The Dare

Practice Becomes Disaster

[All Student Council officers, please head to the student council room after 5 minutes. All Studen--] sabi sa Intercom.

Nag-buntong hininga ako. Haay! Busy again!

“Ang busy mo na lately, Yan ha?” ani Ced.

“Tss… oo nga eh. Ano nanaman kayang gagawin namin?”

Nagkibit-balikat siya. “Maybe ‘yung gagawin niyo sa School Fest.”

Sh*t oo nga pala. Haist! “Sige, punta muna ako.” Tumango lang siya.

Lumapit na si Yannie sa upuan ko. “Tara?” alok niya. Tumango lang ako at tumayo na sa upuan ko.

~♥~

“Okay, our meeting is about the School Fest.” panimula ni hali-Pearl-ot. (Gets?) “So, what do you want to do for our performance?”

Ano bang maganda? Nag-dance show sila last year, ngayon naman is… ahah!

“Mini-concert.” halos sabay naming suhestiyon ni Clark kaya nagkatingin kami. I didn’t think we thought of the same thing.

“Hmmm… not bad. What else?”

“Magic Show.”

“Dance Show.”

“Theatre Performance.”

“Who’s in favor of Mini-concert?” tanong ni hali-Pearl-ot.

Madami kaming nagtaas ng kamay.

“Okay, just by looking, I can tell Mini-concert is the majority’s choice. We’ll do it… Who wants to be the manager? He/She will decide the band’s practices, costumes and stuffs like that.”

“Ikaw na!” sigaw nila. Oo sila lang, ayoko ngang makasama ‘yan! Yuck! Charot, as if masasama ako nuh? Pati nga si Clark at Yannie hindi naki-sigaw eh.

“Sure. I’m the manager. Who’s the bassist? He/She will also be one of the vocalists.”

Ako!!! I shouted mentally. Maganda naman kasi ang boses ko, ehem… at marunong din akong mag-play ng bass.

Kinalabit ako ni Rhianne kaya napatingin ako sa kanya. “Back to earth, Leah. Tinatanong ka ni Pearl.”

Nabaling ang tingin ko kay hali-Pearl-ot. “I’m sorry. W-What’s your question again?” tanong ko na puno ng kaplastikan.

She cleared her throat. “Do you want to be the bassist?”

“Ha?” Ako bassist? Waaah!!! Yes sure!

“I’m repeating for the fifth time. Do you want to be the bassist?”

Tsss… sungit mo! Sarap ipatapon sa Amazon River! Letche! “Sure.” Then I secretly make faces. Nakakainis kasi!

“Next is… Guitarist. Also one of the vocalists. And because we have a female bassist, we need a male guitarist.” Male?! Makaka-duet ako sa kung sinong lalaki dito?! Sheet! “Jordan? You want?” tanong ni hali-Pearl-ot.

“Hmmm…” Hinimas pa niya ang baba niya, wari’y nag-iisip ng malalim. “Nah-uh. I wanna be the drummer.”

“Clark?” hali-Pearl-ot asked with a smirk. Simula ngayon, ‘yun na ang itatawag ko sa kanya.

“I don’t mind.” sagot niya. K. Kami nanaman magkasama.

“Okay, the drummer is, Jordan, next in line is keyboard. Must have a good voice because he/she will do the second voices.”