Drastic Waves in Bondi

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Hindi nga nagbibiro si Valerio nang sinabi niyang... I'll be tough on you patungkol sa training. Hindi ko rin siguro kung nakadagdag doon iyong mga moment na nakikita niya akong nakikipag-usap kay Robbie which isn't wrong to do naman, but I feel like he's taking it too personally.

At para saan naman?! Confuse ako sa part na 'yon.

From the first response of emergency to carrying the surfing board for so many times, I couldn't even remember. Ang sabi naman nila, madalas ang mga lalaking lifeguard talaga ang sumusuong sa tubig lalo na sa danger area ng beach. Hindi naman nila ako ipu-push to go there if I'm not confident, but because we wouldn't be able to rule out the situation, we just needed to be prepared for most of the time even doing the most dangerous acts.

"Can we get like a five-minute break so I can catch up my breath?" I requested Valerio as I hold on to my knees, clearly chasing my breath.

"Danger never stopped coming. Why would you stop?"

I tried showing a bad reaction from it dahil kitang-kita iyon sa mukha ko kaya naman I remained poker face. I slowly get up and fixed my posture, took a deep breath, and held my head high.

"Okay, Carseldine. Don't beat yourself up, take a break for now."

My face lightened up. Akala ko talaga magmamatigas din siya ng loob. "Thank you, mate."

He scrunched his face, chuckling. "I'll just go to the tower."

I feel like crawling just going to the bench and take a rest. Kaya naman sumalampak na lamang ako sa buhangin at saka ako humiga. Ramdam na ramdam kong pumipintig ang buo kong katawan sa pagod at kapag lumusong ako sa tubig ngayong, that would be so bad.

I'm only a few minutes resting down on the sand when a shadow coming from an umbrella block the sunlight towards me. Though I don't get tan too much, I just hated it when someone occupies my personal space.

Nilingon ko kung sino ang gumawa no'n and I found Robbie pinning an umbrella next to me.

"What are you doing?" I asked, furrowing my brow.

"You'll get sunburned," he said, sitting down next to me. "What are you doing laying down here? Are you done with your training today?"

"Nope. Valerio just gave me a few minutes to rest."

"You've been hustling for the past few days."

"I don't think I do much," rason ko pa.

Natawa siya. "No! You're absolutely taking it like a champ! I'm not sure if your brother told it to you, but Alexis admitted she's jealous you get to do this training alone with Valerio. He's focused and determined to get you at the end. You've shown him some kind of attitude and I admire that from you."

His smile is genuine and I don't feel so awkward when I'm around Robbie. Even though he's much older than me at halos kasing edad ng isa sa mga kuya ko, I don't look up at him as a brother. I'm not sure. He's my co-trainee and a good-looking guy.

Australian guys are a total dream—but maybe, not for me? I don't know... I don't find some of them so appealing. Just some like Robbie, of course.

"We're only a week away," he said. "I hope I'll make it."

Umayos ako nang pagkauupo saka ko tinapik-tapik ang balikat niya. "No, I'm sure you'll make it. There's nothing else I could think of why won't you pass this training. You're an absolute beast to this training, Rob. I hope I was like you that I can pull it through."

He smirked. "Well, I appreciate what you say, but I cannot pull all things through. I'm not the best man you can find in here. There's just a lot of stuff we cannot argue about. It's either we accept it or let it go. Sometimes, I let it go and choose myself."