Nagulat ako sa sinabi ni Dad like I didn't really see it coming na sasabihin niya yon. Like boto ba siya kay Juan? Oh my.
"Seryoso Dad?!" Ate asked him in a surprised tone habang ako naman ay nakatingin lamang.
"Hindi" Sagot ni Dad saka siya tumawa kaya naman nadisappoint ako kagad.
Daddy naman e. Akala ko talaga.
"Hindi? Akala ko ba pwede na?" Tanong na naman ni Ate.
"Biro lang, pero sige, pwede na rin kung manligaw nga lang. Sabi ng kapatid mo, e kaibigan lang naman daw" Wika ni Papa and I instantly got happy inside.
Atleast may konti na siyang like kay Juan even though they haven't still meet yet and parang nawala na rin ng konti yung pagkatakot ko if my Dad will know na niyaya ako ni Juan na magdate kami.
"Talaga ba Eva? Kaibigan lang?" This time, ako na naman yung tinanong ni Ate and I gave her a look.
"Kaibigan nga lang kami. We'd just met this week" I told her as well as my Dad.
"Alam mo Eduardo, Eva is already a grown up lady and you must understand na boys will be coming especially at her age niya ngayon. It's normal.." Biglang sabat ni Mommy sa usapan namin and I can't help but agreed with my mom internally.
Like yes Mom! Support me!
"I know, I just can't help it. Ayoko lang naman na mapunta yung anak natin to a wrong guy" Depensa ni Dad and my heart melted kasi my Dad really cares for me talaga.
"We will not know if panliligaw pa lamang, sinisindak mo na.." My mom then said.
"Well, may rason naman ako pero kung makapagsalita to, tatlo pa naman yung nasindak ko and the rest were Eva's decisions.."
Napatingin naman ako kay Dad and pinanlakihan ko siya ng mata, "Grabe ka Dad, dalawa lang naman yung nareject ko."
"Ay talaga ba? Akala ko mas marami iyong sa'yo" Said Dad na natatawa naman and napailing na lamang ako.
The next day, gumising na lamang ako sa kakatunog ng cellphone ko and my phone was blowing up na naman only to find out na Juan posted a picture of us from last night's game yung may photographer nagpicture sa'min.
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I only liked the picture tapos I noticed I have a text message from Juan that was sent just 20 minutes ago. It was a good morning text.
Text Message
Juan GDL
Today 6:19 am
hi eva, good morning.
have a nice day! See ya
around 😌
Good morning too! Have
a nice day din Juan. See u 🤗
Pagkatapos kong magreply, nagsimula naman akong magprepare for a class today. As usual, I did my daily routine like maligo, magbihis, mag-ayos at kumain then after that nagpahatid na'ko kay Ate, of course papuntang school.
"Hoy Eva, kagabi, akala mo hindi kita nakita sa TV ah" Salita ni Ate saken habang nagmamaneho siya kaya napatangin ako sa kanya
"You saw me?"
"Oo, kayo pa nga ni Erica. Si Erica, Dunkin Donut smile of the game tapos ikaw naman PS Bankable fan of the game.."Tugon ni Ate and wala naman akong masabi
"Talks the whole game, ilang beses ka pinapakita sa TV pagnakakashoot si Juan and buti nga, yung naabutan nina Mama at Papa ay yung overtime na.."
Nakahinga naman ako nang malalim dun and nako, baka yung mga nakakita sa TV, mag a-assume na boypren ko si Juan which is hindi naman. Ma-issuer pa naman iyong mga tao ngayon.
"What's with you and Juan?" she asked as she looked at me before she averted her eyes on the road.
Umiling ako. "Wala naman Ate. Magkaibigan lang talaga kami pero last night Ate, after the game, Juan asked me on a date.."
"Seryoso? The Juan GDL asked you out? Tapos what did you say?" Gulat na tanong niya.
"Um, I told him na I'm not sure kasi I also told him about Dad na he won't allow me to date diba."
"Diba sabi na ni Daddy na approve niya si Juan?"
"I didn't know, baka nga rin babawiin ni Dad sinabi niya pagnalaman niya na nagdedate na talaga 'ko.."
"Try to open up kaya kay Mom about this then kay Dad." Ate suggested and hindi ko pa alam. I don't really know how they will react. I'm still scared kaya.
"Maybe pagkilala ko na talaga si Juan Ate, saka ko na ipapakilala siya sa kanila or kahit magkwento about kay Juan. Not now, baka ano sabihin ni Dad na I introduced Juan to them kagad after he approved last night.."
"Pwede naman. I think that's better"
Well, I also think so. Maybe, friends lang muna talaga. I really want to get to know Juan first. Not as my hinahangaan or what pero as him talaga na the normal Juan GDL lang.
I also don't want to rush things especially we'd known each other nung Monday pa lang and porket crush ko siya, bibigay na'ko sa kanya. hIndi kAya aKo mArupOk. Char. Maybe slight.
Nakarating na kami sa UP Diliman and as always, my sister would drop me to my first class. Nagpaalam na'ko before I closed the door and umalis naman sya kagad.
"Uy, Eva aga natin ah.." My blockmate told me habang papaakyat ako sa stairs.
"Pag monday-wednesday kasi sched ko, 7:30 am nags-start" Sabi ko naman.
Kumunot naman ang noo ng kablockmate ko like he was confused. "Huh? Thursday na ngayon Eva.."
And that's when my eyes went wide kasi ngayon ko lang narealize na kahapon pa pala yung Wednesday and today's Thursday.
"Ohmygosh. Oo nga noh? Nakalimutan ko" Sapo ko sa noo ko at narinig ko siyang tumawa. "Okay lang yan Eva. It's better to be early kasi atleast may time ka pa para magprepare and hindi ka pa male-late sa first class mo"
"sige mauna na'ko, maaga class ko ngayon" Ngisi niya and napangiti ako.
