Wild Series #2: Cowgirl

02

"Aano ba tayo dito?" tanong ni Majo, hiyang-hiya na.

We're here at ADMU. Tropa ko ang guard that's why they let us in. I also have connections here just because I'm Yu. It's easy for me to go inside Ateneo.

"Don't act stupid, Majo," saway ko dito dahil ang bobita, hiyang-hiya ang mukha. "I giving you a chance to go shop."

"Shop ng ano?! Nang lalaki?!"

"Kuha mo." Natawa pa ako roon but of course, with a class.

I call my brother while we're walking in the parking, looking for my brother's car. I know his cars. He has two cars.

"Hello, bro," usal ko.

[Why did you call? What did you do this time?]

"You so noisy," reklamo ko. "I'm here at your campus."

[What?]

"Bingi ka na ba ngayon?"

[Why are you here? Do you need something?]

"I'm just here to shop."

[Shop, what? Do you need new cellphone or school stuff? DLSU have Power Mac, Kiara.]

"I'm not going to shop a thing. I'm going to shop some guys."

[What the f*ck?] mura nito kaya natawa ako. [And you do that 'inside' the campus? You're not even an Atenean and you act like you can just go somewhere inside the campus.]

"I can maman talaga," usal ko. "I have our family's back. Thanks for the connections they made."

[You love to use that f*cking surname.]

"Ikaw lang naman ayaw makinabang."

[Don't go there, Kiara.]

"Okay, sorry na. Saan ka ba nagpark? I'll just put my bag on your car. Coding car ko ngayon and Majo just commute earlier," sabi ko. "Nangangawit na shoulder ko sa bag ko. It's hard to fake that I'm masipag."

[Find a black raptor in the parking. BRA 10909.]

"What? You have a new car?"

[I just bought yesterday since my vios' wheel is flat.]

"You so magastos."

Binabaan ko na si Kuya after that. Napaka gastos niyang tao.

Naglakad-lakad kami around their parking. Some of the students are looking at as since we are wearing our ID lace. It looks weird nga naman that they see some outsiders inside their campus. I'll just put my ID inside my bag.

Nang makita ko ang raptor na sinasabi ni Kuya, bigla akong napahinto dahil may hindi ako nasabi kay Kuya. How can I put our bags inside the car if we don't have his keys?

"Where's the key?"

"I don't have his keys. I have his vios' duplicate but this raptor is new. Hindi niya binigay sa akin ang isa pang susi."

"E gaga ka pala. Paano natin ilalagay ang bag natin?"

"Bahala na."

No choice na kami. We put our bags in the back of my brother's car. Hindi namsn kita dahim mataas ang sasakyan at hindi kalakihan ang bag namin. Mukha rin namang hindi magnanakaw ang mga tao dito. I can just tell my parents kapag may nangyaring hindi maganda. Sana hindi mawala ang bag ko lalo na branded pa naman.

"Kawawa ang bag ko kapag nawala," bulong ni Majo while we are walking to the building.

"Your bag is a local brand. Mine is a branded one and I am the one who needs to worry about it."