Kabanata 14.2 - Jealous

"Uh, Ate Laureen? We need to start the program, nasaan na raw sila?" I asked, she looks frustrated and I guess, it's a bad news.

She sighed and faced me. 

"Ayon na nga, I'm contacting Berty and sabi niya naman on the way na raw yung mga guys kanina pa, baka naligaw lang or what. Think positive tayo girl!" sambit nito at kinalma ang sarili.

Maya maya pa ay naghiyawan ang lahat nang pumasok ang isang grupo ng kalalakihan na mga naka full mask, nasa sampung kalalakihan sila. Ito na yata yung sinasabi ni Ate Laureen.

"Oh, they're here na pala. Hey! Come here muna, Treia will tell you the flow of event!" sigaw ni Ate Laureen sa mga lalaki, nagkatinginan muna ang mga ito bago sumunod sa 'kin papunta sa taas, doon sa VIP room. Sinenyasan ko rin si Oly na sumunod sa 'kin, go lang yung gagang 'yon syempre. 

I close the door when they finally entered the VIP room. 

"So.. you can take off your masks para magkaintindihan tayo," sambit ko nang isara ko ang VIP room, ngayon ko lang napansin na I'm the only girl here, damn. Hindi kasi sumama si Ate Laureen dahil abala siya sa pag-welcome sa mga bisita. 

Nagkatinginan sila at tila nagpapakiramdaman kung tatanggalin ba nila o hindi yung mask nila. I wondered why not until the guy in the middle took off his mask. I'm a little bit shock when I saw who is it.

"Kuya Froi?" confused na sambit ko. Nagtanggal na rin ng mask ang iba at kilala ko sila, yung iba ay hindi. "What the hell?" I uttered.

I saw Isaiah, he was there too, and so as Travis and that jerk in the pool side, I don't remember his name and I don't want to remember it either. Isaiah is looking at me, at my dress rather and a hint of madness flashed in his face.

"Don't tell your sister about this, sasabihin ko rin naman mamaya at alam kong 'di siya magagalit. I just can't party tonight knowing that my fiancee is having fun with some other guys," sambit ni Kuya Froi, I get his point but why are they here? Paano ang mga na-hire ni Ate Laureen?

"How about Ate Laureen—" I stopped when the guy beside Kuya Froi coughed. Nasamid yata sa sarilimg laway. 

"Easy Gani, narinig mo lang name ni Reen ganyan ka na." Natatawang sambit ng isang guy, the other guy glance at him with a sharp eyes.

"Fuck you, Morris," may diing sambit nito. So he must be Ate Laureen's ex boyfriend and Isaiah's brother. That explains why Isaiah is here too? Kaya pala hawig sila. 

"So anyway, how about her? Baka malaman niya, baka sabihan siya ni Kuya Berty," dugtong ko.

"Berty already knew about this so no worries," sagot nito. Napasapo ako sa ulo ko at napasandal kay Oly na nakatayo lang sa gilid ko. He caressed my hair, wala lang naman sa 'kin 'yon since friend ko siya. Medyo feel ko ang panginginig nito kaya umayos na 'ko sa pagtayo. Nabibigatan ba siya sakin? He looked scared too. Bakit?

"You're stressing me," bulong ko. I sighed before facing them. Pinaliwanag ko na yung flow ng event para matapos na 'to agad. Isa lang ang pino-problema ko, paano kung malaman ni Ate Laureen? 

"There's no way I'm dancing," reklamo ng isang guy. He looks familiar, I think I saw him somewhere or baka kamukha niya lang.

"Kahit ngayon lang, Grae. I'll help you with Cora, deal?" sambit ni Kuya Froi, so he's Ate Coralie's ex boyfriend. I love his name, he reminds me of my car.

"Kahit wag mo na ko tulungan doon, pre," sagot naman nito bago tumingin sa 'kin at kay Oly. 

Nagpatuloy ako sa pagpapaliwanag ng mga gagawin mamaya, I'm a bit uncomfortable because of Isaiah's presence but I manage to explain it to them properly. First is they have to dance muna, ganoon ang mga napapanood ko sa movies, e. Sasayaw sila habang nasa gitna si Ate, she's the bride after all.

