Meet me in the Afterglow [MMITA]

27 : Home-cooked

KRISTEN YSOBELLE SORIANO

"Sama kayo later?" pambabasag ni Ae sa katahimikan.

"Saan na naman? We have a lot of things to do, nakuha mo pang magyaya, san ba?" I rolled my eyes, kahit kailan talaga 'to si Stella.

"Nevermind. Mas mabuti na lang pala na ako na lang, a'ight my bestfriends back to work" Ae said.

Nandito kami sa office ni Tiffany sa university, we are all busy facing our laptops. It's Thursday, second day ng midterms. We decided na magsama-sama ngayon, since it's literally draining, kaya ayon, ngayon mas okay na pare-parehas na drained.

Lumipas ang oras pero nananatili kaming walang kibuan not until tumunog bigla ang phone ni Aerielle

"I'm busy, oh my gosh, ang kulit mo" bungad ni Ae. Rinig na rinig namin yun pero hindi na naman namin sya binabalingan ng tingin.

[PLEASE AERIELLE GAYLE!!!] sabat nung nasa kabilang pamilya, that voice is......very.....familiar... No, I'm sure it belongs to someone na kilalang-kilala ko.

"Ang kulit mo Elle Riley Gomez, don't you have an exam?" Ae said annoyingly.

Yup, it's Riley.

[Eh kasi naman!!! Pumayag ka na kasi! And yeah, we have! may 10 minutes break lang kami tapos exam na naman, may dalawa pa akong test, Gayle pagod na pagod na ako pakiramdam ko sasabog na 'yung utak ko. Tapos hindi mo pa ako sasamahan mamaya, pano naman ako? Gayleeeeee] pangungulit pa ni Riley.

"San ka ngayon?"  Aerielle ask.

[On the way na sa room ko for next subject, you?] 

"We're in Tiffany's office right know, busy with  'professor' stuffs" rinig ko ang pag buntong hininga ni Ae.

[You really seems busy, a'ight. Huwag mo na ako samahan later, may dadaan pala ako. You should eat Gayle, kagabi ka pa dyan, pero dasurv] Riley giggled.

Ah. kaya pala walang message man lang kagabi, baka busy kay Ae.

"Tsk. Napakasama mo, bumagsak ka sana sa Calculus. Can't wait to watch the great Elle Riley to have a date" Ae laughs.

[Kinakabahan na ako tomorrow, I think I need to accept the fact na hindi ko na matitikman luto ni Ms. Tiffany, sayang free foods na sana. Bakit kasi hindi ka magaling magluto?] Riley hissed

"Dasurv. Anyways, see you at cafeteria later, doon kami kakain" natatawang sambit ni Ae.

[Wala ako sa lunch time. Sabay kami ni Angelo na magla-lunch] Napataas ako ng kilay.

Who the fuck is Angelo?

"Date mo?! HOY MIDTERMS EXAMS NAKUHA MO PA HUMAROT NADAIG MO PA AKO" nanlalaking mata na wika ni Ae.

[Tss. He's not my date. He's just a friend. Are you jealous?] I can sense Riley's playfulness

"Kapal ng apog mong bata ka. How old is he? Send me his picture para kapag may nangyaring masama sayo, gagalugarin ko ang buong mundo" maktol ni Ae.