Part 61 – Candace’s p.o.v.Naptawa ako. Yung distant vibe between us parang nawala na at hindi na kami strangers sa isa’t isa. I didn’t like that. Parang I’m talking too much siguro. Isa sa mga bad habits ko yan. So sinabi ko sa kanya, “Masyadong mainit para magkaroon tayo ng ganitong usapan.”
He said, “Malapit na ako matapos. Ilang minuto na lang.”
My cellphone vibrated twice, back to back. The first call was from Dave. Tapos yung next call was from Craig.
I went to the gas station mini mart and called Craig. Sinabi ko sa kanya na nagkaroon ako ng car troubles at makipag meet na lang sya sa akin this way instead. Tapos I bought another cold drink at nagpalamig sa loob ng mini mart. Tapos after 10 minutes ang lumipas nag-wave si Mr. Mechanic signaling me to come over to the car. Tapos I started my car and triple checked what he did and made sure everything was in place. The car started and gumagana na. It sounded okay pa nga.
Sabi nya, “Walang tagas wag kang magalala.”
“Mukhang okay na.”
Tapos linagay nya yung fluid container sa trunk ng car ko at tinapon sa basurahan yung broken hose. Tapos he went to the men’s CR to scrub his greasy hands. Pag labas nya puno ng grease naman yung shirt nya siguro doon nya pinunas pagkatapos mag hugas ng kamay.
Tapos little by little, yung eyes ko napunta sa gawi ng hands nya. Yung sa finger nya, next to his pinky, walang ring. Bukod sa walang singsing, wala rin visible lines that a ring was there at all times. Inisip ko, ang nasty at puno ng grease from the car, pero cute as hell din.
Well inisip ko he’s too short for Kelly. Pero hindi kay Anna. Iniisip ko na I can hint sa kanya that I have a single friend na nakatira a few minutes lang ang layo mula dito. Plus Anna needs to retire her boyfriend Vibes. This guys seems nice and dependable naman. And he has nice eyes at maganda ang trabaho. Yup iniisip ko na talagang kelangan ni Anna to get rid of Vibes the Vibrator and hook up with some flesh and blood.
Siguro yung tipong si Mr. Mechanic ang kelangan ni Anna sa buhay nya.
Pero then again iniisip ko rin kung totoo yung resume nitong si Mr. Mechanic, hindi si Anna ang kelangan nyang babae sa buhay nya.
“Okay miss. Tapos na. New radiator hose, filled up na ng fluid. Okay pwede ka ng mag-drive ulit.”
“Tama ka. It sounds better than kanina nung nag-smoke sya sa hi-way.”
Sabi nya, “Mababa na kase ang fluid level mo. Magpa oil-change ka. It’s very dirty, overdue ka na yata ng ilang hundred kilometers.”
Surprised I said, “Okay. Thanks.”
Ang sagot nya, “Nope. Thank you miss. Kung hindi sayo baka stranded pa rin ako dito.”
“Okay. So I guess tinulungan natin ang isa’t isa.”
Nag-smile si Mr. Mechanic. And he agreed with me. Yung mga warm expressions nya made me respond with a warm grin myself. I didn’t want to respond to him that way pero hindi ko mapigilan sarili ko. His eyes brightened and the corners of his lips curved a little with that cute smile.
I saod, “Kismet.”
Sabi nya, “Huh? Ano yon?”
“Destiny. Inevitability na pinagtagpo tayo ng panahon. Or something like that. We were brought here together by some force to help each other.”
Ngayon naman it’s my way of flirting. Subtle and simple pero it’s out there.
He nodded, “Kismet. Cute.”
And yun lang sinabi nya, Oh well.
Tapos we just grinned at each other. Tapos it was followed by silence. That’s it. Then he broke off the eye contact and went to his car. He started it, then waved good bye to me and gave me the thumbs up signal. I waved to him too and gave him the signal of positiviy.
He drove away.
Hindi ko alam pangalan nya.
Hindi nya tinanong phone number ko.
Nothing offsides with him. Walang mumbled indecent comment at walang unwelcomed advance from him.
A real nice guy.
I got in my car and tried to catch up to him. Pero wala na si Mr. Mechanic angpabilis na. Nasa hi-way na at nawala parang guni-guni. So I let it go.
Nagaantay si Craig sa akin.
…to be continued (Richard’s p.o.v. coming up as he ecounters his girlfriend Midori and her double-crossing best friend Sharmaine. All hell will break loose) * * * * *
kuya..i hate guys who have bad breath too...lalo na pagkahalikan mo.eww.
That is a very popular answer so I went with that. Pero I tried to put a spin on the readers by writing the scientific term for it.
bakit sabi nila pag nagsmo-smoke daw walang bad breath.,
totoo ba yun? haha OT ako.,
BTW., update na kuya!
pagpatuloy na natin ang love story ni candace! o ni richard? hehe
I don't know. I guess it depends on who's saying it. Well remember, Richard still has Midori as the girlfriend, until na set-up sya ng best friend ni Midori. Well I have something in store for that as well.
wow, hahaha, napasearch pa ako kung ano yung "chronic halitosis" ah.
bad breath lang pala yun. naku naman,

Yeah yun dapat ang ita-type ko. Pero like I said, what a better way to put a spin into things for the reader by typing the scientific term for that. Better effect diba?

Ayun update daw, Cge po wait namin ^^
Heto na ang update. I'm finally posting it in a few minutes.