(Disclaimer. Kathang-isip lang po ito. Any similarities to real life or real people are merely coincidental.)
Dave’s recovery was quick but not easy. In fact, he also got hit on his leg, the bullet barely grazing his femur. While the bone was fine, a chunk of tissue was taken out. Lalong na-guilty si Josh because of this. He knew how dedicated Dave was to his running, halos araw-araw tumatakbo.
In time, Dave was walking again, but with the aid of a crutch. More therapy and he would be able to walk without it, but that was a long way off. The chest wounds would take longer to heal, even after the bullets were extracted. Fortunately, apart from the broken ribs, no other major organs were torn. The Lord is good!
Unti-unting luminaw ang dahilan bakit nag-disappear si Jeff, ang kaibigan ni Kate, and why the gunman’s principal was after Kate. Dahil sa kanilang involvement sa isang human rights organization, naatasan sila na gumawa ng isang report para sa human rights abuses during the electoral process. While they were conducting research, they received a tip that one of the election officers was offered a share in a major mining company, if he agrees to do the latter’s “candidate” a favour. The tip was backed by electronic evidence, evidence that was about to be uploaded sa wikileaks. It was that piece of electronic evidence they were after. It was the familiar story of electoral fraud, and Kate and her friend stepped right into it.
As for Kate, as expected, na-traumatize sya sa nangyari. Her level-headed self accepted Josh’s explanation about the need for Dave’s shadowing her in stride. She was thankful Dave was there, and more than grateful for his sacrifice. She was a little bothered though that Josh planned this thing without any input from her. Ni hindi sya nasabihan that Dave is Josh’s mother’s tagibi, informally adopted son, which explained why they had different last names, and looked as different as night and day. Whereas Josh was six feet tall, had tisoy looks and was brawnier, Dave was moreno, four inches shorter at mas lean and wiry ang built.
Matagal pang mag-se-settle ang gulo na nangyari sa pamilya Martin; Kate and Dave still had to testify sa kaso ng electoral fraud, at sa disappearance ni Jeff sa writ of amparo, Kate was traumatized by what happened, and there was still Dave’s lovelife to fix. Sa last problem, Kate and Josh felt they had to help fix it somehow.
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It took all of Juliet’s self-control to keep a straight face and not walk out of the party. Only manners and a desire not to humiliate herself prevented her from doing that. That and the fact that all eyes seemed to be on her and Dave.
Josh broke the silence by making the introductions. “Dave, this is Jules, our neighbor. Dave is my brother. I think you know each other already!”
Pilit ang ngiti ni Juliet, if only not to hurt her friends’ feelings. Dave merely nodded his head in casual response. Hindi man lang sya umayos ng tayo. It was Dave’s lack of acknowledgment which was her undoing. As if he didn’t know her at all. As if he never held her hand, ran with her, kissed her, make deliciously lewd suggestions to her….yun na ang last straw para kay Juliet!
Lumipad ang kamay nya at naglanding sa pisngi ni Dave. Nagulat si Juliet sa reaction nya, she’s never slapped anybody before. Sa hiya at sama ng loob, she tore out of the room, and out of the house. Kate followed after her, hoping to comfort her friend. But before she did, inirapan nya si Dave, letting him know what he did was stupid. “Asshole!”
“Oh boy,” Josh gave his brother a pained look. “Way to go, Dave, pretend you don’t even know her…”
Dave looked at his brother mutely. He didn’t know what came over him. He was preparing for this day, pero natigilan sya when he came face to face with Juliet’s stony expression. She looked so achingly beautiful that fear came over him. Baka pag nakita ni Juliet that he was walking with a limp, madismaya sya…or maawa…he couldn’t take that! He was too much of a man to take pity from the woman he was in love with!
“Josh… I don’t want her to see me like this…,” referring to his limp.
“Ni hindi mo nga naipaliwanag anong nangyari sa yo, how would you know how she would take it….Dave, ito na siguro ang babaeng para sa ‘yo! Pick your balls up, and go talk to her…!” With that, he took Dave’s crutch and handed it to Dave. “Go!”
Dave stared momentarily at the offending crutch Josh was handing him then at his brother. Josh was not going to let him give up and stared his brother down. Giving in, Dave took one last swig of vodka for reinforcement, grabbed the hated metal thingy from his brother and limped his way down the stairs. Barbie and Jen were looking up at him with annoyance. “Naayos na sana, pumalpak ka naman… take my key…bahala ka na. Wag ka nang pumalpak ha, kung hindi mo maayos yan, huwag ka nang bumalik,” Jen warned.
