Two Hearts, One Rhythm

Chapter 14

"Nakakapagod talaga ang tumanda. Ayoko na nito, tangina."

"But, I think it will be worth it naman! Kaya natin 'to!"

Crim snorted. "I don't need your fake positivity, bebe. 'Wag ngayon, please."

Bella pouted. "I'm sorry. I'm just trying to lighten the mood." She played with her fingers on her lap.

Crim pinched her cheeks. "Hindi ka talaga namin matiis!"

Weeks passed by and halos patapos na ang review namin. Lagpas kalahati na ang naaral namin and na recall and I admit that it's been good. It's not bad living with my girls because we understand each other well kaya mas lalong napadali rin ang review.

We're on our way home na because nagpasa kami kanina ng board exam requirements. My gosh, inuna namin ang review kaysa magpasa muna ng mga need! Thankfully, it went well and naipasa namin ang lahat.

Our parents wanted us to just ask someone to process our requirements and to fall in line to the office for us at babayaran na lang nila but we don't want that. As much as connections are helpful, we wanted to experience this because it's a part of the adulting process.

Kai was true to his words, hindi niya talaga ako inaya. I know he's been busy with his work dahil nakikita ko sa social media. Plus, hindi rin siya gaano nagtetext sa akin. At first, I got mad over that but afterwards, I understand that he just wanted me to focus on my review.

Understanding our individuality must also be a part of the adulting process, my gosh.

Si Levi rin ay walang paramdam and I'm also thankful for that. Even my parents weren't asking me about Levi kaya okay na rin. I just need to prepare myself after the board exam kasi for sure babaha ng tanong from them!

Ilang araw na lang din naman ay board exam na. Three days pa naman 'yon kaya the level of intensity for our review is to the moon! It was crazy dahil minsan oras na ng tulog pero kapag may magigising sa amin na isa or hindi makatulog, we will continue to review at midnight until we're sleepy! Our studying habits went unhealthy because of this pero ngayon lang naman 'to. We need to pass!

When we arrived at the mansion, naligo lang kaming tatlo at nag review na ulit. We don't want to waste anymore time. Our rest days will be three days before the board exam pero for sure mayroon sa amin ang hindi makakapigil mag open ng reviewers or books!

"If two people stand on both ends of the rope and pull on it, like a tug of war, what would happen?" I asked.

"They would exert force upon each other. The third law of motion is applied to this, right? For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The one who tugs will be the action force, and the pull on the rope will be the reaction force." Bella said.

"Then the other one will feel the pull. When they pull, that will be the second action force, right?"

Bella nodded. "The rope is the means to transfer forces."

"Tug of war is also an example of coplanar concurrent forces, right? Because the effect of the forces will intersect at the same point. Then, non-concurrent may have two or more forces with equal magnitudes that act in opposite directions pero it has a common line of action." Crim said.

I nodded. "Yep! Like driving a car or holding a steering wheel!"

Crim laughed and clapped her hands. "We're so bright talaga!"

I laughed. "Let's proceed to equilibrium." I said. "What will be the value when the coplanar forces are in equilibrium?"

"The sum of forces must be zero because the sum of the moments of the forces about a point in the counterclockwise direction is equal to the sum of the moments of the forces about the same point in the clockwise direction." Crim answered while writing down her notes. Bella's busy with answering some worded problems kaya hindi sumasagot.