Totally Hooked

Chapter 11: Filling in the Gaps

It was a good thing na wala masyadong tao malapit sa locker ni Angel when it happened. We didn't have to explain to anyone kung bakit siya sumigaw. She was panicking and was asking lots of questions habang papunta kami sa parking lot. Hindi na kami pumasok sa mga klase namin because we all know that we wouldn't get anything from it. Masyadong pre-occupied ang mga utak namin with what happened so nagdecide kami na umalis na lang ng university. Alam din naming lahat na we needed to talk about what happened with being interrupted by anyone.

I have no doubt sa lahat ng sinabi sakin ni Shin but there are still gaps sa mga kwento niya. Gaps that could only be filled by three people, me, Miggy and Denise. Since I have no memories what-so-ever about what happened at hindi naman namin alam kung nasaan si Miggy, Denise is the only one who can fill us in sa kung anong nangyari sa mga oras that Shin didn't see. Yung mga oras na kaming tatlo lang ang nakaka-alam.

Denise offered her place para magkapagusap kami, but I refused. Hindi sa pinagdududahan ko pa rin na siya ang may gawa nito but I trust between us is still not enough for me to go to her territory. Kaya naman I volunteered my own condo unit. Buti na lang at may sasakyan si Denise kaya hindi kami nahirapan maghanap ng masasakyan papuntang condo.

Angel is at the backseat and we just barely calmed her down. Ang tanging maririnig mo na tunog sa kotse ay ang music galing sa radio at ang pagpipigil ni Angel ng iyak niya. Ang pag-uusap lang namin ni Denise ay ang pagtuturo ko sa kanya ng direksyon papunta ng condo ko. We still had it awkwardness around us but somehomw being with her is comforting. It took us twenty minutes to get there. When we got to the entrance of the residence units I began guiding her again inside the parking lot to park on the designated parking space for my unit. We then directly went to my unit.

Pagbukas ko pa lang ng pinto, I already heard them gasp. I decorated it myself, fitted for the needs of a girl who has a life for fashion. It was a two-storey penthouse with a beautiful view of Manila de Bay. Madumi man up close ang Manila de Bay but seeing it from this far up, it is breathtakingly beautiful especially on sunsets and sunrises. The first floor is for living necessities, bathroom, living room, bedroom, kitchen and dining while the whole second floor is my work station. It has everything a designer would need for every piece of clothing she would like to made.

"Make yourself at home." I told them with a smile then head to the kitchen to prepare something na makakain namin. Pero all I have in the kitchens are snacks and beverages, walang kahit na anong nakakabusog talaga.

"Gusto niyong magorder ng food? Snacks lang meron dito eh." I called out to them from the kitchen.

"Sige! Ako na mag-oorder. Ano bang gusto niyo?" asked Denise while tapping on her phone. Sinabi naman namin ni Angel ang orders namin then I realized that I forgot to tell Shin na wala na kami sa University. Baka mapatay ako nun pag nalaman niya pa sa iba. So I took out my phone and sent him a text.

{Me, Angel and Denise are at my condo right now.}

But instead of a text message, I received a call from my worst nightmare. I laughed and caught the attention of the two girls in the living room.

"Shin" I mouthed to them then answered the call from my best friend but before I could talk Shin was already yelling at me from the phone.

"Bat hindi kayo pumasok?" ang sakit talaga sa tenga nitong bunganga ng kaibigan ko. Parang hindi lalaki.

"Itanong mo na lang kung asan sila." Rinig ko namang sabi ni Vin in the background.

"Alam ko kung asan sila." Sabi naman ni Shin.

"Ano pang hinihintay natin? Alam mo naman pala." Sabi naman ni Vin clearly with irritation in his voice.

"Tingnan mo tong taong to. Alis ng alis bigla. Bastos talaga." Rinig kong sabi ni Shin then the line cut-off.