A Love To Call My Own

Chapter 39

Binalot ng katahimikan ang magkapatid ng tuluyang maka layo si Mary at mawala ito sa paningin nila. At dahil wala namang makapang sabihin si Indie/Mattie sa kapatid na obvious ang pagka pikon kay Mary ay inaya nya na lang itong sumama sa kanya sa Billiard hall kung nasaan ang mga lalaki. On their way in ay naka salubong na nila ang daddy nila na agad na hinanap ang mommy nila. At nang sabihin nyang pumanhik sa itaas at nag papahinga ay agad na itong nag pa alam at iniwan sila. They found the four guys starting a new game, with Mitch and Tiko VS Alfie and Jacko. Indie knows that Jacko plays billiard well, after all way back then eh tambayan nilang dalawa ang isang billiard hall sa malapit sa Campus and she used to play billiard too.

"So who's winning?" Tanong nyang kay Mitch naka tingin.

"It's a tight competition, we win some, we lose some but since you're here I bet we'll surely win the next game!" Naka ngiting sagot ni Mitch sabay kindat saka...

"Come here give me a kiss para asintado." Sabi nitong inilahad ang mga bisig, she smiled indulgently and gave him a quick peck on his lips. Then suddenly he looked around and...

"Where's Mary babe?" Tanong nito.

"At the children's entertainment room with Dianne and the kids, why?" Sagot nya, ngumiti si Mitch saka...

"Guys I have an Idea, since no one seem to be winning and we might get bored winning and losing, so why don't we make it more interesting by having women as partners?" Anito.

"Sounds interesting, but too bad Tiko and i doesn't have a partner." Ani Alfie.

"Oh! Not a problem, I know two people who could make our game more interesting." Ani Mitch saka kumindat kay Indie/Mattie na napa taas ang kilay saka, lumapit sa intercom at tinawag sina Mary at Dianne na nasa children's entertainment room, making Scarlett more annoyed habang si Indie/Mattie naman ay..

"Dianne can play billiard?" Taas ang kilay na tanong nya.

"Uhuh! She can't just play, she plays very well that Louie and I sometimes ends up with a whole lot of shopping sprees to pay." Naka ngiting sagot ni Mitch.

"Hmmm sounds like a tough competition! Can she be my partner?" Naka ngising sabi ni Tiko.

"Nah! Let's make it more exciting why don't we have a raffle para mas masaya." Ani Mitch, making everyone agree.

Kaya pag pasok ng dalawa ay agad nitong ipinaliwanag kung anong mangyayari and Dianne agreed immediately. Kaya nag pala bunutan sila. Dianne end up with Alfie, Mary with Tiko, kaya super laki ng ngisi ng bruha to Scarlett's annoyance and to top it up, Scarlett got Mitch's name so Indie/Mattie end up with Jacko. They started the game with a toast and with only one rule, bag as much balls ay you can, or better yet bag the highest numbers kasi after three games who ever have the highest sum wins. The loser who have the lowest score will have to jump in the pool outside daw, eh nag uumpisa ng umulan at sure na malamig ang tubig sa pool.

Alfie and Dianne got along very well kaya naman cool na cool ang mga ito at confident na confident na ang mga ito agad ang mananalo, lalo pat parehong asintado ang dalawa. While Tiko and Mary doesn't seem to get along very well, Mary knows how to play billiard naman kaya lang hindi ito asintado kaya asar na asar si Tiko, kaya naman todo ang ngiti ni Scarlett na ginulat si Indie sa moves nito. She was very surprised that she knows how to play billiard rin pala at tuwing makaka pag papasok ito at si Mitch ng bola ay todo kung maka tili at maka pangantyaw at kahit mukhang si Mary ang pinupuntirya ay ewan nya dahil unti-unti syang na iirita, lalo na kapag paki tingin nya sadya itong nagpapapansin at manaka-nakang yumayakap pa kay Mitch, tuloy na wawala ang focus nya sa laro dahil na ba badtrip sya. Tuloy mukhang sila ni Jacko ang kulelat sa first round.