Count On Me: The Luck

9: The Party [2]

"And you are my son's?" sumeryoso ang mukha ng mommy ni Jason habang naghihintay ng sagot ko.

Napatingin ako sa mga kasama ko sa table ngayon at lahat sila ay nag iintay rin sa isasagot ko.

"H-he's my...... friend Ma'am" this is so awkward and I wanna go home right now.

I am getting more anxious now that she's looking straight into my eyes with her intimidating and over flowing power she puts onto her face right now, and maybe also because of the fact that I don't know if I should lie about me accepting the idea that his son is a FRIEND to me.

Friendship is such an issue to me and I always took it as some sort of a big deal that I feel like I have to be mindful of because of how it's gonna affect my life.

Yeah I know Jason treats me as a friend, I get it and I am kinda thankful that he's doing the initiative to you know, make me fit in and do me a favor of potentially make changes in my life and how I see it, but there's still a part of me that's telling me to not give my trust and I should never invest my emotions to him or to anyone, that I should always leave a room for doubts.

I don't know, these thoughts are just weird and frustrating. I need to calm down and get a grip.

"Friend? What type of friend are you? Oh dear just so you know there are lots of things going on with the term friend." her aura is really intimidating that suggests that she would throw me out of her home if ever I messed with my answer.

"We're school friends Ma'am, nothing more and nothing less" sagot ko na biglang nagpabago sa timpla ng mukha nya.

Unti unti na sumilay ang ngiti sa mukha nya na ikinalito ko. May pagka moody ata itong Mom ni Jason ah.

"School friends? Lang? Do you agree son?" baling nya sa kanyang anak na hindi alam kung sasabat ba o hindi.

Jason help! I wanna go home already!

"Yes Mom so stop asking her such questions already! You're making it so awkward" seryoso ngunit may galang na reklamo ni Jason

"Oops my bad! Fourienn dear sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I just wanna make sure that there's nothing going on with the both of you." pagkaharap nya sakin ay ngumiti sya at bigla nalang akong niyakap na ikinagulat ko nalang.

"Mom, the other guests are waiting for your presence, why don't you go there and do some catching up" putol ni Jaessa sa kanyang ina after nya kumalas sa pagkakayakap sakin.

She's weird pero thank goodness she's not that intimidating as earlier and thanks to Jaessa umalis na nga sya after magpaalam saming lahat.

"Sorry for that Ate Fourienn, I hope hindi ka na offend kay Mom. Napaka over protective nya kasi dito kay Kuya to the point where she opposes the idea of him dating anyone kahit he's already old enough. Kasi mula pagkabata ni kuya ay-"

"Oo na Jae sundan mo na si Mom or kumain ka nalang doon ang daldal mo na baka naiingayan na tong si Ate Fourienn mo"

"Kuya naman! Naguusap pa kami dito! Ang KJ mo talaga. Gusto mo lang masolo to si Ate Fourienn e-" protesta nya habang nakakapit sa braso ko. Hinayaan ko nalang sila mag talo at nanahimik nalang habang pinapanood sila.

"GO AWAY SISTER" Pabiro ngunit nagbabantang sagot ni Jason kay Jaessa na nakikipagtalo parin sa kuya nya.

Tumingin sakin si Jaessa at nanghihingi ng tulong kung pwede ko bang pilitin si Jason na wag sya paalisin pero nag shrug lang ako ng balikat sign na I can't help her. Not that I don't want her here, it's just that I don't have the energy to do anything for her. Not today.