"What are you thinking about?"
I looked at her. With her smile so wide and eyes so singkit, it's hard not to smile back.
"Wala naman." I replied.
She stood up and went to the bathroom as I cleaned our plates.
I went to the sink and started doing the dishes, my mind drifting back to the memory of how we met.
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Leche talaga 'tong si Abraham. Papatayin ko talaga 'to pag nakita ko siya nasan na ba yung hayop na y---
"Fuck! Watch where you're going, idiot!"
Shit!
"OMG. Sorry!" I started to fish out my handkerchief and wipe the contents of the alcohol I accidentally dumped on this tall girl.
"I'm good. I'm good." She had this weird reaction in her face, parang natatawa na ewan.
"Sorry talaga," I looked up at her.
"It's all good. I'm just gonna go get another one." She replied.
"Wait," I stopped her. "Let me buy you one na lang. It's the least I could do."
She shrugged. "Fine. But I have to come with. I don't drink stuff that dint come from a bottle at yung hindi ko nakitang ginawa."
I rolled my eyes. Ang arte naman nito?
"Eh dapat hindi ka na nag pa-party."
"Don't scold me, Grandma."
Grandma?
Tinuro niya yung panyo ko. "Hindi ka dapat nag dadala ng hanky sa parties."
"Hindi naman kasi dapat ako paparty eh." Ay, si Baham pala. I looked around for signs of him. "Tara na, kunin na natin drink mo."
She held out her hand. "I'm Bea."
I shook it. "Jho."
Ang lambot naman ng kamay nito.
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"Anong movie gusto mong panoorin?" Bea asked me.
"Uh, kahit ano." I replied distractedly. "Zootopia?"
"Got it." She watched me washing the dishes. "Mamaya na yan!"
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Six Degrees Of Separation
قصص الهواةNo matter how hard I try to stay away from you, destiny always finds a way to bind us together.
