Psychosis (ToLine FanFiction)

IX

C A R L O S

So I'm currently driving towards Starbucks. I don't know why, masakit pa rin ulo ko dahil sa hangover pero heto ako, nagdadrive papunta kina Ayel and Marian. Hays. Kung hindi ko lang kaibigan mga yon, tulog pa ulit ako ngayon.

What's more to add to my headache? This traffic in Manila. Now I'm stuck in the traffic for fifteen minutes at malayo pa ako sa SB.

Hindi rin ako mapakali kanina, I asked Bea for Celine's number. I don't know pero I feel like I need to get her number. Nung naitext ko na siya, I feel like I'm satisfied.

What the hell is happening to me?

Medyo umuusad naman yung traffic, pero mabagal nga lang. So habang nagda drive ako, may nadadaanan akong billboards. Dahil sa isang billboard, muntik na ko ng masagasaan yung rear bumper ng sasakyan sa harap ko.

Sino ba naman hindi mapapatingin kung yung nasa billboard ay si Celine? Hindi ko alam na naglalaro pala siya for PayMaya sa PVL, or sadyang busy ako masyado kaya hindi ko napapansin?

Ewan ko din.

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Nang makarating ako ng Starbucks, panay ang asar ni Marian sa akin na session pa more daw ako. Ililibre pa nga niya daw ako ng kape para sa headache ko.

"Hindi mo nailabas?" Ayel asked.

I just shook my head. Hindi ako nagsuka kaya medyo masakit ulo ko. Well, hindi naman ako ganon kapag umiinom pero kapag nasobrahan talaga, ayun, may hangover.

Now while ate Ayel showed us some of Marian's work, her phone suddenly rang.

"Guys, excuse lang ah?" She said and went out of the shop.

We just nodded.

Marian was an architecture graduate and is currently working under an architectural firm. Now, Marian's works were posted in the firm's website for future buyers. Its a house design and floor plan, actually. Ate Ayel saw them and was planning to buy one.

"Guys. Parating na daw boss ko." Marian said when she came back to our table.

"Boss mo?" I echoed her last words.

"Oo. Since my works are top-rated daw, so she wanted to talk with the buyer herself. More like evaluation I think." She answered.

"Sino ba boss mo?" Ayel asked.

"Si ma'am J—oh, andyan na pala siya," Marian cheered and escorted her boss..... Ate Jho ????

"Ma'am, siya po yung buyer, Arielle Estrañero, close friend and nakasama ko rin nung college." Marian introduced. They both shook their hands. "And Tots Carlos is with us to help ate Ayel, same lang din with ate Ayel."

"I see," Jho said and glanced at me and smiled.

"We know each other," I intervened and smiled back to her.

"Ha? Ba't hindi mo sinabi, mehn?" Marian asked in disbelief.

"Close friend ko yung girlfriend niya." I answered.

"So, what made you to choose Marian's works, Ms. Estrañero?" Jho asked and took the vacant seat.

So, eto naman ako, nakikinig din kahit hindi masyadong familiar yung ibang terminologies. Oo na lang ng oo, ganon. Charot. Hahaha.

Jho doesn't seem like she had hangover din. Or hindi siya masyadong uminom? Ang alam ko uminom pa siya ng tequila last night e, tapos nag Bacardi pa. Ewan ko na kung ano pinang washing nila e.