Archetype

Chapter 5: JUDGE

"Wakey wakey, roomie!" Nakatulog pala ako after school. Ni hindi ko man lang naramdaman ang pagdating ni Marge na may saklay. "You'll gonna be late na sa training. Di ba ngayon yung announcement ng official lineup? Hurry!"

Kung siya punong-puno ng energy and excitement kahit na she already knew na she can't make it because of her injury, I feel the other way around.

Kinakabahan ako. Am I capable to be part of that? Makakasali kaya ako? I swear abot hanggang Alitagtag ang kaba ko.

I feel that my phone vibrates and napangiti ako when I read my mom's massage telling me na hindi ko pabayaan ang sarili ko and she knows na makakasali ako sa lineup because she believes in me.

I knew it, abot talaga hanggang Alitagtag yung kaba kasi even my mom feels it.

Nag-ayos na ako ng sarili ko then hurriedly went out kasi kailangan kong maglakad going to BEG.

I even heard Marge shouted good luck but I didn't manage to respond.

Hindi na kasi siya nagttraining and usually sumasabay ako kay Jirah or ate Els pero I know wala sila kaya I need to be hurry.

Lakad-takbo akong bumaba ng hagdan while checking my gym bag if kompleto na ang gamit ko when I bumped into someone. Nagulat kami pareho. She nearly lose her balance, buti nalang nahawakan ko.

"I'm sorry." Yun lang ang lumabas sa bibig ko. We're too close with each other to the point that I can feel her heartbeats already. Ang bilis.

"No worries. Both of us were not looking." She runs her hand through her hair and I can say I can feel that static energy again.

"Hey, Jhow! Are you okay?" I manage bringing back my senses before this eerie feeling of mine eaten up my system.

"Fuck! I will be late." Yun lang ang nasabi ko and I can see amusement from her eyes.

Before that static shit go through my system again, I chose to take a step and started walking.

"We still have 10 more minutes before the call time. It's still early." Hinawakan niya ang braso ko kaya napahinto ulit ako.

Since the day they visited our house, this is the first time we had a conversation again. If we can consider telling me her name forcefully a kind of conversation though.

"I need to walk going there and 10 minutes is obviously not enough. I have to go, Bea. Excuse me." Wait? Am I the one who said that? Bakit english? Bakit parang nabago?

I just shook the thought and dali-daling bumaba.

Something is telling me to look back para makita siya pero ginawa ko ang lahat not to.

"Jhow! Hop in!" Rinig ko ang pagbusina ng sasakyan sa likod ko at ang pamilyar na boses na nagyayaya sakin.

Halos kakalabas ko lang ng gate and her offer is really tempting because I got 6 minutes left.

"I'm good." But I declined because I'm not really comfortable with her presence.

Maglalakad na sana ako, but I'm pretty amaze with her swift move kasi nasa harap ko na siya ngayon.

She guided me going to her car and even open the door for me.

Beadel is such a gentle, really.

Nakarating kami sa BEG with 2 minutes spare time. First time namin na sabay kaming dumating that's why I can feel the hawk eyes of
our teammates.