The Dawning of Cosmos

8

Ria.

Tamad akong nakatingin sa labas ng karwaheng aming sinasakyan.

Patungo kami ngayon sa Daunt, ang lugar kung saan magaganap ang Aeris summit. Kasama ko ngayon si Ariella Rita, Jairus Canaan, Principal Tomas at si Mr. Glen na magsisilbing coach namin.

I felt that something vibrates in my pocket. I fished out my phone and saw Yulian's message.

We bought phones last week after Nario incident. This phone is more convenient than writing letters, I also bought Inang like this, although, Inang was still having a hard time using it.

Yulian request was granted to read the book that he wanted in Gregory's bookshelf, after we went home ilang beses akong kinulit at tinanong ni Yulian kung maari ba na pumasok kami sa Yves Yin. At dahil sa sobrang inis ko, binusalan ko ang bibig niya at hindi siya pinansin kaya iyak nang iyak ito buong araw.

I wish I won't see those people again.

Ian,
Teh! wala lang hehe, sana sinama mo na lang ako, miss na kita, mwah! ayaw ako payagan ni Inang gumala huhu.

Natawa ako ng mahina dahil sa mensahe ni Yulian. Hindi ko na ito nireplyan dahil tinatamad akong mag-type. Tinatamad akong gumalaw. Tinatamad ako sa lahat ng bagay.

"Ria, gusto mo?" inalukan ako ni Ariella ng isang bag ng potato chips ngunit umiling lamang ako at ngumiti.

They were not shocked after knowing that I am the top rank of our school. They even proudly said that they knew it before because they once eavesdrop on the faculty's conversation.

How nice, they both have an enhanced hearing ability.

"Ri, gusto mo bang matulog?" inalok ni Ariella ang balikat niya dahil siya ang katabi ko. We're going to travel for 6 hours.

Ariella, Jairus, and I are acquaintances, we're not friends because they are in the other courses and we rarely meet each other but I know they are kind, well for Jairus, he's medyo suplado but they're friends with Ariella, they belong to the same circle because of their friends.

I positioned my self comfortably and put my head on Ella's shoulder.

"Thank you, just wake me up if nangangalay na ang balikat mo" I said while closing my eyes. Tinatamad din lang naman ako kaya matutulog na lang ako.

I heard mumbles around. I opened my eyes and saw that Principal and Mr. Glen is nowhere to found and that's when I realized we've stopped.

"Oh, you're awake! Good timing, we're here!" sabi sa akin ni Ella at umayos na ako ng upo.

"Thank you for lending me your shoulder but why did we stop?" I asked and she just looked at me.

"Ang galing mo talagang magsalita ng Uvi, ang sarap pang pakinggan ng boses mo, kapag hindi ako makatulog, basahan mo ako ng libro ha!" komento niya. She did not answer my question.

"Hanggang dito lang ang karwahe natin at maglalakad tayo papasok. They need to check our identities bago makapasok," Jairus answered my question.

Nakita ko namang napanguso si Ariella.

"Dapat mas doblehin ko pa ang aking oras sa pag-aaral ng Uvi. Ikaw, Jai, hindi mo sinabi na gamay mo na pala ito," reklamo ni Ella. She can understand and know how to speak Uvi but not as fluent as you think.

"I don't, hindi ko kayang magsalita ng buong Uvi pero marunong akong idugtong ito sa mga salita natin. Hindi ako kasing galing ni Ria," he explained.

"Let's go out," aya ko sa kanila. Umunang lumabas si Jairus na sinundan naman ni Ella. It's has  a door from the each side so it's convenient.