Catch me, I'm the spy!

CHAPTER 9

Sorry for grammatical and typographical errors!!!

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HAZEL'S POV

Narinig kong may nag notif sa phone ko kaya agad kong kinuha iyon at tinignan.

It's from East....

East
Hey, can I ask something?

I smiled at how cautious she was.

Me
Yeah.....

East
I was just wondering what we are? I'm just a little confused.....

Hindi ako nagreply agad at nakatingin lang sa text niya. I don't know how to be in a relationship but we flirted and fucked. How am I supposed to know how this works?

Pinatay ko na ang phone ko at tinago sa bulsa ko. I organize our most recent stock of cocaine.

Actually, napapaisip ako kung spy si East bakit hindi niya ako hinuhuli? Like, isa ba ang organization nila na nagtitinda ng drugs? O isa ang organization nila na naghahanap sa mga nagtitinda ng drugs? I don't know kung saang organization talaga siya nanggaling.

Pero saang pamily ba siya galing? Isa din iyan sa hindi ko malaman dahil private ang buhay na meron siya, wala akong ibang alam kung hindi ang tungkol sa gang na meron siya at sa mga kapatid niya. Wala rin mahanap na information ang mga inutusan ko tungkol sa kanya.

Nagulat ako ng magring ang phone ko at agad na tinignan ang tumatawag.

East is calling.....

"Hey...." I said sheepishly.

"Hey, sorry. Hindi kana kasi nagreply sa message ko kaya akala ko may nangyari na sayo. Is everything okay?"

"Ah-uh."

"So, ahm....did you see my-"

"I wanna go to the mall." I cut her off

"Oh, sure. Sounds fun. Sunduin nalang kita diyan sa inyo."

"Yeah. That's great." I said and ended the call and sighed in relief.

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I am putting on a nice red top when I heard a knock on my door. Agad akong lumabas sa kwarto ko at pumunta sa may pinto.

I open it and East stands there. Ngumiti siya kaya ngumiti rin ako pabalik. She is wearing a tee shirt and some jeans as well as some sunglasses.

"Let's go?" She asked

"Yep," I said and held her arm.

Pinagbuksan niya ako ng passenger seat ng kotse niya at pinapasok. She has a roofless car that looks really fancy. Hindi kasi ako fan ng mga sasakyan kaya hindi ko alam kung anong brand ito.

Pagdating namin sa mall ay pinagbuksan niya rin ako ng passenger seat kaya hinawakan ko agad ang kamay niya. Mukha siyang hindi comfortable sa tuwing hahawakan ko siya and she feels really tense.

Ilang minutes pa kaming naglalakad sa loob ng mall at walang nagsasalita sa amin.

Ang awkward!

Napatingin ako sa isang lugar kung saan tumigil si East, an ice cream place. East gets chocolate and I get peppermint, seeing as it is the superior of all ice creams.

"So...." She said, slowly raising a spoonful of her ice cream to her mouth.

"So?" I asked flirtatiously at agad na kinain ang ice cream sa may kutsara niya. I can be flirty if I want to.

She looked at me....shocked!

"Something wrong?" I asked and tapped my fingers on the table.

She sighed. "You're just confusing." She said kaya napatigil ako sa ginagawa ko.

"Confusing?"

"It's just....you're flirty with me and yet, parang ayaw mo na kasama ako, or even consider this a date?" Napaduko ako at hindi nagsalita habang pinaglalaruan ang kamay ko.

"Maybe I shoud go." She said at tumayo na, hindi parin ako nagsalita dahil nakatingin lang ako sa mga daliri ko.

A few minutes pass and I finally get up. Maybe if I ran I could stop her.

Maybe....

Takbo, lakad ang ginagawa ko para lang makadating agad sa parking lot. Nakita ko naman siya na may kausap sa phone habang naglalakad papuntang kotse niya.

"East!" I called her kaya humarap siya sa akin habang nakakunot ang noo.

"Yeah." Rinig kong sabi niya sa kabilang linya habang papalapit ako sa kanya.

"East-" Hindi ko natuloy ang sasabihin ko when she gesture her hand to shut me up.

"At my condo. Yeah, see you later at 10:30PM, bye!" Sabi niya at pinatay ang tawag siya tumingin sa akin habang nakataas ang kilay.

"Who's that?" I asked

"None of your business. What do you want?" She asked coldly kaya napaduko ulit ako.

Parang paulit ulit na pinagsasaksak ang puso ko dahil sa paraan ng pakikipag usap niya sa akin.

"Hey-"

"East, I'm sorry. I know I'm confusing and I know I've kind of been blowing you off, but I just don't do relationships." Wait, mali ang nasabi ko. "I mean, relationships aren't my thing. Wait no, that's not what-"

"What?"

"I don't know how to be in a relationship, the whole girlfriends thing is new to me. Usually, it's a fuck and leave kind of thing with me." I said na parang nagrarap ako kaya napakunot ang noo ni East.

"Well, if you need time to figure it out, that's okay. But in the men's time, wanna head back to my place?" She asked.

I bit my lower lip and nervously nodded.