In Love with Mr. Torpe

Two

Chapter Two

Jazhel

"Kanina pa tumatawag si Glahd." Abot ni Jayzon saakin ng cellphone. Inabot ko na man sa kanya yung cellphone nya. "Grabe sya. In demand."

"Alam mo na naman kapag maganda." I joked.

"Okay na kayo ni Tita?"

I nodded at tumalikod. Gets na niya agad ang pagtalikod ko. Ayaw kong pagusapan kung ano man ang pinag-usapan namin ni Tita. And he understands it. Palihim na itong umalis kanina habang naguusap kami.

Dumeretso ako sa kwarto ko para makapag quick shower bago pa ulit tumawag si Glahd. Lagkit na lagkit na sya sa katawan. Isang mabilisang shower lang talaga dahil alam kong may sobrang init na sa kakahintay. Kinuha ko sa side table ang cellphone ko and just to fine out na low batt na ko. I immediate open my laptop at my coffee table. I took my charger to charge my drain phone.

While waiting to load my laptop, I take the change to dry my hair. After of loading, my laptop rang. It's a video call. I accept the video call and immediately puff in the face of my friend. As expected, I saw a scowled face.

"Ay grabe sya. Kanina pa ko tawag ng tawag hindi man lang sinasagot. Pinatayan pa ako ng cellphone." She complained.

"Sorry naman. Nalow batt ako. Hindi ba pwedeng maghintay?"

"Ano pa bang ginawa ko? Pasalamat ka wala si hubby ngayon."

"Thank you." I sarcastic said but a as a joke.

"You need to explain to me why?"

I sighed. "Don't ask."

She frowned and looked at me sharply. "And what's with the sighed?"

"Tita Ira just called." I answered and hoped that she will never ask again.

"And?" based on her tone I still need to elaborate.

"Don't ask na nga?" I said irritated. Pinilit ko ngang huwag magpahalata. Pero walang effect.

At dahil bestfriend ko sya lalo niya akong tatanungin. "You made me more curious. What's the story?"

"Wala naman. Not that important."

"So ganyan na tayo. Keeping secrets. Sa bagay sino ba naman ako? Ako lang naman si Glahd. Your bestfriend." Nagtatampong sabi niya. halata namang nagpapakonsensya lang.

I rolled my eyes. Dinaan na naman sa kadramahan. We first meet when we were in highschool. Mabilis niyang nakagaanan ng loob. From that we became best of friends. Hanggang magcollege hindi na kami nagkahiwalay. Same school. Same course. Kaya kilalang kilala na namin ang isa't isa. Pati ata laman loob nila kilalang kilala niya. I know her very well and vice versa.

Ngunit sabi nga ng iba hindi habang buhay kaming magkasama. Glahd fall in love and get married. She chooses to live in Singapore together with her husband. However we still have time to communicate.

"Ay grabe sya. Ginamitan na naman ang kanyang ultimate blackmail."

"Bakit ba kasi ayaw mong sabihin? Pagkatapos mo ako paghintayin ng matagal. Ganun-ganun na lang yon." She started again.

Suko na talaga ako. "Eto na nga po sasabihin na. Nagset ng blind date si Tita. May nirereto?"

"O tapos? Anong connect sa bad vibes mo?"

"Syempre ayokong makipagdate."

"Bakit ayaw mo? Anong itsura?"

Nagkibit-balikat ako. "Hindi ko alam. Hindi ko pa naman nakikita. Well as per Tita, so gwapo daw. Si Tita pa exaggerated magdescribe. Eto pa, No girlfriend since birth ang peg." She said irritated.