Who Would Hate A Goddess?

Kabanata 2

After our beautiful boring class, we went out in peace. Seriously, World History subject is boring. I'm gonna make tulog na talaga kanina buti nalang Samantha make gising sa akin. That boring beautiful teacher makes everything boring. Alright I'll make hashtag #boring what can I do, it's oh so true naman kasi. King of Spain, this and that and she talks so mahaba but what's written in the book is not mahaba naman, I don't get it she's so paulit-ulit. World History was our last hell subject, so uwian na after.

While waiting for my sundo, Samantha hila me to the gymnasium dahil may basketball practice ang mga varsity namin. Like duh? Who's there para magkaganyan si Samantha? Is it that Zachary Grae S. Villa Rama? I tried to pull away but no avail, honestly watching basketball is not my super taste talaga it will make me fall asleep. When we make pasok to the gymnasium, I was like gulat because of the great crowd. What is happening here? I thought it's just a practice lang why it's like a championship game? Why is there maraming girls and boys na naghihiyawan and they make cheers to the players? I don't understand these humans.

"Doon tayo sa harapan, Aphrodite." Said Samantha, she make siksik sa mga fangirls.

"OHMYGOD! There were so maraming people here Samantha. Let's go uwi nalang kaya." Reklamo ko.

"Stop that freaking conyo Aphrodite ipahalik kita kay Kris diyan." She shouted.

I rolled my eyes to her, I'm still young for a kiss Samantha, daddy will get mad at her lang naman. Patuloy parin ang pag pull sa akin. Many people narin ang naaapakan ko, they make reklamo sa akin so I make sorry to everyone naman. Hindi ko matanggal ang kamay ko kay Samantha kaya she will make lagot sa akin pagnakahanap na kami ng maayos na pwesto. It didn't last long because there we go, we found a closer place for us. Mas kita dito ang mga naglalaro kahit na medyo masikip ay okay pa naman, I can still breath pa naman.

"Hey, Samantha... if you want, you make baba there and watch closely, Coach Marky is our friend naman. Ang sakit ng kamay ko sa kakahila mo." I make reklamo.

"Overused of power, Aphrodite tsaka gusto ko dito hindi ako makikita ng crush ko." She said without looking at me.

My left kilay narrowed up.

"Who's your crush, Samantha?" Sigaw ko sa kaniya, it's so maingay kasi talaga.

She didn't answer, I know who's who, Samantha. It's Zachary right? That walang modo boy, who's very mad at me and I don't know why. Wala akong nagawa kung hindi makiwatch narin sa laro, though wala talaga akong nakuha sa mga pinaggagawa nila. Teka, bakit nga ulit maraming tao dito ngayon? I don't understand. I was looking my twin brother because he told me nga this morning na may practice game sila, and unfortunately they'll be dealing with the varsity.

I saw my brother, playing in a very sweaty game I hate. Nandoon din ang walang modo na si Zachary na nakikipagbanggaan sa kuya ko. This is Grade 12 vs Grade 5 pala, it's so madaya naman. Lumingon ako sa nakikicheer na si Samantha, without naming someone. She just cheered. Bumalik ang tingin ko sa naglalaro, then there is Kris seriously playing. Akala ko ang varsities lang? They are some varsities na nasa Grade 5-12 kaya, I thought they'll be dealing with ka height and ka age lang nila.

"GO! GO! GO! SENIORS!"

"GO 5TH GRADE! WE LURV YOU! ZEUS OUR LOVE!"

"ZACHARY VILLA RAMA SO HOT!"

"MR. COLD-GUY KRIS SARANGHE!"

The shout, cheers and bangayan never stopped. Their scores we're closer and both teams were doing their best on this. Something is going on and I don't like it, kuya Zeus and that walang modong Zachary are furiously fighting through this game. My kuya is still at it, he never forgets, he never forgives. This is bad, baka mapaano si kuya. What if that guy will hurt him so bad? I will slap talaga his freaking ugly face pagnasaktan ang kuya ko.

"Ang gwapo mo talaga!" Samantha shouted.

This is alarming. I have to do something. I make kalabit the malanding Samantha and make sigaw sa kaniya. "Samantha... you make tigil my kuya from playing right now."

