5 A.M.

Intelligent

Tam Mi

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"I roused from deep sleep"

    Ugh! I got up on my bed, and look for that noisy repeating alarm. She did it again, what person will set its alarm five ante meridiem in the morning? Well one person does, I mean their family who believes on one saying "Early predator catches the early prey." I'm exasperatedly awake so here it is I get ready for school and did my daily routine.

     There's only one place why I still want to go to school. Library. Where all stuffs and books can be found. In short, where all my feed unify. What makes me happier? I have an accessed to its most sacred private section inside the library. Digging secrets is one of my hella favorite hobby.

   I heard a sound of locking the door. Someone entered, I armed myself. Walking silently, making sure no sound will be heard. There's a shadow coming from the kitchen. A figure of a man. His car was parked outside the gate. The hell he have an access? An idea pop-out in my mind. I peek, as what I'd expected. I felt relieved when I realized who he is. He leaned on me when I dropped the peppermint spray. I'm holding a peppermint spray all the time.

"Gising ka na pala" I nod, my eyes nailed on the paper bags.

"Your cousin is not here, go back better luck next time" I snatch an apple and put my glasses on. I wear eyeglasses as disguise. Many says "An apple a day keeps the hospital away", I hella hate doctors.

"Papasok ka na ba? Gusto mo ihatid na kita? Pwede kang sumabay sakin" he offered. My feet and butt want to say yes but the rest of my body was no. So, it's a no.

"Save it, for her. It's just Tam, an ordinary student. Tamara is an intelligent and she's absent" he flinched, his face says it all. I get my things and leave him in the house. Any second, he's shaking his head. Not my problem if he's easy to read.

     Now my problem is, how I'll get out in this subdivision within a minute. Lucky am, I stand in the center of the street. The driver was shocked when he saw me, he's three to two kilometers away from me. If he won't step the brake in zero point seventy-eight second, ordinary people will break its rib cage. Three open fracture from eight down to ten false ribs. Well, I'm no ordinary it won't happen to me. I calculate the speed, I ran from three kilometers per hour to five kilometer per hour. I stomp, I lift my thirty-six kilo-body and jump as I reached the car's hood. The truck stopped and the driver get out from his pick-up car. He blinked twice.

"Ang aga-aga, minumulto ako. Makapag-maneho na lang" lucky again, he didn't saw me. The car moved. Luckiest, I got an instant service free.

    I rub the apple on my white shirt. An idea came up in my mind, maybe he thought I'm a white lady geist on my shirt. I bite on the apple, that explains why. I'm done eating so I threw it somewhere. Who cares if someone hitted. I look back, school's near. I get my things and jump, I landed successfully on the sidewalk. The car stopped, did I made a noise? I stomped, my bad. I wave at him then he continue driving.

    Few students walking alongside, early this morning. The guard was checking every student entered. I search the identification card of mine. I found it and drawn out of my bag. Let's some have a morning today, I wear my identification card. Hide it in my shirt while walking near the gate. The guard stand on my way. Here it goes.

"Nasaan ang ID mo?" he said with full authority in his voice.

"What kind of ID are you referring? An independent distributor? My industrial design? Inner diameter? Or the Intelligence Department?" his face says he's confused.