MAGIC SHOP

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Junelee woke up by the sound of their alarm clock, inabot niya ito at kaagad na pinatay pero nagset pa siya ng another 20 minutes at itinapat sa tainga ni Samara para siguradong magising ang kaibigan.

Samara is a very sleepy head. Hindi siya madaling gisingin, at nagagalit pa kung gigisingin mo, kaya ginawa ng hobby ni Junelee ang itapat sa tainga ni Samara ang alarm clock para magising ito.

Kaagad siyang pumasok sa banyo para maligo, at nang matapos ay kinuha niya ang kanyang uniporme. Natigilan siya ng makita ang Freeland High Uniform nila ni Samara, both of them have been once a part of the most prestigious school in the country but that's their worst experience too.

But, Brooklyn isn't bad tho, but when they're studying in Freeland, a lot of their classmates asked them why do they need to study in Freeland, which is an international school just like Brooklyn, when they can just study on other countries like Finland or America?

And the reason is, because their fathers want them to study there. Hindi lang sa dahil maganda din naman ang curriculum kahit papano kundi dahil mas malapit itong puntahan.

Napatalon siya gulat nang tumunog muli ang alarm clock. She heard Samara yawning and turned it off. "Good morning Junelee." she greeted with a still sleepy voice.

Junelee rolled her eyes and put on her uniform. After fixing herself, she went to the kitchen to prepare their food while Samara takes a bath.

In the middle of setting up the table, a knock on the door stopped her. It's strange that they'll having a visitor this early, thou it's possible that the landlady is the one behind the door.

Thinking it was just the landlady, she went to the door to open it, kasabay niyon ang paglabas ni Samara sa banyo.

When Junelee finally opened the door, she froze.

"O-oppa?" Junelee asked with widen eyes, while Samara in all of a sudden freaked out.

"Ya! yeogiseo mwohae? dangsin-eun jeongmallo dangsin-ui gyeonglyeog-eul mangchigo sipseubnikka? i babo ya! hangug-eulo dol-aga jigeum tteona!"

(Hey! what are you doing here? do you really want to ruin your career? you stupid jerk! go back to Korea, leave now)

She shamelessly yelled at her cousin, Martin Elizalde. The guy is 9 years older than them, but she still talk back at him. It's their normal routine after all.

"Shut up Samara will you? I'm here to take a break from showbiz, and I'm too exhausted to hear your irritating voice. Give me a break!" Martin said and step inside their apartment.

He placed his luggage on the side and threw himself on their couch. "Ahhh, I'm sleeping okay? Just leave if you're leaving, no need to wake me up, arraseo?" he said.

Hindi parin nakaka recover si Junelee sa gulat niya nang hilain siya ni Samara sa kwarto nila. The latter put her clothes on first and started talking.

"Okay, I know you're probably wondering about this, but mom sent him here because dad already found out I went to Brooklyn instead of Freeland, he's mad but he promised me that he'd do anything so grandma wouldn't find out about it. They sent Martin here because grandma totally trust him." Samara explained.

"Yeah, but if your grandma finds out it would be a total chaos, and it'll surely end your cousin's career - but wait what?! If your dad knows about that, does my dad also know it?! But he hasn't called me yet - omg? Is he disowning me, Samara what should I do?" Junelee hysterically asked, voice filled of panic.

"Relax! Dad didn't tell tito Jung Yoon about it." Samara said which calm Junelee down. "That's a relief." she said. Samara lightly laughed and head pat her.

"Kaja, let's eat." she said and went out of their room. Junelee smiled, but a sad one. Hanggang maka upo sila sa hapag ay ganon parin ang hitsura niya.

"What's with that face?" Samara asked, Junelee put down her spoon and sighed, "I'm sorry, you're father needed to cover me up to dad." she said with a sad tone.

"Hey, it's not a big deal. You're just like a daughter to my dad, surely she wants to protect you from your father's anger." she said trying to make Junelee better that it just worsen Junelee's feeling.

"You're supposed to make me feel better Sam?" Junelee complained but Samara just laughed at her.

"It's true." Samara said when she stop laughing, and it made Junelee felt better, a lil bit. "How I wish I had a father like yours." Junelee muttered which stopped Samara.

