"Pagkain please!" Tawag ni Kayde sa akin mula sa theater room na parang mayroon siyang muchacha dito. They aren't joking when they told everyone that we should keep in touch. Halos dalawang beses sa isang linggo kung magpatawag sila ng get together. Present naman lahat. Kung may mawala man ay isa-isa o dalawa lang. Maybe because we don't have classes yet. Baka magbabago kapag may klase na.
Ngayon, nasa condo ko ang lahat. Birthday ko na next week kaya gusto na nilang magplano in advance. "Happy 15th birthday bunso!" Sigaw ni Ariesa nang makapasok siya sa loob ng condo. Iiling-iling lang akong dumiretso sa kusina para kumuha pa ng pagkain. Good thing that it was delivered earlier. They headed towards the theater room where the others are all waiting. Some of them volunteered to help me out but I declined the offer. It freaking feels like they would just add up with the burden.
"Totoo kaya!" Rinig ko sigaw ni Ariesa bago pa ako makapasok sa theater room. Sobrang lakas ng boses ng babaeng 'yan. Parang nakalunok ng microphone kaya kahit malayo ay rinig na rinig mo.
"Hindi nga?" Rinig kong tanong naman ni Paulo. I just heard the grasp of it, so I have no idea what they are talking about. Naglingunan sila nang pumasok ako. Agad na inagaw ni Kayde ang tray na hawak ko para magsimulang kumain. Lumapit naman sa akin si Ariesa at iniangkla ang braso.
"Elle, hindi naniniwala si Paulo na 14 ka lang at mag-turn 15 sa May 27. Anong klaseng jowa 'yan?" Reklamo ni Ariesa habang nakanguso pa. I looked at Paulo only to see him looking at me too with a big question mark above his head. I chuckled and nodded my head. He looked really shock as another question mark formed above his head.
"She was accelerated twice. Dapat turning Grade 9 siya this school year kaso bida-bida ang ate mo girl." Saad ni Mae at saka tumawa. They really know every single detail about me. Well, I guess except from the details about my family.
"So, what's the plan?" Tanong ni Ariesa nang maka-recover sila sa usapan tungkol sa age ko. Dahil nasa theater room kami ngayon, we can do whatever we want, may nakaupo sa chair, may nakahiga sa kama,may naka-indian sit sa lapag. Hobby talaga nilang tumambay dito sa condo dahil malaki daw ito. Masarap daw tambayan. May aircon pa.
"We're heading to Palawan." Saad ko kaya agad silang nagtalunan sa tuwa. Naghampasan pa nga 'yung mga lalaki na nakaupo sa kama. Even me, I wasn't expecting this one to turn out this way. Akala ko ay diyan lang sa tabi. Kaso ano pang magagawa ko kung doon na nakahanda?
"If you have problems with your parents, I can talk to them." I offered because some of them looked really down. Of course, I know that most of us are minors, we can't just easily goof around without our parent's permission. Safe naman dahil marami kaming bantay. Nakikinig din naman kami sa isa't-isa. Most importantly, we don't do stupid things like pushing one of our classmates on the pool or turning around before going to swim. We are not that dumb though.
"Papayag ang nanay ko kaso wala akong pera. Tawid dagat 'yun di'ba?" One of my guy classmate uttered. I nodded my head and smile.
"It was all on me. Well, technically." Sagot ko at saka tumawa ng mahina. Ang kapal ng mukha kong magsalita kahit hindi ko naman pera ang gagamitin. "Airfare, transportation to airport, foods, hotel accommodations, activities fees.'' Laglag ang pangang tumingin sila sa akin. That hotel accommodation is actually a package meaning, kapag nag-book ka, you already had the access with everything. Because dad owns the resort, I can get everything for free. Including the foods. As for the travel fare, we own the vans that we are using. The airfare on the other hand was a treat of my ninong who's also mom's bestfriend. We do have a private plane, kaso dahil masyado kaming marami ay hindi namin pwedeng gamitin 'yun.
