Chapter 12

Isay POV

“Issaayyy!” her mother shouted her name.

"Maaa, I'm just here in the storage room!" she also shouted at her mother.

"I've been looking for you for a while, you're just there, what are you doing there?" she question while peeking her head at the door.

"I'm just looking for the old decoration we used before, I hope to use it again, but I can't find it," she said then continued searching for materials in the storage room.

"Please hurry up and help us in the kitchen," then she left and went to the kitchen as well..

When she opened a carton she saw her old Volleyball uniform when their had an school event and she was one of the players, she took it and went out of the storage room because she could not find what she was looking for.

She went to her room and wear the clothes if still fitted to her then looked in the mirror.

"Hmm, it still fits!" she said to herself while smiling.

She will use it in their game tomorrow, because the festival is also open in their area and there is a games for women in the Volleyball game aside from basketball for the men.

She went out with his uniform to wash it as well, for tomorrow it will be dry and then she will go to the kitchen to help.

"Nay Mirna what else I needs to be done?" she asked as she looked at sliced potato.

"Here child, and slice the onion and garlic, then follow the red and then the green chili," the knife and chopping block reached her at the same time.

She is good at cooking and she can also cut the vegetables, but with the amount of vegetables she had to slice so tiring, it looks like they still have a feeding program.

"Nay, why this is so many, do you think this is too much?" she complained.

"Now you're just going to help, you're still complaining. Let's cut everything, we might catch up here at night," My mom, she also helped with the cooking.

“Mom, where is Dad? I didn't see him since this morning? ” she asked, because it was only last night that she saw him and now she didn't even notice his shadow.

"They are on the farm with your older brother Ryan and they are taking care of the cows that are about to give birth, but tomorrow they will be here and will just leave other work there." she explain while wiping dishes.

She tied her hair before starting to cut again, she first cut the peppers and garlic and then she last to cut the onion.

"My child, what is that look of your's," Nay Mirna asked with a laugh.

because she could almost drenched into tears because of the onion she slicing, she cuts a small tub full of onions so her eye hurts, just one and she’s done.

Isay sat down when she finished slicing, because she didn't want to sit while slicing the onion because her face would be close to the sliced onion.

Eventually his cell phone rang, when she looked at it, it's her friend.

"Hello Beks, why?" She asked.

(Beks, endearment for gay friend, short for Bakla in tagalog)

"Huh! you're asking me why? I’m already here at the gate in front of your house, you witch! you said you would fetch me, but my eyes is turned into white just waiting for you, but even the your shadow didn't came, then you ask me why? Do you want me to shave your head? ” he complaints non-stop.

“Oh my God! Sh*t… beks I forgot! wait a minute and I'll be out now,”she suddenly stood up that startled by those with her in the kitchen.

She ran out of the kitchen with one sleeve of her dress hanging down because it was too big to her, because that was the first clothe she picked up on her drawer. She is the kind of person who wears what is in front of the drawer, even if she wears it three times in a week, she doesn't care, as long as it is in the on top of her clothes.

She was still panting to greet the friend.

“Beks! what is that look of your's? It's look like you r*ped by ten horses, you look so filth, what's that in your face, is that— a-h aghh? yuckk!! ” her friend face make grimace and was disgusted with her appearance.

"You're so exaggerated, I did a lot in the kitchen, and this is not like what you think, maybe it's a sauce, it's because we're cooking," and wiped her face with her clothes.

“Beks you are disgusting, you cook food and then you look like that!” with his eyes with.

"Your so mean to me, I'm not the one who cooks, I'm just cutting the ingredients. come inside, maybe I'll cut you," she said to teased his friend.

She invited him to come inside, she sent him to her room first, maybe because her older brother’s guest will come back and he will be there in his previous room. then she went to Nanay Mirna's house because her punishment wasn't over yet, so it's okay for her friend to be in her room for the meantime.

"Hey, Beks I'm really tired earlier ah! my leg hurts too just waiting for you," he looked at me annoyed.

"I'm sorry Beks, your friend was just too busy, I'll leave you here first and I'll just help the them," she said and was about to leave.

"Wait... wait for me and I'll come along. I'll help them too, I don't want to be left here because I'm just bored" he said.

"Wait for me, I'll just take a shower for a while to refresh my feeling," he said then entered the bathroom.

She lay down on her bed for a while to rest her back.

Not long after she waited, his friend came out of the bathroom in a bathrobe and still had a towel on his head, his hair wasn't that long, she was just laughing at him.

After a while, he suddenly took off his robe, she was surprised by what his friend did and she immediately covered her eyes.

"Overacting huh!" he said and look fiercely.

"Beks! you startled me, but in fairness you have a beautiful abs," she laughed at the same time, but he threw the bathrobe he stripped.

"Grrr! leave me alone," he said, then dressed, wearing black shorts and a gray shirt, their are so many thing that they disagreed, but not when it comes to color they wear, they were equally fond of dark colors.

After getting dressed, they immediately went to the kitchen to help, her Mama was very happy to see her friend, and when he arrived, the kitchen became more noisy because of their conversation.