We started with everyone arriving at the party; Luciana
arrived with Roberto, while Serena arrived with Gian Carlo.
Sarah arrived by
herself and Luciana asked her where she had left Tenten. She said that Tenten
was out packing the car. When Tenten arrived, he looked quite dapper in his
suit and Serena was happy to see him looking so handsome. Gian Carlo however
tried to dim Tenten’s spotlight by saying that he looked good but needed to
spruce up a little bit more. Serena cut in and said that Tenten looked really
handsome.
When they sat down to eat, Tenten wanted to put the dining
cloth on his neck but Sarah hit him and gestured for him to put it across his
leg. Once again, Tenten was seated between Luciana and Sarah and Luciana took
the opportunity to learn more about him. She asked him where he lived and
whether his family had any wealth or prestige. Tenten said that he lived at a
simple place and his family was not wealthy but his family was good and they
lived happily. Serena seemed pleased with Tenten’s answer since she smiled at
him. Gian Carlo only looked at Serena with those very jealous eyes. Luciana
then asked Tenten if he went to school. Tenten said that he did not study but
was planning on reapplying to a university. This pleased Serena even more.
Luciana asked if Tenten and Sarah were a couple to which both Tenten and Sarah
said no. Luciana asked why not since Sarah was a fine lady. Tenten answered
that if they had met at a different time, maybe he would have dated her. Roberto
took this to mean that Tenten loved someone else and Gian Carlo commented that
Tenten must have been in love with quite a fine lady if he was turning down
Sarah. This elicited an angry look from Serena.
In the middle of the event, the hostess Madam Claudia
introduced a singer which shifted everyone’s attention to the stage. The waiter
went to pour Tenten some wine but he declined. Serena saw this and texted Tenten
telling him not to take any wine. They
started texting each other back and forth, smiling at each other which caught
Gian Carlo’s attention. He was so upset; he woke up and left the table. Luciana
followed him and asked him what was wrong but Gian Carlo said that nothing was
bothering him. Luciana insisted that he tell her because only then, would she
be able to help him.
Serena went to sit next to Tenten and asked him if it was
true that he was returning to school. Tenten said it was true and had decided
on it after what she had told him during the time they were at the resort.
Tenten also asked her what it is she wanted to talk to him about and Serena
said that it was not the right time for them to speak about it. Tenten took an
unhealthy bite of his soup and ended up pouring it on himself, so he woke up
and left for the bathroom to clean himself up. On the way, he saw Gian Carlo
and Luciana talking and waved at them. Gian Carlo’s face instantly changed to a
murderous one and Luciana instantly knew that Tenten was the problem.
When they returned to the table, Luciana wanted to embarrass
Tenten so she asked Claudia, the party
hostess to let Tenten be the volunteer for the table and read a poem for the
guests. Tenten was not able to refuse so he took the little book and was super
nervous. Claudia ushered him to the podium and it was a disastrous as Tenten
struggled to recite the poem with his poor Italian, his terrible lisp and
nervousness all working against him. Serena watched him and tried to give him
confidence but Tenten only struggled on. Serena had enough and joined Tenten on
the podium. She took the mike away from Tenten and easily recited the rest of
the poem as Tenten stood next to her and watched.
She was applauded and then
continued on to introduce herself. She said that like the poem had stated, she
had fallen in love with everything the Philippines had to offer and it did not
matter that she was from a prestigious Italian family. She said that she had
fallen in love with the Jeepneys, with the water, with the food, with the
people and most importantly, she fell inlove with the most amazing person she had
ever met in her life; her friend from Tondoo! Tenten cut her short and told her
not to say that she loved him if she was only trying to defend him. With tears
in her eyes, Serena said that it was true; she had fallen in love with him. She
hugged Tenten in front of everyone as she repeatedly said that she loved Tenten
and it was then that Luciana and Roberto went and took her away.
Tenten tried to follow them but Gian Carlo stopped him and
asked him if he knew just what he had done. Tenten told him that it was never
his intention to take Serena away and Gian Carlo told him that it was just an
excuse people say; that they could not help who they loved. He added that all
Meanwhile, Luciana scolded Serena for embarrassing them and
demanded that she talk to Gian Carlo and take back everything she had said
about Tenten. Serena refused to do it and Luciana ended up fighting with
Roberto after she blamed him for everything because it was he who sent Serena
to the Philippines on her own. Roberto told her that she was not blameless and
she felt offended for being called a bad mother. Once Luciana left, Roberto
talked more calmly to Serena and asked her why she had not told them about her
feelings instead of embarrassing them in front of everyone. Serena apologized
and said that she had only intended to defend her friend. She said that she
really wanted to talk to her parents about her feelings for Tenten but she
could not do so when they all dictated that she should love someone else. She
however said that she would return to Italy with them.
Tenten went home and told his family what had happened. They
too had been out at a singing Bar where Binggoy had hogged the microphone and
they ended up being kicked out of the bar. He asked them what he was supposed
to do after learning that Serena loved him too since he was sure that Serena
was going to be on the next flight to Italy. He asked his mother if he should
fight for Serena because he felt that the world was big enough to let the two
of them love each other.
At the Karaoke Bar, Angel was able to sing after Binggoy and
his friends left. Her parents watched her with pride and Alice, Angel’s mother
thought about how proud Monica (Angel’s younger sister) would be.
Luciana called Gian Carlo to apologize for what Serena had
done and said that she did not understand why Serena had changed so much. We
ended with Gian Carlo telling Luciana that his father would not be happy to
hear what was had happened…
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