CHAPTER 08
3563 Words
Briella P. O. V.
Nandito kami ngayon sa bahay bumalik kami dito matapos ang nangyari samin kanina, kung tingnan ang muka naming lahat muka kaming mga basag ulo, si Kuya Brian na putok ang labi si Darrion na may maliit na sugat sa labi at namumula ang kabilang pisnge at yung iba pa samantalang magulo at madungis naman kaming mga babae dahil sa nangyaring sabunutan saamin kanina sa grupo ni Charity.
“Nasaan pala si Sam?.... Mautak din yung lokong yun isipin niyo wala siya dito habang sinasapak tayo ni Brian. ” Matthew asked, who's Sam? Babae yata or isa sa girlfriend nilang magkakaibigan,I don't mind naman as long us I'm out of it.
“Okay lang yun, si Evander nga nasipa lang kanina ehh, tapos ngayon naman napaaway satin” Wren added, before looking at Savvy na nakataas na ang kilay kaya natawa kami.
“Ang daming nangyari ngayong araw, gusto ko lang naman kumain ng payapa masama ba yun? ” Uno said, I felt bad for them yung lunch namin nauwi sa rambulan.
Naunang mag-ayos kaming mga babae kaya bumalik kami sa living room para gamutin sila lalapit na dapat ako kay kuya Brian ng bigla niya akong pinigilan.
Tiningnan ko naman siya sa mata at nagtanong “Bakit?” I said umiling lang naman siya at kumuha ng sarili niyang gagamitin sa paggamot.
“Si Ion nalang tulungan mong gamutin, okay lang ako mmm” he said, nagdadalawang isip pa ako kung susundin ko ba siya o hindi instead he give me a smile for assurance that he can take care of his self, kaya tumango nalang ulit ako.
“You sure kuya?” I asked again he just chuckle for my action and nodded kaya dumiretso ako kay Darrion na nasa kabilang sofa naka-upo sa pang-dalawahang tao, I smiled at him nung makaupo ako at pinaharap siya saakin, kaso mukang di niya nagets kaya hinawakan ko ng dahan-dahan ang muka niya para mapaharap sakin,nagtataka naman siyang napatingin sakin but I signal him the first aid kit na nasa kabilang kamay ko kaya tumango nalang siya at sinimulan ko na din ang paggamot sa sugat niya
Focus ako sa ginagawa kung paggamot sa sugat niya ng mapansin kung tahimik na ang mga Kasama namin, I look at them kita ko na may kanya-kanyang ginagawa ang mga ito habang sila Ezra tinutulungang gamutin sila Damian at iba pa, naramdaman ko naman na may nakatingin sakin kaya binalik ko ang tingin sa taong katabi ko then I saw him staring at me intently I smiled at him pero ganun parin siya nakatitig sakin, doon ko lang din napansin na ang pula pala ng mga labi niya, he has a blue eyes with central Heterochromia, a pointed nose, a thick eyebrows,diamond shape of face that looks good with his messy hair he looks so hot di ko namalayan kung ilang minuto na akong nakatingin sa muka niya nilapit niya ang muka niya sakin at bumulong.
“Done staring at me? Gorgeous mm?”he said nilibot ko naman ang tingin ko sa paligid baka nakita nila kami buti nalang at walang nakapansin sa paglapit ng muka niya sakin, I look at him again and to erase the embarrassing moment tumikhim muna ako at nagsalita “No, nagandahan lang ako sa mata mo it's pretty do you know that Heterochromia is rare?” bulong ko sa kanya na kami lang ang nakarinig, inilingan naman niya ako bago umayos ng upo kaya pinagpatuloy ko ang paggamot sa kanya “I didn't know that my eye color is rare, how about you? How did you know it's rare?” he said kaya natawa nalang ako bago sumagot “well Heterochromia which a person has more than one eye color — affects less than 1% of people.The two eyes might be completely different from one another, or one part of the iris might be different than the rest.The AAO explain that in people with central heterochromia, the iris has two rings of different colors, while in those with complete heterochromia, one iris is a different color than the other.Some people are born with heterochromia. In others, an eye injury or health problem might cause it.” I said to him tumikhim naman siya bago tumitig sa mata ko kaya nakaramdam naman ako ng pagka-ilang sa ginagawa niya “You have a beautiful eye's too it's hazel” he said kaya napatingin Ako sakanya at tumango “Yeah a lot of them told me that I have a hazel eyes”i said at iniwas na naman ang tingin sa mata niya binalik ko ang atensyon ko sa ginagawa ko kaya naging tahimik na kaming dalawa, minuto lang ang nakalipas ng magsalita ulit sya “And they say that Hazel eyes mostly consist of shades of brown and green. Much like gray eyes, hazel eyes may appear to “change color” from green to light brown to gold. Individuals whose eyes appear to be one color closest to the pupil, another color a little farther our, and another color around the edge of the iris are likely to have hazel eyes....Approximately 5% of the world’s population and 18% of people in the U.S. have hazel eyes, which are a mixture of green, orange, and gold.Hazel eyes are more common in North Africa, the Middle East, and Brazil, as well as in people of Spanish heritage.” he said kaya tumango ulit ako at akmang sasagot na ng magsalita si Matthew.
