"Nakita ko yung IG mo, may banda ka pala," ate Trina told Stephen.
We were in the pavilion around the garden in the backyard.
"Ay, weh?! Mayro'n kang banda?!" My eyes widened. Kunwari hindi inistalk.
"Mhh," Stephen shyly nodded as he chuckled.
"Anong pangalan ng banda niyo?" Loren said.
'La, isa pa 'to.
"Elara Gray," Stephen said.
"Ang ganda, Elara Gray, parang pangalan," ate Trina said.
Stephen humbly smiled.
"Ilan kayo sa grupo?" Ate Trina asked, "six po," Stephen said.
"Wow," she nodded. "Tapos guitarist ka?"
"Oo," he said, "oo, kasi ayon yung nakita ko, 'e; yung may hawak kang gitara," she said, "'a, okay," he nodded, then he chuckled.
"May YouTube channel kayo?" She said, "mhh," he nodded.
"Ano?" Ate raised her brows. "Ay, wait," she got her phone, then she handed it to him. "Type mo dito."
He typed before giving the phone back to her.
"'A, okay," she nodded while looking at her phone, then she looked at me and Loren. "Hoy, subscribe niyo, 'o. Elara Gray."
"Wait," I said before I got my phone. I actually subscribed him already.
I clicked his channel, and I unsubscribed it before showing the screen of my phone to him. "Ito?"
Obvious naman. Kitang-kita yung mukha sa video na naka-display, 'e.
"Oo, 'yan," he nodded with his arched brows.
I subscribed it again.
"Hoy, i-subscribe mo," I told Loren.
"Oo, sinubscribe ko na. Nakita ko sa screen ng phone mo," Loren said.
"Okay," I nodded.
"Bakit Elara Gray?" Ate Trina asked.
"'E' stands for Ethel Cain, and 'lara' stands for Clara La san. 'Gray' stands for Gracie Abrams, and we made it 'gray,' because the album of Taylor Swift called 'folklore' is in a gray shade, and inspired doon yung band. We want to start writing pa sana, kaso we don't know how," Stephen responded.
"Mhh, okay," ate Trina nodded with her lips pouted.
Kaya pala. I also nodded, including Loren.
Gelo and France were having their own business, watching videos on iPad.
"Ay, nag-chat sina Eve at Angge, nandito na daw sila. May gift sila sa 'yo, Frascia," ate Trina said.
"Okay," I said, then I got up to walk with her.
Ate Eve and Ate Angge (Angela) were ate Trina's main circle. They met when they were in senior high school, University of Santo Tomas, Humanities and Social Sciences students. Ate Angge was the neutral.
"Hi, Frascia!" They energetically waved their hands at me. "Happy sweet sixteen!"
"Thank you," I bowed my head a bit to them.
"Here's my gift for you," ate Eve handed me a paper bag of an expensive brand.
"And here's mine," ate Angge did the same.
