Saturday morning.
Busy silang lahat, ginagawa yung bahay. Sa kamalas malasan, ayun sira yung sasakyan kaya naman di maka luwas si Erpat. May commitment sya sa Manila pero di siya maka alis.
Me as a lazy as fuck child volunteered (lakas maka Hunger Games), na ako na lang yung kumuha nung simething shit sa Tayuman. Hindi ko rin alam kung aning masamang hangin ang dumaan sa sistema ko at ako yung nagmaganda para sa lakad na yun. Kahit ang tatay ko ay nagulat din kaya he grabbed the once in a lifetime opportunity na utusan ako about things in the our business.
He told me that I can meet Jojo (the one I'll be meeting) either on Blumentritt or Tayuman. Tinanong niya ako kung saan ko mas prefer. Sabi ko na lang kahit saan but Tayuman is my preference.
I was taking a bath when I was meditating if I should really do it. Hello, it's a Saturday kaya! Rest day, I should be just laying on my bed in this cuddle weather. And there is still a chance for me to back out. So yeah I decided just to pass it to other helper of my father.
Pero nung palabas na ako ng kwarto, narnig kong may kausap si Tatay sa kanyang cellphone telling that his daughter (me) is about to leave our house. Which is partly true kasi alam niyang nakaligo na ako, kaya nakonsensya naman ako na naka-oo na ako edi push na.
"Tay, alis nako.", sabi ko. "Teka! Alam mo na ba kung san ka pupunta?" sabi ni Tatay. Tangina oo nga naman ni hindi ko alam kung saan ako pupunta at kung pano ko kokontakin si Jojo. Well afterward, he instructs me what to do and gave me the informations I need.
I'm in the bus, NLEX specifically when I received a text from my father that Jojo will not me because he is sick. Tangna naman pala bakit pa ko nagpakahirap diba? Pero sabi naman nya yung pamangkin daw niya yung ma m-meet ko. Edi wow.
Nasa balintawak station na ako nung nag text yung pamangkin niya, named Niño. Nandun na raw sya sa Tayuman Station. What the fuck ang bilis naman niya! Buti na lang mabilis lang yung next train.
He texted again "Nasan ka na po? Paki bilisan naman po may laban pa kasi yung UST at FEU."
Wow ha. Wow koya. Me being polite I apologize (if Im on my usual self baka tinarayan ko na sya. Busit). Pero mukang flirty siya. Hindi naman sa assuming, pero I know who and how boys flirt in this case. Text mates.
Mga linya niyang "Ella, dito ka na lang sa number ko magtext." (Kasi nga nung una sa number ni Jojo kame nag cocommunicate.) Tapos, "May dala ka bang payong? Malakas ulan dito." Meron pang "Sige okay lang, naka motor naman ako eh. Ingat ka." Kasi sabi ko kasi sa kanya itetext ko na lang sya pag malapit na ko. Nahiya naman ako kasi nga manunuod sya ng game. Pwe. And hell, he even know that I was studying in a certain school in Intramuros.
I arrived at the Tayuman Station, and true it's raining. I insist him to meet me at the North bound station in Tayuman. Di daw nya alam. Fuck. Sa Jollibee na lang daw. Tatawid pa ako leche. "Nandito na po ako." Sabi ko. "Hi, andito na po ako sa entrance ng Jollibee" di na ko pumasok di naman kasi ako bibili kahiya kaya. In all fairness sinabi niyang andun na siya pero he's nowhere to be found!
After 3 minutes or so, there this guy approached me wearing a blue cap and white shirt and that moment I know it was him. (Jojo described me what his nephew Niño wears) And I swear, the first thing came up to my mind "My potential ka-sparks".
TANGINA. Lakas ng appeal ni kuya. Nakakahiya pa, I felt I stared at him for I think for 5 seconds! "Ella?" sabi niya. "Ahm.. O-oo" TANGINA BAKIT AKO NAG ST-STUTTER?! Get your shits together Isabela! I mentally scolded myself. I was agitated that I just hand him the file my father told me. And then after that we exchange smiles and bid good bye to each other because I don't know if he also don't know what to do. "Sige, ingat ka." It was just 3-words sentences and my heart made somersaults idagdag pa ang makalaglag shorts nyang ngiti!
I was in the Tayuman Station waiting for the train when I decided to text him again. "Wala akong class ngayon." Kasi he told me earlier before the meet up that there were jeepneys there that are heading to Lawton. "Ahh. Ingat ingat :)" Tae bakit ako kinikilig?!
Kamalas-malasan ko, nabura ko yung conversation namen on my phone. I've lost connection. Bye bye "My potential ka-sparks."
Just another day of meeting new person. New temporary person. :)
