Airplanes and Airports

Chapter 8

The class ended 5 minutes earlier. The girl that revealed that I was King's sister approached me. Muka naman syang friendly, just a little bit loud. Pero, okay naman. She sat on a chair in front of me.

"Hi, I'm Terry. Izzy, right?", she said offerring her hand. 

I shook it, "Yes. How did you know King?"

"Ah. She's my friend's crush.", she said. All smiles pa din sya.  "NIKKIIII!! Come here, DALIIII!!", she shouted.

Merong girl na tumingin towards our direction. She's smaller than me and quite chubby. Pero, pretty naman. Natatawa lang si Kat beside me. They never really knew that she was actually related to King until I came along. Lumapit ung girl samin and introduced herself din.

"OMG, NIKS! Diba, crush mo si King?", sabi ni Terry. She seems like mas excited pa sya dun sa friend nya. 

"Uy, ano ka ba? Nakakahiya.", she hit Terry.

"Si King lang un. Friendly naman si Kuya eh. Di naman nangangagat.", Kat said.

Nikki blushed, "Uy, di. Seryoso. Wag na. Nakakahiya kaya."

Terry nudged her quite hard, "Whoo? Nahiya ka pa? Stino-stalk mo nga sa Facebook, sa Twitter! Yan na oh, cousin and sister na nya ung nandito!"

I chuckled, "Seriously, okay lang yan. And hey, connections din from other college, right? Sakto, he texted din naman asking me if I want him to drop by eh. Wala daw syang class eh."

Nikki's eyes grew bigger. "WHAT?? NAGTATAGALOG KA???" 

I nodded, "Bakit? My mom's Filipina, so... yes."

"But you were born and raised in New York?", Terry asked. "Cooooool!! Papuntahin mo na si King! Please?" she added.

I asked you if you could finally let me go, is this one way of letting me go? Will they be my friends? Will they make me remember and forget this grief? Are you trying to fill the lighter with butane again? I wouldn't be mad if you'd like me to let go this early. I know you'll still watch over me. I'll give this a shot, like how I gave Poetry a shot. Slowly, I promise. I'll let go bit by bit.

Since wala ung next professor namin, I decided to call my brother and ask him to drop by with a KitKat. He spoils me every now and then. Lahat naman yata ng kilala namin alam un eh. He gives me what I want; they both did. It's nice that... someone does that pa din. Meron pang konting reason.

After 10 minutes, my brother went in my classroom. He did not knock or anything, he just... went in. He found me naman right away, kasi dun lang kami sa may door nakaupo. He kissed my forehead and people started looking. Don't tell me hindi lang si Nikki ung may crush sa kapatid ko?

He handed me my KitKat and sat down beside me. "I see you've made some friends, Chabs." He turned to Nikki and Terry and said, "Sorry na lang kung malditahan kayo nyan ah? Expect nyo na, magmamaldita yan since kasama nya si Kat."

Since I was closer, I pinched him. HARD.

"Ouch! Tignan nyo? Maldita yan. She's a bully."

I gasped, "Oh my gods, King. Look who's talking! Pag-pinupush mo nga ako playfully, tumatalsik ako sa wall eh!"

"At bakit naman ako nasama sa pagka-maldita ni Izzy?", Kat asked.

"Oo nga, Kuya, bakit?", Terry asked "curiously".

King looked at her and laughed. "King na lang, please? And who might the two of you be?"

"I'm Terry, she's Nikki."

"Nice to meet you, ladies.", my brother shook their hands. "Well, ganto yan, ever since they were kids, super maldita na sila. So, whenever they're together, they give off this bitchy vibe and all. But, they're nice kids."