'Till Death, Did We Part? (On Hiatus)

Chapter I

-----Meet Them-----

"Gising na!", banggit ni Kate nung dumating siya galing sa MOA kase nagshopping siya kasama mga kabarkada niya. She really has timing when she wakes me up.

Bihis na kami para umuwi ng Greengate. As usual, nakatulog na naman ako. I love commuting but it really makes me tumble to the floor most of the time. We rode the bus going to Tagaytay.

Nakagising na ako nung nakarating na kami ng Robinson's Imus. Traffic na naman at pagkatingin ko sa relo ko, it's already 2:12 in the afternoon. Traffic in the Philippines is so nice, not.

"So, we'll stop when we reach, Shopwise? Correct me if I'm wrong." My voice is getting raspier by the minute, I'm so tired. "Kate, are you with me?" I looked at her and I realized where that funny snore was coming from.

I woke Kate up when we reached Shopwise. She's quiet today, I have no idea why. "Where are we going now?", I asked. She pointed me to the Tricycle Station on the other side of the highway. There's no way I'm getting there alone.

"Let's go quickly.", I stated with a sigh.

"What's the matter with you?" Kate wondered. "What 22 year old doesn't know how to cross a highway?"

"To correct you, it's a 322 year old you're talking to. But sure, 22 is fine." Then I chuckled.

"Whatever, Mr. Can't-die-at-all.", she smiled and rolled her eyes at me. So immature.

Pagkatapos naming makarating ng bahay ng mga Villejo sa Greengate, dumiretso na ako para matulog sa 'former bedroom' ng aking sister-in-law. It's been months since I've been willing to meet the Villejos. Kate talks about them all the time, so does Mom.

We started talking about school, I should catch up more on my education. Sure, I may have experience different kinds of education in the 1800s, but it's not bad to learn something new.

"Nate, do you prefer De la Salle or CAVSU?", said Kate's aunt, Sandra Villejo.

"I have no idea which is better." I laughed. "Besides, all I need to be is to be educated. I need new careers."

"Akala ko ba sapat na sa iyo ang pagiging Accountant?", said Tita, while busy computing for the bills and other needs of the house.

"I want more thrill."

Both Kate and Tita Sandra had this blank look at me like they don't know what to expect or what to say next. I mean, all I want is more fun in my neverending life.

"What do you mean, 'thrill'?" Kate resumed her blank expression, bakit ba ang taas ng pagdududa nilang dalawa?

"I just wanna experience new things. I feel a little bit outdated." I smirked, "I may have experience in a lot of things, but a partial amount of that wisdom wears out over time."

"Whatever." Kate rolled her eyes at me.

"Is it that time of the month again?" Then I winked. "I guess I'll leave you for a while."

"Would you shut up, Nate?!" Then she threw the pillow next to her at me. "It's none of your buisness!"

"Oh, mga iho, tama na iyan. Nagdesisyon ka na ba, Nate?" Ani Tita Sandra.

"Sa De la Salle na lang po ako, Tita. It sounds better, at least." I causally said to Tita, with no regrets.

A week has passed, and so did I in the enrollment exams. It is gonna be a month until classes start, so I better be ready.

As Kate and I were riding a jeep towards SM Dasmariñas to go to National Book Store, or whatever it might be called, to buy school supplies. Also to go around the mall, more accurately called 'gala' as Kate explained to me.

Back in LA, I wasn't really going out that much. Not that I'm anti-social, but it just feels uncomfortable for me to go outside. Speaking of uncomfortable, it is what I also feel when I socialize with someone. I like having friends, but not a lot. It's pretty uncommon for some three-century-old person like me to be like this, in my opinion. I can't remember who my biological parents are, I don't know if they are still alive, or if they even existed at least.

"Para po." said Kate to the driver, I just realized that I haven't payed yet. I quickly gave the driver the payment needed and I trotted off like nothing happened. This is why I prefer thinking in my room.

"Muntikan na iyon ah?" Kate smirked at me. She knew what I did, I also feel a bit uncomfortable about this somehow.

"That's new." I stated as I was trying to adapt that I'm not in LA anymore.

"Anong bago? Speak like a Filipino already, you grew up half your life in the Philippines, I think, kaya masanay ka na." Kate stated with a weak punch on my arm.

"Alright! Sige, I'll try. Ako naman nagsabi na I'll live the rest of my life here in the Philippines'." Kate is such a Nationalistic person. I realized that we're already inside SM.

The place was bigger than I expected. Maybe because I really don't go to malls that frequently. Again, I generally don't go out that much.

"Mag-window shopping kaya tayo mamaya?" Kate asked, like I knew what that is.

"What the heck is window shopping?" I asked Kate with a blank expression.

"Do you even call yourself an American?" Wow, so that's what Filipinos think of us, huh? "Window shopping is like going around, looking at stuff, pero hindi bibili."

"That's it?" I asked, with a more blank expression. "Well I guess I could go for some 'window shopping'. Marami namang pwedeng tingnan dito." I said with a little bit of 'sass'.

Kate giggled, "That's the spirit!"

After being at the mall, window shopping for about an hour and a half, we're finally done. The both of us also got our school supplies that we finally got.

After a while, we finally got hungry. We've decided to eat at Adobo Connection. I heard from Kate that the meals here are very delicious. Well, that's her opinion, not mine.

We finally went home after all of the 'gala' that we did. I got fatigued quite a lot. But that didn't matter.

For the first time as I remember, I'm so pumped up for school.