The Past
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MELISSA
"Are you serious? You cannot remember him!?"
"Wala nga! Isa pang tanong masasapak na kita!?!"
I do not know what time DJ and I stopped arguing last night. Sabi niya pagod siya pero panay debate niya pa rin sa akin to the point na nagsisigawan na kami sa kwarto at nagising sina Mama at Papa dahil sa ingay naming dalawa.
"Ma, matagal na po ba nating kilala ang pamilya ni Gio?" I asked Mama while she's preparing our breakfast.
Maaga akong nagising dahil sa hilik ni DJ kaya napilitan na akong bumangon.
"At saka Ma, why is Dick here? Doon pa talaga siya sa kwarto at kama ko natulog?"
It's not that it was the first we sleep in the same bed, but we were kids back then. Malaki na kami ngayon and I am not comfortable.
"Your Papa hasn't fixed the extra bed in your Kuya's room kaya I told him, he can sleep wherever he wants first. Don't worry, mamayang gabi, doon na siya sa kwarto ni Kuya mo," Mama told me. "About Gio and his family? I thought you recognized them already?"
"So matagal na talaga natin sila kilala at ka-close?"
"Not that close." I got confused when Mama grimaced a little. "I think it's for you to find out. DJ can help you."
"Pero Ma—"
"I heard my name! Handsome DJ coming thru!"
I mentally rolled my eyes. Wala na, sira na araw ko.
"Good Morning Ninang!"
"Good Morning, dear. Have a seat. Para makapasok na kayo ni Mel sa school."
Tila na pintig ang tenga ko sa sinabi ni Mama.
"Anong 'KAYO', Ma? Doon na rin ba mag-aaral si Dick?!" I almost shouted because of disbelief.
"Silly, Brat," DJ laughed a little. "Have you forgotten that we are in the same school system but different campus? I can freely enter your school by just showing my ID. I can freely roam around like a normal student." He playfully wiggled his brows before taking a bite from my bacon.
Though he's right. One of the privileges as a student in our school, wherever part of the world, we can freely go inside the campus of the same school system.
"And I am excited to drive your car," he added as showed me the keys of MY CAR!
Agad na kumulo ang dugo ko.
"At sino nagsabi na ikaw magmamaneho ng kotse KO?! Give me back my keys you Dick!" I tried to reach it from him but he's too tall. Samantala noong huli kaming nagkita, mas mataas ako sa kanya.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dick Jackson , born to pissed me in my life. Bata pa lang kami palagi niya na akong inaasar, kadalasan ako ang nanalo but time changed fast, ngayon siya na. I feel challenged again so I will give him what he wants.
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"THIS.IS.NOT.A.CAR.RACE!" panay sampal ko sa braso ni DJ. He's driving so fast! Sakto pang hindi mabigat ng traffic. "Dick!"
"Shut up, Brat! I can't focus," seryoso siyang nakatingin sa kalsada para bang nasa karera talaga!
I forgot to tell that DJ is a professional Car Racer Junior Division World Champion. Noong bata kami, bisikleta ang ginagamit namin pang karera, kalaunan, nagustuhan niya ang mga kalokohan namin noon. He pursued doing races in US.
