Between Odds [ON HOLD]

Chapter Five

Five

I woke up exactly at my alarm. Maaga pa pero napagdesisyunan ko ng gumayak kasi kailangan kong pumasok nang maaga to prepare and sabi kasi ni Marco, we need to be there at 6 AM.

After I took a bath and changed with my clinical uniform, I blow dried my hair and tied it up into a bun and put the bulging part of my hair into the net of my blue ribbon.

Soon as I finished, I went to Koreen's bedroom to wake her up, I was lucky dahil gising na rin sya at nakaayos na.

"Good morning ate," bungad niya naman.

I kissed her cheek and greeted her also. We went to the dining table. Busy naman si Ate Rose na maglapag ng pagkain sa hapag.

"Good morning ate, patawag naman po si Kuya. Kain na po tayo," yaya ko.

"Good morning be, sige, tatawagin ko lang si Roco ha," tumango naman ako sakanya.

After a minute or two, bumalik naman si Ate Rose kasama si Kuya Roco, kumain naman na kami as soon as they arrived.

"Kuya Roco, hatid nalang po muna natin si Koreen later. Sabay na lang po kami papasok," Kuya Roco turned his gaze on me.

"Sige po Ma'am," sagot niya naman.

"Ate, let's go?," Koreen asked as she combed her hair again, matapos naming magpahinga. I nodded to her and eventually went out to finally make our way to school.

Soon as we arrived on her school, she kissed me on the cheek and bid her goodbye to us, she even wished me luck for our report.

I arrived at our school 5 minutes before our call time. Dumiretso naman ako sa kiosk kung saan naka puwesto sila Marco and I was actually surprised dahil mas maagang dumating si Chelsea sa akin.

"Hi, good morning," bati ko sa mga ka-grupo ko at umupo na sa tabi ni Chelsea sabay halik sa pisngi niya.

"Ang aga mo yata masyado?," tanong ko sakanya matapos kong iabot sa kanya yung sandwich na ni-request niya sa akin kanina.

"Mamsh, wala akong tulog! Natatakot kasi akong magkamali mamaya kaya I stayed up all night and jump around until I see the sun," hinila ko naman agad yung buhok niya ng slight nang mapagtantong kanta 'yon.

"De joke lang, pero true talaga mamsh na nag-aral ako magdamag, hindi ako nakatulog nang maayos. 1 hour mahigit lang naging tulog ko! My gosh, my beauty rest is ruined!," she hilariously blunted.

"Gaga, rest lang, waz beauty," pang-aasar ko.

"Excuse me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am the beholder so I can see myself with beauty and I, thank you," sagot pa niya. Wala nga talaga siyang tulog dahil kung anu-ano sinasabi niya.

We stayed in the kiosk for around 20 minutes to do some last minute discussion and we also prayed together for the success of our group, and our class in today's report slash exam. Nauna na sila Marco pero kami ni Chelsea, bumili muna ng candies or something sweet sa mga stalls, malapit sa food court since we still have time. Habang nakikipag-usap maman kami kay Tita, someone interrupted.

"Good morning tita, Kopiko Blanca naman po, yung malamig," sabi ng isang lalaki na pamilyar ang boses para sa akin.

"Good morning Aldryx, kunin mo na jan sa styro," sabi naman ni Tita Jane.

At tama nga ako, si Rage 'yon. Lumingon naman ako sa kanya and gave him a half-smile na siya namang pinagsisihan ko dahil kinausap pa ako nito.