It Started in the Library (Completed and Editing)

Chapter 2: The Letter

 Chapter 2: The Letter

"Ohmaygas ang lakas talaga ng tama mo girl!" Sab exclaimed while stabbing the unoffending fishball from the boiling oil. Naikwento ko sa kanila ni Kiko ang nangyari sa library at nagyaya silang kumain muna ng fishball sa Vinzon's bago ko sila ihatid pauwi.

"Badtrip kasi eh, hihiram ng book tapos ide-deface lang. Sarap upakan." I murmured as I poured the sweet-chili sauce on my paper plate.

"Ang weird mo talaga Aya. Asa ka pa na mabasa niya yun no," Kiko said as he stole a fishball from my plate. I threw him a deathglare and he grinned sheepishly before offering me a bite from his pancit canton.

"Kiko kung gusto mo ng fishball dapat yun ang inorder mo." I pouted at him.

He threw his arm around my shoulders, " 'Kaw talaga Aya, ang damot mo. Para fishball lang eh. Eto na nga share ko na sa'yo 'tong pancit canton," he chided me with a laugh. Alam niyang naiinis ako kapag may dumudukot sa pagkain ko kaya lalo niya itong ginagawa.

"Paano kaya kung mag-reply siya sa'yo no? Tapos mag-correspondence kayo through the book. Wow, nakaka-inlove naman! Ayiiie!" Sab repeatedly slapped my shoulder so hard that I choked on my fishball and Kiko gave me his bottle of C2.

"Ano ba Sab, papatayin mo ko? Sabihin mo lang ha, tutusukin na lang kita ng stick nitong fishball para makaganti ako kahit konti!" I glared. "Saka anong kala mo sa 'min, 'Griffin and Sabine'?"

"Bakit hindi? We are young, wild and free!" She laughed heartily and some of the other customers grinned at us. I felt a momentary pang of shame sa ingay ni Sab. I love her to bits pero minsan hindi mapigilan ang kaingayan niya whereas ako naman ay hindi sanay sa maingay.  

"Ayaw mo ba ng summer fling Aya?" she questioned with a mischievous smile.

"Baliw! Baliw ka talaga Sabrina!" I gently shook my head, "Saka love letter yun no so kahit na magreply pa siya sa akin meron na siya agad ibang gusto. Baka ako pa nga dahilan para sagutin siya 'non."

"Dapat pala you would really demand payment," Kiko said "Akalain mo libreng editing tapos sinagot pa siya because of your letter."

"Hay naku guys, umuwi na nga lang tayo at ang wild na talaga ng imagination ninyo." I turned to the ate. "Ate, eto na po yung bayad ko, isang fishball saka isang squidball".

"Eto po yung sa akin." Kiko passed his money to me. "Isang pancit canton, C2 at hotdog."

"Ugh, wala pala akong barya," Sab uttered as she brought out a one thousand peso bill from her wallet.

"Naku Sab dapat pala nilibre mo na lang kami," Kiko joked.

"Sira, baon ko 'to for one week!"

"Ako na nga." I offered and paid the ate. "May utang kang fishball sa akin Sab." I grinned at her. 

Sab winked at me. "Oo na. May bukas pa naman eh."

Naglakad kami papuntang AS parking lot kung saan naka-park ang kotse ko.

"Wag mo na kaya akong ihatid, out of the way. Mapapalayo pa kayo ni Kiko," Sab uttered as I got into the driver's seat of my white 2013 Toyota Celica. I rolled my eyes at her. She lives in Don Antonio while Kiko lives in Dona Faustina. Ako naman ay sa UP Professor's Village in Tandang Sora.

"Loka-loka, ngayon mo pa naisip yan. It's no big deal Sab. Para ka namang others," I replied with a smile. "Sige na, get in kasi sayang yung aircon". Kiko opened the passenger side and squeezed to the backseat. Ito lang ang mahirap sa two-door, yung backseat maliit at effort ang pagpasok at labas sa kotse.