"Why will I? Tignan mo Aphrodite oh? Ang ganda ng labanan. Palibhasa kill joy ka sa larong ito." She answered without looking at me.

"No Samantha, something is going on." I shouted at her.

"Imaginations mo lang iyan, Aphrodite. Magpractice ka nalang ng straight tagalog diyan." Sagot nito at patuloy ang pagtili.

"ANG GWAPO MO ZACHARY!"

"GO SENIORS! GO FOR THE GOAL!"

"FIGHT MORE FIFTH GRADE! YOU CAN DO IT."

"ZEUS YOU GOT ME PREGNANT!"

That shocked me. What kind of cheer is that? My brother got her pregnant? In the age of ten? That's freakingly absurd. Patuloy ang mga shouts nilang lahat, lalo ring nagiging mainit ang play nila ni kuya and the versus. I am nag-aalala here, what if my kuya gets hurt? I'll kill that boy talaga. I'll do sumbong sumbong to the President. I was like kinakabahan habang watching them while Samantha is hysterical at nakikisabay sa ingay, I wanna go down now and hila my kuya. I'm scared right now. I should call daddy.

"Hey, daddy." I started.

"Baby, bakit ang ingay diyan... where are you?" Tanong ni Daddy.

"DADDY I'M IN THE GYMNASIUM!" I shouted.

"Oh? Your kuya Zeus is playing right?"

"YES DADDY AND HE'S IN DANGER!" I replied.

My daddy chuckled. Hindi ba siya nagwo-worry kay kuya Zeus? Zachary might hurt him. I heard mommy asked something to daddy and it's unclear because it's so maingay.

"Aphrodite, playing balls won't hurt you much. It's a physical game... it's just a sport, they play sport." He said.

"BUT DADDY!" I snapped.

"Tell Aphrodite na hinihintay na siya ng sundo niya." Mommy told daddy.

"Make him wait, Aphrodite is enjoying the practice game." Sagot ni daddy kay mommy.

"Alright then... baby isabay mo nalang ang kuya mo sa pag-uwi okay? Also Samantha." Mommy said.

"A-Alright mommy." I answered.

"Baby, don't worry your kuya will play sports. Okay? See you later, I love you baby."

"Alright daddy, I love you too. Au revoir." I ended the call.

I'm not enjoying this kind of game daddy. I remember when I first saw a championship game, I fell asleep in the middle of the game and woke up afterwards. I was really scared at that time because those players were hurting amd make bangga to each other, pushes their body and do agawan the balls. I end up sleeping when I don't know what's going on. Right now, it's the same I'm so takot because my kuya was playing down there, and I really don't know how to stop them. I'm paranoid!

"Samantha... I'm sleepy." I told her.

"What? Not again, Aphrodite the goddess of sleeping." She said, and kept on cheering.

I'm mad. I wanna go out, I wanna go home now. "Grrr."

"Stop it Aprodite, your brother is winning. Ang galing talagang dumiskarte si Zeus, kahit ang liliit at papayat nila." She laughed.

"That's because my kuya is great, though I don't understand what they're doing." I make hikab.

"Then shut your goddess mouth and watch... you'll learn."

Hindi ko siya pinakinggan, ayaw kong intindihin ang larong ito. I rather dance or sleep, that will do. This is also the other reason why kuya and I should separate sections, clash of our hobbies. Ayaw ko sa ibang talents niya, ayaw niya rin sa magulong logics ko. We don't fight, we're just honest to each other. I look for empty chair for my nap and in my goddess fortune I found one, so I make tapak tapak to the cheerers and they make reklamo so I didn't pansin them. Sat on the chair and close my eyes. I woke up when I felt I my foot are floating.

"OHMYGOD! YOU FREAKING CULPRIT PUT ME DOWN!" I panicked.

"What culprit? You better stay still Aprodite, nabibigatan si manong sa 'yo." I heard Samantha's voice.

"No one's gonna touch you baby." I heard kuya's voice.

I opened my eyes wide open and look around. Binibitbit pala ako ni manong eddie palabas ng school namin, tapos na ba ang practice game? Tumingin ako sa dalawang kasama ko pa. Both of them are doing the poker freaking face, what happened? Please inform me! Si'l vous plait people.

"They won..." Samantha announced.

Wow! My kuya is so great naman pala. Bravo! Voila! Magnifique!

