Dad's The Boss
I went inside my room still holding the envelope they handed. What shall I do with this? Should I open it, maybe it's not what it is? Maybe Mama and Papa changed. Maybe.
I was pacing back and forth, not knowing what to do. I placed the envelope on my desk and just stared at it as if it will open itself. Dahil hindi na ako mapakali I decided to call Luchi and ask her to come over, after all she's my best friend and she almost always know what to do when I'm bothered with things like this.
" Hoy babae please calm down. It's not like machi-change ng pag mamartsa mo diyan kung ano man ang laman ng envelope." Saway sakin ni Luchi. Well she was kind of right pero hindi talaga ako mapakali dahil dun ehh. I'm nervous.
"Well hindi kasi ikaw yung nasa posisyon ko, kaya nasasabi mo yan." Pagalit kong saad sa kanya. She just gave me a faint smile and walked towards my desk to pick up the envelope.
"Sabagay, but the thing is why does it seem like you hate it whenever your parents hand you stuff like this? I mean it's kinda exciting, you know unfolding mysteries." Hindi na ako sumagot pa sa kanya. Yes Luchi is my best friend but there is one thing I never told her. My parents' are only together because they were arranged. Yep I'm a product of an arranged marriage. My parents never really loved each other, like ever. It makes me confused though how come they had me if they never loved each other. Anyway enough of that thought, the thing is 2 years ago my parents handed me an envelope with an annulment paper inside. It was not yet signed but I already know what it means. If you're wondering why they are still in the same house, that is because they never filed, YET. The purpose of that was for me to decide to whom should I go with. Mama or papa? Can you believe it? My own parents wanted me to choose between them? Goshness my own family drama is so nakakairita.
"Hoy gaga bakit nakatulala ka diyan bigla?"
"Huh?" Di ko namalayang nakatulala na pala ako.
"Sabi ko kasi bakit ka nakatulala diyan?"
" Wala naisip ko lang. What if one day your parents decides to split, kanino ka sasama?" Kita kong nagulat siya sa tanong ko. But luckily sinagot niya naman ako.
"Kung ako? Hmmm? Siguro hindi ako papayag diyan. But if you really need answers then doon ako sa kung kanino feeling ko mas mayaman para sure ang future ko. Teka why are you asking about that?"
"Nothing. Dont mind my question."
"Ewan ko sayo. Masyado kang magulo ehh." Matapos sabihin ni Luchi yun ay nanatili nalang kaming tahimik dalawa. Bakit bah ganito yung parents ko ehh nakakagigil. Pero yun nga wala akong magawa kundi ay umiyak nalang hanggang sa mapag disisyonan nila na hindi na nila ako pipilitin. Why cant they just try and make it work. Arghh nakakainis.
"Alam ko na..." biglaang bulalas ni Luchi na siyang dahilan ng pagka gulat ko "... pasyal muna tayo ngayon. I.tetext ko yung iba nating kaibigan ng marami tayo.Diba the more the merrier? So go go na magbihis kana ng makaalis na tayo agad at pagka uwi natin saka mo na pro-problemahin yang mga magulang mo." Alam kong hindi na maaawat si Luchi kaya sumunod ako sa utos niya at nag bihis na.
Pagkatapos kong magbihis ay agad-agad kaming umalis at tumungo sa isang mall malapit sa amin at dun narin namin susunduin yung iba pa naming mga kaibigan.
"Hey people miss me?" Ang ingay talaga nitong si Chenna kaylan kaya mananahimik ang isang to.
" Wazzup mga tanga." Heto pang isang maingay na si Mayce
"Shh shut up nga kayo ang iingay niyo pinag titinginan na tayo ng mga tao ohh, nakakahiya na." Saway ko sa kanila.
"Luhh maka saway ka naman. Ehh ano kung naiingayan sila? Pareho tayong mga tao remember?" Di ko na napigilang matawa sa sinabe ni Mayce kaya hinayaan ko nalang silang mag-ingay. Tutal kapag nandito naman tong mga to nawawala ang stress ko ehh. My friends are my stress reliever, kahit paminsan-minsan ay sila ang sanhi ng stress ko.
