Catch Me ✔

X - Angela

Nanunuod ako ngayon ng K-drama sa phone ko pero parang lumilipad naman ang utak ko.

I remembered... Andrew said that his phone and wallet were missing when he was brought to the hospital. How were they able to call me, then?

Ah..

"You need to have this in each other's pockets, no matter what." Mommy gave Andrew and me a small keychain with numbers on.
"Para saan naman 'to, mommy? I mean... we're already 13. We can just call you or dad or probably Angela in case of emergency..?" Andrew asked.

"Exactly, anak. Both of you are 13, and today is the day we'll be giving you cellphones. Each of you."
"Happy birthday, twins!" Daddy smiled and gave Andrew a cellphone, then me. His is a black one, and mine's a pearl white.
"Your mom and I already put our numbers there."

Yup, we're 13, and we just got our first phones. Very first phone. Well, we just got contented in using the laptop and chat in Facebook to reach friends or whatever. We know how to use a phone if it's an urgent need to contact classmates in case of emergency or school group meetings..

"Yeah we have phones but why do we still have each other's contact then put inside our pocket?" Andrew asked.
Mommy shrugged. "Both of you are growing up and you will be responsible of each other starting from now on. Who knows, what if one of you lost your phone? At the back of it is our landline number. Better be sure, right?"

And mommy was right... this keychain had always been a lifesaver.
I remembered when I went to an amusement park with friends when I was 15 and didn't even know how to get home, I asked my friend for her phone for me to make a call to Andrew and dad picked me up.

Well, as far as I remember, we got there by my friend's mom who dropped us there but obviously just... dropped us and left because she had to meet a friend.

It might sound weird, but yeah, Andrew and I still always carry the keychain in our pockets.

'Buti pala, number ko ang natawagan dahil kung ang landline number eh, lagot. Di lang siya, pati ako.' I thought.

Nagtitingin lang ako sa news feed dito sa Facebook na puro mga video ng cute na mga aso at pusa. Nakaka-good vibes!

Pagka-scroll down ko, mas lalo akong na-GV! Ako ba naman makita ang picture ng crush kong nagluluto ng nakasuot ng jersey niya. Napangiti na lang ako.

Cooking for mama's birthday. Iyon ang nakalagay na caption.

Yes, friend ko siya sa Facebook, 3 days bago ko siya maging crush! Ang gwapo niya talaga..

Pumunta ako sa profile niya na ang posts ay kung hindi tungkol sa pagluluto ay tungkol naman sa basketball. You know, typical millennial guys, NBA NBA NBA.

Minsan lang siyang magpost ng picture niya. I think he's really private.

Nag-scroll down pa ako dahil baka may makita pa akong picture niya pero picture ng isang magandang babae ang nakita ko. Ang post ay 3 months ago pa, pinicturan niya ang isang picture na black and white habang hawak niya ito.

Nakatayo ang babae at nakasuot ng isang dress na lagpas-tuhod, mahaba ang manggas, at nakababa lang ang malagong hanggang tiyan na haba ng buhok.

Mapungay ang mga mata nito at konti lang ang pinakitang ngiti. Maganda ang hugis ng mukha niya at slim rin ito.

We miss you. Ang nakalagay na caption. Ate ba niya ito? Kamag-anak? Ang ganda-ganda naman. Siguro nasa ibang bansa..

Tinitigan ko pa ng mas matagal ang litrato. Hindi ito mukhang masaya.. na para bang may masamang nangyari.
Hindi ko alam pero hindi na ako masyadong naging kumportable kaya umalis na ako sa profile niya at bumalik sa news feed.