July 04, 2019 Thursday
R E E S E
"Hello?" I asked, I took a couple of cough before answering this call I am having right now. It's an unknown number and I'm hoping that this is not a prank call.
I'm already having a bad day right now and this is not the right time to prank me.
"Hey, uh—is this Reese Gonzaga?" a strange voice asked.
"Yes, and you are?" My forehead creased, unable to think clearly how did this person know my name.
"Sid, Sidney Gonzales," he simply answered.
"Sidney Gonzales?" I blinked. "Ikaw may-ari ng bag na hawak ko ngayon?" My hopes are getting high.
"Yes, and I have your bag."
And as if on cue, biglang kumalma ang sistema ko.
"Uh, yeah. By the way, I-I checked your wallet, dun ko nakita yung pangalan mo and I also saw..." I stopped talking, hindi ko alam kung anong tamang term dun sa nakita ko or if a better term for that even exist.
"I-It's okay. Sorry if you have to see that," nahihiya niyang sinabi.
"It's fine. I-I guess lahat naman ata ng lalake meron nun," I said, trying to ease up the awkwardness trying to eat us up.
"Yea, I guess so." I heard him chuckled. "Anyway where are you? So we can exchange our bags now."
"I'm inside the registrar building. Nasa waiting area," I answered habang tumitingin sa paligid, hoping I could see someone holding the same bag as mine.
"Wait, don't hung up."
"Okay," I said at tumayo na rin ako habang nakasukbit sa balikat ko iyong bag niya, trying to look for him too.
"Nasa loob na ako ng registrar building, where are you?" he asked.
"Saan?" I asked aback.
"Nasa entrance."
"Wait, malapit na ako sa entrance."
"See you," he said.
As I look across the person on the other side of the building, our eyes met, ending the phone call, and then he smiled walking towards at me.
BINABASA MO ANG
Along Parallel Lines
General FictionAPL | AN EPISTOLARY Parallel lines have a lot in common, but they never meet which is pretty sad. But little did they know, they meet at exactly one point. --- Started: December 31, 2019 Completed: April 19, 2020
