Kabanata 24
Safe and Sound
ALI
Matapos ang nagyari noong tanghaling iyon ay naging tahimik kaming lahat. Kahit ang maingay at cheerful na si Pauline ay hindi na nag-aksaya pa ng laway. Things have beeen a little quiet for us dahil du'n.
It's also a good thing dahil hindi na pinili pa ng tatlo na kulitin ako. Atleast matatapos na 'yung mababaw nilang spectaculations.
This is the main reason kaya ayaw kong maging attached da kahit na sino. I prefer having few people in my circles. Few but true. Atleast they won't play with my feelings and leave me hanging as time goes up.
Gabbey still kept in being in touch with me. I don't know why he's still doing this but I understand that I'm his first friend here ever since he moved in Laguna.
"Wanna hang out ngayon, guys?" pang-aaya ni Arianne nang makalabas na kami sa main gate ng school, "Maaga naman ang dismissal. Wala akong appointment sa agency nagyon. Tara?"
Sounds good. "G ako. Papasundo na lang ako sa driver namin mamaya. Kayo?" tanong ko rin kay Eunice at Pauline na mabilis naman nilang sinang-ayunan.
"So, where are we going?" tanong ni Pau sa amin dahil kahit isa sa amin ay hindi oa sinasabihan ang driver nila na sunduin sila kaya siguro ay nag-aya sila.
"Hmmm... There's one thing na sobrang gusto kong gawin." si Arianne.
"What?" we all asked.
"Hindi pa ako nakakasakay ng jeep. Parang gusto kong i-try." Arianne then gave us wide smile like she's gonna have her bucketlist checked.
I was frozen for a second as I try to process what she wants to do.
"What the fuck?! Are you even serious?!" gulat na bulalas ni Pauline sa kanya sabay takip ng bibig. "Seryoso ka, girl?!" she asked in disbelief.
"Yup. And it's not like nakasakay na rin naman kayo. I bet it would be fine. Sige na! It's just once in a lifetime lang naman. Let's look for a jeepney coming from that direction," Arianne plead and pointed somewhere which I hardly believe where public transportation obviously come, "...tapos baba na tayo sa unang makita natin na landmark. Kahit mall or any decent shop." dagdag niya.
At dahil daig pa namin ang mga pusang curious sa mundo at ang mga taong bundok, we all agreed. Well, ano nga ba naman ang mawawala sa amin, right?
As expected and instructed by our Arianne, just like what the other students did, we went inside the jeepney which loaded some students. Pinauna ko silang sumakay ay umupo dahil I still have to cover their behind because, hell! They are all wearing skirts! After successfully letting go inside as passengers, Eunice saved a seat beside her. She sat in front of Arianne and Pauline kaya magkakapatapan kaming apat. Buti na lang kaunti lang ang mga pasahero kaya hindi siksikan.
We were all bewildered and excited dahil hindi ko alam kung bakit namin 'to ginagawa 'to. We all giggled and smiled really wide while inside the vehicle.
I felt so doomed nang malaman namin na hindi na namin alam lahat ng gagawin namin kaya nagkaro'n kami ng mini-heart attack. Fuck! Ito na nga ba ang sinasabi ko. Bakit kasi bobo kami sa ganito?!
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