Rhythmic Laws (Law School Series 2)

04

One thing I hate when driving is when there's a heavy rain.

Hindi kasi magpaawat ang mga casual friend ko na ayain ako sa isang club. Friends of friends sila from college and usually, nag-aaya sila ng biglaan gaya nito.

Naaawa ako sa sasakyan ko kapag inilalabas ko ng ganito ang panahon. Plus, the heavy rain makes me really anxious.

Nagpark ako sa labas ng club dahil punuan na ng mga space. Pagpasok ko sa club ay basa na rin ang sahig at ganoon din ang mga tao sa loob. Some are from sweat, maybe from rain, while some are because of alcohol.

"Finally, finally!" Sofia shrieks in excitement.

Niyakap niya ako sabay abot sa bottled beer na bukas na. We started dancing in the crowd together with the familiar faces I've met before but couldn't remember their names.

Kahit kakarating ko palang ay super hyper na ng energy ko. Para bang kanina ay ayaw kong pumunta dito dahil sa tinatamad ako at malakas ang ulan.

"Panalo na naman is accla!" sigaw ni Gian, close friend ni Sofia, sa table namin kung saan kami umiinom ngayon.

"Why?" Sofia laughs in an exciting tone while I am confused why Gian said it.

We all look around when we realized what she's talking about.

"Gurl, natapakan ko na naman ang buhok mo," pagpalo sa akin ni Gian.

I caught a guy looking at me. He's tall, chinito, maputi, at mukhang from big university. He raised his bottle and smiles at me. I smile back, obligated.

"Manahimik kayo!" pagsingit ni Fran sa matinis niyang sigaw. He taps me and then pulled me in an opposite direction. Kaming dalawa lang ang parehong bading sa grupong ito kaya naman sa tuwing magkasama kami ay mas lalong umiingay ang grupo.

"Go na! Lapitan mo na!" hinila ako ni Gian palayo kay Fran.

"I don't do hookups anymore..." I said in my tiring voice.

"Wait– wait–" pagpigil ni Sofia, "Clay, tell us the truth, nakagbalikan ba kayo ni Dominic?"

The four of us went silent.

"Fuck?!" Fran screamed in disbelief.

Then Sofia started laughing, "ang tanga!"

"Binalikan mo pa rin 'yun? Ano bang meron sa kaniya? Is he good in sex? Is he really that rich?" Gian continue with her list.

"It just happened..." sagot ko sabay lunok ulit ng beer.

"So, why?" Sofia looks at me with concern, "don't tell me you love him... after all those years of betrayal? Paulit-ulit ka na ngang ginago nung lalaking 'yon e,"