Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Tuned up DJ! Malalakas na sigawan na tila nakakabingi, halo-halong amoy ng alak, yosi at vape, and its already past midnight and yet the party isn't over.

Hindi pa rin matanggal sa isip ni Maddie how she asked a dance with the guy who she talked earlier. Halos mahimatay siya sa hiya at mamula ang buong mukha nang maalala muli ang pangyayari kanina.

 Kung hindi sana makukulit at mapillit ang mga pinsan niya kani-kanina ay hindi niya sana magagawa iyon.

Paubos na ang iniinom niya, ramdam na rin niya ang tama ng alak sa kaniyang sistema pero sa kagustuhan niyang mawala sa isip niya ang pangyayari kanina on how she look like an easy girl who asked a guy for a dance, she asked another drink to the waiter.

"Can I have another tequilla sunrise puh-lease?"she pleaded.

"Sorry ma'am but we only have Kir Royal Sangria as of the moment" agad na sagot nito saka ngumiti.

"Alright, give me one glass of that drink. One more thing, hand me my drink as quicker as possible thank you." saka ko ibinaling ang tingin sa table kung saan kami nakaupo kanina. 

 Ilang oras pa ang lumipas at hindi na niya makita kung saan na napadpad ang mga pinsan niya, wala rin naman ang mga ito sa table nila. Mas lalo na ring lumalakas ang tama niya and she really feels that she is badly drunk.

Napagpasiyahan niyang pumunta sa cr para maghilamos to sober herself up para kahit paano mahimasmasan man lang kaya naman dahan-dahan siyang tumayo at naglakad papunta roon.

Maddie moved in US together with her family almost 9 years ago kaya matagal-tagal na rin sila roon pero dahil madalas pa rin sila mag usap-usap gamit ang Tagalog at Ilocano roon kaya naman kahit paano ay familiar at fluent pa rin siya magsalita ng mga lengguwaheng ito.

 She decided to go home back here in the Philippines the moment when she knew that her grandparents died. Mahal na mahal niya ang lolo at lola niya and they're the only main reason why Maddie strongly believes that death can't separate lovers who's truly and madly inlove with each other, cause' even death can't separate or make them apart.

Mahigpit din sakaniya ang mga magulang niya sa America, she's already 23 years old but they always treating her as if she is 16 years old teenager. She didn't even experience how it feels when your with your team or friends celebrating, or even sleepover with some best of friends kaya naman wala pa sa isip niya ang bumalik sa bansa. 

 In her mind she always knew that she needed to get out of the jar in order to grow up. To let her fences grow. To see the sun, but if the sun will burn her leaves out, atleast she really did grown and learn for a moment. Because she knows life is more than just a terrarium.

Human existence is more than just a closed jar of biodiversity. Life is more than just a finite amount of oxygen and space embedded within a glass. Life is more than a miniature and limited life, and the world could offer, teach and show me so much more, so much more than this limited living.

"Anong klaseng alak ba ang inilagay ng barista dito? Sa lasa palang nito ay napakatapang naman at tila masakit sa lalamunan"ani ni Maddie na tila nakikipagtalo sa kaniyang sarili sa harap ng salamin.

 Ilang beses itong napahilamos ng mukha saka tumingin ng bahagya sa salamin habang naniningkit na ang mga mata niya. Muli pa siyang nagmumog saka siya kumuha ng tissue at tila pasuray-suray na naglakad paabas ng cr.

Bubuksan niya pa lamang ang pinto, alam na niya na hindi na kaya ng kaniyang sistema na pilit na nilalabanan ang antok at tama ng alak.