Just the Ticket

Chapter 12

Chapter 12 #jttwbs

Fern Velicaria:
Ano ngang assignment sa Filipino?

Iyon ang chat ni Fern sa akin kahit na nasa group chat na ng section namin ang sagot kanina pa. I still replied, though.

Iova Erisette Veraño:
The talasalitaan activity for the next lesson. :)

Natapos ko nang sagutan iyon dahil nahahanap naman sa internet. Iyong mga gawaing kailangan talaga ng utak, doon ako tagilid.

It was already almost 10 p.m. and I decided to get fruit slices downstairs. I didn't feel ready to hit the sack yet. Magbabasa na lang muna ako ng mga confessions sa secret files page ng mga sikat na unibersidad.

Nakasalubong ko pa si Ashtine na pababa nang pabalik na ako sa taas. She was the one lodging in our guest room tonight because she got no companies in their home.

"May... pagkain pa?" she hesitantly asked me. I remembered that she didn't eat dinner with us.

"Yup. May rice pa sa cooker. 'Yung ulam, you can heat it if you want..."

She looked at my sliced watermelon before she slowly nodded and resumed taking the step down. Umakyat na rin ako pabalik sa kuwarto ko.

My laptop pinged for a chat notification exactly after I shut my door. Inilapag ko muna sa nightstand ang kakaining prutas bago tinungo ang laptop na nakabukas sa kama.

Fern Velicaria:
What's the gospel earlier? Hindi ako nakapagsimba eh.

Bukod kasi sa mass cards, tinatanong din kami ng mga tungkol sa naganap na misa bilang katunayan na isinapuso talaga namin ang pagdalo. Minsan, totoo namang nakikinig ako. Minsan, tuluyang lumilipad ang isip ko.

But we have a savior whenever we can't instill the priest's sermon in our minds. Para saan ang aming sakristan?

Iova Erisette Veraño:
Kami rin eh.

Iova Erisette Veraño:
I'll ask Kuya Lev and I'll tell you.

Fern Velicaria:
Yon! Thank you! :D

I minimized our chat box without replying anymore. I scrolled on my Facebook for entertainment but my account was dull because I had a very few friends. It was only a hundred on my list unlike Camara and Hadya who had thousands. And still, their friend requests were overflowing.

I just finished relishing a slice of watermelon when there was another chat from...

Fern Velicaria:
Bat di ka pa natutulog?

I put back the fork on the saucer and typed a reply. Nakakunot ang noo ko. His previous chats were just him, inquiring about school stuff and that was it.

This was the first time he was this nosy.

Iova Erisette Veraño:
Mamaya konti siguro.

Fern Velicaria:
Okay. Pasok ka bukas ah?

Hindi ko siya nasagot agad. Napaisip kasi ako kung bakit hindi tungkol sa assignments ang paksa ng usapan namin? In the middle of dwelling on my current thoughts, there was another chat from him again.

Fern Velicaria:
Night. Hahaha

Some force made me exit from our chat box, leaving it on read with no response. Preno, Eri... Baka kung saan-saan ka na naman dalhin niyang pag-iisip mo. I convinced my thoughts to avoid straying away again. Hindi naman na rin nag-chat ulit si Fern.