“Teka nga, kanina sinabi mo na wala siyang karapatang saktan si Bri tapos tinawag ka din niyang kuya, Yung totoo pre kapatid mo ba siya?.....” Matthew said na nakaagaw sa atensyon ng lahat kaya napatingin Sila kay kuya na Ngayon ay kakamot-kamot ng kanyang ulo at alanganing nakangiti
“Oo nga no, Ngayon ko lang yun narealize, may kapatid ka pala pre bat di mo sinabi at pinakilala saamin?” Pagsang-ayon ni Wren na sinigundahan ng batok ni Dareen akala ko matino maloko din pala
“Oh gago kung ganyan din naman kaganda kapatid ko itatago ko din talaga sainyo,” he said bahagya niya pang nilingon si Evander na tahimik kumakain ng ano yun? “Si Evander pa nga lang babaero na araw lang ang pagitan pag-nagpalit ng babae, pano pa kaya kung pinakilala si Bri di ba?” he said kaya napaubo si Evander mabuti nalang at may juice si Maia kaya binigay niya ito sa kanya.
“Well she's my cousin, the girl that I'm talking about and for your question why I didn't introduce you to her it's because our Lola believe the old tradition like how the lady should act, masyadong makaluma si Lola kaya Hindi ko pinakilala sainyo ang nag-iisang babae sa pamilya namin” Kuya Brian explained that makes sense, si Lola talaga ang makaluma like I should not act like a flirt, na ako ang mag first move, dapat daw sa bahay nagpapaakyat ng ligaw at hindi sa kalsada dahil di naman daw ako kaladkaring babae and she said that I should date a guy who gives me a husband vibes at wag daw akong mag stay sa lalaking bare minimum lang Ang kayang ibigay saakin.
“Yeah kuya Brian's right, besides Bri is a half Chinese I don't think her Ahma would let you guys court her” Zelaina said sakto namang tumunog ang phone ko I look at it
“Ahma Calling”
I look at them bago nagpaalam, dumiretso ako sa kusina to answer the phone
“*****，********？ ” (good afternoon grandma, why so suddenly call?)
“Im just checking my favorite granddaughter is it bad?, And I want to know if you're okay in the Philippines since it's a big adjustment for you we both know you've grown up in the US” she said
“Im fine Ahma besides I'm not a kid anymore who needs acompany everywhere I go”
“Then it's good see you on your cousin's birthday and it's time for him to meet his fiance bye Sweetie I love you”she said and hang up the phone and it makes me frustrate cause I know after kuya Brian's wedding ako na ang susunod, naglakad ako pabalik sa sala then I saw them talking about something napansin naman kaagad ako ni Maia kaya nginitian ko siya tsaka nilapitan
“Anong pinag-usapan niyo ng lola mo at mukang frustrated ka?” she said before caressing my hair, I look at kuya Brian who's happily talking to Wren and Uno mukang naramdaman niya na nakatitig ako sa kanya kaya nilingon niya ako and mouthed “what?” umiling lang ako at binalik ang tingin kay Maia “She said she wil come in the Philippines on kuya Brian's birthday” I said napangiti naman si kuya Brian dahil sa sinabi ko
“Nice,next 4 months pa pala sya uuwi, nasabi niya ba if magsstay siya ng matagal? O babalik din kaagad ng Shang hai” umiling naman ako dahil di rin naman sinabi ni Ahma kung magtatagal ba sila dito o hindi “Wala siyang sinabi kung magtatagal ba o hindi, bast ang Sabi niya uuwi siya sa birthday mo and for you to meet your fiance already” bumagsak naman ang balikat niya at napa buntong hininga I look at the girls, they seemed so worried about me they know it naman na kapag naikasal na ang si kuya Brian ako na ang susunod I smiled to them as assurance Hindi rin naman nila Inasar si kuya ganun din ang mga kaibigang lalaki ni kuya Hindi siya nito inaasar maybe they know too.
