Chapter 1 : Reunited At Last?!
"Doc Madelyn, done with the shift?" I just smiled while putting my phone in the pocket of my pants.
"Yes Doc, I sent you an email regarding sa condition ng isang patient"
"Good. Don't forget that we have a meeting at 8 tomorrow" she replied
I hurriedly went to the parking space dahil baka ma-late na ako sa reunion namin.
"Dang!" I just said before I rested my head on the steering wheel. Bakit ngayon pa ako na-stuck sa traffic? Bakit ngayon kung kailan kailangang maaga ako?
I will meet my old friends at high school.
I met them when I was in the Junior High while the rest of them are at the Senior High. Kahit ako ang pinakabata sa kanila, nakasama pa rin ako sa circle of friends nila which I am very thankful of.
We had a deal that we will meet after 12 years. Ang bilis ng mga taon. Ni hindi ko man lang ito namalayan.
After 1000 years of being stuck in traffic jam, nakarating na rin ako sa meeting place namin. Ibang- iba na ang hitsura ng store front nito. Ngunit may mga halaman pa rin sa labas.
Entering this store is so nostalgic. Everything in this store looks modern, but the feelings associated with this place is still the same.
I saw them. On the same spot where we will seat everytime na tatambay kami sa Cafe na ito.
"You're 2 minutes late. Not that bad di katulad ng iba. Tsk!" Pambungad ni Ate Mikayla. Kahit kailan talaga hindi pa rin siya nagbabago. Napaka-strict pa rin niya. May pagka-OC kasi siya kahit sa pagbanggit ng name and nickname niya. She always make corrections when somebody will call her Kayla or Mikayla. According to her, the Kay in her name is pronounced as "Kei" as in OK. Kahit na OC siya, she became one of the successful businesswoman ngayon.
"Hey! Kayla wag ka namang ganyan kay Adelyn, kararating lang ng bata oh! Why don't ya let her breathe muna kaya?!" that loud lady is Ate Mariana. We call her Ariana. She's always loud and mahilig din siyang umawra just like Ariana Grande. Now, you know why she chose Ariana as a nickname.
"Okay lang po Ate . Na-stuck po kasi ako sa traffic. Nasaan na po 'yung iba?"
"Heto na order niyo" A girl holding a tray approached us. Nang nailapag na niya yung tray sa table, saka lang niya ako napansin.
"Adelyn?! Ikaw na ba yan?! Naku! Hindi ka pa rin nagbabago!Anong order mo? Ipag-oorder kita" that's Ate Meredith. She goes by the name Edith. Ang motherly figure sa aming anim. She's based in Canada now pero umuwi talaga siya just to fulfill her promise.
"Ako na lang po ang oorder. Maupo na lang po kayo"
"Tsk. Nasaan na ba 'yung dalawa? May 2 pa akong business meetings!" naiiritang usal ni Ate Kayla habang pasulyap-sulyap siya sa kanyang mamahaling relo.
"Relax. Baka na-stuck lang sila sa traffic. Sana pina-cancel mo na lahat ng business meeting mo ngayon Kumain ka muna" pagpapakalma sa kanya ni Ate Edith.
"Tsk.Sige i-ca-cancel ko na lahat" sabi ni Ate Kayla bago siya sumipsip sa kanyang milkshake.
"Guys! Nandito na me! Ouch!" lahat kami napatingin sa babaeng natapilok. Dali-dali siyang nilapitan ni Ate Edith.
"Okay ka lang?! Naku naman, bakit ka kasi nag-stilletos? May band-aid ako dito"
"Thank you Ate Edith" sabay ngiti nito. Si Ate Ella talaga. Hanggang ngayon pala clumsy pa rin siya.
"Hoy Marcella! Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala na naging model ka. Paano ka nakakarampa nang hindi natatapilok?" pangkukutya ni Ate Kayla
"Ate Ella, I have saline solution here. I-spray mo lang ito sa wound mo para ma-sanitize siya" then I handed her the bottle
"Thanks talaga Adelyn. Buti pa kayo ni Ate Edith, you're worried about me, unlike ng isa diyan. Ngayon lang naman ako nadapa" paparinig ni Ate Ella
"Hoy! Sigurado ka diyan?! Do you want me to enumerate the total number of times that you tripped? At saka, bakit ka late?!"
"Hindi ako pinaalis ni Manager. She wants me to talk with that Pedophile producer! Then add the crazy traffic. Naloka ang mala-goddess kong beauty" then Ate Ella flips her hair.
Napailing na lang sa kanya si Ate Kayla.
"Hmm. Nasaan na kaya si Mira? Hindi kaya na-kidnap na siya?" Hetong mahirap kay Ate Ariana. May pagka-aning.
"Relax po. Baka on the way na po siya dito" I said
"Oo nga Ariana. Hintayin na lang natin siya" pagsang-ayon ni Ate Edith
We waited for 30 minutes while chatting about our lives. 30 minutes have passed and yet, there's no Ate Mira that appeared at the cafe.
Ate Ella complained : "Kainis naman si Mira. Inindyan tayo lalo na ang mala-goddess kong beauty!"
"Guys! My secretary told me that I received a package from Mira.Papapuntahin ko yung secretary ko dito"
Kaagad namang nakapunta yung secretary ni Kayla sa cafe. Takot lang niya kay Ate Kayla.
"Si Mira nga yung nagpadala. Ano naman kayang kalokohan ito?!" nakapameywang na sabi ni Kayla habang tinititigan ang box na nasa table namin.
"Buksan na natin. Dali!" huli na para mapigilan ni Ate Kayla si Ate Ariana dahil nawasak na nito ang box. Sa loob nito ay may dalawang brown envelopes na may dalawa ring label
1. To my Five Beautiful Friends = Sa Loob ng brown envelope ay may limang sobre na naka-pangalan sa amin.
"Gosh! Okay na sana yung 5 beautiful friends kaso kulang ng "And the prettiest is Marcella"" pagkatapos na sabihin ni Ate Ella iyon ay nakatanggap siya ng batok mula kay Ate Kayla.
2. The Story of My Life = Sa Ikalawang brown envelope ay may isang notebook.
P.s F.M.L
"Hala! Why did she send that to us?! Ano kayang laman niyan?!" pag-uusisa ni Ate Ariana. This time, naging mabilis na si Ate Kayla sa pagpigil sa kanya sa pagbubukas ng mga bagay-bagay. Pareho sila ng sinapit ni Ate Ella.
"This is the first one that we'll going to read!" sabay pakita sa amin ni Ate Kayla ang small red notebook na may label na " Read it First"
"Ate Edith, puwedeng ikaw ang magbasa?" then Ate Kayla handed it to her.
What we thought a simple notebook would cause us so much pain when the first 3 sentences in Mira's notebook is this:
"Hello. Kung nababasa niyo ito, malamang ay patay na ako. I'm sorry guys, I can't fulfill my promise. I just killed myself"
There's no way that she would write this!
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