Eyes On Me, Baby (COMPLETED)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

The whole of Saturday and Sunday, nagfocus ako sa pagpolish ng script ko. Dominic told me that I could go to Brent at may pool naman daw doon, so we could do the demonstration during his break, pero umulan nang malakas and I refused to go outside. Instead, I just looked for movies na mayroong ganoong mga scenes. I watched them while I was enjoying my cup of hot chocolate. It was already okay since alam ko naman na kung paano ide-describe iyong kissing scenes—I got enough input from 4 individuals.

When Monday came, balik na naman kami sa training. Simula na ng second round nung season and after this, iyong championship na. This semester felt long and I was excited for it to end dahil gusto ko na mag-enroll. I was excited to officially be a Creative Writing student.

"Good morning," bati ni Serj sa akin. Pareho kaming naka-upo sa bench at pinapa-nood iyong mga players na magwarm up. I heard him yawning. I looked at him and he was now stretching his arms. "Inumaga kami sa shoot," he said.

"Tapos na kayo magshoot?"

"Almost—check lang namin iyong footage if okay. Sa postprod na iyong iba," sagot niya sa akin.

"Ano'ng mangyayari after ng shoot?"

"Postprod?" sabi niya sa akin. "Editing, coloring, sound effects, mag-add ng mga kanta ganon."

I nodded. It sounded so interesting. I wanted to become a great writer and be involved with things like this—I needed to be great para kumita ako ng pera. I was still a student, so my parents have the responsibility to send me to school and to feed me. But once I graduate, I'd be on my own. I needed to be good at this field I chose despite protest from my mother.

Our conversation was cut short nang tawagin kami ni Coach Aldrin. Nagsimula na naman iyong trabaho namin. It was already 8AM nang matapos iyong training. I was so tired—and it was so weird kung bakit pagod din ako kahit na hindi naman ako naglaro. I thought that by this time, masasanay na ako.

"Good morning," sabi ni Austin Archangel sa akin.

"Good morning," bati ko sa kanya. Late siyang dumating kanina kaya naman nagjogging siya palibot sa court. Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit late siya, pero ontime naman dumating iyong dalawang kapatid niya. Bakit hindi sila sa iisang sasakyan na lang sumakay? Didn't they know that they'd be saving so much money tutal sa iisang lugar lang naman ang pupuntahan nila?

"Don't you care about the environment?" I asked.

His forehead creased. "What?" he asked as he was opening his bottle of the blue Gatorade—pansin ko na iyon ang lagi niyang kinu-kuha. He was wearing a maroon jersey shorts—iyong suot pa rin niya kanina, pero nakapagpalit na siya ng puting t-shirt na plain. Suot niya ulit iyong gold na kwintas na may pendant na cross. May maliliit na butil ng pawis ang nasa noo niya.

"Hindi kayo sa iisang sasakyan suma-sakay ni Saint."

"Oh, that," sabi niya. "Saint goes to Mary after practice, so there's that. And Cohen wants to go home immediately after practice."

"Ikaw? Hindi ka ba uuwi din?"

He just shrugged. "Back then, Saint made us plant, I think, hundreds of trees—I think we've done our part in saving the environment."

My lips parted a little at the information, so I asked him tungkol doon. Nagkwento siya sa akin sa kung papaano pinilit siya ni Saint na magtanim sila at iyon ang regalo ni Saint sa girlfriend niya nung debut nito. That was actually quite nice. And good for the environment.

"Saint's very creative," I stated.

"You think?"

I nodded. "Yes—I might use that in one of my stories," sabi ko sa kanya. "His girlfriend cares about the environment, so he gave her a gift that would matter to her. That's very creative of him."