ch. 60 - short dinner

CHAPTER 60
SHORT DINNER


Narrator: Inside Kapit Bahay…

An elder Filipino cashier lady gave us he bag of our food, and I carried it as we were heading out the door.

We were actually sitting at one of the round tables outside the food place, eating our wonderfully delicious Filipino dinner out of the boxes.

Erich: Maraming salamat, Jay.

Jay: (smiling) You can thank me for everything I did to save your day.

Erich: Oo nga eh. Akala ko tapos na agad yun araw ko. Buti na lang ng haba pa tuloy.

Jay: O, at least masaya kana.

Erich: Jay naman.

Jay: O bakit?

Erich: Eh kasi… na gulat ako sa pag dating mo sa warehouse kanina.

Jay: Bakit naman?

Erich: I’m just surprised. Ngayon lang ang nangyari ‘to sakin eh. Kinidnap ako, tapos ng ligtas sakin yun ibigan ko. Ikaw pa!

Jay: Alam mo, siguro kung hindi na nangyari ‘to, hindi ko alam kung saan ka, at baka na wawala sa rili ko kapag ng hanap kita sa gitnang kalye.

Erich: Ah ganun? Mukhang masyado kang close friend saking buhay.

Jay: Eh close friends naman tayo diba?

Erich: (after long pause as I notice a spot of white hanging on the very right side of her lip) Sa tingin mo ba, close friends ba tayo?

Jay: Umm Erich?

Erich: O?

Narrator: I pointed at my own right side of the lip, indicating her the white spot hanging on her lip. Erich actually pointed it correctly with her own finger, and I nodded with a big smile on my face.

The minute she grabbed her napkin, I stopped her as I held her hand, and instead I used my napkin as I wiped off the white spot from her lip. Some guts I had, eh? (= Anyway, Erich smiled afterwards.

Erich: (laughing softly) Salamat.

Narrator: I smiled as well.