Bullets and Kisses (On-Hold)

Chapter 5: The Mafia

Chapter Five: The Mafia

Xander

It's already 6:36 p.m. and we're still fixing ourselves para magtungo sa cafeteria para mag-dinner. Si Xai nasa banyo, naghuhugas. Xavier was in front of a mirror, fixing his hair. Si Xenon naman ay nakahiga sa kama niya habang kinakalikot ang kanyang cellphone, habang ako naman ay nakaupo lang sa kama ko, nagmumuni-muni.

If every dorm is good only for three people, ibahin niyo kami. Wala namang magpapaiwan sa'ming apat eh. We had promised na kahit anong mangyari, walang iwanan. That's what family are for, right? To help each other no matter what.

Ilang sandali lang ay bumukas naman ang pinto ng banyo at iniluwa niyon si Xai na bihis na bihis.

"Let's go?" aya niya habang inaayos ang silver na bracelet sa pulso niya. We have these silver bracelets bilang tanda ng loyalty namin sa isa't-isa.

"Tara."

Lumabas kami ng dorm namin at nagtungo sa cafeteria. Pagdating namin ay bigla namang nagsitahimik ang lahat. Seriously, what's with us para tumahimik silang lahat? Kailangan na ba naming masanay?

We ordered the same sets of dinner and walked towards the vacant, and the only available table. Well, ipina-reserve 'to ni Xai kanina. But what's most interesting here is, Zoe and her friends are sitting right next to our table.

Naupo kami at tahimik na kumain.

Zoe? She's beautiful. She's unkind sometimes but I know that she has a good side too.

"Excuse me, can I sit here?"

I diverted my eyes to their table where those words came from and hey, that's Louis right? I wonder what's his connection to Zoe. Is he Zoe's boyfriend?

Tch! Why ask, by the way?

"Punta daw tayo sa mansion mamaya," Xai said after he swallowed a food. Napatingin naman ako sa kanya.

"What for?" Xavier asked but Xai just shrugged as a reply.

A moment later ay napatigil kami sa pagkain at napatingin sa table nina Zoe nang tumayo siya at naglakad palabas. What happened?

Nang matapos ang dinner ay agad din kaming bumalik ng dorm para kumuha ng susi ng sasakyan. 'Yong sasakyan ni Xai at sasakyan ni Xavier ang gagamitin namin papunta ng mansion ngayon. Tinatamad akong mag-drive at gano'n din si Xenon. Si Xai lang talaga ang mahilig magdrive ng sasakyan sa'min. He joins car racing and always bring the victory home.

Nagtungo muna kami sa sikretong garahe ng school kung saan naka-park ang mga dala naming sasakyan. If you're wondering why we know about this— we owned this school. This was built in memory of our mother— Ximena Jackson. And if you ask what happened to her, well that's a long story.

Pagdating namin ay si Xavier na ang nagbukas ng garahe at tumambad sa amin ang apat na magagarang sasakyan. A red Ferrari LaFerrari owned by Xai, a Pagani Huayra owned by Xenon, my Aston Martin One-77, and Xavier's megacar Koenigsegg One:1. These were the cars we brought here the last day.

We paced towards Xai's and Xavier's car, ako ang sasama kay Xai at si Xenon naman ang sasama kay Xavier. It's already 8:23, so everyone must be in deep sleep now, maybe.

Inilabas namin ng campus ang dalawang sasakyan gamit ang sikretong daan, at dumiretso na sa mansion.

At sa bilis ng sinasakyan namin ay nakarating kami sa loob lamang ng ilang minuto, but wait, just a little reminder— don't ever ride a car with Xai driving. He always drives to hell. Well, me? I'm used to it.

Bumaba kami ng sasakyan, sa harap mismo ng malaking pulang gate. I opened it and a large front yard greeted us. At the center, there stood a fountain where a statue of a baby angel stands above, colorful flowers everywhere, plants trimmed into a maze and lamp posts that give light to the dim surroundings.