BATANES SERIES #1: RUNNING WITH THE SUN

Chapter Nine

CHAPTER 9

Its friday today and lola is currently panicking kasi wala na daw kaming food supply. The only people in the house today are Me, Lola, Farem and Mami Mar. Ang iba naman ay namasyal. Vivoree and Derek left early in the morning to go island hopping, bukas pa daw ang balik ng mga ito while Alona was dragged by Venancio earlier, hindi namin alam kung saan sila pupunta kasi basta nalang silang nawala sa paningin namin.

"so ano na? Gorabels na ba tayo?" Mami Mar said while pouting because of the fact that he'll be driving today

"aba sandali lang, i need to freshen up" hirit ni Lola na agad tumayo at naglakad papunta sa kwarto niya, Hayst ano na naman kayang outfit ang maisip nitong suotin

"kayo ba? Ganyan lang talaga isusuot niyo?"  Mami Mar look at Farem and Me who's both sitting in the sofa wearing our comfy clothes

"yes, wala namang papagandahan dun duh" wika ni Farem at pinagpagan ang puting damit pambahay nito

"same, tinatamad ako mag bihis, plus i can wear whatever i want" i added at nag-apir pa kami ni Farem. Napabuntong hininga na lang si Mami Mar at tinalikuran kaming dalawa para magbihis na din. 

After one hour of waiting, lumabas na din wakas ang dalawa. I saw Lola wearing a floral dress that extended all the way to her feet. She paired it with brown round shades and white summer hat, naka floral na sandlas din ito which perfectly suits her overall outfit. 

Ang sunod naman na lumabas ay si Mami Mar wearing a sleeveless pink top paired with a baggy pants at sapatos na puti, his outfit would pass as one of Barbies outfits kaya maganda din tingnan kahit lalaking lalaki ang build ng katawan nito. 

Nagkatinginan kami ni Farem at tsaka tiningnan ang damit namin, we look like maids of the two pero hindi ako mag bibihis. I will stand on what i said earlier!

Tiningnan ako ni Lola. Ngumiwi ito dahil sa suot ko pero hindi niya na pinuna iyon. Maybe she already knew that i'm hard headed and wont change my outfit for show. 

"let's go…" kuya mar and lola excitedly walked through the door at sumakay na kaming lahat sa kotse ni lola, at dahil nga naka full outfit si Lola siya at si Farem ang nasa back seat habang ako ay nakaupo sa passenger seat

Mami Mar took a deep breath at tsaka pinaandar ang sasakyan… 

"pray people… pray" he said as he manouvered the car

"why?" i asked

"uhm, he hasn't drive for about six months now" Farem answered na ikinalaki ng mata ko, i looked at lola and it seems like shes already praying for her dear life, tiningnan ko naman si Mami Mar at ngumiti lang ito ng malabnaw sa akin. 

"GOD HELP ME!" i shouted inside the car as fear started spreading in my body.

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MAAYOS naman kaming nakarating si big city ng batanes, yun ngalang sa boung byahe ay nakapikit ang mata ko at paulit ulit na tinatawag ang DIYOS, nakahinga lang ako kanina nung isakay na ang kotse sa barge para makapunta sa City… 

"sino ang magdadala ng cart?" nasa lob na kami ng mall ngyaon at nakapalibot kami sa isang cart, ayaw namang dalhin ni lola kasi nga maganda daw ang outfit niya at matanda na siya, Mami Mar refused too dahil daw masisiraang poise niya, that left me and Farem kaya naman ako na ang humawak sa cart

"ako na, lets go" i started pushing the cart in the grocery store, sunod lang kami ng sunod ni Farem sa dalawa

"ito pa.. Uhm.. Ito.. Gusto ko nito.." lola and mami mar takes turn on putting stuff in the cart until its almost full, naglalakihang galoon ng mantika, suka, toyo, gatas at iba pa. Ng makarating kami sa meat section ay kinailangan ng kumuha ni Farem ng isa pang cart para mailagay ang mga karne ng baka, baboy at manok.