Play of Fate [COMPLETED]

Chapter 1

"Maine, let's go! We're running late!"

"Wait lang. I can't find my Nike cap! Nay Ruuuubbbyyyy, nasaan na 'yung black cap na suot ko kahapon?"

"Andito sa baba, Meng! Iniwan mo sa may sofa pagdating mo."

"Oh okay." Maine Mendoza, 18, sprinted down the stairs with books in one hand with her still opened backpack slung on her left shoulder.

"Thank you, Nanay!"

"Ay nako. Ke bata bata mo pa, ulyanin ka na!"

"Whatever, Je. Sina Mommy?"

"Dining. Let's go na, may practice pa ko ng tennis e."

"Una ka na sa car, I'll just say goodbye."

"Fine. Faster, Maine, please."

Maine gave her brother an exasperated look and proceeded to the left side of their house, leading to the dining room where her Mom and Papa Jose were having breakfast.

"Oh, Maine. Ano ba 'yan, ang busabos mo na umaga pa lang and why are you wearing a cap again?" Her Mom, Pia, said, talking about her cap worn backwards over her messy ponytail.

"What's wrong with it? It's cool, 'di ba, Pa?" She asked her stepfather which he answered with an amused smirk and slight shaking of the head. "See? Anyway, gotta go. Hindi na naman mapakali si Jerald, late na daw siya e ako 'tong may pasok ng 9 and 10 pa naman practice niya."

"Hindi ka na nasanay. Nagpapa bida 'yun sa doubles partner niya."

"Pa, hindi siya type ni Pat. Ilang beses ko nang sinabi 'yun sa kaniya, ayaw maniwala."

"NICOMAINE, ANO NA?!" Jerald bellowed from the parking.

"Ayan na, beast mode na. Sige po, byeeee!" She said, giving both of them a kiss on the cheeks.

When Maine entered the car, she couldn't help but laugh at the deadly glares her brother is giving her. He was obviously furious as his brows are almost forming a straight line and was tapping his left foot on the car's floor. "I told you, late na ko."

"Dude, 10 am pa practice mo, 8:15 pa lang oh?"

"I need to change pa and warm up kasi. Paano pag traffic?"

"Sus. Sabihin mo, gusto mo lang magpa cute and magpa impress kay Pat. Why are you still holding on to your pagsintang pururut when I told you already that she doesn't like you?"

"And how sure are you?"

"Brother, babae ako. I just know."

After hearing her response, Jerald gave his sister a look from head to toe and gave out a light chuckle. "Babae? Meng, you are so many things but being a girl is not one of them."

"Uy, gago!" She said, hitting his arm.

"See? Sakit mong mang hampas. Tapos tignan mo 'yang porma mo - loose v-neck shirt, ripped jean and high cut Chuck Taylor, tapos naka cap ka pa ng baligtad. Anong babae diyan?"

"Hoy Jerald Augustus, hindi nasusukat ng pananamit ang pagka babae ko 'no!" She said and alighted from the car. Yup, they were already at the university, which was just a 10-minute drive away from their house, that's why she cannot really accept the reasons Jerald gave her on why he was such in a hurry to get to school.

"Anong hindi? Hindi mo ba napapansin na walang nag aattempt na manligaw sa'yo? And that's because of the way you act and dress up. Ganda mo pa mandin."

"Pake mo ba! And besides, kailan ka pa nagkaroon ng pakialam sa love life ko ha?"

"Uy. Aga aga nagsisinghalan kayong magkapatid dito sa parking lot. What's up?" Sam Gogna, Maine and Jerald's childhood friend, asked when he got near them.

"Sinasabi ko kay Menggay na kailangan niyang bawasan pagka maton niya para may manligaw naman sa kaniya."

"I don't need suitors. I don't need to have to deal with an additional idiot in my life. Kayong tatlo pa nga lang, nakaka stress na, magdadagdag pa ko?"

"Ano 'yan? Bakit ako nadamay?" The newly arrived RJ Faulkerson, Sam's cousin, asked.

"Wala. Pasok na ko. Nakakairita kayo." She said and headed to the direction of her college's building. But before she proceeded, she looked back at the three guys and addressed her brother. "I stand by what I said, Je. She doesn't like you. Don't waste your time on her. Stop being dense and stupid."

She then removed her cap, mockingly bowed to them and walked off to her building.