heart calm down? Hindi lang naman ito ang unang pagkakataon na nakapasok ako sa silid na ito. I come here every weekend to clean his room.

Pero iba na ngayon. I am sleeping inside his room. In his bed. Punong-puno pa ang kwartong ito ng amoy nya kaya mas lalong hindi mapakali ang puso ko. Why am I so nervous? We're just sleeping. We're not gonna do anything than sleeping.

Marahil ang sinabi ni Mommy Stara saakin ang dahilan kung bakit ako nagkakaganito. Because of what she said, I can't help but to imagine things. I never thought about it before but now, hindi na 'yon maalis sa isipan ko. I feel like my heart is going to burst. These emotions are things that I never felt before so I don't know what to do. Hin