“Ayos lang yan tol, nandito lang kami para sayo” nginitian lang naman siya ni kuya at nilingon ako o gave him my sweetest smile to assure him that everything will be alright, nilibot ko ang tingin ko sa lahat ng di ko mapansin si Darrion itatanong ko sana kaso wag na baka kasi isipin ng iba may gusto Ako sa kanya mahirap na sakto namang pumasok si Darrion galing sa labas ng bahay at dumiretso sa kusina isinandal ko naman ang ulo ko sa balikat ni Maia, she keeps caressing my hair and it feels so good
“Let's go, sa HQ tayo nandoon si sam” Darrion said napatingin naman ako sa kanya he's looking at me too kaya naka eye to eye ko siya sabay naman kaming nag iwas tingin binalik niya din ang tingin niya sa harap nila kuya
“Okay, alright let's go” Matthew said
“Wait kasama ba kami?” tanong ni Ezra kaya napatingin silang lahat pati na ang mga lalaki Kay Darrion like waiting for his approval he sighed before turning his head to Ezra
“Yeah” bored na sagot niya kaya naghiyawan naman ang mga lalaki
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Habang nasa byahe ay ang ingay ng mga kasama namin Hanggang sa nagtanong na si Wren kung ano ang ideal guy namin
“Dali na we want to know ano ang ideal guy niyo” Wren said I look at the girls and they look so annoyed kaya lihim akong napatawa
“Ayaw nga namin kulit mo ilang besis kabang inire ng mommy mo at daig mo pa ang bata sa pagiging makulit” Zelaina said looks so annoyed kaya lang ang boys di ata makaramdam
“Okay ayaw niyo sagutin ehh, ito nalang anong gusto niyong course sa college ng ideal guy niyo” Evander joined the conversation
“Bachelor of Science in Legal Management” we said in unison
“Bakit yun?” Evander asked nagtataka naman kaming napalingon sa kanya sasagot na sana ako ng Mauna si Zel
“Para naman pag makulong ka balang araw may mga kaibigan kang maglalabas sayo sa rehas” she said that makes us laugh ganun din ang ibang kaibigan ko mula dito inuupuan ko rinig ko ang hagikhikan nila sa biro ni Zel
“Grabe ka sakin Zelaina,bakit sure kaba na makukulong Ako? ” Evander dramatically said habang nakahawak sa dibdib
“Okay tama na yan, baka magkapikunan pa kayo at ending maging mag asawa pa” pagitna ni Damian sa dalawa na mukang maya-maya lang magaaway na pag nagtuloy ang sagutan
“ulol mo pre, Basta di ako makukulong” Evander attack back and jokingly punch him in his arm
“Yeah di ka makulong pero maunang magkaroon ng anak sigurado kami”Darrion join the conversation too kaya natawa ang iba napanguso naman si Evander bago sumagot
“Sure ka Darrion ako? Hindi ikaw as your friend payong kaibigan lang, ikaw ang matindi kung magpigil ng man's need kaya sure ako pag nakita mo ang babaeng papakasalan mo panggigilan mo yun” he said with a playful smirk then look at me and wink na nagpatahimik kay Darrion narinig ko naman ang tawanan ng ibang lalaki maliban saaming mga babae na di naintindihan ang sinabi ni Evander
“Sandali kung legma student gusto niyo edi may alam kayo sa mga act and cases?”Dareen asked while looking at us tumango naman si Maia kaya nagpatuloy sa pagsasalita si Dareen “Talaga sample nga halimbawa ah ano ang meaning ng assault”
“ Well ahm..... Assault - It is an intentional tort where the defendant's act is intended to cause a reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact in plaintiff's mind. An assault is an attempt or offer, by force or violence to do a corporal curt another as, by pointing a gun at a person.Read v. Coker [(1853) 13 CB 850] - In this case the plaintiff was a tenant of the defendant. The defendant called thugs who pulled up their sleeves and showed their fist to the plaintiff and then asked him to leave the defendant's garage. The court held that the act of pulling up of sleeves and showing of fist constituted assault.
