It's Always Been Us

13: Making Up For Lost Time

Today, she is supposed to meet Chris and Rachel for a jamming session but unfortunately one of her car tires exploded. She had been contacting the auto car care company in her phone book and waited for almost an hour but no one was coming to change her tires. So the independent woman in her searched Youtube on how to change a tire. She was so glad to have found a video that shows how a woman should change tires.

She opened the trunk of her car and retrieved her spare tire and tools. She took the tire iron and started loosening the lug nuts on the tire that had exploded. Try as she might, it seems like the lug nuts are not loosening. She tried using both of her hands, summoning all her strength from within but the lug nuts are more stubborn than her. She's getting frustrated and on a last attempt, she stepped both her feet on the tire iron and put all her weight on it and that did the trick.

She was able to loosen all the lug nuts of the tire, however, beads of sweat are now running down her flushed face.

"Ang dali dali sa video pero ang hirap namang gawin, wala man lang pa-warning." She was talking to herself.

She searched for the right place on her car frame where she should place the jack. Making sure that the jack was properly positioned, she started elevating her car. She was so dead tired that she was sitting cross legged on the ground while jacking. She was facing the flat tire talking to it. "Umakyat ka na please, please!"

Her arms and hands are now numb from loosening the lug nuts and still jacking. She changed position and she was now laying with her front on the ground while still jacking when a pickup familiar to her pulled on the street in front of her driveway.

She suddenly became conscious of her position and appearance that she stood up immediately and wiped her face with the back of her hands.

"Do you plan to sunbathe here?" He removed his sunglasses as he greeted her.

"Coach naman eh!" She pouted cutely.

"I told you to call if you need help."

"I did call the auto car care company. I waited for almost an hour but nobody came so I figured I gotta do it on my own."

"You never thought of calling me?"

"Coach, nasa Canada ka diba?"

"Well, I'm here now!" He was amused at her questioning.

"Malay ko ba, you should've informed me." She said matter of factly.

He proceeded to her car and continued jacking, finally able to elevate her car.

"Whew! Effortless! Samantalang ako pagod na pagod!" She commented.

"You did a pretty good job loosening the lug nuts and raising your car. That's the hard part. You amaze me Serah!"

"Wow, compliment ba yan coach o pambobola?"

"Could be..both?" He said while giving to her the lug nuts that he already removed from the flat tire. He was now seated in front of her flat tire and was successful in removing it. He now took her spare tire and started lining up the rim with the lug bolts and he successfully put on her spare tire.

"So coach, don't I amaze you?"

It was a question she asked nonchalantly but caught him off guard.

"What?! What kind of question is that? Of course you amaze me, you always do Serah!" It was too late, he was again talking mindlessly.

"Sabi ko na nga ba compliment talaga yun eh! Yun talaga yun eh! Ui, si coach na-aamaze sa akin! Quits na tayo coach! Kasi.." She slowly walked to where he was seated and kneeled with one knee in front of him.