The Great Escape

Chapter 9

I woke up from a knock on my window and saw Mommy knocking. I looked at my surroundint and realized that it was already morning at nakatulog ako sa sasakyan ko. Shit.

We have to attend a mass today and it's already 7:30 in the morning. 8:00 A.M ang mass na hinahabol namin kaya agad akong napabalikwas sa kinauupuan ko at dali daling binuksan ang pinto ng sasakyan ko.

"Are you drunk?! Why did you sleep inside your car?! Pagod na pagod ka ba kagabi? I told you pinahatid nalang sana natin si Johann." Mom scolded me while she handed me my aquaflask and let me drink water.

Gosh, when did water tastes this good?

Pumasok na ako ng bahay and did a quick bath. After that, I applied light make up and blinower ko na ang haggang balikat ko na buhok then wore my pastel cardigan and partnered it with my khaki trouser it my white airforce rubber shoes.

"Bilisan natin ha? It's already 7:50." Mom said kay Dad.

We arrived at the church at exactly 8 AM. Mom immediately searched for seats available habang nakalingkis ako kay Daddy since I'm still feeling sleepy and my eyes feels so heavy from too much crying last night.

Mom finally found a seat and it was behind Tita Amarah's seat. I saw Ate Athara kaya she immediately transfer seats and tumabi sa akin. Jamuel saw me too pero hindi ko siya pinansin.

"Alam mo, balak nanaman niyang isama yung jowa niya na hindi mo maintindihan ang character. Pero sabi ko, ready ba siyang mag walis ng abo kapag nasunog girlfriend niya sa loob." Ate Athara whispered to me that made me laugh. Mom gave me a 'stop laughing' look dahil nagsesermon si father sa harap.

"You know ate, hindi ko alam kung matutuwa ba ako or maaawa sa ginagawa mo." I said

"Gisado sa akin lahat ng girls na dadaan sa baby boy ko except you, Ysobel. Sa'yo lang ang boto ko." Ate said that made me smile.

The mass finally ended and we also saw Tita Minierva and her family, of course Johann was there and his brother, Johaiah and his little sister, Johbelle.

"Oh my gosh, what a fine young lady. Hello darling, you're so pretty."  Tita Minerva greeted me kaya bineso ko siya.

"Sino kaya makakatuluyan mo sa tatlong boys dito? For sure it's not Johaiah since he's already engaged, so it's between Johann and Jamuel. The J's!" Tita Minerva said that earned a laughter from our family.

"Mom, dami mong alam." Johann said sinasaway si Tita.

How come Jamuel remained silent and didn't say na he has a girlfriend kaya wala na din siya sa choices? Don't tell me, gusto rin niya mapasama sa choices? Keme. Ayan nanaman si tanga.

Our families have decided to eat lunch together. Nauna na ako sa sasakyan dahil naiinitan na ako sa labas. While I'm walking towards our car, Jamuel suddenly appeared beside me and handed me a bottle of water.

"What is this?" I asked him

"Water. Tita told me to give you." He said and hindi ko nalang siya pinansin.

"I'm sorry about last night." He said before ako pumasok sa sasakyan. I smiled bitterly.

Sorry nanaman? Hahahaha. Nakakatawa.

"It's alright, hindi na bago sa akin. Excuse me." I said and went inside the car already.

I appreciate the fact na marunong na siya mag sorry. Pero puro sorry nalang ba? A sorry without an action is meaningless. Sorry is not just a word, if you're really sincere and if you're really sorry, you shouldn't do that mistake, AGAIN.