Carpool

Chapter 26

~ Car Alarm ~

BEATRIZ

"Eh ba't di mo pa kasi sabihin?" Maki asked while stirring her coffee. "You know, ilang beses ko na sinabi, pag pinatagal mo yan mas lalo lang siyang magagalit."

I groaned in frustration.

"Hindi naman ganon kadali yun eh." I rolled my eyes. "You didn't see how her sister begged me not to tell Jhoana."

"Eh akala ko ba you want to stop avoiding her. Ayan lang yung way na alam ko para di kana iiwas sakanya."

"But I already tried diba? Siya naman 'tong sobrang sungit."

And that was true. After avoiding Jhoana for a few days, hindi ko na nakayanan kung gaano ko siya ka miss. I sit beside her in class, I wait for her after her shift in the library, I even went to her house pero wala.

Siya na yung laging hindi pwede, laging busy o laging wala. Kaya si Bianca yung laging kong kasama ngayon.

It felt nice that we're back to how we used to be before. For the first time in a long time, Bianca's my ranting buddy again and I was hers too. Lalo na't lagi na silang nag aaway ni Bryan, her boyfriend.

Maki was about to reply when my phone suddenly dinged. Her eyebrows automatically raised.

"Ano, si Bianca nanaman ba yan?" She asked while sipping her coffee. "Pang ilang text na yan ah, ano kayo mag jowa?"

"I know what you're thinking, but no. Bianca and I are just friends."

"But don't you find it weird that all of a sudden she's finally talking to you? Bei, ilang taon ka rin niyan iniwasan noh."

"She just needs a friend, Maks." I sighed.

"Whatever." Maki shrugged. "Baka naman nagtatampo din si Jho kasi siya na lagi mong kasama."

I scoffed and took a big bite off my cinnamon roll.

"Impossible, she has Nico to drive her around and to be her lunch buddy. Magsama sila." I muttered softly as Maki bursted out laughing.

"Ang bitter naman." She said while throwing a tissue at me.

I pulled out my phone and decided to ignore Maki. Alam kong mapang asar na tingin lang naman binibigay nito sakin.

From: Bianca
Bei, we're still up for tonight's event right? Wala kasi akong kasama since Bryan isn't going.

Buti nalang at pinaalala niya na may event yung ibang org nung friend namin tonight. It's a fund raising event with a good lineup of bands that's why I decided to go.

Nagbabakasakali lang na baka pumunta rin si Jho since I know Nico's a part of the org and one of the main organizers too.

My face immediately turned into a scowl. Just by the thought of him being with Jho, nakakabwiset na.

"Maks, I have to go. May susunduin pa ako." I gave her a beso and grabbed my keys.

"Iba talaga pag driver, eh ang kaso hindi nga lang si buddy mo yung sinusundo mo." Mapang asar niyang sabi habang palabas ako ng cafe.

After almost an hour of picking Bianca up and driving back to Ateneo for the event, we finally arrived.

"There's a perfect spot there, Bei. Why don't you just park it there?" Bianca impatiently asks.

Kanina pa kasi kami dito paikot ikot sa parking near the BEG at kahit maraming spot, hindi parin ako pumaparada. Hinahanap ko kasi yung sasakyan ni Nico.