Carpool

Chapter 2

~ Bea's Situation ~

"Bea ang kulit kulit naman eh! Kakarating mo lang sa bakasyon ito agad pang bungad mo!" Thirdy removed my hands from his arm. "Hindi nga pwede okay?"

I continued to walk inside the bar still following him. He can't get rid of me that easily.

"Pero kasi yun nalang yung way for my mom to allow me to get back Ross!"

"Who the hell is Ross?" He said in an annoyed tone.

"My car, Thirds. And yes I name my cars and one of them is named Ross. Keep up tayo, nakikinig ka ba?" I looked at him and he still had the same confused and annoyed face.

"Sabi ni mom I'll get Ross back basta daw meron akong sure parking space and if I sign up in that org."

"Hay nako, dapat pala I didn't give you a ride nalang papunta dito. Ang kulit!" Napakamot naman sa ulo si Thirdy.

"Tutulungan mo na ba ako o hindi?" I hopefully asked.

"Hindi." Thirdy continued walking as I followed him still.

"Ano ba kasing mahirap dun? I'll just sign you up and you'll be my carpool buddy, tapos you get in and I'll drive you to your house. Easy." I slowly explained to him as if I haven't said this a million times already.

Thirdy still shook his head no.

"The whole org and their officers know I drive and I have my own car. Kung malaman nila na I'm your carpool buddy and that you're doing this just to get a sure parking spot in Ateneo, lagot tayong dalawa. Offense yon!" Thirdy replied, frustration evident from his voice.

I rolled my eyes at him and scratched the back of my head. "Ewan ko sayo!"

"Why don't you try to visit their facebook page and look for an actual student who needs carpool services. In that way, ma try mo man lang maging selfless for once."

I looked at him in disbelief and punched him.

"I am not selfish. Take that back, Ravena."

"Ikaw ang nagsabi niyan, Bea. Hindi ako." Natatawang sabi niya. "Stop being petty mas marami pang problema ang mundo."

Naglakad na ulit si Thirdy at iniwan ako sa gitna ng entrance.

I thought about what Thirdy said. Maybe I should try looking at their page.

Hours went by and it was already passed two in the morning. Almost all of my friends are either wasted or tipsy. Patapos at pauwi na rin yung mga iba kong kasama at tumulong nalang rin ako para bitbitin sila.

"You are so freakin heavy, Thirds. Oh my God." I muttered while I heard Julia, Thirdy's girlfriend, chuckling from his right side.

Nilagay na namin siya sa sasakyan ni Julia at sinarado ang pinto.

"Sorry talaga Bei ha, ewan ko ba dito kay Thirdy. Ako yung may birthday pero siya 'tong bagsak." Julia smiled apologetically while walking to the driver's side.

"Okay lang, you'll get used to it." I joked which made Julia scoff.

"I hope not." She shook her head. "Oh and by the way, since sasabay siya sa car ko pwede bang pa drive muna yung sakanya? He'll be super panic kapag sinabi kong iniwan ko yan."

The thought of driving again made me feel excitement. Ever since my car got towed for the second time, my mom confiscated it. She said as long as I don't know the value of obeying traffic rules, I won't be able to get it back.