You Are Bad For Me

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Chapter 2

Sabay kaming umuwi nila Edie at Mia, although lagi silang may sundo, they still prefer to commute with me. Mama is always busy, hindi naman araw-araw kaya niya akong sunduin, I am lucky enough if she managed to leave work early and fetch me. At this early age, Mama taught me to always try to be independent, mahirap na daw maging dependent sa panahon ngayon. I always try to understand her.

We ride the same jeep pero nauuna akong bumaba, "Sa tabi po!" sigaw ko, I tapped Edie's Knees and nodded at Mia before going down the vehicle, di rin naman nila maririnig yung paalam ko kasi pareho kaming naka earphones.

I took a deep breath, lalakarin ko nanaman itong subdivision kung saan kami nakatira.

"Good Afternoon po" bati ko sa guard bago niya ako nginitian at binati pabalik, binuksan niya yung Entrance, "Ingat po Ma'am" sabi niya bago ulit bumalik sa guard house. I removed my earphones, maganda din kasi maglakad dito kasi sobrang tahimik. I don't know why Mama wanted us to live here, eh halos lumaki akong walang kalaro kasi bihira lang mga bata dito.

Quite Fascinating, may mga naliligaw din na uwak dito, minsan kasi ang ingay din ng tunog nila, I kept walking at may mga sasakyan din akong nakakasalubong, puro sila may sasakyan. Nagulat nalang ako nung may nakasunod sakin na Rolls Royce, a family car obviously.

Bumukas yung bintana "Tita" bati ko at ngumiti, sumilip si Lucas mula sa front seat, para siyang nabigyan ng pag asa kasi lumiwanag nanaman mukha niya, kanina kasi he was frowning so hard.

"Sakay ka na Tati, sabay tayo" Tita Cassandra Insisted, medyo magkalapit kasi bahay namin but I still felt a little shy kahit naman noon ko pa sila kilala. I shyly smiled bago ko narinig na bumukas yung child lock at dun ko din binuksan yung pinto mula sa back seat.

"Hi Tati" Lucas again, being the pesky being he is, smiled so annoyingly, I don't know where he gets that kind of enthusiasm, eh as far as I know, di naman ganyan ugali ni Tita, she's more on the serious side.

Tita looked at the both of us bago nagdrive ulit and I took that as a cue to roll my eyes at Lucas, he snickered. Hindi ko nalang siya pinansin, I placed my attention to my phone at nagscroll nalang sa Pinterest.

"We're here" Tita said, "Salamat po" I said and opened the door, I waved at them as they left my sight. I took a deep breath and looked brought out my key para sa bahay. Silently opening the door, medyo malapit na din dumilim so I switched on the lights. 

Pagkatapos ko magpalit ng  pambahay, agad akong bumaba para maghanap ng pagkain, sigurado malalate nanaman ng uwi si Mama kaya lagi ko sinusubukan na matuto sa Youtube kung paano magluto. 

Sa sobrang tahimik ng bahay, binuksan ko yung tv kahit naman di ako nanonood, at nanood din ng easy to cook recipes.

"Ang alat" My face was probably indescribable "Sayang" dalawang itlog din yung nasayang sa munting experiment ko, wala din naman kaming alaga para pwede ipakain, so the last resort I have is to throw it in the trash bin.

"No choice spam nanaman" bulong ko bago binuksan yung cupboard, puro mga de lata, ako lang ata umuubos nito, I was about to open the spam nung biglang may nagdoorbell. Napahawak ako sa dibdib ko, bakit ba ang bilis ko magulat?

"Tati" bungad ni Lucas sakin, yan nanaman siya sa masayang mukha niya, pwede na mapunit yung bunganga niya sa sobrang ngiti, napatingin ako sa hawak niya.

"Ah, sabi ni Mommy sabay daw tayo kumain" Alam ata ni Tita na mag isa lang ako ngayon. He was speaking in Tagalog which is kind of weird to hear, pinalaki kaya ito sa ChuChu TV sa sobrang Englishero.

Pinapasok ko si Lucas kahit labag parin sa loob ko yung ginawa niya sakin kahapon, I eyed him, nilagay niya naman yung ulam sa lamesa bago kumuha ng sarili niyang Plato. Alam na alam niya na talaga kung saan kukunin dahil sa lagi niyang pagtatambay dito. Binuksan niya yung container at bumungad agad saakin yung amoy nung adobo "Woww" I exclaimed bago inamoy, grabe amoy palang ang sarap na.