The One That Got Away (On Going on my Dreame Account)

II - Game

Flashback to summer of 2008

Kathryn

"Ayoko ngang lumabas. Just invite Trina instead, kayo na lang lumabas." nakaipit ang cellphone ko sa tenga while I was talking to Patrick. Kinukulit niya akong mag mall at manood ng movie but I did not feel like going out.

I wanted to stay at home. It was the first week of summer and I just wanted to stay in my pajamas all day long after a tiring clearance week in school.

Panay ang magmamaktol ni Patrick sa akin sa telepono. He was telling me na no fun kasama si Trina and it would be boring kapag wala ako. Seriously, Trina has more life than I do. Mas gusto ko nga na nasa bahay lang ako eh. If hindi ako laman ng kusina at nag eexperiment ng kung anong recipe o di kaya nasa harapan ako ng computer ko at naglalaro ng Call of Duty.

Yes, I am that girl. Boring and lifeless.

The game is almost over and I just need to stay alive until the end, I ended up camping out and just waited for the enemies to come but I knew one wrong move and I was done for. I can see from the map that I am being surrounded.

Triple Kill. I knew it!

Blood splattered around and I knew I just got killed "Wtf?" I shouted.

"Shit Patricia na headshot tuloy ako ng kalaban! Ingay mo kasi nawala ako sa momentum ko! Namatay tuloy character ko eh. Mamaya na kita tawagan. Bye!" binabaan ko siya agad ng phone saka ako nag bumalik sa nilalaro ko.

Nakakailang hakbang at tira pa lang ako and when I turned around, a sniper six o'clock just gave me another headshot.

Final Kill.

Game is done. We just lost 91 vs 100.

Asar na asar ako habang pinapanood ko yung killcam ko.
"Leche!" inis kong sabi habang nilantakan ko ang pizza sa may table.

Tinignan ko yung codename nung bwisit na pinatay ako ng dalawang beses
"JackDawson" natawa ako.

What an irony. I started to type out of annoyance.

It was funny because I was "RoseDeWittBukater" what a fate.

Our codenames are the ill fated couple of Titanic. Jack and Rose.

I directed a message for that person "Hey."

"lol" was his reply.

"Next time, don't kill me. You should be the one protecting me. You're Jack."

"I know Rose. Haha. Sorry about that. I'm new to this game."

"You are new and you just killed me twice! It makes me mad."

"We can be on the same team next time Rose? So I can protect you and I won't need to kill you. ;-) "

"Yeah sure." napapakunot ang noo ko sa emojis niya.

":))"

I decided to log out and close my computer.

Hindi halata sa itsura ko na naglalaro ng online games, lalo na mga ganitong klase na hilig lang halos ng mga lalake. But I love the feeling of adrenaline rushing through me kapag nasa game ako. Siguro yun ang habol ko--excitement. That's probably what I need.