TRAIN

6

Nang masigurado niyang nakasakay na ng ligtas si Cyd, Kim happily went home that night at bakit naman hindi?
She spent the whole night exchanging story with the TSC. Kung hindi pa siguro sila sinabihan ni Tito Ramil na magsasarado na ay hindi pa sila aalis. They didn't noticed that the crowd in the restaurant was thinning out, Neither did the fact na sila nalang pala dalawa ang naroroon. They are just that invested to each other, too preoccupied with the one they're sitting across with.

Unfortunately, She shared an apartment with Mika and Ara and the two did not gave her a free pass unless she'll tell her tale.

And tell her tale she didi.

  It ended up with a whole lot of beer cans and two empty boxes of pizza with a lot of cracker wrappers littering in Kim's bedroom kung saan sila nagpasyang mag sharing , as what the Lord and Saviour Ara Galang like to call herself.

The three ladies were practically scrawling onto each other with their weird angles of sleeping positions the moment they woke up.

"Sa pagkakaalam ko, may sariling kwarto naman kayo." Reklamo ni Kim habang minamasahe ang balikat na nadantayan ni Mika.  "Since when did this became a sleepover in my room?"

"Since i was drunk and i know that you'll be an amazing cuddler." Ara replied with her eyes still closed and head's still buried in Kim's soft pillows.

"Ok fine." Kim practically replied. Too sleepy to have a proper conversation with her friend. "Oi. Nakita mo ba phone ko?" Tanong nito ng mapagtantong wala ang cellphone sa ilalim ng unan kung saan lagi niyang nilalagay iyon.

"Here," abot ni Ara sa kanya ng phone niya. From where did she get that, only the heaven knows.

Kim looked at her suspiciously,"anong ginawa mo dito?"

Napatingin si Ara sa kaibigan at inosenteng nagkibit balikat. "Wala. Ano namang gagawin ko jan?" She asked innocently and added,"di ko nga alam password mo e."

Maybe antok pa si Kim or maybe nawalan na talaga muna siya ng pakialam dahil ang aga pa because she failed to noticed the glint in her friend's eyes when she exited the room.

Si Mika na naunang bumangon sa kanila ay nasa kusina na at nagluluto ng almusal so Kim comfortably flops herself onto the chair across the countertop and poured a coffee for her self.

"So totoo ba ang narinig ko kagabi?" Mika asked carefully with a playful smirk playing on her lips.

"Ha?" Naguguluhang tanong ni Kim sa kaibigan.

"You and  TSC and the company were having a meet and greet?"

Mas lalo pang nangunot ang noo ni Kim sa kaibigan. Sa tingin niya, masyado pang maaga para gumana ang utak niya at intindihin ang kalokohang sinasabi ng kaibigan. "Ano bang pinagsasabi mo?"

Napafacepalm si Mika at di makapaniwalang tumingin kay Kim with that 'are-you-seriously-kidding-the-fuck-out-of-me-right-now?' Look.

"Sa friday? The whole gang? TSC and her friends? Meet up? Sounds familiar?"

Now it is Kimmy's turn to facepalm herself. But who the heck will blame her? Ni hindi nga niya ine expect na maaalala pa iyon ng kaibigan niya, with all of the amount of beer they're chugging last night? Sino naman ba naman talaga ang mag aakala?

But it looks like pagdating talaga sa lovelife niya, walang pinapalampas ang tropa.

"Yeah. Friday," she confirmed "and please lang. Act normally. Act accordingly."

"Kailan ka ba namin pinahiya wafs?" Ara asked with her bedroom voice looming over. Kakalabas lang nito sa kwarto at katulad niya, dumerecho din sa kusina para magkape.