And when it is time to part ways Barbie said
"Take care of yourself Grei, we will get you back, you still hold Bumi's surname, right?"
"Yes…"
"We will be together again, continue staying strong, and please find it to your heart to take us back as your family as well. Everything will be fine, we just happened to become an adult a little earlier than expected"
"She's right," I thought to myself. While Margie is carrying her take-out food as we say our goodbyes beside their car, she says
"You're not alone Grei, you have us and we have you. You can call us anytime now. Please call me, I will keep in touch too. Now Barbie has a car again, I could drive to you anytime" Barbie cut her speaking
"You barely even got your license" I chuckled for knowing Margie's personality of easy to get distracted, Barbie sighed a little
"I'm just glad, I got a loan to get this baby" As she tapped the blue sedan, she added
"I'm going to be needing this, my plan is to get a job in the city, just one more year and I'll have my degree… just one more year" Barbie started the engine, with their windows down and I waited for them to get settled and leave, Margie tried to say
"Your birthday is next month Grei, we will be back okay? Save a date for us and please apply to National University, we could be roommates once Barbie leaves me behind" Barbie smiled
"That's right! everything will fall back into place… that's right with the timing, next year we will all graduate, and as I move out for work, I hope you move in and you both continue your college, I will do my best to support both of you" I got goosebumps, it feels very sweet, that I'm not alone. I smiled and said,
"No, you don't have to do that…" Barbie curled her brows and just said before she pulled up the windows
"Let me do my job of being your big sister" I watched them as my eyes couldn't see their car in the distance
"Yes, they love me, I have a family…"
Right, we can get used to our lives, Barbie's right we are adults now, and we can handle this.
"We will be all right"
The sisters did come on my birthday, luckily it was before the school year started again. Funny that it was actually the day before the first day of the school year, July 14 and I am officially 18 years old. My original plan was to find a place before I graduate senior high, it's good that that is already covered, I decided that I would stay in their apartment and I plan to do my best to get into National University. We just went for a simple dinner and they ordered me a bottle of beer, we clinked glasses and cheered
"For the future!" I know it was a simple dinner but my head hurt so much from the beer, I never tried this before, though Margie confessed that she already got drunk before 18 and she said, she couldn't remember anything after that night. Barbie smirked and said
"I do…" Margie reverted her eyes from Barbie and I said
"I see, I guess you did more... at least you made it home" Barbie exhaled
"I'm just lucky that Margie is still sane and that was the only time she made me worry, she returned back to normal the next day, and we never talked about it anymore" Margie stared at Barbie with passion
"I will never do something to ruin my life because I know you will carry my ass off until I can by myself, I want you to have a life Barbie, To be honest, you shouldn't have to make our success your goal" I laughed hard, I think, the alcohol in my system has to do something about it too, I'm showing more emotions than usual, but Barbie just shrugged my exaggeration and Margie made a point with
"What are you laughing about huh?! Barbie might castrate you if you ruin your life on purpose Grei" We laughed again, we were just too happy that night, that Restobar is somewhat loud even though it is still not considered a full-blown bar where you could get a hook-up but still, ladies look at me with strange sweet smiles and I just think
"Do people feel when a man comes of age?" I smiled back but I never gave them a chance to get near me I just stayed close with Margie and Barbie the whole time. Even when Margie went to the bathroom, I followed her for safety, she might get picked up by strange people, I'm a bit dizzy but still, I'm the only man they are with. But I think and feel that she's more experienced in this sort of thing, she just smiles back at people that approach us and ignore them.
As I waited for her outside, I saw two people kissing hard enough that I thought to myself that it looked like they were about to eat each other's faces, I laughed a little thinking when will I experience that, I don't think it's that fun to be submerged to another human being's saliva. As I looked around the Restobar with the probing lights and a little too loud music with people laughing hard and drinking from other tables, I see some people kissing. Barbie saw me staring and asked,
"Do you have a girlfriend?" I looked her way and responded immediately and was a little bit jumpy
"No, I don't" Barbie laughed
"You don't have to deny that hard if you get into it, tell us all about it, we might help, especially Margie, she went through 3 relationships already" Margie looked at me like I had a story to tell to, I just said
"No, I didn't even have a girlfriend before" Margie laughed and said
"I know life's hard but please don't let yourself get drowned by the problems, find somebody to talk to and when you get some spark try to date them, physical touch is sweeter than you think" Barbie chuckled but agreed
"See, expert". When we got into Barbie's car, I could see that Barbie had a really high tolerance for alcohol. She still has a sound mind even though she takes every toast that Margie initiates. When we got into her car
"Barbie, are you sure you could drive?" I can see Margie is already snoring at the back as she throws her body and lies down and I take the passenger seat beside Barbie's driver seat. Barbie still answered m
"Yes, do not worry, I'm completely sober, I will take extra safety plus, I stopped drinking and just consumed water over an hour ago" Next thing I know, we are at the gates of the orphanage and Barbie is waking me up. I jumped a little and looked around
"Oh, I'm here…" I unbuckled myself, looked at the back, and saw Margie was still in the same position as we got in the car
"Don't worry much about us, we will get home safe, I got you home safe right" Barbie smiled at me,
"I'm sorry I couldn't invite you here" Barbie shook her head
"No, we will have our time, especially when you start to stay with Margie" My head is throbbing, but I just get to say
"Right" I got out of the car and before she rolled the windows up, she said
"Thank you for returning to our lives Grei, I really thought you hated us, please don't hate Mom and Dad" I just took one last look and said
"I don't and take care"