"Thanks Ivan! Kung hindi sayo, hindi ko siguro mare-realize na Thursday ngayon.."
"No problem. I'm glad" Nauna na siyang umakyat sa stairs and I closed my eyes because of how tanga I am.
Hay. Ang aga ko, mas madami pa sana ako sleeping time ngayon. My class will be still at 11am pa and I have 3 and half hours of free time before that.
Grabe si Ate, hindi man lang siya nagtaka kung bakit ang aga ko or even reminded me.
Now what do I do now?
Go home? Nah. Hassle na.
Hangout with Erica? Hindi rin. May klase na yun ngayon and just like I've said, sa MW sched lang kami nagkakaroon ng vacant time with each other.
Eat? Already did.
Hmmm. Si Juan kaya? Can I have him as my company? Or baka he has his classes na rin ngayon. So, I ignored that thought away na lang and nagdesisyon na pumunta ng sunken garden para tumambay. It's a relaxing spot dito sa UP Diliman.
Medyo malayo yun dito pero nilakad ko pa rin since hindi rin naman ako nagmamadali and the weather's kinda chill lang naman.
I heard my phone dings and pagkatingin ko, yung director namin sa Media Center nagtext sakin. It is like a department of our school that I'm part of.
Direk. Cassie
Today 7:37 AM
Hey Eva, are you free
today?
Hi Ate Cassie, yes po, my
class starts at 11am pa
naman po
I mean, sa 5pm pa naman
Eva. I just want you to help
the media team para sa bagong
off the court vid natin for our
Facebook page. the last person
na nag off the court tayo was two
months ago pa with Paul Desiderio
sure Ate Cassie, no problem
tatlo lang ata kayo since
kaya nyo na yan. Kahit nga
ikaw nlang Eva e kasi the
person ure going to film with
later ay kaclose mo naman
hehe
Ay, si Juan po?
Yup. Ikaw Eva ah. Are you
seeing with Juan GDL?
Magkaibigan lang po kami
Ate hehe.
really? parang d naman and
the two of you has been the
talk of the town din since last
night
special friends hehe
if the 2 of u will be together,
kayo na talaga yung power
na couple sa campus. both
gorgeous and handsome
grabe naman po 😅😂
Matapos namin magtext-text ni Ate Cassie,
I'm at the Sunken Garden already tapos I just seated on one of the benches there and ginugol ang mga natitirang oras with studying since there might be a surprise quiz that's going to happen mamaya on one of my subjects.
Sa hindi inaasahan, at 9am, I felt a droplet of water on my skin kaya napatingin ako sa itaas. Hanggang sa unti-unting dumami na ito which makes me quickly get my things and put it on my bag.
"Shit" I cursed on my breath and dali-dali ng tumakbo para humanap ng pagsisilungan.
Naging malakas at malaki na rin ang patak ng ulan at dalawang minuto pa lamang sa kakatakbo ay medyo basang-basa na yung damit ko except for my jeans na kaonti pa yung basa. Everyone is also running and yung masisilungan ay nasa kabilang kanto pa. Shit naman. I don't have any extra clothes. Pa'no na'ko dito.
Nakadinig ako ng sunod-sunod na busina ng sasakyan and it stopped right beside the pedestrian lane kung saan ako tumatakbo.
"Eva, get in!" Biglang lumabas si Juan sa kanyang sasakyan and ako naman ay hindi na nagdalawang isip at sumakay na sa kanya kasi basang-basa na talaga ako. I opened the door of his car and immediately climbed in.
"Why did you ran on a rain? You should've just stayed to where you are" Salita kagad ni Juan once I was settled.
"Hindi. Nasa Sunken Garden kasi ako tumambay while waiting for my class tapos bigla na lang umulan" Sabi ko sa kanya.
"Do you have extra clothes with you?" Tanong nito and I shook my head as a no.
Hininto ni Juan yung sasakyan tapos kinuha niya yung bag na nasa backseat which I think his duffle bag.
"I have a spare shirt here but I think it's gonna be big for you" sabi niya and pulled out his UP shirt na nakalagay UP Men's Basketball Team
"It's fine. And is it okay if I'll borrow it muna? I'll make sure to return it naman" Tanong ko sa kanya
"Of course. I don't want you to be sick. And are you going to change now?"
"Yes please"
Juan drove me to the building where may malapit na comfort room and the closest was the Engineering building.
"Wait, I have an umbrella here" Sabi naman ni Juan tas kumuha na naman siya ng payong galing sa school bag niya.
Ohmygosh. This is really embarrassing. Mas prepared pa si Juan sa'kin.
"I'll just wait for you here.." Sabi niya and tumango ako before I hopped out on his car, opening his payong and sinara yung pinto.
Binilisan ko ang aking paglakad going to the comfort room and pagkadating ko naman ay agad akong pumasok sa bakanteng cubicle at nagbihis.
I took off my shirt and put Juan's and naamoy ko naman yung pabango niya like shet. Ang bango-bango. This smells like heaven, charot.
Juan's t-shirt was actually really big like it goes on my mid thighs and I literally looked like a kid wearing her Dad's shirt. So, I tie knot his shirt para it would looked small but you can still see talaga na it's really big.
I went out of the cubicle and inayos ang sarili ko. I finger combed my hair and that's when I realized na it has Juan's last name pala on the back shirt with his jersey number.
Gomez de Liaño. 1.
ohmygosh. People will gonna see me wearing a shirt with Juan's last name on it and para na talaga kaming magjowa because of this. Tapos ano na lang yung sasabihin nila? Pa'no na 'to?