A Few Little Cuts

Chapter one

"Maybe, I'm just imagining things. Baka epekto ng alak"

First.

"Malapit na ako" Mia's on the line. Siya nalang ang hinihintay bago kami umalis.

"Sige bilisan mo 'te" binaba ko ang tawag at pinagmasdan ang mga kaibigan kong hindi mapakali sa pag-aayos ng gamit. Nagpark muna kami sa puregold, naiwan ako kasama si Eli, Joshua at si Claire na kakarating lang rin habang sila Averie, Dame, Zariah, Jensen at Raf ay bumili ng foods sa loob.

Pagpasok ng lima sa carpark ay agad kaming lumabas para kunin ang ibang plastic pagkatapos ay nilagay ito sa sasakyan. Sakto rin na dumating si Mia kaya umalis na kami.

Actually, these are all illegal. We lied to our parents, kanya-kanya kami ng palusot para matuloy ang plano na magstaycation sa Pampanga because we are all craving for a vacation away from the city.

Joshua's driving, Claire's on shotgun. The rest, kanya kanya ng pwesto sa likod.

Binuksan namin ang plastic bags, mostly ay mga junk foods pero meron pa ring instant noodles at canned goods.

We'll spend a night in Pampanga and then tomorrow morning ay uuwi na rin kami. Twelve o'clock ng magstop over kami sa Mcdo para maglunch. Nahirapan pa kami maghanap ng upuan dahil medyo crowded at marami kami.

After lunch ay umalis na kami agad para maagang makarating sa Pampanga. Dahil busog, karamihan sakanila ay nagpaalam na matutulog muna habang ako ay nanatiling gising. I don't sleep when I travel, I'm taking this opportunity to appreciate the view outside.

Ala-una ng makarating kami sa hotel na tutuluyan namin. We booked one family room. Four star hotel siya kaya medyo mahal pero eleven kaming maghahati-hati kaya hindi mabigat sa bulsa.

Dame and I went to the front desk to settle the reservation, after that, they gave the key and we proceed to our room. We agreed to rest until four pm and then prepare for our itenerary at night.

Everyone was sleeping except for Jade, Averie, Zariah and I. Nagdecide kami na maglibot muna sa hotel. Our room looks luxurious, as expected. If not, I would be disappointed dahil mahal ang rates ng hotel. The room has two king sized beds, a flat screen TV and a personal bathroom. The view's great too dahil kita mula rito ang Mt. Arayat. Feeling ko tuloy ay yung view ang binayaran namin.

We went outside, they have an outdoor pool pero hindi ganoon kalaki. The view here is great though. Perfect for those who wanted to have a vacation dahil parang mixed province and city and city ang dating ng lugar.

We went back to our room, ayaw pa sana naming apat matulog pero magpupuyat kasi kami mamayang gabi. We need energy for later so we forced ourselves to sleep. Jensen,Raf and Joshua slept on the floor. Dame, Jade, Mia, and Eli slept on the other bed while Averie, Claire, Zariah, and I occupied the other one.

Nagising ako dahil sa ingay ng paligid. Pagtingin ko ay nagmamadali silang lahat kumilos.

"Anong meron?" I asked. Ako nalang ang nakahiga.

"'Te! Six na" napabangon naman ako agad. Hindi pa ako makaligo dahil may tao pa sa CR kaya naman I looked for my bag and picked a pair of clothes to wear.

When it's my turn to take a bath, I quickly cleaned myself and went out of the bathroom. Claire, Eli, Dame, and Averie are both done. Magreretouch nalang habang sila Zariah, Mia at Jade ay sabay na pumasok sa CR pagkalabas ko para mag-ayos. The boys are all done. I dried my hair and put some cream on it para iwas tutchang. Light make-up lang para hindi hassle magtanggal mamaya before matulog.

Seven and we went to the highlight of our trip. This time, Jensen's driving and Dame's on shotgun. We all looked good, we have to because we will be having fun tonight.