State of Grace

39

Chiara had all her will to finish her backlogs and tasks until friday. Hinintay talaga n'ya mag friday para sa una: picnic nila ni Javi. Pangalawa: pagluluto n'ya ito ng steak para makabawi dito. She already sent a sorry to him naman through message but she felt like it wasn't enough, at syempre ayaw nya mabad shot sa crush nya.

8PM-8AM and it's saturday, ang tapos ng shift n'ya sa hospital. 10AM naman ang usapan nila ni Saint na magkita sa mall para mamili ng mga gagamitin, but when she walked outside the hospital,  nakita n'ya agad si Saint na nakatayo sa gilid at busy sa cellphone n'ya. Mukhang naglalaro ng mobile games.

"Huy!" pag-agaw nito sa atensyon n'ya. Saint immediately looked up on her. Hindi man lang nagulat, kaya agad na lumapit s'ya dito, "Out na ako mga lods" rinig pa n'yang wika ni Saint sa cellphone n'ya bago ito patayin at ilagay sa bulsa.

"Kanina ka pa ba?" tanong ni Chiara sa binata. "Fifteen minutes" sagot ng binata. "Ah, sorry! Nag-oversleep ako" Chiara pouted. Saint just chuckled on her reaction. "Oversleep pa ang lagay na 'yan, mukhang apat na araw na straight nga shift mo" Chiara rolled her eyes. Well, totoo naman. She probably looks like a mess right now on her scrub.

"Huwag mo muna ako iritahin baka hindi kita matansa! Tara na nga" hindi nga tumawa si Saint, kitang-kita naman nya kung paano n'ya ito pigilan.

"Nasa carpark 'yung sasakyan ko. Kunin ko muna" rinig n'yang wika ni Saint mula sa likuran n'ya. Just because she doesn't have energy to argue, tumango na lang s'ya doon at hinintay na bumalik si Saint.

She was surprised when a Mercedes Benz AMG E53 Sedan in silver stopped infront of her. The window rolled down and she saw Saint behind the wheel.

"The hell, Solomon?!" she was expecting his motorbike though, kaya nga kanina pa nya naiisip kung paano nila mabibitbit lahat nang bibilhin nila sa motor. But this Saint guy's advance thinker.

"Sakay na" Saint's probably laughing inside his mind because of her reaction. Well, hindi naman nya akalain na marunong pala talaga mag drive si Saint ng kotse. "Gusto mo pa bang pagbuksan kita ng pinto?" doon na nagbago ang ekspresyon ni Chiara. Napairap s'ya bago buksan ang pinto at naupo sa passenger seat.

"Wow.. I didn't know you have a car" akala n'ya sa motor lang naikot ang mundo ng binata. "It's dad's though" sagot ni Saint. "Seatbelt mo po miss ma'am" agad sinunod ni Chiara ang bilin ng binata. Noong makita nito na ayos na ay pinaandar na nya ang sasakyan.

"Well, you look pogi while driving a car" plus ang pogi din ng sasakyan n'ya.

"Tsk. Ako lang 'to Bel" that made Chiara rolled her eyes. "Saka pogi din naman kami ng motor ko ah"

Well, totoo naman

"Mukhang manghahablot ng bag" both of them laughed because of that. "But I do love your motorbike, it's convinient as well" she said that Saint scoffed proudly. Well, she's just talking about them getting through the traffic easily kapag nakamotorbike sila. "Dapat lang" Saint respond.

"Kain muna tayo bago mag grocery" Chiara said, she's really hungry for just having an egg sandwich for her breakfast earlier. "Did you even eat?" Saint asked her.

"Kaninang 5AM, nag egg sandwich at kape ako" that made Saint frowned. "You're killing yourself at this point, Bel" Chiara thought that this is the first time to hear Saint sounds so worried at her. Extra pogi points para sa kanya.