My ARAH

Chapter 2

Lunch break....

"Hey," nag-aalinlangan pang tawag sakin ni Jiesselle. Mukha nahihiya sya kaya naman ngumiti ako sa kanya para naman hindi sya mailiang.

"Hey"

"Ah, Is it okay if I come with you? I don't know where can I find the cafeteria, you know transferee." nakangiti nyang sabi sabay kibit balikat. Natawa naman ako sa ginawa nya.

"Sure, of course If you want to I can also give a tour." nakangiti ko paring alok sa kanya. Total may 2 hours and 30 minutes vacant pa naman kami eh kasama na yung lunch break namin. Mamaya pang 1 o'clock magcocontinue ang classes namin tuloy tuloy na hanggang 7 pm.

" Really? Oh I would love to, thank you so much."

"Hahaha, your welcome. So let's go?"

"Let's go! I'm so excited! I can believe you're going to be my tour guide!" halatang halata nga sa mukha nya ang pagiging excited hahaha.

"So Light, how old are you? Ah is it ok if I ask you? I just feel comfortable with you and I can help my mouth from keep talking hahaha."

"Hahaha Yes, yes of course no problem. Actually this is the first time that I have a friend after I enter this university"

I honestly answer her, really wala talaga akong close friends simula ng mag-aral ako dito.

Merong nakakausap o kinakausap pero yung kasamang mag lunch, mag break time, wala pa ngayon lang talaga. At isa pa kahit naman friendly ako ay medyo ilag parin ako dahil ayokong malaman ng tao kung sino talaga ako.

"Really? Then that's mean I am the first one? Ahh, I'm so touch" mas lalo akong napangiti nang ikawit nya ang dalawang braso saking mga braso.

So this is the feeling for having a friend in school huh. Well mag ga-graduate narin naman ako ng college mas mabuting maging friends nalang kami.

"Hahaha, honestly yes. I'm somehow a loner here in school haha."

"Why is that? You're beautiful and I can sense that you're also friendly and you're kind. Why you don't have a friend?"

"I know some, but I'm not comfortable after talking with them in a long time hahaha. You're the first one"

"Aww, you're so sweet. So anyway how old are you?" muling ulit nya sa tanong nya, kaninang hindi ko agad nasagot.

"Well I'm 22 years old."

"You are? So I much older than you?" nakakita ko naman ang pagbusangot ng mukha nya kaya napatawa ako.

"Hahaha why? Do you hate your age that much?"

"No its not that. Hindi lang kasi ako sanay na magkaroon ng kaibigang mas bata sakin. All of my friends are older than me for 1 year or 2 years. Your the first one that younger than me." nagulat naman ako ng marinig ko syang magsalita ng Tagalog.

"You know how to speak tagalog?" I ask her

"Haha, yeah. Dito rin naman kami lumaki sa Pilipinas ng kapatid ko. But we continued our studies in Los Angeles when we were in high school until 3rd year college and we just come back here last week para asikasohin ang mga business namin dito Pilipinas."

" Ah, I really thought hindi ka marunong magsalita ng tagalog hahaha. You're so fluent kasi sa English. "

" Hahaha yeah, most of my friends and relatives has the same reaction with you when I speak tagalog. Mas sanay lang talaga akong magsalita ng English kaya minsan lang akong nagsasalita ng tagalog. "