Gay Meets Girl (ViceRylle)

Chapter 3: I Just Wanna Be On The Beach

"To the beach!" Clark shouts, wearing his sunglasses and a rootbeer on hand. Val gets out of her car, with a bag on her hand. Val laughed.

"Oh," she glanced at Clark, "Excited ka nanaman? Kalma lang, 'te."

Umiling si Clark at binuhat yung maleta niya galing sa car, habang ang ibang mga staff ay nagsidatingan galing sa loob ng resort. "Ma'am!" masayang bumati ang mga ito habang tumatakbo para tumulong, "Tulungan na po namin kayo," Joey says, while Clark glances at him. Agad nag-isip ng paraan si Clark,

"Umm, Joey." he called, Joey looked at him, "Can you help me nalang? Kaya na ni Ma'am Val 'yan." Clark adds,

Nagsmile si Joey, "Ganon ba, Clark?"

Pinigil siya ni Clark, "Ay," he chuckled, "Claire nalang ang tawag mo." kinilig pa yata ito.

Val rolled her eyes, "Just get onto it." she says, habang binangga si Clark. Dumiretso na si Val sa entrance kasama ng ibang staff, at nag check-in sakanilang cottege.

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"Maam, 4 cotteges nalang po kasi yung natira. So, 3 for the three staff groups, and the last one po... Sainyo ni Clark," sabi ng secretary ni Val, informing her correctly.

She turned, "Wala na ibang available?"

Her secretary, Jane, nodded. "Naisip din po kasi namin, Ma'am," lumunok pa ito, "Magkaibigan naman po kasi kayo ni Clark, kaya okay lang?"

Val nodded, "Yeah, sure. Its alright."

Her secretary smiled and thanked her, "Sige po, punta na po kami sa- Beach!" nagmadali itong dumiretso kasama ang ibang ka-trabaho.

Tumawa nalang si Val at pumunta sa restobar sa may shore. She ordered a light drink, and watched her co-workers play under the sun.

Maya-maya, nilapitan na siya ni Clark.

"Hoy, babae." He says, wearing his long swimming trunks, and a transparent cardigan, "Bakit naman mag-isa ka lang diyan?" tinanong ni bakla habang hinawi ang buhok, "Anong achu-chu-bureche nanaman itech?"

Tumawa si Val, at ininom ang last drop sa baso niya, "Wala, tanga." she glanced at him nang naka-smile, "Ayoko lang magpakita sa araw."

"Eh bakit ka ba andito, exactly?" Clark asked, habang magkatabi ang kamay.

Val shrugged, "Para magrelax. Kaya nga naka-upo lang ako, oh."

Umiling nanaman si Clark at hinawi ang bangs, tumingin siya ulit kay Val, "Baliw," tumawa ito, "Relax, hindi maging killjoy."

Val sighed and crossed her arms, "Ito naman, oh."

"Halika na, samahan kita." Clark grabbed Val's arm, kunyaring naglalakad. Pero umayaw si Val, "Eh-ayoko nga eh."

Clark paused. "Osige, sige, magisa ka diyan." binitawan niya si Val at naglakad paalis, pero pinigil siya ni Val, holding a tight grip on his hand. Tumingin si Clark sa kamay niyang hawak na ngayon ni Val, "Sige na, sasama na ako." sabi niya na mukhang napilitan.

Humarap sakanya si Clark, "Val?"

"Oh?"

"May problema ka ba?" tinanong niya ng seryoso, nakahawak parin sa kamay ni Val.

Val shook her head 'no', "Wala, bakit?"

"Sigurado ka?"

Tumingin sa baba si Val, and Clark made her look at him, holding up her chin. Nagtinginan sila, "Anong problema?"

"Clark..."

"-Claire."

"Claire..." Tinuloy ni Val, "Nag-quit si Raymond kahapon, the reason why ang daming meetings na dinaluhan ko last week..."

"Ha?" Clark was startled, "Bakit hindi mo sinabi saakin?"

"Eh kasi, ang dami mo nang iniintindi. Ayoko naman ipasa sa'yo lahat ng errands ni Raymond. Mahihirapan ka. Kaya, nagpahanap ako, but they didn't want anyone else but me." Val explained, looking down again.

Umiling nanaman si Clark, "Edi ikaw ang nahihirapan ngayon?" he asked rhetorically, "Hay nako, Val. Sana sinabi mo, ako na sana naghandle."

Bumitaw si Val sa kamay ni Clark.

"Hanggang dito ba naman, trabaho parin?" Tumawa si Clark, at hinawi ang bangs.

"I'll take the job," Sabi ni Val.

Clark turned around, and faced her, "What? Are you sure?"

"Ayaw nila ng iba, ako nalang."

"It will not make anything better. I'll just handle it-"

Val hissed, "Masyado na malaki ang hina-handle mo, pahihirapan ka lang ni Barton. Alam mo namang malaki ang galit nun sa mga ka-uri mo."

"Bakla rin siguro yun," Clark bluffed,

"Well that's not the pont." Val added, "Ako na ang bahala."

"You sure?"

"Yes, and we'll help each other out in this company." Sabi ni Val, "And, we'll get to spend time together."

Clark smiled, "Tama 'yan girlfriend!" sabi nito at hinila ulit si Val papunta sa beach, "Oh, at dahil diyan magsasaya na tayo! Whoo!"

Val laughed loud, running beside Clark to the shore.

"Watch out, everyone! Here comes the boss!" Clark teased, as everyone else laughed out.