She put down her spoon and looked down, "You already have tito Jung Yoon, he's a great father, you know." Samara said trying not to be uncomfortable of what her bestfriend just said.

"As if you don't know what he did when were still in Freeland." Junelee said, upset. The uneasiness that Samara felt earlier fade and changed into pity.

Whenever she thinks of that her respect for Junelee's dad is like decreasing, but still she can't disregard the goodness her tito Jung Yoon had done.

Napailing nalang siya at tinapos na nila ang pagkain. At kagaya nga ng sinabi ni Martin, umalis nalang sila pagkatapos nilang ayusin ang mga gamit nila.

They took a cab this time, ayaw nilang makagawa uli ng eksena, thou Junelee already knew the reason of Annie's irrational behaviour the other day.

Naawa nga siya dito, at nagsisi na masyadong siyang naging harsh sa dalaga.

Nang makarating sila sa school ay inalalayan ni Samara si Junelee dahil medyo masakit pa ang paa nito.

They were heading on their room when suddenly, Samara saw Airee standing infront of her locker. "Junee, mauna ka na ha, may kukunin lang ako sa locker ko." Samara said and run to the locker section.

Medyo malayo ang locker ni Samara kay Airee but she can clearly see the latter holding a note. Her forehead twitched, at dahil chismosa siya, nagkunwari siyang nagmamadali at tumakbo papalapit kay Airee.

She intentionally bumped with her causing whatever in Airee's hand to fall, then she intentionally drop her book. Sabay silang lumuhod ni Airee upang pulutin ang mga nahulog nilang gamit, at mabilis niyang hinablot ang note na hawak ni Airee kanina.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I didn't- Airee?" Samara said pretending she didn't know it was Airee she bumped into. Airee half smiled and closed her locker.

She didn't say anything and take her leave. Naiwan si Samara na nakangisi at punong puno ng excitement. Hindi niya alam kung bakit niya iyon ginawa, it's just a note but, Airee's staring at it strangely, and she knew something was off.

Babasahin na sana niya ang note nang may sumulpot sa likod niya. Si Var, she really has a weird feeling about this guy, he's fine but, damn he's a total creep.

"Hey?" Var greeted him and fix his eyeglasses. Samara awkwardly smiled and greeted him too.

"Why did you ditch class yesterday?" he randomly asked. Kumunot ang noo ni Samara, "And why are you asking me?" she rudely asked, Var shrugged his shoulder.

"I'm just curious, because Annie and Yves weren't there too, are you with them? Are the three of you close to each other?" he asked, at lalong nagtaka si Samara.

"Jeez, you're a creep, bakit naman bigla ka nalang magtatanong niyan? Ano bang pake alam mo?" masungit niyang tanong at aalis na sana nang hilain siya ni Var, he pinned her on the locker.

"Y-Ya!-" hindi na siya nakapag salita nang ilapit ni Var ang mukha niya sa kanya, he has this weird scary look on his face, and he is staring right into her eyes, which sent chills down to her spine.

"Just answer the damn question." Var hardly said, he sounded desperate and mad. Samara is already shaking because of how weird and scary her classmate is.

"Uhm...y-yes, I - I was with them, Yves helped me brought Annie to the hospital because of her- ah!" Samara screamed when Var slammed the locker.

He gazed away, "Leave." he said. "H-Huh?" Samara cluelessly asked and Var glared at her. "I said leave." he coldly said so Samara left as fast as she could.

She look back and saw Var typing something on his phone. That was weird, and scary.

Napailing nalang si Samara at tumakbo sa classroom nila. When Junelee saw her, her friend rolled her eyes at her. "Bakit ngayon ka lang? Ano bang kinuha mo sa locker mo ha?" Tanong ni Junelee. Napangiti nalang si Samara at nagdahilan.

She fixed her book on the table when suddenly, a note fell off, and she remebered it was Airee's. Tumingin siya sa likod at nakita niya si Airee na nakatulala.

Nagtaka siya pero hindi niya nalang pinansin iyon at pinulot ang note, she was expecting an admirer's note but what she read brought back the chills down her spine,

"I warned you, I'm sorry but you're not gonna survive on me neither Airee.

-Vince"

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