Summer of 2012 (CVS # 1)

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A loud ring of my phone woke me up from a deep sleep. I hurriedly got up and answered the phone.

"Hello?" I said with a bedroom voice.

"Gan'yan pala boses mo pag bagong gising," An annoying and familiar voice said.

"Ethan, what the fuck do you want?" I asked, pissed.

"Too early for cursing."

"Too early for calling!"

"Well, I called to ask if you deactivated your social media accounts again?"

"Yes, what about it?"

"Wala lang. I can't message you eh, may mga chika ako," He can just text me about his 'chika'. It's 7 in the morning. I have the whole day to reply to his text or answer his phone call yet he chose to spoil my sleep.

"Can you tell me about it later? It's 7 in the fucking morning, Than." I said with a grumpy voice. I need to sleep!

"Alright, then. Mag reply ka ha—"  I turned off the call and went back to bed.

Ethan is a guy friend from Metro Manila. He's literally the best definition of "annoying" and the best example of "naughty". I just went back to sleep and woke up again at 11 in the morning. I went downstairs only to see my Aunt and her daughters. Galing sa side ni Papa.

"Ate Ave!" Deborah called me. We're really close, unlike her sister.

"Hello Debbie! Ang laki mo na," I said and patted her head. I smiled at Nhadia, her sister, we're not very close because I think she has this.. attitude problem. Bata pa lang. Deborah is 10 years old while Nhadia is 7 years old.

Umupo ako sa tabi ni Debbie at nag simulang kumain.

"Ave, can you bring Debbie with you today? Ipapacheck up ko kasi si Nhad," Tita Zen asked me, Papa's younger sister.

"Sure, wala naman po akong pupuntahan. What happened to Nhadia po?"

"She said her tummy aches, isang linggo na 'yan," ani Tita habang tinitignan ang kawawang bata. Tumango na lang ako bilang sagot at nag patuloy sa pag kain.

Pag katapos kumain, umakyat kaming dalawa ni Debbie papunta sa kwarto para makapag-ayos. Tatambay lang naman kami nila Moren sa may sirok mangga kaya isasama ko na lang si Debbie. Naligo ako at nag suot ng white tshirt at black na shorts.

It's already 1 in the afternoon when I received a text from Moren and Ethan.

From Moren:

pst tara sm

From Ethan:

magreply ka naman!!!

Tinarayan ko ang kawalan bago tawagin si Debbie. Dadaan muna kami sa tindahan para magpaload bago dumiretso sa sirok mangga.

"Paload po, Globe, unli 70 lang," Sambit ko at inabot ang bayad.

"Anong number mo?" Tanong ng tindera. I stated my number and waited for the confirmation before leaving.

"Ate, may tropa ako d'yan malapit sa pupuntahan mo, doon muna ako ha?" Paalam ni Debbie. Hindi ko naman siya puwedeng hayaan mag-isa doon dahil maraming bata at malapit pa sa ilog.

Kinawayan ko sila Moren at sumenyas na mananatili muna ako dito sa tabing ilog. May mga sementong puwedeng maupuan, kaya doon muna ako naupo habang pinapanood ang mga bata na mag laro.

Nag log in na lang ako sa mga social media accounts ko at kinausap si Ethan nang bigla akong tabihan ng isang lalaki. Sa gulat ko ay muntik ko na siyang maitulak.