Rhythms and Skies

Eleventh Step

My phone keeps beeping in the middle  of the night. I groaned and rolled on my bed to get my phone on the other side. Napapikit ulit ako nasilaw sa brightness ng cellphone, kinusot ko ang mata ko at tinignan kung sino ang tumatawag. 

It's Flyn, seriously what's with these people at kalagitnaan ng gabi at  mahimbing ang tulog ko't tumatawag?

"Hello?" Walang ganang sagot ko, rinig ang ingay sa kabilang linya kaya nalayo ko sa tenga ko ang telepono.

"Tulog ka?"

I rolled my eyes. "What do you think time it is, Flyn Aero?"

Rinig ko ang tawa nito sa kabilang linya."12:30 Master."

"What do you need?"

"Pwede daw pakuha ng gitara ni Calvin tsaka drumstick ni Indigo dito?" Mabilis na sabi nito na akala mo nag-rarap.

"Ano?!" 

"Pakuha naman daw ng Gitara ni Calvin at 'yung drumstick ni Indigo sa basement."

"Dumbass." Naibulong ko nalang at nasampal ang noo, binabaan sila ng telepono.

I had no choice to get up and changed my clothes. Inis kong kinuha ang susi at pumunta sa basement para kunin ang gitara at drumstick nila. Inis parin na dala-dala ko ang mga ito, kung hindi lang ako nagtitimpi baka nahagis ko ang gitara at naputol ko na ang drumstick na bitbit ko.

I went to the venue where they have a gig today, it's bigger than their usual gigs. Mas kilala at mas malaki kasi ang bar dito, malaki daw din ang bayad sabi nila. It's a good thing that they are starting to gain bigger gigs, in that way malaki ang oppurtunity na makilala sila. 

Punuan ngayon kaya pagkapasok ko ay dagsaan ang mga tao, the usual bar, maingay, amoy-usak at halong mamahaling pabango with the mix of alcohol so if you have sensitive nose you shouldn't go here. 

I'm struggling caring the guitar, ang bigat ba naman! Ewan ko ba at anong klaseng gitara 'tong kay Calvin. I told excuse me many of times but I guess people can't hear me because of the band playing a rock song right now, it's so loud and also the cheers of the people. They vibin' alright but can't they give a little space?

I puffed a breath when I get through the crowd, thank you Lord. 

Nilibot ko ang mata ko para tignan kung nasan sila, I saw Ruwen on the couch sa may gilid kumakaway. I rolled my eyes at him at nagsimulang mag-lakad papunta sa kanila. I step back a few to balanced myself because someone just bumped at me. Tinignan ko iyon at kinunotan ng noo, tanga ba 'to? 

"Hey!" Maarteng sigaw nito at tinuro ako. "How dare you bumped into me? Do you know how much my dress is?! Look it's wet now!" 

I raised my brows at her, tinignan siya mula taas hanggang baba. Mahal 'yan? It looks cheap though, ayoko sa lahat ay social climber. "Magkano ba 'yan? Gusto mo bilhin pa kita." I smirked.

"Excuse me?" She over-reacted.  "Next time tumingin ka sa dinadaanan mo."

"Bobo ka?" Badtrip na sagot ko sakanya at iniwan siya doon.

How dare she told me to look at my way when in the first place she was the one who wasn't looking? I walked feeling annoyed, handing the Guitar to Calvin and passed the drumstick to Indigo. I sat on the sofa, crossing my arms and legs at the same time.

"What happened to you?" Tanong ni Indigo. 

"What?"

"There." Turo niya kung saan ang pwesto ko kanina kasama 'yung nakabugguan ko.

"Wala, epal lang niya."

"Mukhang badtrip, ah?" Pang-aasar ni Flyn, ngumingisi pa.

I rolled my eyes. "Nakita ko kasi pag mumukha mo."