Carpool

Chapter 14

~First Picture Together~

JHOANA

I sat inside Jollibee waiting for Beatriz to pick me up for our trip today. Hindi niya na ako sinundo sa bahay kasi ayoko ng ma hassle pa. Besides, late na rin nagising si Bea. After the incident last Tuesday, we decided to just forget about what happened and to not speak about it anymore.

I checked my camera and the back up batteries and chargers I brought. I looked outside and checked the weather.

It was a little bit cloudy, pero hindi naman umuulan. The sun can be seen a little bit but it stays hidden behind the clouds. Medyo madilim pa naman kasi sobrang aga pa. I then watched how the trees swayed and made me feel a little bit nervous about what we're about to do, what if mabaha kami pag umulan?"

I felt a tap on my shoulder and was surprised to see Bea already looking down on me.

"You ready to go?" She smiled. I stood up and greeted her with a beso.

"Bei, sure ka bang itutuloy natin 'to?" I asked and watched as her face immediately changed its expression. Noong narinig ko kasi yung balita na nakapasok na daw yung bagyo sa bansa, I told Bea to resched our trip.

But of course, Bea being Bea, insisted to go because "exciting" daw for her.

"Signal number 1 lang naman! And look," She pointed outside. "It's not even raining!"

She was right though, hindi naman talaga umuulan pero mauulap parin.

"But it's windy as fuck, Beatriz." Natatawa kong sabi. But the latter just pouted and stomped her feet.

"Jhoana naman eh. Ayaw mo ba na matapos na sa project mo? And I really want to do this to unwind as well so let's go na please!" She said while grabbing my hand and pulling it to the exit.

I sighed and nodded while Bea carries my backpack for me.

"Is that yours?" I asked Bea. Iba kasi yung dala niyang kotse ngayon.

It was a black pick up kaya hindi ako sanay na ganyan kataas at kalaki ang dala niya.

"Nope it's my dad's. Ayoko namang ipag tulak kita ng sasakyan kapag bumaha 'no."

"Dapat lang." I said while getting inside.

"Where to first?" She said while she began to drive away from the parking lot. I pulled out my phone and checked the list of places we needed to go to for my portfolio.

"We could go to old churches first?" I asked. Bea just smiled and shrugged.

"Ikaw bahala, bud. I'm just your driver for today."

"I still can't believe you actually wanted to do this. This was supposed to be everyone's rest day, you know?" I casually said while pulling out the snacks I bought for the trip. Yun kasi yung sabi ni Bea na bayad ko sakanya. She wanted me to buy chips and other snacks since ayaw niya pabayaran yung gas or even the tollgate fee.

"I know. Pero wala eh, I can't just let you commute by yourself." She turned to her side and looked at me since medyo traffic. "Oh tignan mo ngayon, kung hindi kita sasamahan pano ka pupunta eh may bagyo?"

"Hayy, I'm the best talaga." Bea opened her mouth when she saw me opening the bag of chips. I laughed a little and fed her some.

"Yun na nga eh bagyo tapos tutuloy pa tayo!" I shoved the chips in her mouth as the latter panicked because the traffic light already went green.

It was already 8:30 in the morning when we reached SLEX. Bea rambled and ranted about her academics while I listened to her kaya buti nalang nakapag kape ako kanina bago umalis para gising na gising ako ngayon.