Scylla
Siguro mga dalawang buwan din akong nag-aral magdrums kasama si Ken. Araw-araw after school, pupunta kami sa bahay niya kasi nga may sarili siyang drum set at studio dun.
Pagkatapos naman nun ay nagtutulungan na din kaming gumawa ng assignments namin. For two months, yun na ang nakasanayan namin. Minsan sumasama ako sa mga gigs nila, pero bilang vocalist at rhythm guitar lang.
"Huy!" Gulat ni Jett. Naglalakad pa naman akong papuntang storage room kasi may inutos sa akin yung isa naming teacher. Nalaglag tuloy yung dalawang box na dala ko. Nagkalat yung mga papel sa loob nung box.
"Ay! Sorry!" Sigaw ni Jett habang agad na nagpulot ng mga papel. Syempre ako, nagpupulot na rin ako, sa akin ipinagkatiwala tong mga to eh! Lagot ako kapag may nagkulang!
Fortunately, nakumpleto naman namin yung mga papel. Tinulungan na rin niya akong magbitbit nung mga box sa storage room. Pagkalagay namin, lumabas na agad kami.
"Sorry talaga, Scylla." Ulit niya. Hay nako! Paulit-ulit! Sabi ngang ok na eh!
"Never ending?! Pauilit-ulit?!" Sarcastic kong tanong. Tumawa na lang siya.
"So... Mga dalawang buwan ka na rin nagpapractice ng drums noh." Sambit niya.
"Ay hindi! Isang dekada na! Oo, bakit?" Una, sarcastic, tapos syempre seryoso na sa huli.
"Try kaya natin sa Saturday? Ikaw magdrums? Tutal marunong naman kumanta si Ken, pwede kayong magswitch." Suggest ni Jett. O_O huhm?!
"Teka, teka, teka! Hindi ba masyadong alanganin? Baka magkamali ako or what!" Seryoso ba siya dun?!
"Ok lang. Itatry lang naman natin eh." He assured me and even smiled sweetly para di ako makatanggi.
"Ugh! Fine! Sa saturday ha!" I sarcastically agreed yun lang namana ng magagawa ko eh.
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Napag-usapan na namin yung gagawin namin. Medyo naiba yung sinabi ni Jett. Instead na si Ken ang kakanta, kapatid na lang daw niya. Di daw kasi siya pwede nun. At dahil maganda daw boses ng kapatid niya.... Chandelier ang kanta. Yun din ang idadrums ko. Bongga!
Pero nakakaloka! Kaya ko ba talaga toh? Hindi ba mapapagod agad ako?! First time ko pa naman. Tsaka sabi kasi ni Ken, wear something comfortable but still! Something that will catch the audience's attention. [See photo for oufit]
"Ok lang ba talaga? I mean hindi ba ako mapapahiya neto? Paninigurado ko sa kanilang lahat. Nakakakaba kasi talaga eh!!! First time kong nagperform ng drums! At kailan ko lang natutunan maglaro ng drums eh!
Here goes nothing.....
"1,2!"
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Apollo
It's been a while since I've been away from my junior high school friends. I've got new friends and I also learned to speak more tagalog words because of them. Pero medyo may accent pa rin kasi di pa sanay yung dila ko.
"Great! She's here!" Said one of my friends. We're all guys. Minsan we go on bars and drink. And he was pertaining to the girl who usually performs here. We don't really know her, we haven't even seen her. He just always told us that she was hot and stunningly amazing. -_- yeah right! As if!
"Look! Ayun! Wow! Usually vocals at guitar lang! Pero ngayon, she's on the drums?!" Manghang-manghang banggit nung friend ko. He really is excited about seeing this girl.
"I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist, like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier!" I heard their vocalist singing. Meh.. She's alright."She's not as beautiful as you say." I screamed to him because the music was too loud.
"Didn't you hear him a while ago?! He said the girl was on the drums tonight!" My other friend shouted too. I looked at the drummer at the back.....
Wait...
Is that?
It can't be?...
Can it?........
"Her name's Scylla. She's a bit hard to get, but soon I might get her to go out on a date with me." My friend boasted. Oh really?! I don't think she would ever to a guy like you. The song went on. Wow! She's good on the drums. He's right. She does look hotter there.
What the fvck am I thinking?! She's my best friend! Apollo get over her already! You are not falling for her again!
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The performance was great. They did three songs and then took a break. She quickly went to the bar. As she got her drink, Jett quickly took it from behind and raised it up. She wasn't able to reach because Jett was tall. He was an athlete after all.
She started jumping just to get her drink. She's still such a drunkard. As she jumped, I noticed their bodies colliding with each other. Jett doesn't seem to notice or care but I think Scylla got awkward because she stopped.
She just started crying like a kid. Just for a glas of alcohol?! Reaaally?! Jett looked apologetic and gave her the glass. He shouldn't have. That bastard.
As she drank, she turned to my direction. Oh no! She saw me?! No?! What?! She's walking towards me. But then she went past me. Phew! Good! She didn't see me. I just continued on observing her. She went over to a guy who was with a girl on a stool table.
She jump onto the guy from the back. She rode the guy and forced him down on the floor until she locked her arms around his neck. It was like she was strangling him. I could hear what they were saying since they were close.
"Keeeen!!! Bwisit ka! Sabi mo busy ka kaya di ka makakarating!! Yun pala set-up pala yun para magdrums ako!!" Naiinis na sinigaw ni Scylla. She let go of him.
She was still the same Scylla. She's not maarte but she did gain some guy friends and guy attitudes. For whatever reason that I couldn't identify, I felt anger towards her. I hate to see her being like that to them.
Maybe this was the answer. Maybe this was the solution to what I was feeling for her. I needed closure. I needed a reason to move on from her. This could be that reason, that solution.
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