Epiphany
Ang BFF Kong HamonMay meeting ang buong team ni Wendy sa kanyang room and they are currently wrapping up kasi ilang minutes na lang and maglulunch na. All eyes were on her as they went back sa pointers they've written on the board sa kanilang going 3 hours na meeting. Lesser room for errors since they are nearing their deadline na din. A part of her wants to end na din and give her team the proper chance na i-welcome ang new hire but that will be on the back burner for now.
"See you in an hour" pag-dismiss ni Wendy as she capped the marker and placed it on the table. The girls just nodded and sakto naman na pagpatak ng 12:00pm on her phone, the screen lit up and showed Beybz Longganisa Seller - Laguna calling.
Nangiti siya.
On queue as always.
It's been a week since the cookie fiasco and Joy.. There's something different about Joy. For the past 3 working days kasi, she would always call at 12 noon instead of the usual texts for their lunch escapades.
Nung first day ay nagulat pa siya for just like now, she was having a meeting with her team and left her phone facing up sa gitna ng table. She lost track of time kasi nasa momentum siya with their discussion and had to stop lang for Yeri was eavesdropping on her screen and said, "Boss, Beybz Longganisa seller tumatawag" she really need to change that nickname but Joy said that it's for and giggles. Gusto kasi niya na Wendy will laugh or smile whenever she chats with her. Without the codename naman, it will work. She lives up to her name after all.
“You can have your lunch na guys”, pag dismiss nyang muli sa team, mukhang balak pa kasi yatang makinig nila Yeri sa magiging usapan nila ni Longganisa Seller from Laguna.
“Oks boss Wends.” sabi ni Seul at niyakag na ang dalawa para maglunch, “eat well ah?”
Nagkatinginan pa nga si Eunbi at Wendy, wari’y may gusto sanang sabihin yung nauna pero nginitian lang sya ni Wendy sabay talikod at pickup ng call.
“Hello?” pagsagot ni Wendy.
“Hayss salamat!” agarang sagot naman nung nasa kabilang linya, “kala ko talaga inindyan na ako nung paborito kong suki”
Nangiti nalang si Wendy kala mo namang nakikita ng kausap nya. Paano ba naman nya iindyanin kung simulat sapol nabudol na sya sa pagtingin nya kay Ligaya.
"So.. lunch?" dagdag ni Joy.
Inipit ni Wendy yung phone between her shoulder and ear for she was tidying up her stuff prepping na for lunch when she felt like fooling around with her beybzfriend(bestfriend).
"Hmm..Ms Beybz, Longganisa Seller from Laguna..Are you asking me out po ba? Kala ko kasi balak mo lang akong bentahan ng Longganisa?" pagpapakipot ni Wendy which earns a small giggle from the other line.
“Sakin mo lang maeexperience yung gantong customer service, Ms. Wendy… Bibihira kang makakita ng maganda, y, cutie, matangkad, makinis, kaakit akit na Longganisa Seller, na magiinvite ng customer for lunch.. At take note ma’am, ikaw lang may gantong treatment.”
“Talaga lang ha?” playful na tanong ni Wendy. “Pano ko malalaman na di to scam?” sabay tawa nilang parehas.
“Well you need to come see me para malaman mo.” tugon ni Beybz Longganisa Seller - Laguna aka Joy aka beybz ni Wendy aka the love of her life aka ang BFF nyang hamon nya sa buhay. "and aren't you a least bit interested man lang na makita ko?" pag flirt sakanya nung tindera kuno ng longganisa.
Napakagat ng labi si Wendy.. “See you in a minute” ngiti nya. Sabay end nila parehas ng call.
Pero kakaiba tong Longganisa Seller from Laguna.
Dahil humabol pa ng chat.
Now she gets it. Get get aww na talaga ni Wendy. Bihira ka talagang makakita ng ganitong Longganisa Seller.
Maganda, y, cutie, matangkad, makinis, kaakit akit… Di sya scam.
Sa mga titig nya, sa mga ngiti nya, buong presensya nya - bentang benta sa bida nating si Wendy. Walang kawala. Papakyawin nya kung ano man ioffer sa kanya nitong Ligaya.
“Mukhang interesado po kayo ahh” paghalt ni Joy ng train of thoughts ni Wendy dahil kanina pa nakatitig sa kanya si Wendy na halos mag mukhang tanga na sa kakangiti.
“Huh?” sagot agad ni Wendy “sa longganisa?” biro nya.
Umiling lang si Joy na nakatayo sa harap nya "Sakin..” sabay flash ng mapaglarong mga ngiti niya.
For a moment, Wendy wanted to respo
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