Misguided Stars

Chapter 18

In her perspective…

It's been weeks since our last gig and by some miracle, I passed all my subjects!! Which is a success for me considering lahat ng struggles ko nung first sem

But enough of that, kasi right now, I'm in St. Clare Monastery for the last simbang gabi with my Mom and Dad, and guess what? The Ravenas as well! Basically these were the things that happened over the past 8 days

Day 1: Mom called me day before the first simbang gabi happened. She asked me to come with them sa St. Clare for Misa de Gallo instead of going to Gesu, for a change raw. So I obliged and by some luck, the Ravenas were there and they got introduced to each other

Day 2: We attended the mass nung madaling araw and went sa Ravena's residences nung afternoon kasi birthday pala ni Thirdy. Our parents were like best friends na and it's frightening and cute at the same time. Thirdy, Dani and I were bonding lang the whole time in their garden while Manong is on FaceTime naman with Ate Aly. Oh, and I gave Thirdy a hoodie because biglaan lang and 'di ko na napag isipan ibibigay ko

Day 3-8: Same routine. We're attending the mass sa St. Clare and I don't know if it's just me, pero lagi nilang sinasadya na magtabi kami ni Thirdy. But I don't really mind kasi I'm comfortable na with him

Aaaannndd back to reality. It's now the last day of simbang gabi. The mass was done but we're still on St. Clare. Tumitingin sila Mom sa shop ng mga religious stuffs

"Bea?"

Napalingon ako kay Thirdy na nakatingin sa'kin ngayon

"Bakit?

"Tara kela ate bili tayo ng pagkain…"

Tinuro niya yung mga stalls na bilihan ng foods. Pinakiramdaman ko yung sarili ko and nafeel ko rin naman na nagugutom ako kaya pumayag na rin ako

"Sige tara. Pero di ba natin sila aayain?"

Tumingin siya kela Mom na busy pa rin magtingin ng mga bibilhin nila

"Mukhang busy pa sila ehhh. Mamaya na lang siguro natin sila sabihan na kumain na…"

I nodded na lang and I put my hands sa pocket ng hoodie ko kasi nilalamig na ako. Katabi ko si Thirdy na nakapamulsa lang din ngayon and suot yung hoodie na bigay ko sa kanya

"So anong gusto mo?"

"Bakit libre mo ba?" asar ko sa kanya

"Siyempre ako nag aya sa'yo dito ehh..." nagwink siya tapos biglang tumawa

"Wow galante..." he just shrugged and looked back sa foods

"Nevermind.. Ate pabili po ako ng isang bibingka…" sabi niya. Sakto naman, nakita ko na may kakaluto lang kaya nabigyan siya kaagad

"Oh, para sa'yo…" inabot niya sa'kin yung bibingka. Kinuha ko naman and tinignan

"Paano ka? Anong sa'yo?" tanong ko kasi mukhang wala siyang balak bumili

"Ate Bea!!" napatingin ako sa sumigaw and nakita ko si Dani na sinasign ako na pumunta sa pwesto niya

"Sige na pumunta ka na dun. Sunod na lang ako…" sabi ni Thirdy

Sinunod ko na lang siya and pumunta na kay Dani habang hawak ko sa isang kamay ko yung bibingka na binili ni Thirdy para sa'kin

"Omg ate! Who bought you that?"