I woke up the next day feeling light headed.
Ugh. Today is Monday.
I got up and dressed, then I remembered I don't have any ironed blouse because I stayed all day on tumblr writing some letter that I don't even know if it will be read by her or not, but I don't think it's a waste of time, it's one of those little things that may be the way for Taylor to notice me. What a sad life.
I slowly ironed my blouse then slipped my skirt over my head to my waist, it's just weird how I wear my skirt, from head to waist when it should be from the legs to the waist. (Do I make sense?)
I heard my Dad call me from downstairs, telling me to eat before the bus arrives. I hurried downstairs and I immediately smelled the sweet smell of pancakes and cheese toast, it made my stomach growl.
"You know what, KK?," Klarisse said as she chewed on her toast "I think you should give me your pancakes." Klarisse is my sister, second to the oldest, she's already Third Year college.
"And why is that?" I swallowed and eyed Klarisse's plate "I need energy for my first day"
"Because blood is thicker than water so family matters most"
"But maple syrup is thicker than blood so pancakes matters most." I smiled sweetly at her then glared.
"Screw your first day. Can't you just eat Tyson, Shirlie and Turnip's food?" I glared at her. Tyson, Shirlie and Turnip are the dogs so I can't, and I won't, probably eat their food. Turnip is my dog, he's a three year-old siberian huskey. Tyson is 6 years old, he's the oldest and he's Tangent's dog. Tangent is my brother, he already graduated and he is now a pilot so Tyson is now a foster dog so everyone has to help feeding, walking, and bathing him. Tyson is a golden retriever and he's the biggest of the three dogs, he's pretty scary sometimes, when he does't feel like playing, you better get out of his sight or he might chase you out of the house. And the last dog, Shirlie is a 4-year-old poodle and I really hate poodles because they're ugly, that's what I think anyway. I always kept Turnip far from her 'cause I don't want to have half poodle, half siberian huskey puppies, I don't like Shirlie's genes mixing with Turnip's puppies.
The twins, Ander and Eureka, came in, hand in hand. The twins are 3 years old, we're just half-siblings since Amy, the woman Dad married when he and mom broke up, was the twins' mother. Amy died on a plane crash and she left Ander and Eureka a farm which Dad only uses for emergency needs since he has a job at Manila Bulletin. Ronel and Roland is really the two persons managing the farm, we only visit when there's a sick pig or during summer vacation or during harvest time.
It's really sad for Dad to suffer two major heartbreaks on his aduthood.
"Dad, Ander peed on his pants, you have to change his pants 'cause Istill can't do that 'cause my hands are still so small." Eureka rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"You have to change Eureka's pants too, Dad since I can't change her since I have small hands and I don't want to touch her wet pants. It's yuckyy." Ander grimaced.
"I'm older than you, Ander so I won't let you change me and I can change myself!"
"How can you be older? We're twins!" Ander stomped his foot.
"I got out of mommy's tummy first!"
"No, we got out the same time!"
"No, I got out first!"
"We got out the same time!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Stop it, you two! Dad's busy, if you haven't noticed, Dad is not here, he just left a minute before you got here. And don't argue, I got out of my mom's tummy 15 years before you did." Klarisse stuck her tounge on the twins. Ander and Eureka became teary eyed. How cute.
"Who will change our pants now, Ander?" Eureka sobbed.
"I don't know, Reka. I think we have to wait for Dad." Ander's face fell into a sad one.
"Don't worry, kittens. KK will change your pants." Klarisse winked and hurried to the bathroom. The twins looked up at me. How can I say no to such cute little twins? I nodded and the twins ran upstairs. I followed.
When I reached the twins' room, I saw them sitting silently on the floor with one set of clothes for both of them.
"Who should go first?" I asked the twins.
"You can change Reka first, KK. You always say that girrs should go first." it's really cute when Ander says girl, it always end up with girr.
I changed the twins' clothes and tied Reka's hair. I kissed the twins on their forehead and hurried downstairs because I can hear the driver blowing his horn.
I managed to trip on the bus's 3-step stairs which probably became a tradition since First Grade. The driver, Charlie, smiled at me. The guy looks like 22 but he's really 32 years old now. He looks so young and handsome, some kids from school actually had a crush on him,but I never had.
"When will you ever get inside the bus without any hassle, KK?" Charlie said to himself more than to me. I just shrugged.
When I got to my seat, there's a surprise waiting.
A dark-haired boy with grey eyes sat on my seat with his legs crossed, staring outside the window. His uniform looks like it was worn by 2 other people in 10 years.
Surprise, surprise. Everybody's quiet, waiting for me to do something.
I sat next to him and waited for Jianna. Let's see how she reacts.
"Who the hell is that guy, Kalbi?" Jianna asked when she saw the guy sitting on my seat, and me sitting on hers.
I shrugged. She grinned at me as if saying 'Watch me.'
"Let me through, Kalbi. Let's teach this guy who's the boss here."
She dropped her bag on the floor and the next thing I knew... She's sitting on the guy's lap.
I heard murmurs inside the bus.
The guy suddenly stood up, and that made Jianna fall to the floor.
"Ouch!" she glared at the guy "Watch it, pretty boy." she grinned at me.
"Well, next time watch where you sit so you won't end up sitting on someone else's lap." the boy said calmly
"Next time, ask if somebody else owns the seat so you won't end up with a person sitting on your lap." She glared at the boy "Move aside, pretty boy."
"Why don't you go and sit somewhere else, can't you see? I'm the one who got here first." the boy argued.
"First? I actually claimed that seat 6 years ago." then she pushed the boy aside and the boy landed on me. I pushed him by impulse and he landed on the floor.
"Sorry, pretty boy." I grinned wickedly at him then turned to see Jianna smiling to herself, victorious.
The boy grabbed me roughly by the arm. He's not a gentleman after all.
"Hey, new kid. Can you please let KK go, you're hurting her." I turned to see who spoke.
"Hi, Luke." I said sheepishly.