Chapter 23: Strangers Like Me
(Jerwin's POV)
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Venice:Ha... That's so weird..
Tumingin sya dun sa hawak nyang map.. I just stared at the place we ended up in....
It's a somewhat small town, the epitome of rural living. There are no tall buildings.. There are no cemented roads.. The "roads" are almost enveloped by the darkness.. The houses are small and made of mostly wood.. There's a stray GOAT over there.. I don't understand how the artificial sources of light in the houses are sufficient enough for a whole family to see in the dark.. Well, at least may kuryente sila.. I guess growing up in a brightly-lit city.. I'm just not used to this kind of sight... It's so.. so.. provincial.....
Venice:I wonder where we are...
Ako: This is like Venice in Wonderland.. We entered some sort of hole in the ground, and we ended up in another world.... O__O
Venice: Eh??
Ako: Honestly, I've never read the story. But I'm thinking it'd be something like this....
Venice: That's nice.. But.. right now... Ihavesomethingreallyimportanttotellyou.
Anoh raw?
Her face is just a few inches away from mine.. Her eyes shine with intensity. Seryosong-seryoso ung mukha nya.
Ako: Uh.. Are you going to apologize for getting us lost?
Venice: Why would I do that? This is much more important. Listen very carefully dahil matagal ko nang kinikimkim toh..
I nodded. I wonder what's going on.. My paparazzi ba? It doesn't look like may susulpot na paparazzi dito.. Terorista? May nakita ba syang may baril?!? O_O
Oh crap, maybe we should make a run for it.
Venice: Jerwin...
Ako: Y-yea?
Venice: Naiihi na ko.
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Ako: Can't you hold it in?
Venice: What do you think have I been doing the past few hours?!?!
O___O
Oh. Crap.
Ako: Well.. Uh.. O__O
Napatingin kagad ako sa paligid. May portable comfort room ba dito!?? Restaurant?!? Hotel?!? Gasolinahan?!?
Ako: Uh.. Dun! Sa likod nung puno na un! Dun na lang!
Venice started doing the wee-wee dance.. and I admit, kahit na medyo napapanic ako, I find it amusing na nagtatalon sya, alternating between her two feet.. :D
Venice: Adik ka ba?!? I'm not peeing behind a tree!
Ako: Ngayon ka pa umarte!
I grabbed her hand and pulled her towards dun sa pinakamalapit na bahay.. I know this is gonna sound really rude, not to mention embarrassing, pero anoh pa bang magagawa namen?!?
I knocked on the door a couple of times, and a young kid -- about 6 or 7 -- opened it. He looked at me -- well, actually, it was more of a stare than a look... Then his face went like this ? OoO
"Jose! Sino ba iyang nasa pinto?"
An elder man appeared behind the boy. Upon seeing me and Venice, he immediately ran over to the door and hid the little boy behind him. I know.. strangers who appear out of nowhere, looking like they just came tumbling out of the woods (which we kinda did... ), and one of them vigorously squirming..... yea, we don't look very reliable.
