Mirage

eleven

"Mayu! Girl I missed you!" Aliyah said while hugging Mayu.

"I missed you din tita liyuhhh!" Mayu hugged her tighter and kissed Aliyah on the cheeks.

They were in the company's studio. Mayu was setting up her equipment and Aliyah went by to see her friend and see the process of the project.

"Kamusta na? Ang daya niyo talaga ni Gigi! Nagsarili kayo kahapon?" Aliyah pinched Mayu's side making the girl squirm away from Aliyah.

"Aray tita liyuh naman," the photographer laughed. "Tampo yarn? Don't worry ikaw parin favorite ko!"

Aliyah playfully rolled her eyes. "So ano nasan na ba si Guia?"

"Ayon late pero papunta na daw, bumili pa ng breakfast niya." Mayu said while clinging her arm to Aliyah's.

"By the way sabi ni boss ikaw daw mag iinterview sa ibang 'influencers' kung sino man sila."

"Oo, hindi influencers actually. Ako mag interview and write ng article sa isang business tycoon? Cover natin ngayon mga powerful people eh." Aliyah shrugged her shoulders.

"Ay jusko po sa mga tycoon na yan halos madalas sakanila matapobre. Good luck na lang."

"Good luck talaga kasi mukhang hindi lang writer job description ko dito hays." She sighed.

"Bakit ano pa ba gagawin mo?"

"Ewan napromote na ata ako sa pagiging assistant editor? Or na promote ako maging director." Aliyah laughed, "Che-check ko lang ung progress ngayon tas report."

Mayu laughed as well. "Kawawa naman to, sabi sayo tuloy mo na lang pag pageant eh and model. Tignan mo si Guia hayahay, kung san san pumupunta."

"Huy ang hirap din mag model ha and sa pageant daming effort din na gagawin."

"Sabagay," Mayu then saw Guia enter the studio so she suddenly clapped her hands. "Pero ayon! Nandito na rin ang the one and only, Guia Fuentes!"

"Gigi!" Aliyah excitedly went to Guia.

Guia hugged the two and said, "Ang ingay niyo naman aga aga."

"Hindi na maaga huy, late ka na!" Mayu exclaimed as she pointed at her wrist watch.

"Eto na kape mo Mayu wag ka na magsungit." Guia gave coffee to Mayu and Aliyah.

"Ay may baon, alam na alam na bubungangaan ni Mayu." Aliyah chuckled and grabbed the coffee. "Thanks though, nagkape na ako pero feel ko need ko pa ng isa."

"Hoy sinabihan ko yan na agahan." Mayu squinted her eyes at Guia as she drank her coffee.

"Stressed ka nanaman Liyah." Guia said to Aliyah ignoring Mayu's glare.

"Medyo, mamaya pala ha tuloy tayo sa bahay. Dinner daw sabi nila Stella."

"Talaga? Sige." Guia said while hiding her smile behind her cup of coffee.

"Nako rudeh kinilig ung isa, pangalan pa lang." Mayu said and jokingly pushed Guia. "Mag ayos ka na nga start na tayo."

Aliyah only laughed at them. She really missed seeing her childhood friends again.

At the gas station

Mira was just sitting on a bench waiting for customers. Cars were seldom today and Mira was getting sleepy for doing nothing.

When one car came up, her co-worker was the one who tended to it so she continued sitting there. Then she felt her phone vibrate from her pocket, Mira got a text from an unknown number.