Innes v. Wylie - In this case a policeman unlawfully prevented the plaintiff from entering the club premises. It was held that “if the policeman was entirely passive like a door or a wall put to prevent from entering the room,” there was no assault” Maia said kaya napa nganga naman si Evander the suddenly Damian joined the conversation too
“You mean iba din ang assault sa r**e assault?” Damian asked kaya Ako na ang sumagot
“Well ahm,... Iba ang r**e sa s****l assault cause s****l assault is an act which a person intentionally sexually touch another person without that's persons consent,or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a s****l act against their will” I said napalingon naman ako kay Darrion na tahimik palang nakikinig saakin di ko alam bakit basta nalang siya hinanap ng mga mata ko
“ It's a form of s****l violence which includes r**e groping child s****l abuse or the torture of the person in s****l manner” Savvy said with a smiled nakatingin lang naman sila saamin
“Like for example of that is force viginal,anal or oral penetration or drug facilitated s****l assault” Maia added na sinang ayunan namin habang sila nakikinig lang nastock pa kami sa traffic kaya mukang mahabang laro to, now just wow great
“It means generally, s****l assault is defined as unwanted s****l contract” I said ng akmang magsasalita pa si Evander, mukang nagets naman na niya kaya nanahimik na siya
“Grabe galing niyo”
“Tanong lang anong act number yung SEPARATE ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS???” Dareen said kaya napalingon kami sa kanya “HEHEHE,, wag kayong ganyan makatingin mag e-engineer kaya ako” he said kaya tumango kami “So ano nga yun dali na?”
“You mean the Republic Act No. 5194
April 27, 1968
AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE INTO A SEPARATE ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.?” Maia asked that makes him nod.
“SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Third Representative District of the Province of Leyte is hereby constituted into a separate engineering district, with its office at the Municipality of Villaba: Provided, That the existing engineering district in the Sub-province of Biliran which is also situated in the Third Representative District, shall remain a distinct and separate entity.
The district engineer for said engineering district shall be appointed in accordance with existing laws.
SEC. 2. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for the same purpose shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.” Savvy said na sinundan ni Maia “SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted without Executive approval, April 27, 1968.” she said magtatanong pa sana siya when Darrion interrupt them
“Tama na yan, nandito na tayo” at naunang bumaba, bubuksan kona dapat ang pinto ng sasakyan when Darrion open it for me kaya ngumiti ako sa kanya and he just nod at naunang maglakad
“Nakain niya at pinagbuksan pa pinsan mo ng pinto??”
“Life changing ata pre?”
“Seloso nagtatanong lang Ako kanina eh”
“Gago muka namang di type ni Darrion yung pinsan mo ehh”
“Tara na nga dami niyong satsat”
Rinig kung bulungan nila bago tuluyang pumasok sa loob then I saw them talking to a man yung apat naman nasa likod ko pa, di ko Kilala ang kausap nila Darrion at Damian dahil nakatalikod ito
“Yow Sam miss you pre pakiss nga” Uno said behind my back kaya napalingon kami sa kanya saktong pagbalik ng tingin ko naka tingin na din ang lalaking kanina lang kausap nila sumilay ang ngiti sa mga labi niya it's been a year before we meet again and I longer his presence and now his Infront of smiling like an i***t now I can tell my self that starting this day I will no longer miss his presence because his here already
“BABY” He shout and walk towards me, when he's Infront of me it makes me cry, I cry as he hug me “Shh, it's okay I'm here already” he said that makes me cry hard gosh I miss this guy so much
“Samuel” I said he looks at me as I cry hard he try to wipe my tears, Nung omokay na ang pakiramdam ko ay sinuntok ko ang braso niya but I think it's that wrong idea dahil matapos ko siyang suntukin sa braso niya doon ko lang naalala na namumula at namamaga ang dalawang kamay ko grabe just wow
“You know him?”kuya Brian ask I look at him and everyone stating at us maliban kila Savvy dahil Kilala nila si Sam and Ezra didn't know him too
“Yes kuya his Samuel my friend in Canada when I took a vacation there tapos nagkita ulit kami sa Sydney Australia nung may event Ako hanggang sa nagtuloy tuloy na” I said tumango naman si kuya napatingin naman kami kay Zelaina ng magsalita ito
“Ano yang kinakain mo??” she said pointing at Dareen's food
“Its too obvious naman girl Maia he's eating white corn in his bowl” savvy said at sinabayan pa ng rolled eye
“I know it's corn dumbass all I mean what kind of cook is that” Zelaina replied back
“Oh I know that food it's the sticky white corn coated with condense milk with sugar and coconut it's called tinabog” I said not confident on my answer
“Ha??.... Anong tinabog?” the all boys said in unison maliban kay Darrion at Sam
“Gaga it's not tinabog it's tibanog” Maia said
“Its not I remember it already it's called binatnog your two are both wrong it's binatnog not tinabog and tibanog” Savvy said looking so proud on her answer
“Isa kapa palibhasa laki kayong lahat sa Amerika,... it's binatog lumayas nga kayo ng pilipinas wala kayong maayos na ambag binatog nalang pinasosyal pa ni Bri sticky white corn coated with condense milk jusko.” Sam said while massaging his temple kaya napatahimik kaming lima samantalang tawa lang ng tawa ang ibang lalaki
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