Coffee & Cigarette

Ch 5: Fishy

The third day of training goes as usual.

And our trainer looked as hot as usual. Oh my god, I sounded like a hormonal teenager. Pucha.

Time flied so fast. It's already lunch break. Surprisingly, inannounce ni John na magte-teamlunch kami. Di naman sya usually sumasabay smin. And guess what? Sa isang carenderia daw kami kakain. I honestly didn't picture him eating there. By his looks kasi parang di mo mapapakain ultimo isaw.

He told us na mauna nang umorder, yosi daw muna siya.

"Beb ha. I smell something fishy." Siniko ako ni Cara.

"Ano pinagsasabi mo?"

"C'mon. Wag ako, Eli ha. Napapansin ko mga tinginan niyo ni Boss J."

Boss J? Hahaha. Wtf.

"Nako ha. Issue ka Cara. Tigilan mo ko. Oo hot sya and all, pero shet.Ni hindi nga natin alam baka may asawa't anak na yung tao." Depensa ko sa bruhilda kong kaibigan.

"Sinong may anak na?" Right on cue, speaking of the devil, biglang sumabat si John.

Nagulat ako. Nagkatinginan kami ni Cara, inapakan ko paa nya. Buti na lang nagets niya agad ang ibig kong sabihin.

"I.. Uh.. Si Boss Marco po, we're just wondering kung may anak na ba siya." Palusot ni Cara.

"Hahaha." Oh god, yung tawa niya. Kahiyt tawa niya lang ang hot na. "I've known him for a while na. Kahit chicboy yon, no, wala pa siyang anak." Natatawang sagot ni John.

"Eh ikaw boss? May asawa't anak ka na rin ba?" -Cara

As much as I wanna slap her, curious din ako sa sagot ni John.

"Me? Definitely not." He paused and looked at me, "I hope so. Pero, single pa ko."

Biglang napatingin din saken si Cara. Nakangiti. Syempre alam ko kung bakit niya ko nginingitian. Bruhang to. After namin kumain, tumambay muna kami sa labas ng carenderia. Di naman sya kalayuan sa office and we still have half an hour bago matapos yung lunch.

"Hi, El." Bati saken ni Gio.

"Ui, hi. Himala namansin ka." Biro ko sa kanya. Sa room kasi, sobrang tahimik niya yet smart. Well, medyo cute. Maayos manamit. Goody two shoes pero makulit din.

"Haha nakakagulat ba? Pano ba naman. Buntot lagi sayo si Cara e. Lamo namang di maganda unang kilala namin non."

Naalala ko nung Monday, first day of training, nag away sila ni Cara dahil lang sa upuan. Gusto kasi ni Cara na sa may tabi nang window kami. Yes. Dahil lang don.

"Nako. You'll get along eventually. Okay naman si Cara. Medyo madaldal pero keri na rin. Haha."

Pinauna na ako ni Cara, nagkita kasi sila ng friend niyang nagtatrabaho din dito. So si Gio sumabay na saken. We talked lot of things. Well, after all, hindi sya kasing tahimik gaya nang ineexpect ko.

Habang nag uusap kami, I saw John talking to a blonde. Or shall I say trying-hard blonde. Pero when I had a chance na tignan yung girl, maganda naman pala siya.

Biglang napatingin samen ni Gio si John. He was still talking to Blondie, pero his eyes is fixed on me.

Nagkkwento pa si Gio pero wala na kong naririnig. "Tara akyat na tayo sa room." Aya niya saken. Sabay akbay saken, which I know is just a friendly gesture.

I looked back at blondie and John.

And I swear I saw his jaw clenched.