We moved on to the games. Oly and I prepared three games and I assure them that it was all fun! 

First is, 'Take it off'. This game is very simple, Ate will ask questions about her and Kuya Froi. The players have to guess the correct answer at kapag mali ang sagot nila ay may isang suot sila na kailangan hubarin, the twist here is, yung mga guys ang maghuhubad nito sakanila. Yung guy din ang pipili kung ano ang huhubarin sa mga ito.

The second game is '20 lives'. This game is very easy, Oly and I will say some happenings or scenarios and kapag nagawa na nila yon ay mababawasan ng isa yung 20 lives nila, kapag hindi naman ay stay pa rin siya sa lives niya. Parang never have I ever lang siya with a twist. Kada mababawasan ka ng isang lives, you have to drink the liquor in front of you, it's five different kinds of alcohol and who ever lose this game will chug into the bottle of bacardi for five seconds.

The third and last game is the famous 'beer pong'. Kailangan mo lang ma shoot yung bola sa red cup, if not, you will chug into the bottle of bacardi, again, for five seconds. The twist of this game is every cup ay may nakasulat sa ilalim, nakalagay doon kung saang parte ng katawan ng guy ilalagay yung lemon and salt, yes, body shot ang twist ng game na ito. The guy will pick his partner here in this game.

Nang maipaliwanag ko na sakanila ay lumabas na kami, pinauna ko na sila since mag uusap pa kami ni Oly kung sino ang magsasabi ng ganito ganiyan ganoon. I was about to say a word when Kuya Grae, Kuya Froi's friend stopped and glance at us.

"I thought you and Lia have a thing," panimula nito, he seems very serious and Oly looks nervous right now.

"We're friends, it's just a scene. Lia asked me for a help that night. We.. don't really have a thing," Oly said, he's even shaking. Napatango naman si Kuya Grae bago lumabas. Doon lang nakahinga ng maluwag si Oly.

"Do you know him?" tanong ko agad, he nodded.

"Lia's brother, yung sumundo sa 'kin nung nakaraan," paliwanag niya. Kaya pala he looks familiar, magkahawig sila ng kapatid niya. Para siyang guy version ni Lia but their personality seems to be different. Kuya Grae looks approachable while Lia is not, itu-turn down ka agad niya just by her presence.

Nang okay na ang lahat ay lumabas na rin kami ni Oly. We collected their phones para iwas video, ayaw ni Ate ng ganoon, e. What happens here, stays here. As soon as we finished collecting their phones, we started the party na. Nagsayaw muna ang mga guys habang si Ate ay nasa pinaka gitna, nakaupo. The guys seemed unprepared, halata 'yon sa suot nila. Usually kapag ganito ay revealing suot ng mga lalake pero sila parang nakapang-alis lang. And the mask they're wearing, nakita ko kanina may price tag pa. Plus the way they're dancing right now, ang iba ay parang tanga. I glance at Isaiah and he's okay naman, hindi ganon kagaling, hindi rin ganon kalaswa or kapanget sumayaw. I almost chuckled! 

I just watch them dancing, ang mga babae naman ay todo hiyawan. Kuya Froi is in the middle, sinasayawan si Ate na ngayon ay tuwang tuwa sa nakikita niya. He whispered something to Ate, her reaction is fine naman. Maybe he told her already, that's great! Now, si Ate Laureen nalang talaga ang problema. 

"So the first game is take it off.." Oly explained to them everything. We need 10 girls here since 10 yung guy na mayroon kami. Ate Cora, Laureen and Merliah joined pati na rin si Ken and other friends ni ate. Go na go si Ken lalo na't may hubarang magaganap, bet na bet ni gaga. 

Napatingin ako sa mga kasali, napakunot ang noo ko nang makita ang partner ni Isaiah. I even rolled my eyes at her.

"Who's that girl," bulong ko kay Ate, pinag-papartner na sila ni Oly and the girl with a blonde hair, siya yung ka-partner ni Isaiah. 

"Are you jealous?" malokong tanong nito.