Chasing Label

Chapter 9

Still

"Heraaaa?"

Ang lakas naman makakatok ang taong 'to. Magigiba yata ang pinto ko neto eh.

Ang bilis ng araw. Saturday ngayon. We are all busy in making our assignments and projects kaya walang gala na nangyari ngayon.

"Ano?" sigaw ko pabalik kay Ate habang nagpatuloy sa pagre-research about sa mga canape dahil nga ako ang leader ng group namin at schedule naming group one na magluto na sa major ngayong monday. And for this monday, we will make a canape.

At oo alam kong si Ate yun kahit di pa nya binubuksan ang pinto kasi sa laki ba naman ng boses nyang nakakairita, makikilala mo na agad.

"May lakad ka?" tanong nya nang nakapasok na

"Ngayon? Wala. Mamaya, meron"

"San ka naman pupunta?" tinaasan nya ako ng isang kilay

"Mall, I have to buy the ingredients for our canape this monday. Why?" kumunot ang noo ko habang nakatingin sa kanya

"Oh right! Can you please pick up my order at Sweet Delights? I ordered oreo cheesecake kasi but I'm busy. I can't pick it up today"

"Okay. Gimme your payment for it" inilahad ko ang palad ko sa kanya

"Ahhh! Kahit kailan ka talaga" she rolled her eyes at me and she handed me a one thousand pesos bill

"It's only 800 pesos hera so i still have 200 pesos for the change" salubong ang kilay nya habang sinasabi nya sakin yan

"Keep the change na ate?" I teased her

"No!"

"Then what about my gas?"

"It's not your car naman, it's kuya's so it's not your gas!" sigaw nya at dumeretso na sa labas

"Hoy! isarado ang pinto hoy" sigaw ko ng makitang dire diretso lang sya sa paglabas at hindi man lang sinarado ang pinto

Padabog syang bumalik at padabog din nyang sinarado ang pinto kaya naman natawa ako sa isipan ko. Kahit kailan talaga. Pikon!

6:00 pm.

I parked the car beside the gray ranger pick-up and i immediately went to the grocery store. I picked up one pack of fita biscuit and a sachet of mayonnaise. After that, I went to the frozen area para bumili ng shrimps. Grapes nalang ang kulang.

While i was busy looking at the seedless grapes,

"Hey" i looked around and I saw Ethan

He was standing beside my cart while he was holding a litre of coke zero.

"Oh? Hi" I smiled at him

Nilagay ko na sa push cart ko ang napili kong seedless grapes for our canape.

"Are you with someone?" he asked and iginala nya ang mata nya sa paligid namin

"Uh no. I'm alone. How 'bout you? Are you with mamay?" I asked

"No. Ako lang din mag isa"

I nodded then I laughed awkwardly

"Mind if I join you?"

Umiling ako

"Good" he smiled

Ha?? Matapos mo akong hindi pansinin noong nabunggo kita tas ngayon aakto kang parang walang nangyari? Gago ka ba?

Pero hindi ko yun sinabi. I just smiled at him.

"Ah you can put your coke here in my cart, maluwag pa naman" I offered him