Teacher's Pet

“SAM, PWEDE bang pakiabot ng cellphone ko sa bag?” tanong ni Papa sa akin.Hindi ko siya pinansin at nanatiling nakadungaw sa bintana ng kotse, nakaupo sa backseat at pinapanood ang magandang tanawin ng dagat. Nakasuot ang earphones sa magkabilang tenga ko kahit na walang kantang tumutugtog dito.I’ve avoided him ever since he arrived at our house, he stayed there for straight a week to help us pack all of our things. Ang iba naming mga kagamitan ay nasa likod ng cargo ng pick-up car na sinasakyan namin.“Ate, kinakausap ka ni Papa!” Tawag ni Cassie sa atensyon ko. Nakaupo siya sa passenger seat katabi si Papa na nagmamaneho ng sasakyan, ang hula ko ay masama na ang tingin niya sa akin ngayon. Hindi ko man makita pero ramdam ko iyon.Papa’s bag was just beside me but I pretended not to hear him. I bopped my head slightly, tapping my fingers on my thigh while mouthing some unintelligible words from a song that doesn’t exist.I heard him sigh, he chose to stop the car on the

THERE was only one bed in the room but it was huge enough to fit both my sister and I. Hindi na rin bago sa akin dahil madalas naman kaming magkatabi ni Cassie sa dating bahay.Masakit ang buong katawan ko nang magising ako, dahil ito sa hindi ako komportable sa hinihigaan at sa paligid. Naninibago ang buong katawan at isipan ko sa kapaligiran.Nang umuwi ako kagabi ay nakaayos na lahat ng mga gamit namin ni Cassie, sa sobrang dami ay halos nasakop na lahat ang silid.Malaki at malawak ang kwarto, ang mga bintana ay mga susyaling shutters sa halip na glass. Ang sahig ay wooden planks na sobrang kinis, kung hindi ka mag-iingat sa paglalakad ay madudulas ka talaga.The house was amazing for sure, but it was still uncomfortable to me. The only thing I liked about the house was the WiFi, I was so glad when I found out about it. Good thing Cassie already knew the password to it.Maaga akong nagising, tumitingin-tingin sa mga social medias dahil sa sobrang boring. Nung magising ako ay hind

"HINDI KA ba ulit kakain man lang, Sam?" Tanong ni Papa na nakaupo sa dining chair at may diyaryo na hawak, binaba niya ito para ibigay ang buong atensyon sa akin habang ako ay nakaupo sa harapan niya at hawak ang perang hiningi ko sa kaniya."Nope, I'll just eat nalang again in school." I folded the one thousand in two and tucked it inside my skirt pocket. "Naubos pera ko yesterday from shopping. Nilibre ko rin kasi si Stephanie at binilhan na rin. Marami ka namang pera, 'diba, 'Pa? Hindi ka mauubusan agad? Beside, I only asked for one thousand." Ngumiti ako sa kaniya, sa kaloob-looba ay peke ito pero hindi ko pinahalata sa kaniya.He slowly looked back to the newspaper he was reading while he nodded reluctantly.I enjoyed watching him struggle to agree with me even though it was obvious that he wanted to disagree. It's a pleasure to me that he was tolerating my rude behavior, he was trying his best to fix our relationship as father and daughter but he was already too late to fix it