My Runaway Bride

MRB 11

                      Groom's Side
I was about to go downstairs when I came into a halt in front of Maxine's bedroom. I noticed that the door to her room was slightly open but I didn't get in yet.

Tumingin ako sa aking relong pambisig. It's nearly five am. Siguro gising na rin siya. Maaga rin kasi siyang nagigising tulad ko. Sometimes four forty five pa lang ng umaga eh naabutan ko siyang abala na sa kusina. Minsan naman eh sa paglilinis o di kaya'y sa pagdidilig ng halaman sa garden.

Masyado talaga niyang kinacareer ang pagiging katulong niya. I could even give her an award for that.

Siya nga pala, if you're wondering where Manang Lucia is, she's in Ilocos. May sakit daw kasi ang nanay nito roon at walang ibang mag-aalaga dahil abala sa kani-kaniyang trabaho ang ibang kapatid nito.

Si Lara naman, tuwing Sabado at Linggo siya gumagawi rito. Sinabihan ko na siyang kahit hindi na pumunta rito tuwing weekends but she insisted saying she just wanna hang out with Maxine.

I really don't have an idea how they got close considering that they are not in the same age bracket. I guess that's how friendship works. Ang pagkakaibigan kasi walang pinipiling kulay, lahi, hitsura, at edad, hindi ba?

Well, I'm just glad that they are getting along perfectly fine. Mukha kasing pareho rin sila ng hilig. That is Korean-related stuffs.

Ano bang meron sa Korea at maraming kabataan ang nahuhumaling sa bansang iyon?

My maid said that it's the movies, music, food, culture, and the weather that she likes about that country. So that must be it.

Speaking of my maid, yayayain ko nga pala siyang magjogging kaya tumigil ako sa tapat ng pinto niya. I was planning to go for a jog since it has been weeks since I last exercised. Medyo nawili kasi ako sa pag-aani ng mga pananim nitong nakaraang dalawang linggo kaya hindi ko napagtuunan ng pansin ang pag-eehersisyo.

I was about to knock on her opened door when my closed fist stopped mid-air. Parang may narinig kasi ako buhat sa loob ng silid na nakapagpatigil sa akin sa pagkatok.

Out of curiosity, I peeked through the opened door and found her in front of the vanity mirror still on her PJ's. Her hair was somewhat messy too. Mukhang hindi pa nasusuklay.

Medyo nakatagilid siya mula sa kinatatayuan ko kaya di ko maiwasang mapansin ang hawak niya.

She was holding a hairbrush and she wasn't using it to fix her disheveled hair. Instead, nakatapat ang hairbrush na 'yon sa kanyang bibig. And yes, she was singing her heart out like nobody's watching. And yes again, she was using that hairbrush as her microphone.

What the?

'Di ko napigilan ang sarili kong matawa nang mahina lalo na nang mapansin ko ang bahagyang paggalaw ng balakang niya. She was gracefully swaying her hips as she sang which I supposed is a lively Korean pop song. Then she stretched out her left arm and pointed herself in the mirror. That same hand went up to her hair and mess it up even more.

Still looking at the mirror like she was kind of like in a music video shoot and the mirror serves as the video camera, she gracefully took few steps back, still singing her heart out. She was even doing some headbang while she was jumping up and down for Pete's Sake!