CHAPTER 2
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MAMA woke me up and I looked at her while rubbing my eyes. I feel so sleepy, my eyes are still want to sleep. “Mom, it's too early. I want to sleep more, please!” I pleaded to her.
I turn my back at my Mama. I grope on the bed to find my pillow, when I found it, I hugged it tight and I was about to go back to sleep when someone hit my ass. I immediately opened my eyes and sat on the bed. I looked at my Mama, I saw her angry eyes. “Get up there, Solana!” She shouted at me in her high note. I was almost deafened by her screams.
Itʼs too loud for me.
I hurriedly got out of our bed and quickly grabbed my towel. “I know, Mama. I'm going to take a bath now! Don't be mad at me!” I answered her, precipitate and quickly left our room.
My whole spirit woke up.
I feel my age got double.
“Good morning, sister Dina!” I greeted her with a smile.
“Good morning too, Solana! You have a big smile in your face, ha? Didn't you and Shirley fight because you were still sleepy?”
I smile with sister Dina and shake my head. “Nope! Not really po, sister Dina. To be honest, I woke up before Mama woke me up—” I stopped speaking when I heard someone speak.
I looked at our room, I saw Mama who had just come out and was looking at us. “Solana, take a shower and you might be later for your class! Iʼll take you to your school!” She shouted at me.
For sure her throat might be hurt later. I will give her cold water.
“I know, Mama!” I shouted back at her and quickly run towards to the bathroom.
I heard someone chuckles in my back, for sure sister Dina is the one who laughing right now.
I even told her that I woke up early. I was embarrassed by her because of Mama.
I entered the bathroom, fortunately there was no one inside. I took off my clothes and took a quick shower, I might be late if I moved slowly.
I already done to take a bath. I went out of the bathroom with a towel over my body and went back into our room, so that I could put on my unifrom. When I got ready, I went straight to the kitchen. I ate my breakfast and Mama gave me some food for my lunch break. We also left the headquarters and were about to leave the Lazaroʼs house when some one shout my name.
“Solana!”
I heard my name calling, so my head are searching right now who was calling my name. Thatʼs what I found, brother Ceres. He's smiling at me and at the same time, wave. I run towards to him.
"Goodmorning, brother Ceres," I whispered my greetings to him. Maybe Mama will hear me call them 'brother' again, instead of Young Master.
“Good morning, Young Master Ceres!”
I didn't notice Mama who was already beside me. “Are you going to school, Young Master Ceres?” Mama asked.
Brother Ceres nodded. “Yes, sister Shirley. I was going to take Solana with me. We only go to same school, Lazaro. So you donʼt have to transport with jeep and got a fare. And, you can still rest before your shift, sister Shirley.” Brother Ceres said with a smile in his face.
I can ride in their car and I won't even walk long distances from going down to jeep terminal to Lazaro High where I studied as scholar.
“Um, Young Master Ceres it's okay. I can take Solana in Lazaro High. It's an embarrassing if you still take her. I can do it—”
“It's okay, sister Shirley. If Calvin saw you, he might have taken Solana without saying a word. I'll take care of Solana. She's not new to me.” Brother Ceres looked at me. “Hop in. I will take you to Lazaro High,” he said to me.
I smiled when I heard him said that. I move my feet and Iʼll enter to his car but my Mama grabbed my hand. “Solana, stay quiet, okay? Don't mess around in Young Master Ceres's car, ha? Say thank you after he drops you off.” Mama told me.
I pouted my lips. “I know, Mama! So, bye, Mama! See you later po!” I waved my hands to her.
I got into brother Ceres's car. Very soft and fragrant inside his car. He had a driver with him, brother Gerald. He and brother Calvin has the same driver, meaning brother Calvin drove alone today?
I looked at him and spoke, “brother Calvin left early, brother Ceres? He didn't go with you po? Does he have a girlfriend?”
I was curious.
I saw brother Ceres frown while looking at me. “Calvin got a girlfriend? Who told about that?” He asked me.
I hesitate to talk. Did I talk wrong?
“Um, it's just me, brother Ceres... You and brother Calvin are in legal age already! So, you can get a girlfriend!” I jolly my voice and smile at him, big smile.
He shake his head while looking at me. “You got it wrong, Solana. Calvin left early today bacause they had activities to do on campus. Don't tell Calvin about that girlfriend. He is allergic to girls.”
My lips parted because of what he said. “Omo! Really? Brother Calvin has allergy to girls? What about me po, brother Ceres? Should I stay away from him? I'm a girl” I asked in surprise and pointed to myself.
Oh my! Maybe he's just pretending to be interested when we're together, but secretly he's totally grossed out and doesn't want to hurt my feelings.
I just heard a loud laugh coming from kuya Ceres. “No. No, Solana. Don't do that, okay? Calvin will go crazy if you do that to him!” He still laughing while he saying that.
“Crazy? Why is he gonna crazy?”
Brother Ceres is the one who is confused.
“You'll find out soon, Solana. For now, go down and we'll here at Lazaro Academy,” he said.
I looked out of the window, I was surprised to see that we were already at schoo. “Okay po! Bye, brother Ceres. Take care!” I said loudly and got out of his car.
I walked away from his car. I won't even think about what he said.
I got to our classroom and I saw Cherry, my only friend, chatting to our classmates. She saw me and she got up to her chair and she walk towards to me. “Hello, Solana, good morning! How's your day?” She smiled at me and she sat in the chair in front of me.
My eyebrows met each other and I sat in my chair. “Hey, Cherry, I thought we were friends? I almost got troubled because of you. You said we were a young ladies already, I told it to brother Ceres. I got scolded by him, saying we're not young ladies yet. So let's not dream about it. It's a good thing I just told to brother Ceres, if it was brother Calvin, he might have scolded me endlessly. You really are stubborn!” I sneered at her.
“Hey, why did you say that? Itʼs just for us. Theyʼre very strict, they're not your real brothers theyʼre even stricter than my brother Caspian, huh?! And, we 15 years old already, right? We are teen phase, Solana! Anyway, Iʼm sorry. But weʼre best friends, Solana. By the way do you still go to Lazaro University. here?” She asked me.
I looked at her. “Sure, weʼre best friends, Cherry. And, we donʼt talk about being a young ladies again, okay?” She nodded at me, many times. “Of course, Iʼm still going to studying here at Lazaro University. You know Iʼm their scholar until I finish my studies. How about you, Cherry? Are you going to change school? Our graduation is coming soon,” I told her.
Just a few months, we will both graduate in High school.
She shake her head. “No! I will not transfer to another University. Which school do you want to go, Iʼm there too, Solana. We're best friends and weʼll take the same course when we go to college, right?”
Oh, I remember our promise to each other. We will take a same course, which is being a Teacher. We want to teach a children and we idolize our teachers here.
“Of course, I remember that, Cherry! So, both of us are going to Lazaro University!” We said in unison in the last part.
We booth giggles, so I smile to her.
I remember when I first time to met her, she was very quiet and just sat on a chair in the corner of our classroom. So, I talked to her and thatʼs when I found out she's Cherry Montgomery, sheʼs a girl coming from a rich and wealthy family thatʼs why no one wants to talk to her, because all of us were scholars in grade 1. I don't know how she got to be with us, and I found out sheʼs being taught to have a good manners. She's a spoiled brat.
Thank, God, her attitude is becoming okay. She can be chatty to others, like she did earlier.
“Class, tomorrow we have a parents meeting, okay? For your graduation this March. Iʼll also give one of you a letter to read it in your family, ha?” Teacher said to all of us.
We answered her at the same time, “Yes, Maʼam!”
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