"Congratulations mon frere." I look at him.

"Not us, Aphrodite! They won."

I was shocked. What? Samantha told me my kuya awhile ago is winning how could that happened? That's I wont understand that freaking game, I'll bleed more and I'll die understanding it.

"Put her down manong! Pabigat lang iyan." Utos ni Samantha.

"Naku mga anak! Exercise na ito para akin. Kaya ko parin bitbitin si Aphro-inday." He answered.

Not that name again.

"Stop calling me that name manong. It's creepy and ugly. You may put me down now!" I reklamo.

"No manong! It's beautiful kaya, it's like a melody to my ears." Panunuya ni Samantha.

Ang sarap talaga sugurin itong si Samantha and make kalmot her beautiful face. Aphro-inday is not cool, it's like nakakahiya if sa school niya pinapangalan sa akin. Sinamaan ko nalang ng tingin si Samantha at bumaba sa bisig ni manong, it's so nakakahiya baka makita ako ng mga students sabihan pa akong inaalila ko si manong, I love manong kaya and also manang. Patuloy kaming lumalabas sa school and sa parking lot I saw the seniors having fun, maybe because they won that freaking practice game. Tsk, they're not even magaling eh, I'll tell kuya na he should train more and defeat those boys.

"Ineng ayaw mo bang tawagin kitang Aphro-inday?" Asked manong Eddie.

I sighed. It's not that I hate it, it's not cool lang. But for manong, it's okay.

"Alright manong Eddie... but only you and manang Rosalinda can call me like that." I laughed and hugged him.

Tumawa si manong, after that he opened the right door of the back seat for me and umikot sa driver's seat. But before I entered, I stopped when I heard the loud of their laughs. They must so happy, ang babaw naman nila. Naiinis ako! Napatingin ako sa kinaroroonan nila na nagsisisakayan na sa kani-kanilang sundo at mga sasakyan. Rich kids problem! I saw Zachary stares at me. Scary and dark, it shows that he really hate me. Me neither jerk, who will like you?

"Hey, Aphrodite get in." Tawag ni kuya.

I jumped, literally. "Y-Yeah right..."

Nang makaupo ay nakita ko si Samantha na nakapikit while playing music in her iPhone. Doon siya sa house namin tonight because her dad will be there, too. Legal issues with mommy and daddy. They'll fetch her mom in the hospital. Manong starts the engine and will drive us home. Habang kami ay palabas ng school, may nakasunod na mga sasakyan behind us which is the Seniors. I saw kuya was staring at them, I saw Kris Dwayne on the Hi-Lux together with his classmates they were also staring at our car.

"Dirty players." I heard kuya said.

"They are not, Zeus. You were distracted. You were mad while playing." Sabi ni Samantha.

She's not sleeping or something? Kuya is distracted? Seriously, I don't know what happened throughout the practice game. Should I make sumbong to daddy that this seniors played dirty at my kuya? I'm so sumbungera talaga!

"Tsk. You're happy coz your potential boyfriend won." Matabang na sabi ni kuya.

"WHAT?"

I look at Samantha's turning red face. "I KNEW IT!" I snapped to her.

"You both stop freaking me. It's not funny." She exclaimed.

"May crush ka sa walang modong lalaking iyon? Probably nagpapapansin lang iyon sa 'yo therefore he's using me."

"What kind of logic is that?" She shouted, she's pissed.

"Oh please, Samantha. Let's confront him... that is why he's acting like he hates me." Sang-ayon ko sa sarili.

"Shut it Aphrodite, he hates you and I don't know why, wag mo akong idadamay diyan. Kayong magkakambal kayo, mga walang maisip na kalokohan." She make irap, namumula.

Hindi ko siya pinakinggan, shut it Samantha. Napaisip naman ako, it might be true. Zachary acts like he hates me because he likes Samantha, too. Gusto niyang magpapansin. Gusto niya bang maging girlfriend si Samantha? He can ask me nicely naman eh, no need to play hate-thing to me. I can help him. Kung tutulungan din niya ako kay Kris, not a date naman but a picture lang. OMG! Kanina ko lang nakita si Kris but I already had a crush on him, how old is he na ba? Same with Zachary kaya? 16? I should stalk him when I get home.

"Whatever you say." Sabay naming sabi ni kuya.