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Dave stood awkwardly by the door to Juliet’s bedroom. He could hear her sobbing loudly and it just broke his heart. She was laid out on her bed like a child, her legs drawn against her chest, and her body shaking. Gently, Dave walked to the other side of the bed, and sat down beside her. He reached out para yakapin si Juliet, which startled her.
“Don’t,” as she tried wriggling out of Dave’s grasp. Sa kapupumiglas nya, na-elbow nya ang chest wound ni Dave na hindi pa completely healed.
“Ahhhhhhrghhh,” napasigaw si Dave sa sakit. “Awwww…keep still, Jules, please!”
Nagulat si Jules sa look of pain ni Dave as he clutched his chest. Juliet brushed his hand aside, and ripped open his shirt. “Slowly, babe, please…,” Dave hissed.
Dahan dahang hinubad ni Juliet ang shirt ni Dave and tumambad sa mata nya ang hindi pa completely dry na peklat sa left chest ng binata. “Oh, honey…,” napaiyak uli si Juliet.
“So that’s the reason why…” Dave kept quiet as Juliet bowed her head and gently showered the puckered gash with light kisses. He grasped her nape and kissed the top of her head to her forehead to her beautiful lips, which were a little red from her biting them in her crying jag. “I’m sorry, Jules…”
Juliet reached over and kissed him once more, letting him know she understood now.
“So if you’re good and quiet, I will tell you what happened, “ Dave smiled, and tugged Juliet to his right side, away from the exposed sugat.
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Juliet woke up first, gently checking that Dave was comfortable on the bed. She took off Dave’s sandals, then untied the drawstrings around his waist. “Are you trying to get your way with me while I’m asleep to enjoy it?”
“No, I just want you comfortable…lift up babe, so I can take off your chinos…” Juliet gasped to see that he had no underwear underneath. Dave just laughed it off. “I dress with what’s easiest to put on nowadays,” he answered by way of explanation.
As she drew the chinos down his leg slowly, nakit ni Juliet ang isa pang peklat ni Dave sa kanyang left thigh. This one was very ugly dahil a bit of his muscle had to be taken out sa sobrang infection. Naluha uli si Juliet. Ayaw ng lalaki na kaawaan sya ni Juliet kaya to distract her, he took a big risk and decided to make another confession to her. “Honey, remember when you were standing on your ledge looking for the door key?” At her nod, ipinagpatuloy nya ang kwento, “I, uhh, I had such a freakin’ hard-on…turned on na turned ako sa yo. After that, I masturbated to you…”
“What,” Juliet asked, a little shocked but also a little sheepish. Nag-blush sya dahil naalala nyang she did a little playing with herself din. Na-feel nyang nag-wet ng konti ang kanyang pekpek, na-arouse sa mental image of Dave playing with himself. Dave was smiling smugly as he watched Juliet’s reaction. Her pupils were dilated, indicating that she was getting aroused. “And…? Was it good? Show me how you did it…,” she murmured seductively, licking her lips, her eyes shifting from Dave’s eyes, lips to his growing erection. It was such a magnificent cock, she was pleased to know, thick all around and larger than average.
“Uhum, it was good…and you know what else happened…?”
“Tell me,” she gamely replied as she dragged herself closer to Dave, lightly nibbling on his lips and chin and jaw.
“I was masturbating as I was watching you masturbate…,” Dave revealed, his erection getting harder as he recalled how she played with her pussy and her pillow.
“What…!..How..?”
Dave lifted his eyes in the direction of her window which was open, and from there nakita nya ang window sa bahay nina Aling Iling. “You were peeping…? You perv,” Juliet laughed.
“You were putting on such a show, I couldn’t resist. Your cheeks were flushed, your eyes were closed tight, and you were fucking your pillow. So tell me…what were you imagining?”
Juliet blushed uli, embarrassed to tell Dave kung ano iniimagine nya nuon. “C’mon..tell.”
“Ummm…you…,” she coyly answered, avoiding Dave’s eyes as she answered. But instead of teasing her, as she feared, he was smiling in delight, na gustong gusto nya that sya ang iniimagine nya when she was pleasuring herself. “You like fucking pillows, huh…” At her nod, Dave ventured, “You were imagining it was me you were fucking..?”
Juliet nodded again. “You like your clit being stimulated? Can you show me too, babe, how you did it…please. I’ve masturbated countless times to that view of you…I want to see you do it up close, just for me.” As he was begging her, his hand was moving up and down on his erection.
