Ms. Rico, our homeroom adviser poked her face inside the room. “Guys,the teachers will be having their meeting this aftern—“
“OH YEAH!” a chorus of students cheered.
“Half-day!”
“Uwian na~”
“Ano daw?”
“Oo,”
“Anong oras na?”
“NASAAN G-TECH KO?!”
“—so you will be using the next three hours to practice for your upcoming dance revolution contest.” Ms. Rico continued calmly. “Mga teh, umayos kayo ha? Yung mga dancers, kilos na, aba! Yung hindi dancers… bahala na kayo.” And she was gone.
Syempre dahil talentado kami ni Cassy, di kami dancers. Baka kase pag sumayaw kame lumindol at manalo pa kami. Ampayr naman yun, di ba?
I stretched my arms over my head. “Dapat pala hindi na ako pumasok eh.”
“Gago ka ba, sino makakasama ko kung wala ka?” Cassy said
“Jusko, andami mong mga friends dyan—“
“Omi~” Jason popped on the seat to my right. You’re suppose to be mad at him, Sam, but I don’t remember why, sabi ng utak kong napaka galing.
“Omi?” Cassandra and I asked.
Jason grinned. “Short for mommy. ‘Omi’”
Akala ko naman kung ano. “Tsh. Dami mong alam, chong!”
“Syempre mana sa’yo.”
Utot mo. Asa ka. ”Baka sa tatay mo.”
“Sino nga ba tatay ko?” Jason’s forehead was wrinkled.
Napa kunot din ako ng noo. “Sino nga ba?”
He grinned and scanned the room, naghahanap siguro ng lalaking pwedeng i-proklama bilang kaniyang mahiwagang ama. Meh. Wait… arent you going to do anything about it, Sam?
“Bat naman?” I asked myself then realized I was talking aloud. Sanay na sakin si Cassy, so di niya pinansin. Si jason napa tingin sakin saglit.
Duh, ikaw nanay niya
And then?
Nag hahanap siya ng tatay.
And then?
Gusto mo bang may ma-link sa’yo?
Link. Link. Link. Link! Tanginga. No, shit. Ayoko po. “Baka si Zeus,” I blurted out.
“Si Zeus?” Jason said, still scanning the room.
I grabbed his chin and forced him to look at me. “God of gods and men? Lightning bearer? Cloud gatherer? King of Olympus? Asawa ni Hera, anak ni Kronos—“
his lips were pinched between my fingers. “I know who Zeus is! But why him?”
I let him go and shrugged. How the fuck should I know? “Wala lang. Para astig.”
“Kase?”
"Kase?" i asked innocently.
"Astig kase...?" Jason explained impatiently
"Ah!"
"Ay, ang slow?" Cassy muttered.
"Astig kase..." Why do I even bother to explain stuff to this little shit? “Kase anak ka ni Zeus sa’kin, which means you’re a demigod. And that makes me technically a queen, never mind Hera. Which makes you the probable heir to Olympus.” Lol, Sam wtf.
Jason laughed. “Ha! Demigod! I like that! Ano tawag sa anak ko?”
“Ano?”
“Semi-god.”
Cassy guffawed, which made me laugh.
“Eh ano tawag sa anak ng anak mo?” I asked.
"Ano?"
“Medyo-god.”
Jason doubled over, laughing way too hard for a corny joke. Cassy was doing her funny choppy laugh and was trying her best to stop but failed.
“Ano ba ‘yan, Sam, ang corny mo.” Cassy said.
“Corny ka dyan, eh halos ma-tae ka na sa kakatawa dyan!” I defended.
Jason extended an arm toward us to take our attention. “Eh ano tawag sa anak ng anak ng anak ko?” he asked, excitement gleamed inside his eyes.
“Ano?”
“’Di na god.”
No one laughed.
