The Only Exception

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Typing

Pagkatapos kong bumaba sa kotse nila Conrad ay agad akong sinalubong ng nakangiting si Charm, my little sister.

"Ate!" She yelled while running towards me

I kissed her and hugged her as soon as she reached for a hug. Pinanggigilan ko ang matatambok niyang pisngi.

"Ouch, Charm said ouch!" Sabi nito na ikinatawa ko. 

Binaba ko siya nang nagpumilit siyang kumawaka sa yakap ko. Pagkatapos ay pinilit niyang hinila ang kamay ko sa kusina. "Mama cooked! Come! Ate! It's our favorite," she said and even clapped her little hands.

"I can see that, now, stop running, " I chuckled bago siya pigilang tumakbo dahil hindi na siya nakuntento sa paghila sa akin lalo na at hindi naman ako nagpahila.

"Hi, Mama!" I greeted her. before kissing her cheeks. 

"Hi, Curns!" she greeted back without looking at me, still busy sa niluluto niyang menudo, my favorite.

I just looked at her while waiting.

 "Ate, carry!" Charm interrupted.

 I did what she wants. Tumayo ako saka binuhat ito at inilapag sa upunan niya. After mama cooked, I volunteered to arrange the table. Tuwang tuwa naman ang kapatid ko na tumutulong, 'yon nga lang ay ilang beses nahulog ang kutsara dahil sa kakulitan nito. Sakto sa pagdating ni papa ay nakahanda na ang lahat. He kissed us one by one before sitting. Charm lead the prayers tonight. Kahit bulol bulol ay seryosong seryoso ito.

"Amen.." she said and I opened my eyes. We ate our dinner happily. Pagkaakyat ko ay agad akong nag shower. Nagbabad pa ako sa bathtub for almost an hour.

When I got up, I started drying myself and scoop my things para madala iyon sa verenda. As usual, sa katapat ng aking verenda ay ang verenda ni Conrad. It's dim so probably, he's done studying, samantalang ako ay mag uumpisa pa lang sana, but I lose interest because no one's gonna tutor me. Siguro ay nag lalaro na ito ng ML.

Dinala ko na lang ulit ang gamit ko at nag online na lang. Wala naman kaming gagawin bukas e. It's Friday so half day lang kami.

I scrolled and stopped when I saw Conrad's icon with a green dot with it, meaning, he's online. I decided to chat him.

Curns Jasmine Samillano: Hoy!

After five minutes, he still did not reply, kaya muli ay tiningnan ko ito. It says there that my message was delivered so I tapped again to message him.

Curns Jasmine Samillano: Tangiii
Curns Jasmine Samillano: namo ka!

and there, he read my message, I saw the three dots moving, so I waited for him to reply.

Conrad Wayne Valtierra: Tang ina! Namatay tuloy ako, wait, in game ako.

ML, na naman. Paano niya kaya napagsasabay yun? ML, then being one of the academic awardee? I replied to him to annoy him more.

Curns Jasmine Samillano: Matalo ka sana! Maubos sana star mo! Mapunta ka sana sa lowest of the low!

Natatawa ako sending it to him. I'm sure, I'll pissed him off. He replied right away.

Conrad Wayne Valtierra: Hmm, I'll mute you for a bit. You can say what ever you want now.

Napasimangot naman ako sa reply niya! Bakit niya naman ako imumute? He never does that!

Naggigigil akong nagtipa ng reply.

Curns Jasmine Samillano: You muted me?!

Nagreply naman ito agad.