Walang kamalay malay si Earl that three fairies are racing on that moment. Hinahanap nya kasi si Zach. His teleportation spell never gets wrong. Where the hell is he? Sa dami ng tao sa Central Park ay imposible nya itong makita.
And then when he is about to turn around ay nagulat sya sa nakita. Three fairies are already flying fast on his direction. At mas lalo syang nagulat ng makita ang nasa gitnang fairy. It’s Chantele!
“Chan—‘’ hindi nya naituloy ang pagbigkas sa pangalan nito dahil nagsalpukan na silang dalawa. At sa lakas ng impact ay napaurong si Earl that causes the two of them lands on the fountain of the Central Park. All fairies there who witnessed what happened ay shocked na shocked.
And on that moment Earl can’t say a word. He can’t believe what his eyes are seeing. It’s really Chantele! Napakurap kurap pa sya how his cute friend dries her long silver white hair. She didn’t change, in fact mas lalo pa nga itong naging cute sa paningin nya.
“Chantele… are you okay?” nagaalala nyang tanong dito dahil ang always serious face nito ay mas lalo pa atang naging seryoso seeing him. Inalalayan nya itong tumayo. At mahabang katahimikan ang namayani sa kanilang dalawa. They only hear the continuous flowing of the water in fountain at ang mga nagbubulungang mga fairy doon.
“Chantele?”
“For seven years… I thought I will never see you again El… but you make it so damn hard finding you here” mahina nitong wika.
Earl smiled. So she missed him too after all. He put his hands on top of her head at ginulo ang basa nitong buhok.
“I missed you too Chantele.” Anito at niyakap ang kaibigan. Pero sandali lang iyon dahil itinulak sya nito.
“I can’t believe ur here. Stop being so noticeable!” ani Chantele in her most serious tone of voice.
Kunot noo namang nagsalita si Earl. “W..what are you saying?”
Chantele gets out of the mountain sumunod naman sya. Then Chantele dangerously gaze at the fairies there watching them. Agad namang nagresume ang mga ito sa kanya kanyang ginagawa. And then pumukaw sa atensyon ni Earl sina Cassey at Gracielle na halos isumpa si Chantele sa pagkakapanalo.
“Oh is this two you’re friends? Wow! That’s great Chnatele. It’s nice that you finally get a chance to have friends. I’m happy for you. Hi I’m—‘’
Pinigil ni Chantele ang pakikipagkamay ni Earl sa dalawa.
“And stop being so nice.”
Napakamot naman ng ulo si Earl. at puro question mark ang tuktok ng ulo nito not sure why Chantele is acting that way.
“Did I do something wrong? And why are you three flying towards me?”
“It’s because we—‘’ naputol ang pagsasalita sana ni Cassey dahil pinalsakan agad ni Chantele ito ng tinapay na agad nabili sa tabi tabi. At sa laki ng tinapay ay hindi magkandaugaga si Cassey sa pangnguya noon.
Si Gracielle naman ang nagtangkang magexplain. “Actually we—‘’ pero hindi din nito naituloy ang sasabihin dahil mabilis din itong sinubuan ng Chantele ng tinapay.
“They are not my friends. Let’s go El, this two speaks trouble.” Aniya at mabilis na kinalikad si Earl palayo sa dalawa na hindi magkandatuto sa pagnguya. At ang tanging nagawa na lang ng dalawa is to put cursing eyes to her.
“Are you sure they will be okay?” nagaalalang tanong ni Earl kay Chantele habang kinakalikad sya nito palayo sa Central park.
“Why are you so concerned about them?” inis na ani Chantele habang pabilis ng pabilis sila ng paglalakad. Pero biglang napahinto ito sa paglalakad kaya nagkabungguan sila. Mabuti na lang at nakapagbalance agad si Earl kaya naman hindi sila natumba. Yun nga lang ay yakap yakap niya ito from behind preventing her to fall down.
