Blog Seventeen: Stalker
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“At anong ginagawa natin dito, ha, Celeste?” asar na tanong ni Cadmus sa akin. “May trabaho pa ako sa Tungsten Entertainment. Istorbo ka.”
I rolled my eyes. “Trabaho? Part-time events coordinator ka lang naman doon, feeling mo naman bigtime ka na.”
“Anong problema natin sa pagiging sexy events coordinator ko?”
“Part-time events coordinator, hindi sexy.”
“Eh kung iwanan kaya kita rito?”
“Sige, iwanan mo ako here and hindi mo malalaman ang schedule ni Wyatt next week.”
He stomped his foot. “I really don’t know kung paano mo nagawang kuhanin ang schedule ni Boss Wyatt next week eh confidential ‘yun!”
“I told you, crush din siya ng isa sa mga journalists namin at huwag mo na akong tanungin kung anong hocus pocus ang ginawa niya.”
“OMG, is that legal ba?”
“So daming questions mo naman! Fine, eh ‘di ‘wag na natin palang ituloy ito!” I said.
“No! Let’s do this! Kung mapapalapit ako kay Boss Wyatt after doing this, kahit everyday na kitang samahan sa—what nga pala ginagawa natin here? At bakit sinusundan natin si Cyber Sandejas?”
“Because we’re stalking him!”
“Stalking?”
I told him about my deal with Kuya Cielo.
“Eh sabi mo best friends kayo, why need mo pa siyang i-stalk para kilalanin? You can just ask him, duh,” umiirap niyang sabi.
I cleared my throat. “Well, the thing is…”
“Ano?”
“Hereallydidnotconfirmit.”
“Excuse me? Can you please speak in Earth Language, Celeste? I mean, I know you’re bulol—well, bulol naman lahat ng mga Chengs—but sagad kasi ‘yung pagka-Alien language ng sinabi mo ka—”
“I said, he really did not confirm it!” I snapped.
“Huh? What did he not confirm?”
“Our friendship,” I said miserably.
“Wow. Just wow. Kung merong mga namomoblema dahil kailangan nila ng confirmation sa relasyon nila as mag-jowa, ikaw naman ay namomoblema sa confirmation ng relasyon niyo as friends. Just… wow. May ganoon na pala ngayon,” he said sarcastically.
“Cadmus! Just help me, okay?”
“Seriously, Celeste? Kaanu-ano mo si Cassipeia?”
“Huh? Malamang pinsan, duh,” umiirap kong sabi.
Tumango-tango siya. “Right. Right. I shouldn’t have asked. It’s already obvious.”
“Na?”
“Na pareho kayong baliw.”
“Cadmus!” I yelled.
“Fine, fine! For the love of Boss Wyatt!” he snapped at me.
I grinned triumphantly. “Okay, Cadmus, game!”
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Sinundan namin si Cyber mula sa university hanggang sa plaza ng Barrio Belleza. Tirik ang araw at ang hot ng simoy ng hangin. Pero nagpatinag ba naman ako? Of course… not! And of course, isinusumpa na ako ni Cadmus nang mahina, pero dahil sa sagradong impormasyon ko tungkol sa crush niyang si Wyatt, hindi siya makapalag.
