Captured in His Words

Chapter 13

"Pili ka nga kung alin dito sa dalawa ang pwede." 

My mother, who was asking me what to wear to a very important meeting, was holding two dresses on her hands. One was a colorful above-the-knee dress, and other was a floral white below-the-knee dress.

"Floral." I told her at kumagat sa kinakain kong egg sandwich. "What's the meeting?"

"Meetings and an interview." She answered.

She sighed as she hung the other dress, on the clothes hanger in the kitchen wall. Why do we have a clothes hanger in the kitchen? Well, my mom usually needs to go to work early especially when she has a really important meeting.

At dahil siya ang CEO ng company, automatic na marami siyang meetings with the shareholders that she works with. So she decided to just hang clothes hangers all over the house, mostly in the living room.

"How's school?" Kinausap niya ako nang hawak na niya ang bag niya for work. Napangiti na lang ako ng 'di ko namamalayan nang pinagmasdan ko ang suot ng nanay ko. She only has a necklace and a watch as her accessories. Bukod sa kanyang susuotin na gucci supreme belt, wala siyang ibang sinusuot na mamahalin na gamit.

I have to admit that my family's rich. Pero hindi ako 'yung tipong tao na ipagmalalaki ang kayamanan namin sa iba. I'm not the rich spoiled brat you always see in the movies. My family is just like any other family that wants to live a normal life.

After a few minutes, Mom showed up again but just stopped in the door frame of the kitchen, now wearing the floral dress I suggested. "Anak, pahiram ng kotse mo ah? Coding ngayon ng kotse ko kasi.

"I'm heading to work now." Tinignan niya muna ang kanyang relo. "Anak, sorry I need to go na. Just finish your breakfast and put the dishes in the sink okay? Bye, love you!" She bid farewell to me and then leaned down to say goodbye also to my dad. He had a picture in the living room by the shelves near the stairs.

Samantalang ako naman ay dahan-dahang lang na ninanamnam ang pagkain ko sa egg sandwich nang lumabas na siya ng bahay. Today is a Wednesday at wala kaming pasok dahil may meeting at event ang mga teachers.

Normally, I just relax and sleep all day since I already did my assignments early. But not today. I had to go to Kashka's house for our thesis. Pero mamayang hapon pa naman iyon kaya uunahin ko na lang muna ang paggagawa ng posters para sa MusikaLaban.

Tristan already chatted me about the possible ideas I can execute in making them. Muli kong sinilip ang aking cellphone at tinignan ang ginawa kong groupchat sa messenger na kasama ang team kong gagawa ng posters.

I already informed them about the ideas that he stated and they seemed to get it. Of course, I also shared mine so I was waiting for them to finalize the designs and send samples to me. Mabuti na lang ay karamihan sa kanila ay mga kakilala ko na kaya madali ko lang silang nakausap.

Tumunog ang cellphone ko pagkatapos ng mga ilang segundo. Akala ko ay sila na iyon pero nang tinignan ko kung sino ay si Sky lang pala.