Archetype

Chapter 11: TROUBLE

"CLIVE CHRISTIAN IMPERIAL MAJESTY?!" A loud shout from Jia wakes me up. What's happening?

"Uhm, yeaaaaah. The one with 18 carat gold and 5 carat diamond in the bottle's collar." Ano ba tong pinag-uusapan nila Kim? Its fucking Sunday morning and suppose to be we are all sleeping heavily kasi walang training. Yet they are here in our room, shouting as if they are talking to someone from afar.

"Bea's guts is really something." Wait, is ate Els here? I thought she went home yesterday?

"Ay ang aga, teh! Dito pa talaga sa kwarto namin nagchismisan." They stopped with their chitchat as they all look at my sleepy face. "I thought you went home, ate Els." Ate Ella was my roommate pero madalas pa rin dito yan kahit graduate na.

"Any news about Bea?" Instead of answering, she asked me an out of the blue question.

"She's not answering my calls nor texts. Wala din siya sa training kahapon. So I guess, wala?" They all nodded as if they have some choreography to be followed kasi sobrang sabay-sabay nilang gumalaw.

"Ano bang meron?" I stand up to do my morning rituals. It's embarrassing for me that they all look so fresh and clean habang ako mukhang dugyot. Ganito nalang ba palagi?

"Si beh mo, sinapian ata ng katarantaduhan."

"Ate Els, your mouth."

I feel like my feet were rooted on the floor as I walk going to the bathroom. What does she meant by it?

I looked at them hoping it will enlighten my mind but I don't think it will.

Ate Ella, she looks like she gambled a million dollar money and she loss everything. Kim's face is still steady and sweet, but she seems thinking about something important. Jia on the other hand, she is looking at ate Ella, it's like she can't believe that the latter can say those filthy words of her.

"What happened to Bea?" There's an evident apprehension in my voice. The last time I saw her was the night we had a fight and she was so miserable.

"Grounded." Yeah, what a detailed information, Kim Gequillana.

Pero what?! Grounded? Why? "What happened?"

"Have you heard about Clide Christian Imperial Majesty? The one worth about 10.5 million-peso perfume?" I shook my head. Not familiar. I didn't even know there's a perfume that expensive.

"Well, now you do." What the fuck, Jia! Please, do learn on how to answer in a more direct manner, will you!

"What about that stupid perfume you guys are talking? What's the connection of it to Bea being grounded?" And they all laugh.

Holy! Are they messing up with me? Well if yes, this is not the right time. I'm straight from bed, goddamnit!

"Relax, Jho. It's too early for being choleric. Breathe!" This is hopeless.

I marched my feet going to the bathroom to wash my face, maybe I can also wash off this crankiness of mine.

As I went outside the CR, they are serious again. I really don't know what's going on with these people. And Bea, where is she?

"Bea's grounded for slamming that ultraexpensive perfume." What the fuck! She did that? Is the Jameson bottle and the shot glass not enough?