Coffee & Cigarette

Ch 4: Glimpse

Second day of Training.

Hindi ako late. I don't think John would be happy for another tardiness.

Dun ako umupo sa usual spot namin ni Cara. Wala pa siya nung dumating ako. So, to keep myself busy, nilabas ko nalang phone ko and read Wattpad. I heard some of my wavemates talking,

"Shit no. Ang hot, hot niya. Grabe." sabi ni Max. Isa sa mga beki kong wavemates.

"Sinabi mo pa friend! Omg. Nakakadistract ang muscles and ass niya. Gaaad!" sabat naman ni Daphne. The rich kid among the class.

"Yeah. Too bad ayaw niyang ibigay yung number niya. Haaay." Max and Daphne sighed.

Of course. I know too well na si John tinutukoy nila. I must admit, tama nga sila. He's so fuckin sexy.

Few minutes later, the training started. Si John, hindi na siya kasing grumpy nang tulad kahapon. He even played charades and other games with us. Marco, one of his closest friends slash also one of the hottest trainers, joined us. Compared kay John, jolly si Marco.

While they assigned something samin para sagutan, bigla siyang lumapit saken and handed me his iPhone6. At first of course naconfuse ako why. Oh my gulay. Is he asking for my number? Charot. Hell no. Sino niloloko ko.

"Within the forest." John casually said.

Lalo akong nalito. Wala pa rin akong sinasabi and nakatingin pa rin ako sa iPhone niya. Confusion is still evident on my face.

"You said during introduction, that you love reading blogs and e-books, right?" And?

"That's my mom's blog."

"Oooh." I just nodded.

I scroll down. I made a mental note to myself to check it later using my own phone. Binalik ko kay Mr Grumpy pants ang phone niya.

Marco saw it and just smiled. A knowing smile. Na akala mo may ibang laman.

What the hell was that smile for?

I just continued answering the activity.

For a split second, I looked up..

And I met John's gaze on me.

I felt all oxygen left my body.

Bigla nalang akong yumuko, not knowing what my reaction would be. I felt my heart beating wildly.

I tried looking up again. But thank goodness, di na siya nakatingin.

After lunch, Marco left the team. John gave us another thing to work into: reporting. Something I always enjoy doing kahit nung elementary pa ko. Haha. Weird no?

It was our group's turn. Luckily, they chose me to represent our group.

"We shouldn't talk so transactional. Customers must feel that we have connection with them. At least try to have to have a conversation. In that way-"

I continued talking in front. When I saw him nodding in approval, my confidence boost all of a sudden. Feeling ko na iimpress ko siya.

After the report, I sat down but saw that my seat was taken. Wala akong choice but to sit somewhere else.

When you say, no choice; that also meant na walang ibang upuan aside sa harap ng trainer nmen.

He was telling me something I wasnt even sure I've heard him correctly sa sobrang hina ng boses niya.

"Good job, Ms Mendez."