Chapter 8 - WORK TILL YOU FALL

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SA WORK...                    

Dito ba ang sulok kong takda sa ilalim ng araw? Puyat na, O.T. pa dahil sa palpak na system! Pwede naming kumita dahil sa expert ka hindi lang dahil kailangang mag-extend ng work. Privilege ba o sumpa ang posisyon? Esep-esep! Hmmm! Sarap ng cupcake at...coffee!

 

12:00 Midnight...

Ang amo ng mukha niya, parang European looking...

“Hey, hey hey! Look who’s still here!” sabi ng isang lalaki.

 Borlogs pala me!

“Who’s that? What do you need from me? Or what can I do for you?” ani Amanda.

“You always leave your door partly open. (pumasok ito) We, este You need some privacy, you know.”

“Gian! I almost saw the future!” sagot ni Amanda.

“Saw what? The future?” pagtataka nito.

“The man of my dreams! But so unlikely, ni hindi ko pa nakita yung guy na yun. Why did you appear kasi!” sabay hampas dito.

“Here! The man of every girl’s dream is right in front of you!” sagot ni Gian habang nakaupo ito sa harapan niya, knee-to-knee.

(Habang eye-to-eye ang dalawa) In fairness, papable naman talaga to, kaso papogi saka marami ng nagkakandarapa sa kanya! “The man of MY dreams! You are the man of EVERY girl’s dream! Two different things, duh!” pagtataray ni Amanda.

“Exactly! The man of every girl’s dream except...”paglilinaw sana ng binata.

“W-why are you here? Group 3’s day shift right?” pagtataka ni Amanda.

“Why are you also here, Groups 2 & 3 are both day shift right?” ang pagmamarunong ni Gian.

“You know a lot of things!” gusto nang maghinala ni Amanda pero ayaw niyang isipin iyon.

“Exactly, so what can “the man of every girl’s dream” do for you?” pagtatanong nito.

“Are you sure about this? What do you want from your TL, I’ll try to fix for you?” pagra-rationalize ni Amanda. Tinatablan na ako, man of every girl’s dream!

“So, what do I do first?” seryosong tanong ni Gian.

“I’m done summarizing the top performing people from my team, time to make a presentation about the perks for them. A suggestion from us TLs to make our team’s summer...FUN!” masayang sagot ni Amanda.

“Only that! Everything from my newfound(bunting-hininga) friend!” sabi ni Gian.

“Labas sa ilong ang pagtulong!” pang-aasar ng dalaga.

(Di sumagot ang binata at nagsimula itong magtrabaho. Hanggang sa...)

“Borlogs pa more! Para kang manok na tumutuka” ani Gian.

“Actually yan na lang ang gagawin ko kaso sobra na akong antok, haaay!” pangangatwiran habang nag-iinat na sagot ni Amanda.

“You know what. Sit back, relax and just SLEEP there, ok!” ang seryosong sabi with a smile ni “man of every girl’s dream.”

“Ok, fine!”ang antok na sagot ni Amanda.

2:30 a.m................

“ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”

(Nagising si Amanda. Ako ba yun? Sa kaliwa niya..)

“ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”

(Si...Gian!)

“ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”

(Si Gian, nakatabi sa kaliwa niya habang natutulog ito. Sa harap niya ay ang “precious” niyang presentation for tomorrow!)

6:30 a.m.................

“S-Sorry, I-I fell. I fell asleep!” tayo agad ni Gian.

“I didn’t wake you up, you could’ve slept somewhere comfortable. Thank you, thank you so much!”

sabi ni Amanda.

 “The pleasure is mine! Really! I hope I made you happy! Gotta go!” sagot nito with half-smile sabay labas ng office.

“Sure, you did!” sagot ni Amanda.

Kung alam lang niya na sa loob ng apat na oras simula ng nalaman kong katabi ko siya, di na ako nakaborlogs! Dama ko pa hanggang ngayon ang matipuno niyang braso at binti. Snuggle-snuggle lang ang peg!

Single and Ready to Mingle...Only With Mr. Right!Tahanan ng mga kuwento. Tumuklas ngayon