My Kind of Story

(52) THUNDER

"BALAGTAS!! TARA NA!"

"OO ITO NA, DOMINGO!"

Nauuna syang maglakad sakin papuntang kotse nya, obviously nagmamadali sya at halatang may lakad. Pero kahit naman dati pag may lakad 'to okay lang sa kanya na ma-late. And I'm not gonna buy it kung 'new year, new life' siya ngayon because aside from the fact that he doesn't believe in those crap, it's freaking March already! And what's worse, I even heard the car door slammed hard when he entered. Whatda?!

I think I'm going to have a heart attack.

Hell! Ano ba problema nito?! >.<

2 MONTHS EARLIER

When I woke up on the very first day of New Year, I felt so refreshed like a new beginning has begun. A little poetic pero ganun talaga ang nararamdaman ko. Parang natanggalan ng tinik sa lalamunan, a year's worth of torns, that is.

And what's good is that kahit na ilang araw na ang nakaraan since New Year, I can still feel that awesome, good feeling and I don't know why. It kinda scares me that all this happiness will disappear in a snap at palitan ng sobrang kalungkutan. Pero di ko na muna inintindi yun and let this be, whatever this is.

D: Here's your graham mango shake, Em!

A: Ooohh, thanks Den! Yum!

Ar: Yum ha! Kala ko ba you're watching your calories?

M: Psh! Ganun talaga, masarap ang bawal eh. Minsan lang naman eh. Yun nga lang minsan lang dapat, so iwas-iwas na din ha, MJ?

Ngumiti na lang ako habang nilalantakan ko yung fruit shake na binili sakin ni Dan. I know Majoy said those words meaningfully. Madalas nga kaming magkita ni Dan ngayon kasi kaka-start pa lang halos ng sem at di pa sya masyadong busy, at iyun nga ang iniiwasan nilang mangyari. Ayoko namang sabihin sa kanya na 'Dan, okay lang ba na huwag muna tayong magkita? Para maka-move on na ako sa'yo. Thanks!' That's ridiculous! All I did was to nod and helped myself to the fruit shake in front of me.

D: Okay lang yan, minsan lang naman eh. Paminsan-minsan mag-break ka din sa pagba-bawas and treat yourself once in a while.

And that's where Ara almost choked on drinking her juice while Majoy was trying hard not to stifle a snort and looked like she just coughed a little on what they heard. Ako naman gusto ko nang matawa sa reactions nila. Ang OA ng mga friends ko, kainis!

D: (to Ara) Okay ka lang, Ara?

Ar: Yeah, I'm all right. Nasamid lang nang konti. (Wiping the side of her mouth)

M: (tawa nang tawa) Bes chill lang kasi sa juice. Di ka naman mauubusan eh!

Sinipa ko nga ang bruhang si Majoy. Nakadali na ng tawa eh! If I know hindi naman yung pagkasamid ni Ara ang tinatawa nya kundi yung sinabi ni Dan. Para kasing sinagot ni Dan yung sinabi ni Majoy eh, though not in the way we think.

D: Nga pala, Em. Baka di na ko masyadong makasama sa inyo in the coming days. Magiging busy na kasi kami sa duty tsaka sa dami ng lessons. Hayyy, hell days are here again.

A: Ganun ba? That's too bad. Well, may ibang araw pa naman para magkita tayo. Don't worry, text-text na lang for catch up, okay?

M: Oo nga naman, okay lang yun! May next time pa naman.

Ar: Tama!

D: Don't worry, Em. I'll make sure you won't miss me that much pag di tayo nagkikita. We can still catch up, I promise. (Then he winked at me)

When he said that he'll still try to catch up with me, I thought he meant through text pero kela Ara, may ibang meaning. Because when we and Dan parted ways...