Endless

Chapter 2: Meet the 'Stranger'

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Ezean's POV

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Firecracker? Sigurado akong gun-shot yun. Ano'ng nangyari? Tsk...just let it be.

Bumalik ako sa elevator at pinindot ang 'up' button. Nag-open naman ito agad kaya pumasok na'ko. Papasara na yung pinto nang may humarang ulit na kamay.

Seryoso?!

I sighed in relief. It was not who I was expecting.

"There you are! Dude! Mag-empake ka na! We're gonna have a month-long sleep-over bro!", it was Drake. Pumasok siya ng elevator at tuluyang nagsara ang pinto. Parang may iba sa kanya ngayon. Pawis na pawis siya na parang may tinakbuhan. Maybe one of his girls.

"Wag mong isigaw sa'kin yan na parang 'di ko alam. Jeez...", naiinis kong sabi.

"Okay okay, high blood ka nanaman. But I'm warning you, we better not get bored. Or else....your house will turn upside down", sabi niya. Of course I am aware.

"Hindi ko hahayaang maging garahe ang buong bahay ko", sabi ko.

"Lesson learned?", sabi niya. Binatukan ko lang siya.

Ting!

The door opened again. We finally reached my floor.

I packed my things, stocked boxes, and ate my lasagna. Drake had his own.

"So...what are we gonna do for one or more months? Do you have plans?", tanong ni Drake. I just shrugged saying 'no'.

"Come to think of it, why would they want you to stay at our house? You guys have your own condos, we all do", sabi ko.

"You really don't know about--", napatigil si Drake sa sinasabi niya. "Nevermind"

"Why is everyone acting weird lately? Parang si Alex kanina. Pati ba naman ikaw Drake?", sabi ko. Umirap lang siya.

"Wait, Alex? Magkasama kayo ni Alex?"

"Oo, kanina. Pero umuwi din siya. Ewan ko ba, emergency daw"

"Ahh...ok. By the way, naniniwala ka ba sa resurrection?", halos mabulunan ako sa sinabi niya.

"Well...I don't have time for nonsense. Kaya kung maaari umuwi ka na din", sabi ko habang tinutulak siya palabas.

"Wait--but---", bago pa niya matapos ang sinasabi niya, sinarado ko na yung pinto. Finally. Peace and quiet.

After two hours of packing, I'm finally done. I took a quick shower while trying to absorb the things that happened today. From Alex' sudden excuse, that stranger with the book, mom's sudden trip, my friend's coming over, and my life just got threatened....woah. That's a lot to absorb huh?

Tahimik lang akong nakahiga nang mag-vibrate yung phone ko. It was ate Ziana.

[Where are you? Huwag mo nang palalimin ang gabi Ezean. Delikado sa daan. I'm sure you're packed, so get over here NOW!]