The Clip of Time

III - The Man

    September 20, 2035, it was Thursday afternoon, Micky was with her mom. They were about to ride a jeepney from the gasoline station at the corner of Argyll L.  Blvd. and John M. Street to Macnia. The gasoline station, also known as Cillex, is the last stop of the route from Crosspo, a well-known leisure city. This route passes by a street just around the corner of their house, Kingsway. 
     Argyll L. is a busy boulevard. With jeepneys, buses, private cars, and tricycles plying through, sometimes honking their horns, the noise pollution is on another level. As they waited patiently, the jeepney with a placard with a text "Macnia" is just arriving. Micky stepped inside the jeepney first, then his mother. 

     Micky is a silent traveler, he doesn't really talk too much, specially inside a public vehicle. As he watched the jeepney roll its wheels, Micky started to look outside. It's his habit, so he can see where he is, and familiarize the place. As he was looking around, he saw people walking down the blvd, jeepneys overtaking the jeepney they were in. A lot was happening, but he noticed something unusual. He saw a man running down the bushes behind the fenced area. He was baffled. The man was wearing a black hoodie, black plants, and black shoes. For his sight, the man is blurry, and he was baffled. He was thinking about it, with his eyes staring in space. 
     As he moves his head towards facing the inside of the jeepney, he saw his classmate. It was Dein. He didn't really call Dein, but they are looking at each other. They are looking as if they wanted to talk to each other, and they knew inside their mind, that they were classmates. Considering the fact that the school year has just started at the 2nd week of September, Micky's real reason why not to talk is he is not really sure if that was his classmate. 

September 21, 2035, Micky has just arrived at school. He saw Dein, and again, they were looking at each other. Micky was walking down the room, and he sat next to Dein. He was shy at first, then he looked at Dein.

     "Ikaw ba yung nakita ko kahapon sa jeep, papuntang Macnia?", asked Micky without even saying Dein's name. Dein, startled, looked at Micky and said, "Ahh, oo. Ikaw nga yun." and chuckles. "Nga pala, Micky.", said Micky as he reached out his hand to Dein, "Dein, nice meeting you.", as he also reached out his hand to Micky to shake hands. 
     Dein is Micky's first friend in that room, with the others still an acquaintance. At the 3rd week, Micky started to know his other classmates more. 

     "Hi, I'm Micky!", he said to a classmate, "Oh, hello, I'm Jazelline", she responded as she looked at Micky with her eyes widen. Micky was always the first one to say hi to his classmates, and his classmates reaction whenever he comes up suddenly, is being astounded. 

November 25, 2035, it was Tuesday. At this point, Micky's a friend to everyone in class. He was always participating and helping other classmates as well. He was also the teacher's favorite as he gains most of the star in the class.

*bell rings at 11:30 AM

The class suddenly became booming, as they knew it was dismissal time already. Their teacher, Ms. Helen, was guiding them to fall in line outside. "Okay, class, find your height as you fall in line. 'Wag maingay.", said Ms. Helen to her class, looking at every student who step out of the door. The students fall in line accordingly to their height, and Micky had to go in front. He was the shortest boy in the class, and he was happy about it. He was always the first one to see his mother waiting for him at the waiting shed. Micky's class starts at 8:30 in the morning, and ends at 11:30 near noon. This was long hours of studying and learning for him, but again, he was happy about it. 

Ms. Helen started to hold the boy and the girl up front so the others will follow, this also means that they are cleared to go at the waiting shed. As they walk down the path, Micky was excited, happy to be seeing his mother again to pick him up from school. He is looking around the green, grassy, school field; seeing the higher grade levels play soccer. At that point, he started to prefer soccer than any other sports. He was looking at the goalkeeper, saving the ball from getting a goal from the opposite team, he was amused on how high the goalkeeper could jump just to save the ball. And then he looked amazed at the players, he was flabbergasted by how far they could kick the ball, specifically with the goalkeeper.