A Summer to Forever

8

Monday night went by too fast and so was Tuesday. Sam went out with RJ to drive Kuya Ry to the bus terminal going to Manila. I said a brief goodbye to him while I caught them getting ready outside. I didn't want to tag along with them because I felt like I was intruding without Ate Jules around. I was inside the house all day long, either helping Tito Allan maintain the garden or browsing through my feeds on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! Tito Allan kept bugging me to stay away from my phone but I had nothing else to do.

After dinner, Tito Allan asked Sam to not leave me alone at the house because I wasn't doing anything.

"Isama mo nga 'tong si Meng 'pag aalis ka, Sam," Tito Allan mentioned.

"Sinama ko naman siya kanina, tito, eh, pero ayaw niya daw."

"Basta simula bukas, ayaw kong nakikitang nabubulok kayo dito sa bahay na walang ginagawa, kundi isasama ko kayo sa shop," he joked.

"Okay Tito Al!" Sam said quickly.

I was fine with going to Tito Allan's shop whenever he asks me to, but on my own decision, I wouldn't want to go there. It bored me to death to look after the shop. It was kind of a hardware shop but also sold other random stuff. One summer, he sold various weave cloths, and another time he offered notebooks from Manila. Having to wait for customers to come to the shop really left me nothing to do but stare and drive myself near crazy!

After dinner, I went to my room and started scrolling through my Instagram feed. I came across my friend Pauleen's picture of her in Universal Studios Singapore. How I wish I was there also to enjoy the rides and explore Singapore. My phone suddenly beeped.

What time tom?

Who's this?

I immediately thought of Sam fooling around since Tito Allan mentioned that he bring me along, but his phone number was obviously registered on my phone already. My phone beeped again.

RJ

Uh, how did u get my number??

Sam

Lol ok

So what time tom?

Huh?

Green tea frappe

with whipped cream 😋

It totally slipped my mind about the Wednesday thing with RJ. But I felt something else. I felt excited to hang out with RJ tomorrow.

Anytime... After lunch??

Sure. See u!

Was it a date? I don't know what to feel right now. I feel excited but at the same time nervous because I didn't know what to do. And I still don't know if I like him or whatever I'm feeling about him.

I went back scrolling through my Instagram feed to clear things on my mind and fell asleep after an hour.

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I woke up with someone knocking on my door. I was disoriented and felt annoyed that I screamed and asked who was it. Sam came in.

"Punta ko sa Robinsons, sama ka?"

"Huh? Anong oras na ba?" I yawned.

"11:30. Umalis na kasi si Tito Al, eh bored ako gusto ko maghanap ng mga magagandang binibini."

"Tss... Sunod na lang ako, magkikita din daw kami ni RJ eh, ililibre ko siya."

Sam's eyes widened. "May date kayo?"