my unforgettable summer part 2

"Ang init!!! ang traffic pa!" shouted maggie from the back of the van.

yes, yes unfortunately she came along because apparently her boyfriend went to hongkong to visit his family so yeah i was stuck with her. Along came more our friends for the trip.. there's a good friend of mine bhing and then mike's cousin erick and one friend Daren also came and of course there's maggie, me and my sister. We all took mike's van.

"Mike palakas naman ng AC!"
"Just open your windows mags, its too hot anyway tas traffic pa sayang sa gas" I hollred from the front seat."
"hindi ok lang, i'll just turn up the AC" said mike sheepishly.

Kakainis ang arte naman kasi eh! and ito namang si mike sunod naman ng sunod. Whew! i wonder how this trip would turn out. It's a good thing that i was able to make my mom agree on this trip, kung hindi lang sa tulong ni nanay (my lola) i dont think this is going to happen.

"Naku Cristina delikad ang mga beach beach na yan, cargo ko pa yang mga barkada mo."
"pero ma, kaya nga summer eh para naman may outing kami di ba? at least kila nanay."
"eh paano kung hindi pumayag ang lola mo?"
"papayag yun, weekend lang naman kami dun eh, besides halos dun kami mag stay sa may beach house ni tita alice, i already asked her too you know."
"Naku ikaw ang bahal ikaw ang kumausap sa lola mo."
"Basta ma, kapag pumayag tuloy kami ha?? please???
"o siya siya, basta si mike ang driver ha, lam mo naman na dun lang ako may tiwala sa pagmamaneho, at magsabi ka din sa daddy mo."
"thanks mom!"

Of course it wasnt a problem asking permission from my dad. if my mom says that its ok then it means its a go. so after that here we are stuck in traffic sa south super highway. I wonder why they have to call it south super highway anyway, when it always jammed anyway. i think the fastest that you could go here is 80 km/h or less. hooo!!! ang init pa.

"ikaw trix you ok?" asked mike, looking at me like it was his responsibility to ask.
"yeah im fine, mainit nga lang and i dont thing the AC's gonna work anyway, masisira lang yung van. Ey you all. patayin ko na yung AC ah, its not working anyway, just open you damn windows para walang reklamo ok?" and all i heard was all groans from the back of the van.
"basta i got shotgun pauwi so i could have the AC all to myself." muttered Maggie.

GRRR!!! pati ba naman pwesto ko sa upuan inagaw pa, kanya na nga yung guy, pati ba naman kasi AC!!! i shouldn't have invited her in the first place, pero naisip ko na din kasi na baka kapag nalaman niya na we've gone for the weekend magtampo pa, i mean i didnt even know that she'd actually go, knowing how clingy she is with her guy, i was just being nice but this time i think im being too nice!

So there we are stuck in traffic until everybody just got tired of waiting and went to sleep but me. siymepre samahan ko si mike noh... there was nothing to talk about, i was just staring outside when mike interrupted my sight seeing.

"psst.."he whispered, "you think she really is sleeping?"
i lokked at the back and just shrugged my shoulders "ewan.'
"cute niya matulog noh."
"ewan ok lang."

hay naku sobrang insensitive! i just turned the music up, just so we wont have anymore awkward converstation, good thing it was a eraserhead song "alapaap" i just started singing with it.

"gusto mo bang sumama? paparapapapapapapa!"
"lam mo trix leave the singing to e-heads nalang."
then i wacked him on his back, "yabang" ignored him and started singing again.
then he turned it down a bit "ano ba mike nakanta yung tao eh."
"kwentuhan nalang kasi tayo eh. para hindi naman ako antukin."
"ok sige like what (please god not maggie again)
"ummm ikaw naman pagkwentuhan natin, i mean may boyfriend ka na noh?" he said teasingly.
"Nyek! if i do have one kasama ko na yun ngayon noh, for a summer getaway!"
"o sige manliligaw? meron?"
"meron din naman, kaso lang hindi pa din ako sure kung seryoso eh."
"Meron nga??? kelan pa to.? is it serious? kilala ko ba?"
"yeah you do, you definitely do."
AYYYY! ganun then how come i dont hear about this guy?"
"eh kasi nga i dont want to spoil it mamya dal dal ako ng daldal about him hindi naman pala seryoso."
"so sino nga?' he asked sounding irritated.
"ok, pero wag ka maingay ah secret lang.. yung friend ni Daren si errol. yung ka team mate mo sa basketball."
"Si Errol? seryoso ka? eh babaero yun eh" then he gave me a wierd look that ive never seen before, was it jealousy? was he laughing at me? i dont know. all i know is he looked at me in a weird way.
"Hay naku for now i dont care yet kasi hindi naman important yun eh, i'll let you know for updates."
"Asus! wala yun hindi yun seryoso lokohin ka lang nun."
"Hey that's for me to find out."

Well, as for errol i dont know his deal but yeah he keeps on calling this past few days and sending me text messages on sweet nothings, asking me if i ate yet, stuff like that, but i havent actually given much thought about it, not until mike became weird talking about it. hmm seryos nga kaya si errol? well i dont know guess i really have to find out. and so for the whole entire trip mike became really quiet, wierd nga eh, it seems like he was in deep though prang space out lang na nag dadrive, so i chose not to bother him nalang and went back to singing.. wait not singing out loud but singing to myself at least!

After 3 more hours of driving we finally got there, my lola was there and she was oh so happy to see me! tagal na din naming hindi nagkita eh. it was about nightfall when we got there.

"Nay! ang haba ng biyahe ang traffic eh."
"naku, eh lagi namang ganun eh, halika papasukin mo mgakaibigan mo at nakahain na sa loob. halika kayo pasok kayo mamya niyo na ipasok yung mga gamit niyo, magpahinga muna kyo at kumain siguradong pagod na kayo."

So dinner was already set on the table and we ate heartily, ang sarap ng ulam eh, and kwentuhan kaming lahat about the trip and made plans on where we're going and what we wanted to do the next day, lahat excited. but you can tell that everybody was already tired especially mike.

"Si Daren ag lakas humilik!" he said to Daren. everybody just looked at Daren and started laughing at the same time.
"uy hindi ah, hindi ako yun, si bhing yun eh nakanga nga pa nga siya eh ganto oh (he even demonstrated how bing was sleeping).
"Naku, tong mga batang to oh, sige na bilisan niyo na kumain diyan ng mai akyat niyo na mga gamit niyo maaga kayong gumsing para makapunta kayo sa aplya bukas ng umaga, tixie tulungan mo na sila kung san sila matutulog ha, maglatag nlang kayo, bahala nakyo wag kayo mahihiya ah."

And with that, my nanay went upstairs to go sto sleep herself i could tell that she was trired from preparing for our arrival. so we all finished our meal and helped each other with our luggages of course mike being extra helpful to maggie, kakainis talaga! Why do i even have to see it in action you know? yung exacto pa talaga.. yung tipong nakatitig pa si mike kay maggs with this puupy dog look nakakainis.

"Huy Trix! baka matunaw si mike! kaw ha! Yiheee! mike si trix oh mukang kakainin ka ng buhay!" that was erik, and he caught me staring. oopsss
"ano ba erick! mind your own business nga sige na akyat na tulog na tayo."

so we all went and did our night rituals and of course the guys just passed out i mean seriously it was like in a count 10 or not even i think they were just goners! si mike hindi nagiisip pa din and as i was checkin on everyone i heard him say through the dark.

"night trix... thanks for staying with me for the whole entire drive, sweet dreams."

i could just die right there. i know im goingto have agood night's sleep, i cant wait what tommorrow has for everyone of us.