Invisible Girl (Chat MD Series #1) (TO BE PUBLISHED)

Day 100

(Phone conversation)

SAT AT 10:39 PM

Call started.

Jenessy :
MM?!

Marcus :
(low voice) (slow speech) Hello, Jen ko. (yawns)

Jenessy :
(Pouty voice) Sorry, na-miss ko yung mga tawag mo! Nasa school kasi ako kanina tapos pag-uwi ko, nakatulog ako sa pagod. Dumaan ka raw? Bakit hindi mo ko pinagising kay Nanay?

Marcus :
(Laughs a little) Ang daldal na ng Jen ko a. Na-miss mo ko?

Jenessy :
Hala... (clicks tongue)

Marcus :
I miss you...

(Silence)

Jenessy :
Nakauwi ka na? Nasa bahay ka na?

Marcus :
Opo. Nakahiga na nga.

Jenessy :
Buti naman. (Exhales) Kumain ka na?

Marcus :
Oo. Sinubuan ako ni Ash after namin umorder sa drive-thru. (Laughs)

Jenessy :
(Giggles) Anong kinain nyo?

Marcus :
Burger.

Jenessy :
Hala! Pero kumain kayo bago umalis kay Tito Ponce?

Marcus :
Opo, Jen ko. Don't worry.

Jenessy :
E kasi, hindi ka nakakakain nang maayos these days. (Pause) Lagi kang busy.

Marcus :
Yes. I'm always busy. (Sighs) I couldn't make it to your house today, too.

Jenessy :
(Whiny voice) Ano ka ba? Siyempre, graduating ka. May thesis kayong tini-test. May mga academic papers pa, may lab duties pa kayo... tapos, iisipin mo ko?

Marcus :
(Low voice) Don't you want me thinking about you?

Jenessy :
E... (Pouty voice) siyempre, gusto ko. (Lowers voice) But let me think about you, too... (Pauses) Can't I care about you, too?

Marcus :
(Chuckles a little) I like that so much. (Pause) Nanghihinayang lang ako sa araw.

Jenessy :
There'll be more days, right?

Marcus :
I just worry that it won't be enough.

(Silence)

Jenessy :
I will worry more if you're not healthy. I won't date you if you always make me worry.

Marcus :
(Chuckles) Are you serious?

Jenessy :
Oo kaya.

(Silence)

Marcus :
Hm.

Jenessy :
We both want to be doctors. There will be a lot of time... years, to be sacrificed for that to happen. I know all that. Don't be flustered just because you're going away... (rattles) I won't— I won't— (swallows) (almost whispers) I won't change... (breathes) So... you're worrying... f-for... uh... you're worrying for nothing.

(Silence)

Marcus :
(Sighs) I just... don't want to mess up. I already lost people.

Jenessy :
(Sighs) You won't mess up. (Lowers voice) Baka nakakalimutan mong... ako yung unang ano... (voice fades) Ano...

Marcus :
Hm? Unang ano, Jen ko?

Jenessy :
(Whispers) Nag-message...

Marcus :
Kasi..?

Jenessy :
Yun...

Marcus :
Ano yung yun?

Jenessy :
(Whiny voice) Alam mo naman e...