Meet me in the Afterglow [MMITA]

53 : Midterms

KRISTEN YSOBELLE SORIANO

"Ms. Ae sa condo kami ni Elle Riley magre-review -- libre wi-fi, libre print at libre pagkain" natatawang wika ni Gabriel.

"Kami din, pa-sleepover!" gatong ni Ae at lumingkis kay Elle Riley.

"Seryoso?" tanong ni Elle Riley kay Ae.

"Fine. But iwan ko na lang kay France 'yung susi ng condo ko, may dadaanan pa po kasi ako mamaya" Riley said.

"Yonnnnn, dala ka Ms. Ae ng beer" natatawang saad ni Nicoline

"Nako, magtigil mga bata, baka hangover maisagot nyo sa exam" suway naman ni Stella

"After midterms, walwal tayo, bwakanginang shit" saad ni France

Pagkatapos nun, kanya-kanya na silang umalis para magtungo na sa kanilang mga room. It's the second day of the midterms for second semester, pamula nung umuwi kami sa trip namin, they focus on reviewing na.

Kagaya nga ng hiling ni Riley, we never talk about it ...... again. We really went back to normal ..... makulit pa rin at nag-aasaran gaya ng sinabi nya. Pero syempre hindi namin maiwasan mag-alala para sa kanya.

Elle Riley became ...... aloof. May times na natutulala talaga sya and mas naging tahimik sya. She's with us pero parang wala talaga sya. She never smiled after she breakdown on us during our trip ...... and she never cried again. She became emotionless. Yes, she's interacting with us but ...... she's in worst condition.

One time, wala sya, kasalukuyan syang nasa class, France open it up, na she's kinda sad kasi wala syang maggawa para kay Riley ..... we felt that but napag-usapan namin na sundin na lang ang gusto ni Riley, sabi namin maybe one day she'll come around. We need to stay normal and sane ..... para kahit papaano malaman nya there is ..... there's still us ..... there's really a brighter side.

"Where's Riley?" tanong ni Tiffany, nandito na kasi kaming lahat sa unit nya, ang mga kaibigan nya ang nauna dito, they are all in PJs, and kami kararating lang naming apat, nakapambahay din kami. Our way of being a friend to her is by sticking on her side ..... at all times.

"Kasama po si Ate Shannah, may inaasikaso lang, baka gabihin na po iyon" magalang na sagot ni France

"Who's Shannah?" tanong ni Louise.

"You don't know her?" I ask.

"KILALA MO SYA MS. KRYS?" Ynnah and France ask, nagulat ako sa inasal nila.

"Yep, why? She's Riley's friend" I said, nagkatinginan naman yung dalawa

"Bakit nyo po nakilala?" Ynnah ask.

Napalunok ako. Gosh. Hindi nga pala nila alam na I-I stay here when Riley's sick.

"Oh, it just happened, I bump into her and k-kasama nya si Shannah, ipinakilala nya sa akin" pagsisinungaling ko.

"Ahhhh!" sabay nilang tugon

"Is Shannah a good person?" Ae ask

"Yes po, Ms. Ae, don't need po na mag-alala she's in good hands" France assure her.

Nakakain na kami ng dinner lahat pero wala pa rin sya, busy lahat kami sa aming mga ginagawa, kalat-kalat din kami dito sa living room nya. Riley has 4 rooms here, nagulat din ako na madami pala syang available rooms.

Room 1 (Riley's room)

Riley
France
Allison

Guest room 1