Portville Village

Day 4

Day 4

I was waiting for a jeep. When I tilted my head at the right side of the road, I saw Maddison waving at me from the tinted windows of the car. Si Ezra ang nagda-drive, his hair was tied up in ponytail again, pero gwapo pa rin tingnan. Wait what? Hindi, maayos pa ring tingnan. I backpedalled from the adjective.

"Hop in," Ezra admonished as he rolled down the windows.

Napanganga ako.

"Me?" I asked innocently.

"Hindi," suplado niyang sagot as he made a face.

"Ate Enidh! Yeah, hop in! Saan ba punta mo?" She asked cordially as always.

Then I hopped in, pumuwesto ako sa likod, magkatabi silang dalawa ni Maddison sa front seat.

"Sa mall, manonood lang ng movie."I answered.

"Whoa really? Kami rin e doon ang punta," Maddison blurted out.

"Ano bang movie gusto mong panoorin Madz?" asked Ezra.

"I'm torn between The Best of Me and Hunger Games," she gushed as she rubbed her chin.

"Hunger Games na lang Madz,I suggest," hirit ni Ezra.

"Ikaw ba Ate Enidh, what movie will you see?"

Ezra looked at me from the rearview mirror. Para bang hinihintay niya ako sumagot.

"Ah eh...kahit ano actually hindi ko rin alam papanoorin ko hehe." I said smiling idiotically.

With that, he scoffed.

"Okay, we'll gonna watch "The Best of Me!" Maddison deliberated.

"What? Ayoko ng lovestory!" reklamo ni Ezra.

"Please kuya, since I've read that book, I wanna see the movie adaptation!" She pled.

"Okay sige na nga," Ezra agreed na napilitan lang.

"'Yun na lang din panoorin mo Ate Enidh ha, tabi-tabi tayo nina kuya." Maddison said smiling at me.

I grinned slyly. "Okay."

Sa loob ng sinehan si Maddison ang nakaupo sa gitna.At kami naman ang pumapagitan sa kanya. Ezra seemed to feign his interest as the movie rolled on, nakahalumbaba siya, matter of factly.

"Wait, wala pa pala tayong pagkain, bibili lang ako ha," paalam ni Maddison at akmang tatayo na ito pero pinigilan siya ng kuya niya.

"Ako na lang baka mamiss mo ang mga eksena since ikaw naman ang fan na fan niyan 'di ba?" Ezra prodded.

"No, ako na kuya, you sit there with Ate Enidh, okay?" She said and strutted out.

Isang seat lang ang pagitan naming dalawa ni Ezra but his gaze was fixed on the screen. He suddenly yawned and rolled up his sleeves and turned to look at me. He caught me looking at him.

"What?" he asked, furrowing.

"Sayang lang ang one hundred fifty pesos," I muttered.

"So? Pera mo ba?" He shot back.

"Hindi, sinasabi ko lang, 'di mo naman kailangang sumama dito sa loob ng sinehan kung 'di mo trip ang movie, nandito naman ako para kay Maddison."

"Wow kung makapagsalita ka naman parang close na close na kayo ng kapatid ko. And besides, I'm always here for her, though it looks like babysitting her, but that's how it is. Ako ang kuya niya at po-protektahan ko siya sa kahit kanino," he asserted full of conviction.

"Close na naman talaga kami ah? At wala akong sinasabing masama tungkol sa pagkakuya mo sa kanya." I replied wryly folding my arms across my chest.

He just threw me a disdainful look and mumbled something unintelligible.

"Bakit pa kasi pinasabay pa kita," he grumbled under his breath.

"Kung hindi lang dahil kay Maddison hindi ako sasakay sa inyo!" I shot back.

Someone shushed us from behind. We snapped our mouths shut after that. In no time, Maddison was back cradling three popcorns and three drinks.

"You missed everything! Nagkiss na sila!" biro ni Ezra.

Maddison suddenly became hysterical.

"No, Madz, 'wag kang maniwala sa kuya mo." I butted in throwing him a look of contempt.

"Basag trip," he mumbled under his breath.

After ng movie, nagyaya si Madisson mag-arcade. We did play and I noticed na napaka protective na kuya talaga ni Ezra. He would throw a stern look at those guys na nagpapacute sa little sister niya.

Wow. Mahal na mahal niya talaga kapatid nya. Siguro ganyan din sya ka protective sa girlfriend nya. Then napaisip ako, may gf nga ba ang lokong ito?

As we were bound to the village, nakatulog na si Maddison, maybe sa sobrang pagod. This time, katabi ko si Madz, as I ran my fingers across her locks. Nakatulog siya na nakahilig sa balikat ko.

"Well I guess gusto ka ng kapatid ko." Ezra pressed.

"Gusto ko rin siya, feeling ko din little sister ko siya. Wala kasi akong kapatid e, kaya maswerte ka and ang bait bait niya pa."

He suddenly flashed a smile. Ibinaba niya ako sa tapat ng bahay namin. My mom was standing at the gate at nakapamewang pa.

"Goodevening po." Ezra greeted.

"Goodvening din," my mom replied.

"Ma this is Ezra, stepbro ni Eslov. Sila 'yung bagong mga kakilala ko rito and her sister Madisson, they lived at his cabin." pakilala ko sa kanila.

"Oh nice to meet you both," She said, peeking over Maddison na tulog pa rin.

"You look like him Ezra, you look like Eslov, mahaba nga lang ang buhok mo," my mom mused. He just smiled sheepishly at her. "Yeah, I always get that a lot," he replied.

"Well, Enidh salamat sa pagsama sa amin ng kapatid ko. Goodnight," he bid goodbye to me and my mom as he sped off.

My mom fired me a lot of questions kung may crush ba daw ako sa Ezra na iyon etc.

"Ma ano ka ba, kakakilala ko pa lang sa tao and he's not my type okay?" I cringed.

My mom just made a face parang hindi siya naniniwala." Well he's attractive at mukha namang mabait."

"No. Mamaya marinig kayo ni Eslov diyan eh, iisipin nun may balak pa akong tuhugin stepbro niya."

"Wala akong sinasabi," she defended, smirking. I lurched upstairs and I went to bed.