I TURNED OFF MY DATA AND SET MY ALARM ON MY PHONE AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING. I DIDN'T MATTER IF ELI REPLIED TO MY GOODNIGHT, I NEEDED TO BE EARLY TOMMOROW. I LAY DOWN ON MY BED AND STARED AT THE CEILING FOR COUPLE OF MINUTES THEN TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS. MY ROOM WAS AS PITCH BLACK I COULD FEEL MY SOFT BLANKET COVERING MY WARM BODY. A TEAR FELL OFF MY RIGHT EYE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY A TEAR FELL OFF MY EYE, MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE IT'S DARK IN MY ROOM.
"WHAT A NIGHT" I EXCLAIMED.
"KRING! KRING! KRING!"
THE RINGING OF MY ALARM IRRITATED ME, I TOOK MY PHONE AND TURNED OFF MY ALARM. I LOOKED AT THE TIME AND IT'S SIX IN THE MORNING, SAT DOWN FROM MY BED FEELING SLEEPY. I LOOK AROUND WHILE HOLDING MY PHONE. MOTHER ENTERED THE ROOM AND SCOLDED ME, SHE SAID TO PUT DOWN MY PHONE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING, I TRIED TO REASON BUT GOT MORE MAD AT ME, I SIGHED.
OUT FROM MY ROOM IS THE LIVING ROOM AND BESIDE THE DINING AREA. IN THE DINING AREA AN EIGHTH SEATER RECTANGULAR TABLE, A PLASTIC TABLE CLOTH COVERED ITS WOODEN STRUCTURE AND EIGHT FLESHY BROWN PLASTIC CHAIRS SURROUNDING THE TABLE. AFTER HAVING MILK AND TOOK A BATH MY FAMILY AND I WENT TO CHURCH. EVERY SATURDAY ME AND MY PARENTS ALWAYS GO TO CHURCH EVEN WHEN I STUDIED AT THE CITY I ALWAYS WENT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT BUT SOMETIMES I CANNOT BECAUSE OF PROJECTS AND PRACTICES.
WE ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH. IN MY MIND I WAS THINKING THAT AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC OTHER SEXUALITY EXCEPT MAN AND WOMAN ARE SOMEWHAT NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE RELIGION AND MY MOTHER IS VERY RELIGIOUS THAT SHE HATES THE PEOPLE WHO UMM... TAMPERS WITH GOD'S CREATION, WELL THAT'S HER BELIEF. WE ENTERED THE CHURCH I BOWED MY HEAD AND TAP MY FINGERS IN THE HOLY WATER BOWL. I MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND WE TOOK A SEAT FROM THE FIGHT SIDE OF THE CHURCH. ONLY A FEW PEOPLE ATTENDED THE MATCH, WELL IT WAS ONLY SATURDAY IT'S NOT SUNDAY.
IT WAS TIME FOR OFFERTORY AND A MINUTE LATER MY FATHER PASS THE BASKET TO ME AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND TO PASS THE BASKET FIVE ROW AWAY FROM OUR SEAT, I FIRST RECOGNIZED MARCUS' TIMID FACE AND ELI SMILING AT ME WHILE YNNA ALSO SMILED. I WAS STARTLED AND I QUICKLY TURNED BACK AND MY BODY BECAME STIFF. AFTER THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO FOCUS, MY MIND WAS WANDERING THE WHOLE TIME. MASS IS DONE AND I SIGHED AND I REMEMBERED THAT THEY WERE HERE. IN MY MIND I WAS THINKING IF I SHOULD GO TO THEM OR MAYBE THEY'LL JUST COME TO ME. THEN CLINT CALLED ME OUR ACOLYTE LEADER, YES I AM AN ACOLYTE AND MAYBE YOUR THINKING THAT WHY DO I HAVE AFFECTION TOWARDS ELI AND MARCUS AND THAT I SAID I WAS BISEXUAL AND SHOULD HAVE ALSO FEELINGS TOWARDS GIRLS.
"LONG TIME NO SEE" CLINT SAID WITH A TEASING FACE.
CLINT IS A COMEDIAN AND HIS TWO OR THREE YEARS OLDER THAN ME. DON'T ASK ME WHY I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AGE OF CLINT, HE'S VERY FUNNY AND A BIT FAT HE HAS BIG EYES LIKE A TARSIER. I ALWAYS LIKE TO TEASE CLINT BECAUSE HE GETS MAD QUICKLY, SO ME AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ACOLYTE ALWAYS TEASES HIM, HE JUST LAUGHS WHEN WE TEASE HIM THOUGH.
CLINT WENT TO THE LEFT MOST COLUMN SEAT OF THE CHURCH AND SO I FOLLOWED HIM. I WAS NOW IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR AND I LOOK TO THE LEFT AND I SAW ELI A BIT INTIMIDATED I SMIRKED AND ELI'S EYES WIDENED.
