He's In Trouble

Kabanata 7

LUMIPAS ang mga araw at ganoon pa rin ang mga eksena sa School. Hindi na ulit nabubully sa loob ng classroom namin si Karl pero marami rin palang nang aaway sa kanyang estudyante hindi lang sa section namin, kaya kapag nariyan ako ay pinagtatanggol ko siya.

Sa nagdaang mga araw ay naging tahimik lang din si Ena at hanggang ngayon ay hindi ko pa alam kung bakit siya nagkakaganon. Hindi niya rin ako masyadong pinapansin kaya palaging si Karl ang nakakasama kong maglunch.

Ngayon ay sabado na at mag-isa akong naglilibot sa mall na palagi naming pinupuntahan ni Ena. Iniisip kong mabuti kung may nagawa o nasabi ba akong nakasakit sa kanya pero kahit anong isip ko ay wala talaga. Habang nag titingin ay napahinto ako at may biglang naisip na idea. Mahilig nga pala siya sa mga branded na bag at damit, at gustong-gusto niya ang mga gamit ko noon sa Italy, na nabili ko naman sa France.

Malalim ang iniisip ko nang may bigla akong mareceive na message sa aking hawak na phone. It's a DM from an old friend of mine and Serena's, Kelly Laurent.

From: Kells

Hi girl! So when are you planning to visit me here? you promised me!

From: Kells

Visit me now please, I'm really sick.

Followed with a voice message that says "Visit me now.. or you may not get another chance again soon" well, it's not exactly what she said in words but it was the message's motive, and it took three minutes basically because of the "Constant coughing"

Kelly Laurent is a friend to both Serena and I, and we're aware of her illness even since she was a kid so she's also home Schooled like I was. I heard that she went to Paris right after I went here in the Philippines dahil ako lang naman ang kaibigan niya noon, pwera nalang kung bumibisita si Serena. We're the same age but most of the time we treat her like she's the youngest because sometimes she's acting a bit spoiled and we didn't want to trigger her illness.

Nakapagdisisyon na ako kaya tinawagan ko si tito para magpaalam. I think this would be the perfect timing for me to go there. I'll be shopping for Serena too while I am there.

["Hija? May kailangan ka ba?"] Bungad ni tito sa kabilang linya. Alam kong busy ito kaya hindi na ako magpapatumpik-tumpik pa sa sasabihin.

"Tito, sorry po sa istorbo, magpapaalam lang po sana ako."

["Why, hija, saan ka pupunta?"]

I told him I'm visiting a friend's house in France. He was surprised obviously because it was too sudden. I just reasoned out that I wasn't able to tell them earlier because I just got the message awhile ago too and they have been very busy at work and tita was always doing some errands.

He asked me if I already told tita about this but I said no. I was actually hoping that he'd be the one to tell tita about it for me. I know tito already trusts me when it comes to traveling alone because I've done it many times. Even when I was in Italy, I travel a lot. Hindi nga lang ako umaabot dito sa Pilipinas.

["I don't know hija. Ellena might turned hysterical about this. This is too sudden!"]

"I know tito, and I'm sorry. I just got her DMS awhile ago too." I lowered my voice "I'm really worried about her, tito."

I'm not actually lying because even though Kelly seems to be just faking or exaggerating it, and I'm used to her doing that when she wants something, I still can't help but to feel worried about her. It gets me every single time.

I heard tito sighed ["Okay, I'll talk to Ellena about this. But promise me you'll be careful, okay? I'll call Lucas so he could look after you when you're there."]