Jump From the Air (Erudite Series #5)

Kapitulo 2

The following week after my birthday, I wanted to eat the pesto I ate in the place Magnus introduced me to when Amy and Wren were also with us. Ang sarap kasi no'ng pasta, tapos mura pa siya. I also wanted to try a different dish with that. So, after my second class, I went to Dixie's alone, that was the name of the eatery.

"Isa pong pesto pasta 'tsaka boneless chicken meal," sabi ko sa cashier woman na nasa loob ng carinderya.

May dala na akong tubig ngayon, kaya hindi na ako bibili. Binayaran ko ang orders ko at lumabas na para umupo sa isang natitirang libreng table. I put my bag on the seat beside mine and used my phone while waiting for my food. There were some notifications from my email, mukhang mayro'n na namang activities na p-in-ost ang isang prof.

Habang binabasa ang instructions ng isang activity, nag-pop up ang isang message mula sa GC namin ng mga kaibigan ko. I opened it.

Quatro 🏹

Wren: did u guys have lunch na?

Nagtipa ako ng reply at s-in-end iyon.

MJ: i'm having lunch

MJ: right now

MJ: dixie's

Wren responded saying she'd eat with me, so it was a good thing there was still a table when I arrived. Kasiya pa siya rito. Tinanong ko siya kung gusto niya bang i-order ko na 'to, pero hindi na siya nag-seen—baka naglalakad na siya papuntang Castro.

"Pesto po 'tsaka boneless chicken?" umangat ang ulo ko at nakita ang isang empleyadong hawak ang dalawang orders ko. Tumango ako at tinanggap ang mga pagkain.

I put my phone in my bag again and began eating. Wren came when I was on my second roll of pasta. She put her bag beside mine and entered the inside of the carinderiya to order. Nilagay ko ang mga bag namin sa upuan sa harap ko para sa tabi ko maupo si Wren.

"I just bought food, I'm going back to campus," my friend said when she sat down. "Why?"

"My classmates in PE suddenly wanted to meet to talk about the culminating activity," tumango ako. "What type of dance did you guys choose?"

"Ballroom, ugh!" ngumisi ako at naintindihan agad bakit ganito ang reaksiyon ng kaibigan.

Mayroon kasi siyang video dati no'ng bata na sumasayaw ng ballroom na nahanap ni Magnus. Wren was swaying and moving so much with her partner in the dance that she spun too much and landed on the floor making the person who took the video laugh, I think it was her older brother. It was a joke in our friend group that Ballroom and Wren weren't a good match. Since that dance, Wren refused to dance any kind of ballroom routine. Tapos, galit na galit si Wren no'ng inaalala 'yong sayaw na 'yon dahil hindi man lang daw siya tinulungan ng partner niya, nagpatuloy lang daw sa sayaw 'yon—that's what made me and our other friends laugh.

"Good luck, I hope you get a good partner," biro ko bago umirap ang kaibigan at ginamit ang telepono.

Eventually, Wren left when her order arrived. Naiwan ako na inuubos ang ulam kong natira. The boneless chicken was okay, but I liked the meal I ordered last time kaysa rito. 

I already felt full, but I didn't want to let the chicken get to waste. Kaya, nagpahinga muna ako sa pagnguya. I took out my phone from my bag and began using it, letting the food I had consumed go down, so I could finish the meal.