THEN I SAW YNNA'S MOTHER AND FATHER AND WHAT I THINK IS MARCUS' BROTHER AND SISTER BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE THEM BEFORE. MY CO-ACOLYTES GREETED ME IN A TEASING WAY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING. THAT'S BECAUSE LAST WEEK WAS OUR RECOGNITION CEREMONY AND I WAS RANKED SECOND IN ALL OF THE CAMPUSES OF OUR UNIVERSITY. WHILE LAST LAST WEEK I WAS BUSY BECAUSE WE PRACTICED FOR OUR THEATRE PLAY THAT ME AND MY CLASSMATES WEREN'T ABLE TO PERFORM BECAUSE THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED EVENT THAT HAPPENED TO THE FACULTY AND ALL OF MY CLASSMATES WERE A BIT DISAPPOINTED. IT WAS OUR LAST PERFORMANCE TASK AS A CLASS, WE WERE EXCITED TO PERFORM IT BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO A COMPETITION BETWEEN SECTIONS.
AFTER MY MEETING WITH THE OTHER ACOLYTES I WENT OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AND MARCUS WAS SITTING ALL ALONE ON THE BENCH BESIDE A TREE. MY PARENTS WEREN'T THERE BECAUSE THEY LEFT TO MY AUNT'S HOUSE. I DECIDED TO IGNORE HIM AND I THINK HIS PISSED. I DIDN'T MIND IT EVEN MARCUS IS NOT THE PERSON YOU CAN JUST IGNORE. I CONTINUED WALKING ALONG THE PATH TO MY HOME AT SUMALAG BUT HE STOPPED ME.
"PERCY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" MARCUS ASKED.
"I'M GOING HOME" I STATED.
"YOU'RE PARENTS WENT THE OTHER WAY, THEY WENT TO YOU'RE AUNT'S HOUSE.
"HOW'D YOU KNOW THEY WENT TO MY AUNT'S HOUSE?"
EVEN THOUGH I KNEW WHERE THEY ARE.
"WELL YOU'RE FATHER SAW US AND YOUR MOTHER TALKED TO US FOR FOR A MOMENT" MARCUS CONTINUED.
"WHAT DID SHE TALKED ABOUT?"
"ABOUT US"
I INTERRUPTED "US... THERE'S NO US, I MEAN WHY WOULD THERE BE AN US?"
"I MEANT ELI, YNNA AND ME, ABOUT US."
NOW I'M LOST IN MY WORDS I COULDN'T OPEN MY MOUTH AND IN MY MIND I SAID "YOU'RE DUMB PERCY, YOU ARE RIDICULOUS. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE FACING A BOY WITH DEEP BROWN EYES AND A PERFECT JAWLINE AND A ROSY LIPS THAT FOR A LONG TIME WISHING YOU COULD KISS IT. WHAT AM I SAYING?"
AS MARCUS OPENS HIS ROSY LIPS I DIDN'T HEAR ANY SOUND COMING FROM HIS MOUTH, FOCUSING TO HIS LIPS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW. WHEN MARCUS MOVES CLOSER TO MY EARS HE WHISPERED AND HIS VOICE WAS VERY ANGELIC LIKE AN ANGEL SENT FROM HEAVEN.
"WE'RE GONNA EAT AT OUR HOUSE" HE WHISPERED.
I GOT GOOSEBUMPS AFTER HE WHISPERED, HIS VOICE NOW LINGERING IN MY HEAD.
"WH, WHA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" I STUTTERED.
"UHH, WE'RE GONNA EAT AT OUR HOUSE" MARCUS CONCLUDED.
"WHERE'S ELI AND YNNA?"
"WELL YOUR MOTHER CONTINUED TALKING TO US AND WELL YNNA ASKED YOUR MOTHER THAT IF YOU CAN HAVE BREAKFAST WITH US, SHE NODDED AND YNNA"
"WHERE'S ELI?"
"ELI" MARCUS MUMBLED.
"WHAT?"
"NOTHING, THEY WENT TOGETHER WITH YOUR MOTHER, SHE DECIDED TO WALK AND TALK TO THEM AND YNNA ASKED IF I COULD WAIT FOR YOU"
"K, WHERE TO NOW?"
MARCUS LED THE WAY AND THE RAYS OF THE RISING SUN FROM THE EAST SHINES UPON MARCUS AND HE LOOKS SO MAJESTIC. HE TURNS AROUND AND STARED AT ME WHILE I WAS BLANK IN MY HEAD LOOKING AT HIM BEING MY KNIGHT. AFTER MY DAYDREAM I WALKED TOWARDS MARCUS AND WE WALKED TOGETHER TO THEIR HOUSE.