The Nightwatch

TRESPASSERS

Chapter 2

One week later...

It's Saturday afternoon and I don't feel well.

I have two news. A good and a bad.

The good news is that we have a week break. Means no school classes. No sights of some of my terrible teachers.

The bad one is really a bad one. All of the subject teachers left homeworks, outputs and activities that need to be done and pass next week when the classes resume.

Despite of tons of school works to do, I just laid in my bed since morning, not willing to do anything of it. Not today.

Kung vacuum cleaner lang ang mata ko ay siguradong ang linis na ng kisame kakatingala ko roon. My mom would probably yell at me if she sees how dusty my room's ceiling is.

Napasabunot ako sa frustrations.

Saturday is supposed to be my rest day! Yes! My body is just lying in here for almost the whole day. But my mind is constantly filled with all the works I don't have any idea how to start.

This is a torture.

"Bree! Your friends are here! Bumaba ka dito" dinig kong sigaw ni mama mula sa hagdan ng bahay.

"Paakyatin mo nalang sila Ma!" I yelled back.

I can hear my mom chattering with the three of them.
Napikit ko ang mata ko nang madinig na sinisiraan ako ng nanay ko sa mga kaibigan ko, "Nako, ang baho na nyan ni Bree. Hindi pa nga yan bumababa simula kanina"

I heard them chuckled and eventually made their way through my room.
"Anong nangyare sayo teh?" diretsong dekwatro si Riley sa swivel chair ko.

Rica and Alison sat beside me in my bed.
"Pwede na tayong mag shoot ng horror movie. Sa mukha mo, para kang in-exorcise" ngiwing saad ni Alison.

Hinawi naman ni Rica ang buhok ko at inipit sa tenga ko.
"Are you ok, Bree? You don't look well?"

Napabuntong hininga ako sa paraan ng pagbati nila sakin.
"What you guys doing here ba? Hindi naman kayo nagsabi na pupunta kayo. I should atleast shower before you came" I sniff my self and shrug then. I don't smell that bad.

Nagpapasalamat ako na dumating sila dahil ginanahan akong tumayo. Naligo ako at pag labas ko ng banyo ay puro notebook, papel at libro na ang inaatupag nila.

"Anong sumapi sainyo?" gulat kong saad Habang tinutuyo ng tuwalya ang buhok ko.
"We went here so that we could do our school works together. Mas madali kung sama sama" ngising sagot sakin ni Rica na nakadapa na sa kama ko.

"You'd probably don't want to stand there looking idiot if you want this all done within the day" Alison stated looking busy while jotting down notes.

We spent the whole afternoon doing all we needed to do and with span of couple of hours, i finished everything that tortured my mind earlier.

"Bree!" naangat ko ang ulo ko kay Riley na prenteng prenteng nakaupo sa swivel chair. I wonder how can she bear to sit on that chair for more than an hour. Sumasakit agad ang pwet ko sa upuan na yan.

"Look at this man, he looks familiar" my phone chimed. When I opened it, Riley sent me a photo.

My gaze narrowed into a squint as I stare at the photo.
My mind lapsed for a moment as if trying to load where did I saw this man.

My heart pounded when I finally remembered.
My eyes mounted on the top of the photo that shows the caption.

"A man in his 40s found dead under the Geo Bridge" Riley read the caption along my mind.
"He's that man we saw a week ago, right?" hindi ko napansin na nakisilip na din pala si Rica sa phone ko.