18 》c.d.

VII

I sat on the passenger's seat of Cameron's car. The car smelled like a male's perfume with a hint of alcohol. Just a very tiny hint.

The ride was rather long. Awkward silence filled my ears until his voice took over.

"I forgot, you never answered my first question."

"What question."

"Your name?"

"Oh, that. I'm Liza."

"Ahh, Liza. I like it." He whispered the last three words. "So, where are you from?"

"My mom." I laughed, turning the radio on.

"Shhh... there are children reading this." He whispered.

"What?!" Reading, huh?

"What?"

We just let out a laugh that filled every inch of the car.

"I'm from the Philippines."

"YOU'RE ASIAN?!"

" What, got a problem?"

"You're just so--" All of a sudden, his phone rang. It wasn't my ringtone so, maybe it was his.

It was a good thing we stopped because of a stoplight.

"Hello?" He answered his phone.

"What? No! Maybe.." He started. "Well, I can't right now."

This would take longer than I thought.

》》

Cameron parked the car as soon as we got to a seventies-looking diner near a beach. Bright lights, loud music, a large seventies diner sign.

I like it.

"Wanna eat here?" He looked at me, smiling.

"Sure." I answered him. Both of us got out of the car and went inside.

The inside was amazing. It looked like you were in the seventies like the one I went to in Baguio City.

We sat down in one of the booths by the people dancing with the music from a large jukebox.

"Hey Cameron." A waiter walked over and smiled at him.

"Hey Mikey." He greeted him as well then his eyes turned to me. "Mikey, this is my future girlfriend, Liza."

As soon as he said that, I kicked him by his leg.

"Ow!" He yelled, loud enough for us to hear but not enough to be heard by everyone.

"Nice to meet you Liza," Mikey smiled at me. He had green eyes, blonde hair, and a body like Cameron's.

"A large chocolate milkshake and large fries." Cameron ordered.

"Dallas, the magic word?" Mikey sounded like my dad.

"Ugh... please Daddy Mikey. Can we have a milkshake and fries?" Cameron said using a high-pitched, child-like voice. And then he smirked. Mikey smacked Cameron at the back of his head. It was amusing really.

》》

Cameron Alexander Dallas is really something. While we ate the fries and waited for the milkshake, Cameron kept throwing questions at me.

"Full name?"

"Maryjane Elizabeth Sanchez."

"Age and birthday."

"18 and March 22, 1997."

And so on and so forth. I found out that he's a viner, a model, and an actor. He has a sister and his best friend was Nash.. Grier? When he said Nash, I thought of Nash Aguas, a filipino actor.

This was a great way to start my vacation.