Carpool

Chapter 8

~ Bea's Birthday ~

JHOANA

I sat down with Jia and Maddie and started eating my lunch. My mood was great because I only had three classes left until I'm done for the day and for the week. Pagkatapos nung malakas na ulan nung isang araw, ewan ko pero mas naging close kami ni Beatriz.

I realized that even though she was childish, hyper and a bully sometimes, makakausap mo rin pala siya tungkol sa araw mo. I mean yes, I talk to Maddie and Jia all the time but because si Bea yung una kong nakikita pagkatapos ng araw ko, siya rin yung unang naakakaalam kung anong nangyari sa akin.

She vents out about her day and I do too. It's a win win situation.

"Looks like someone's in a good mood." Jia said while slicing her chicken. I nodded and released a big sigh of relief. Thank God it's Friday.

"Yep, I'm just happy the first week is finally over." I replied and smiled at the thought of me not having to wake up early on the weekend. Finally some rest for me.

We continued eating for a few minutes and headed back to Ateneo for our remaining classes. Malapit na kami sa building when Maddie suddenly pulled out a cap from her paper bag that I noticed she had been carrying awhile ago.

"Muntik ko na makalimutan!" She held up the cap for us to look at. "Pwede na ba 'to for Bei? You think she'll like it?"

Nagtataka kong tinignan si Maddie habang si Jia ay tinitignan lang niya ng mabuti yung cap. Bakit nila bibigyan si Bea ng cap? At bakit parang ako lang ang walang alam ngayon?

"It's alright I mean I know she loves caps." Sabi naman ni Jia. Tinago na ni Maddie ang cap habang naglabas naman si Jia ng shades.

Gulong gulo ako pero may kutob na ako kung ano nangyayari. Ayoko nalang magtanong kasi baka mamaya ay asarin pa ako nitong dalawa na walang alam.

"Bei lost her shades when we were in Cali so I decided to buy this for her." Natatawang sabi ni Jia habang naglabas ng Ray Ban paper bag sa dala niya. "Para na rin maalala niya how our friendship started."

I started to feel panic in my system. All the signs were there! Kaya pala may mga lumalapit kay Bea kahapon habang papunta kami ng parking lot bago ako makalapit sakanya.

Tuloy tuloy parin sa pag uusap sina Maddie at Jia habang nasa gitna parin nila ako at naguguluhan.

"Si Miguel, ano binili?" Nakangiting tanong ni Maddie kaya Jia habang natawa naman sila.

"He's probably gonna cram nalang later pero bibili yun mamaya." Natatawa ako sa itsura ko ngayon. Nasa gitna ako ng dalawa habang naglalakad kami pero hindi ko parin sila naiintindihan. Tumawa nalang ako ng mahina para kunwari gets ko. But they suddenly stopped walking and looked at me.

"Eh ikaw Jho, did you get anything for Bei?"

Ngumiti nalang ako at umiling.

"Hindi ako makakapunta eh. I have a shift remember?"

Lumingon ulit sila saakin at umirap.

"Birthday naman niya, Jhow. Pagbigyan mo na."

Tama nga ako, Birthday nga ni Bea. Napansin naman ni Maddie na nagulat ako. I looked down and started walking fast leaving them behind.

"Hoy! Don't tell me di mo alam?" Maddie crossed her arms while Jia's eyes widened and laughed.

"Jho naman! You don't know?"