Juliet pulled one pillow and fluffed it just so. “That day kasi, when you lifted me from the ledge, nadikit ako sa katawan mo. Then naramdaman ko yung ano, yung titi mo. Medjo matigas eh…na-excite ako, na-ramdaman kong nag-wet ang pussy ko. Tapos medjo diniin mo kasi yung titi mo sa puson ko, na parang sinsadya…I was ready to cum then…” she gamely admitted.
“Go on,” Dave urged naughtily, recalling that he did hold on to her longer than necessary.
“And then hindi talaga ako mapakali. I was so horny, I came up to my room, and then I took this same pillow.” She straddled her pillow and giniling nya ang kanyang ari sa pillow, moaning softly at the delicious feeling of her wet clit being rubbed. Lalong namasa sya dahil iba din ang dala na excitement pag-naglalaro ka at tinitignan ka ng lalaki. “Sa imagination ko, inupuan ko yung cock mo, and I was grinding myself on it, like this…”
“Fuck,” she heard Dave hiss. Umilis ng bumilis ang pag-bate nya sa kanyang ari. “Take off your panties and show me.” Juliet took off her pink panties, and straddled the pillow again, seductively smiling at Dave as she did so. Dave moaned louder.
He pulled himself up to lean on the headboard, at hinila si Juliet sa kanya. “Stand up, please!” Tumayo si Juliet sa harap ng binata, her pussy tamang tama sa lips ni Dave. Dave parted her thighs more para maabot ng dila nya ang tinggil ng dalaga, dinilaan nya yun. Nasarapan si Juliet at inangat pa nya ng konti ang leg nya sa headboard para kainin ni Dave sya. Dave separated the folds of her pussy lips, and licked at the wet pink flesh hidden there, his tongue darting in and out of her wetness.
“Ohhhhh, please, ganyan please…,” halinghing ng babae. “Oh Godddd, ayan na kooo…,” Dave felt and tasted Juliet’s juice leaking out of her pussy. “Let me sit on you please…”
Juliet knelt astride Dave at nag-cowboy sya, slowly gliding down his hard fat cock. “Oh fuuu-fucck…,” ungol nya. Dave grunted sa sarap ng friction ng basang ari ni Juliet grasping his sensitive cock. “Ang sarap mooo, Juliet, just like I imagined…so tight and so wet…slow muna, I want to enjoy this,” bulong nya kay Juliet.
Sunod naman si Juliet, ang up and down sya sa titi ng boyfriend, dahan-dahan then pabilis ng pabilis, then slow uli, tapos pagiling giling, feeling the ridges of his cock slide against the tight walls of her pussy. Hindi na nya mapigilan ang sarili, idiniin nya ang kanyang naglalawang puki sa katigasan ng ari ni Dave hanggang mag-cum sa sarap. Dave felt her pussy pulsing on his alaga, sya na rin hindi na makapag-pigil. “I’m going to cum babe, let me cum in your pussy please…,” sarap na sarap na bulalas ni Dave, habang sinabayan nya ang giling ni Juliet.
“Yes, please, sige naaa…gusto ka pa ng isa, please, faster na tayo…ohhhhhh” sagot ni Juliet. Binilisan nila ang pag-kantot hangang sabay silang nag-orgasm, pinaputok ni Dave ang tamod nya sa loob ni Juliet na naghalo sa katas nya.
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True to Dave’s philosophy that life is too short for regrets, he made up his mind there and then. While they were both resting from their orgasm, Dave faced Juliet sa bed. He looked serious and resolute – determined. Ninerbiyos si Juliet ng konti.
“I’m not like Josh, honey. Tahimik ako, most of the time. Not at all expressive, as you saw first hand. But I will say this…I love you, I am in love with you…I regret that I never had the chance to tell you before. I’m sorry I put you through a lot…”
“I know…and I love you and I am in love with you…,” tugon naman ng isa. “Hey…where are we going…” Dave leapt out of the bed, and dragged her to the edge of it, letting her sit. Then Dave, in all his naked glory, knelt on his right leg…wincing a little, and trembling from soreness sa kanyang left leg. He held Juliet’s hand and said, “Juliet, since you love me and I love you, marry me so we can make little Juliets and little Daves together….I am not ready with a ring right now, since I didn’t know how things would turn out, but if you want one, I can…”
Before he can finish, Juliet held her hand over his lips. “Alam mo na din ang scandalous secret ko eh…wala na akong maitatago pa sa yo…so yes na nga, kasi you have to make an honest woman out of me…” she answered giddily.
And then she pulled Dave to her and kissed away his tears. She didn’t know, he was iyakin pala.
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