DETECTIVE FILES. File 3 (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 17: DEDUCTION SHOWDOWN: GRAY VS JEREMY

Chapter 17: Deduction Showdown: Gray Vs Jeremy

"So it's all a deal! Tamang-tama! A junior high approached me kanina and asked for our help for a mystery- though it looks like a case involving supernaturals, of course if we use the right reasoning it can be explained", wika ni Math bago pinagpatuloy ang pagkain. "Wait, hindi naman kayo matatakutin diba?"

"Of course not!", Gray said. "Ghost does not exist and if they do, they only exist in your mind." Ito na yata ang fixed answer ni Gray kapag usapang multo.

"Mas lalong hindi ako matatakutin!", wika naman ni Jeremy. "Slight lang. Hihihi."

I rolled my eyes on the thought of it. At sino ba ang may sabi sa kanila magkaroon sila ng deduction battle? Si Math? Edi siya ang sumama sa kanila! Pfft! They should be asking me and not just agree on Math's proposition. Masyado silang mahilig sa ganito!

"Okay then", Math said at hinawakan ang braso ni Gray. Hinila niya ito patayo ng mesa. "Let's not waste time. I'll explain the situation kapag nakarating na tayo sa clubroom ng homemakers club."

Gray was a bit hesitant to stand up at first but in the end he did. Pinulot naman ni Jeremy ang natitirang slice ng pizza, stuffed it in his mouth and pulled me too. Nang maitayo niya ako ay agad niyang pinulupot ang kamay niya sa beywang ko.

"Let's go Be. Para sa date natin, kakayanin! If Gray decided to play Sherlock Holmes, then I will be Hercule Poirot!" Uh, what the hell? So he's really into detective stories lately huh!

I saw Gray glared at us or was it just my imagination? Nang hinila na siya ni Math at nauna na sa amin, I immediately spanked Jeremy's arm around me.

"Hoy Je, para saan ba yan ha? And how dare you touch me anywhere you want? Tuhurin kita dyan eh!"

"Ang arte naman! Para hawak lang eh! Isa pa, I'm doing this for you! In the end, you'll thank me for this Bestie. Ganito na lang, isipin mong ako si Cupid." He swallowed what he has in mouth bago malawak na ngumiti sa akin.

"Yeah, I thought you're Poirot and now you're Cupid?", I said rolling my eyes. For me? For me, my foot!

"And that too."

"And what's with the Be huh?"

He walked in front of me at paatras na naglakad upang makaharap ako. "Be. Be kasi- kasi short for Bestie! Be, that's it."

Reasons! Ang sabihin niya puro kalokohan ang laman ng utak niya kaya kung anu-ano na lamang ang naiisip niya.

"Oo nga pala Je. I met a girl", I said when I remember Victoria. Hindi ko pa naikukwento sa kanya ang tungkol sa pangalawa naming pagkikita. Maybe it slipped out of my mind or I just chose not to tell him about it before.

"Aba! Di pwede yan! Kay Gray ka lang kaya kalimutan mo na yang babaeng yan." What the hell? Can I just strangle him to death?

"No, I mean I met a girl that you know-" Agad niyang pinutol ang sasabihin ko.

"Hulaan ko, nagsisimula sa M ang pangalan niya ano? Maria Mercedes?", he said with a wide grin.

"No-"

"Marimar?"

Uh! I put my face in my palm because of frustration.

"Maria Ozawa?"

"What the hell?" Nagkulang ba siya sa pagkain?

"Hindi rin. Baka si Mia Khalifa?"

"Ano? Sino ba yan-"