Notes and Jerseys (University Series #1)

CHAPTER 1

Cookies

We arrived at Jerren's house that afternoon. Ang sabi nya naman ay mamayang gabi pa uuwi yung dalawa nyang kapatid, ang kambal. It's not like I haven't been here before. Pero ni-isa talaga, ni-isang pagkakataon, hindi ko nakita si Jerren noong pumupunta ako rito.

"You've been here right?" Panimula nya nang makapasok na kami sa bahay nila. Hindi ganoon kalaki ang bahay nila Jerren. "Yeah." Pero kahit hindi ganoon kalaki, masasabi mong mayaman sila. Sa mga gamit palang nila na antiques hindi mo pa ba masasabing mayaman sila.

Ang kuwento sa akin ni Janella, pinagawa raw talaga nang Daddy nila yung bahay na sakto lang para sakanilang lima. Four bedrooms na may sariling comfort room, a kitchen, a living room, a garage, and a garden sa likod ng bahay nila. Dalawang palapag nandoon ang tatlong rooms

At yung jay Jerren ay nasa ibaba. "So I don't need to tour you na?" Tawa nito. "Your room? I haven't seen it." I asked him. He lead me to his room which is yung nasa may likod ng hagdan. And boy, may taste siya. "I picked this one kasi malaki siya compared to the rooms upstairs. When this was finished I was the first one to take a look at the house, since both Janella and Joaquin ay nasa states pa that time."

Tumango ako at pumasok ako sa room nya. The color of his room was dark gray walls and yung sahig ay light grey. "Bakit parang ang colorless ng buhay mo?" Tanong ko sakanya, habang tinitignan ang mga trophies nya na naka-display sa cabinet nya.

"What do you mean?" Tanong nito pabalik sa akin. "I mean, gray kasi kwarto mo, then yung kotse mo black. And your bed is gray, dark gray." "Ah, neutral colors are my favorite colors. Kaya sanayin mo yung mata mo na ganyan ang makikita mo kapag pumupunta ka rito." Tawa nya.

"If you're bored, you can play there. Do you know how to play ba sa playstation?" He asked. "Ano ako, tanga?" Tanong ko sakanya na ikinatawa nya. "Whatever you say. Well, make yourself at home. Maliligo lang ako and I'll proceed to studying." Paalam nito at tinanguan ko naman.

I looked around his room. It's filled with basketball jerseys, trophies, some figurines, and some of his certificates and medals when he was in high school. Well, let's call him Mr. Smart. Sa lahat ng bagay na nakita ko sa kwarto nya ay isa lang ang pumukaw sa atensyon ko.

It's a table. Isang lamesa na ang nakalagay lang ay isang picture frame, I think it's him when he was little. I took a picture of it at tinignan pa ng mas matagal ito. Well, he's handsome, pero sa picture na 'to, he's a cutie.

Ang ipinagtataka ko lang ay bakit isang picture frame lang ang nakalagay sa lamesang 'to. Baliw ba siya? Isang malaking lamesa, na ang nakalagay lang ay isang picture frame na may picture noong bata siya.

I stared at it for a while, until I heard that he unlocked the door of his bathroom. "Tinitignan mo?" He asked. "Ano 'to?" Tanong ko sakanya. "Picture frame?"

"Alam ko. What I mean is bakit isang picture frame lang nakalagay sa lamesang 'to?" I asked him again. "Hmmm... I just don't know what to put there. So, nilagay ko yung nagi-isang picture ko." "Seriously? Isang picture frame, sa lamesang malaki? Baliw ka ba?"

He laughed and that's when I turned around to face him. He was now drying his hair with a towel. He was wearing a white compression shirt and a checkered pants. Pajama ba 'yon? Well, not gonna lie, but with that compression shirt, parang puputok na sakanya.

Malaki kasi katawan nya, gawa na rin siguro ng pagg-gym nya. "Yeah I'm serious. Wala talaga akong alam na ilagay jan kaya 'yan na muna. Maybe in the future I'll put some other pictures and stuff there."

"Anyway, since I'm going to study, you can just play or do something. Whatever you feel like doing." Saad nito. "It's not like madali akong ma-bore no." Totoo naman, 'di ako ganoon kadali ma-bore. Sa bahay nga kahit wala akong gawin kaya ko. Dito pa kaya.