The Chase Escape (Algea Series #1) ✔

03

Nakauwi na kami at bumaba ng service. Hanggang pagbaba ng sasakyan ay tahimik ako. I can feel their stares at us while we went down the steps. I never wanted to talk to them in the first place and it feels awkward to be around them. Hindi ako sanay sa mga nangyayaring bardagulan sa loob, because it's not my and Elle's thing. Nagpaalam na lang ako kay Kuya Ranran sa loob bago isinarado namin ang pintuan ng sasakyan. Carl was the one who got out of the service first. He lives nearby from us and I just knew a while ago.

We entered the gate while the service is backing off from its position. Hindi na ako nag-abala pang tignan ulit 'yun at pumasok na lang sa gate namin. Sa likod kami ng bahay dumadaan so that our front porch will not look like messy with slippers. Malawak naman sa likod. It has a swimming pool that was made years ago by the family on our mother's side. It's special on every occasion. Also, the house was sold to us by the brother of our mother. He is Tito Ronlyn.

Tinanggal namin ang mga sapatos namin at medyas bago pumasok ng bahay. Sinuot namin ang mga tsinelas naming pambahay bago nilipag sa paanan ng hagdan ang mga bags namin. After that, I went upstairs. I changed my clothes into comfy ones and didn't wear a bra because I didn't have any boobs, to begin with. I mean it's not that big and I'm still in highschool, but I don't really care about it if it will be big in the future or not. Boys will be boys if they don't accept my flaws or rather it's not even a flaw. It's just that I have more in me than wondering if I have big boobs.

I remove my cross bracelet and the other dark blue crochet bracelet with a black button in the center which seals it with a yellowish orange crochet flower. It's from my Grade 6 hobby. Crocheting. I still crochet but I have less time now since crocheting reminds me of Harold except for the bracelet. I want to keep it as a memory that I made while he is watching. It's one of the best things I made for him. To teach him how to crochet, but he keeps on failing it. It's a requirement before for a school subject that's why he needed me to teach him how to do the other kinds of crochets.

After that, I lay down to bed, thinking if how was he without him and why do I always need to think about him when I got home. Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit hindi ako naiiyak sa mga sinasabi ko.

Maybe, he just built me for someone else.

I thought of that countless times. But for who? I'm still uncertain who I am built for. It's just a matter of time before I will start praying for the right man for me at a young age. Mostly, for Elle.

"Oh, dinadrama mo diyan?" dinig kong tanong ni Elle sa akin pagkapasok na pagkapasok niya ng kwarto namin. We're just sharing a room since there are just two bedrooms in this house. It's not small and it's not big also. It's just enough for four people but not enough for our things. That's why it looks chaotic around the house.

"Wala."

Gumilid ako ng higa at kinuha ang cellphone ko na nilagay ko kanina lang sa nighstand na nasa pagitan ng kama namin. I never opened Messenger again after what happened but I guess I need to check it today.

Ganun pa rin ang itsura 'nun. Last chat ko ay si Kuya Ranran. Our chat is also chaotic. Wala sigurong hindi magulo sa mga kamag-anak, 'di ba? Lalo kung sa mga pinsan?

I also can see that he's online. It's been months and I still cannot get over it even though I said I had already forgotten it within three days. That's a lie.

It hurts so much that I can even lie with the days when I can say I have moved on now. I also deleted our conversation from my Messenger because why should I keep it? It's not that even important now. Even if I did, it's engraved in my brain because of my stupid long-term memory.

I go to the home screen again and click Wattpad to write. I wrote something about us in fiction before but I ended up unpublishing it and removing it permanently from my account. It cringes me out and it's corny, so I just started another story that has the genre of Mystery and Thriller. I am now currently writing one of the chapters that I am planning to publish later.