Midnights with Pierce Psyche Esquivel

Chapter 33

Luca tailed me which added to the burden that was feeling. I washed my face and hands and dried my hands with dry cloth.

“Mama..” Ungot nito sabay hila sa damit ko mula sa likod.

I let out  a heavy sigh and kneeled in front of him. Hinawakan mo ang balikat niya at tiningnan siya ng mariin. I needed to get away from this topic.

“Hindi pwede, Luca. You will start your school, right? At lilipat pa tayo ng bahay sa mga susunod na araw.”

Kitang-kita ko ang pagbaba ng balikat niya sa sinabi ko na na siyang nagpabagsak muli ng kalooban ko.

An idea suddenly came to my mind.

“Luca, baby, si Tito Ejay magaling ring sumayaw.”

His eyes suddenly widened but I am not sure if Ejay really does.

Tumikhim ako. “Pwede kang magpaturo sa kanya, okay?”

He nodded at me and smiled. “Okay, Mama. Tito Ejay is enough for me then.” Masaya nitong sambit pagkatapos ay tumakbo na pabalik sa sala para magsayaw muli.

Muli akong napatayo at pinagmasdan sila ni Ate Percy na muling nagsasayaw. Napahugot na lang ako ng malalim na hininga at napatampal ng noo.

Maybe he will forget about this tomorrow. Yeah he will forget about it.

But that’s what I thought.

Ate Percy and I were packing our things because we are planning on moving out tomorrow already. Luca was on the sala while both of us were in our room.

We heard the doorbell and that is probably the snacks that I have ordered for us.

“That’s probably our snack.” Sambit ko at dali-dali namang lumabas si Ate Percy.

Linagay ko sa maleta ng hawak kong damit at lumabas na rin para sundan siya. Bumungad sa akin si Luca na hawak ang iPad habang nasa sofa pero hindi iyon ang nakaagaw ng atensyon ko.

I could clearly hear the faint music on his iPad which was similar to yesterday’s. Naglakad ako palapit sa kanya papunta sa gilid niya at hindi nga ako nagkakamali.

I put my hands on my waist and looked at the screen tirelessly. Luca was so focused watching Pierce do his practice and I even saw some of the videos of his dance practices marked with red which means that he watched it already.

“Kailan po pupunta si Tito Ejay rito?” Luca asked as we had our snacks.

Napainom bigla ako ng tubig. “Maybe tomorrow…bakit?”

Naningkit ang mata niya sa akin. “Mama, you told me yesterday that he will teach me how to dance!” Reklamo nito.

“Ho? Magaling po si Ser Ejay sumayaw? Parang lasing po yan kapag may event sa bahay noon eh.” Ate Percy commented. “Pangit rin ng boses kapag kumanta sa karaoke, parang sumisigaw lang.” She added more.

Luca’s expression turned into disgust as she looked at Ate Percy, pagkatapos ay bumaling siya sa akin na ganon pa rin ang itsura.

My eyes became uneasy, but I still need to make a lie. “Tito Ejay is great at basic dancing, Luca. I’m sure he could teach you.”

He looked at me, unconvinced with my statement.

“Bakit po hindi niyo na lang ienroll si Luca sa dancing academy ni Pierce? Patok na patok po iyon kasi yung mga kapitbahay nina Ser Ejay, pulos may schedule sa dancing academy ni Pierce.”

Oh my God. I didn’t know that Ate Percy knows this much…I need her to slow down a little bit. Or maybe I needed her to shut up.

“Mama!” Luca looked at me excitedly.