Marryin Off The Spinster

It rained that afternoon. Kenny has to walk instead of riding a motorcycle. Drivers here overprice their fares, taking advantage of people, and sometimes, won't return the change. If you ask them for it, they'll only say "The gas prices have hiked up." Hiked up? What hiked up when they just parked their bikes near-slash-and-or beside the gasoline station! Ugh! Corrupt people surely won't succeed in life.

Going home was just a 15-minute walk from the mall so it elated Kenny to kill two birds in one swoop. Luckily she brought with her an umbrella on that fateful day or else she'll be a 'basang sisiw' (a wet chic).

When she arrived at their gate, her aunt, who was going out saw her and asked, "Ken, where did you went to?" Her aunt smiled and looked at the yellow bag she was carrying. "Ahh," Keny took her aunt's hand and did the 'mano po', continued, "I went to the mall to buy Khail a wedding gift," Kenny observed that the rain stopped, closing her umbrella.

"When's his wedding day will be?" her aunt asked.

"It's in July." She curtly replied.

"Oh, so two months from now..." shifting her gaze to what she was carrying, she pointed, " But you bought his gift too early. Will it not soil in your room? You know, I think it'll have roots one day and turn into a tree!" Pleased with what she just said, laughing. Kenny only raised the corners of her lips as a response to the joke. It was quite true since she hasn't gotten out unless Martha took her out days ago and today when she was buying a gift. It's been a long time that people would think she has turned into a monk in the monastery.

Seeing that she has become awkward, her aunt excused herself, "Ken, I have to go buy some eggs and noodles for dinner," she walked and turned around, "One more thing, dear. You should go out more often. Seriously. Or else, you won't be able to find 'The One' and you'll just realize that all you do is buy gifts, attend the wedding, seeing other people getting married, but never the bride." Her aunt winked at her and left.

Kenny sighed.

Her aunt's words sank in, slowly. 'She's right,' Kenny agreed with what her aunt just said. "But why would people care whether I get married or rot?" She slumped on the wooden bench in the living room after she got into their house. She looked at her surroundings then at the thing she bought. "Aish!" She can only exclaim. It's a good thing no one was there or else they will think she had gone crazy for being alone in life. Her siblings already went to their classes that day, only she was left on her own.

Feeling bored and unmotivated, she stood up and went to the coffee table, which was near the window to get the remote control. Turning the TV on, Kenny went back to lie down on the wooden bench. Just as she was about to change the channel, she saw a TV ad for enrolment on one of the prestigious universities of the region. "Him?" she almost fell from her seat as it surprised her seeing that the familiar guy on the ad was no other than the whɨnėy dude from days ago. The ad was very informative and the man, who acts as an endorser smiles charmingly like he's some kind of an actor from the entertainment industry.

Kenny rolled her eyes as she turned off the TV harshly, pressing the ''red off" buŧŧon hard, and almost throwing the poor remote from her hands. "That smile, that attitude? So fake. Ugh," she scoffed and stood up, shaking the cringe she is feeling. "Hell, I wouldn't dare to even date him If I am a man — Geezuz! He's a man, not a woman. What am I thinking?" she slapped her face realizing her weird thoughts. A bit later, her thoughts wandered again to what has transpired in the mall. She almost has forgotten about it but fate is mischievous. "Ahhhhhh!" realizing what a total bum she was there, she runs towards her room and screamed in a muffled voice as she covers her face with her pillow. She punched, screamed, punched till she got tired.

"Okay, now I'm calm," she told herself. A little while later she exclaimed, "Who the hell is he?! He even wants me to date... D-DATE...yes DATE... the date that—that— ugh! Okay fine. He's handsome," slapping her face as if to wake up from a dream. "Say what?? Uh no no no... Aishhhh!"

Knock! Knock!

Kenny snapped out from her chaotic monologue when she heard someone knocking on her door. "Inday Ken, you okay?" It was just her Aunt Nora. She thought it was a ghost since it's only her that's in the house. She forgot that her close relative comes and goes into the house. She felt a slight relief. "I'm just okay, Auntie." Kenny walked over and opened her room, she continued. "What's ours, Auntie?"

"You're main door's open so I just came in. I was calling for you but seems like nobody's around. I was going to borrow your wok coz Janna's already hungry and I couldn't find our frying pan. Anything wrong? I heard you screaming there." Aunt Nora explained while pointing in her room, worry is clear in her face. "I went upstairs to check if you're okay. You fine?"

"Oh, yeah, I am. Hehehe," Kenny replied awkwardly. "Oh, you gonna borrow the wok, right? Go, just get it from the kitchen. I think I put it below the small table."

Her aunt went down and took the thing she borrowed. "Ken, it's here. I'll go now,"

"Yeah, see ya later." She replied.

Whew! That was a close call, she thought. Kenny made sure that their door's locked and went back to her room. "It's all his fault and his stupid shoes! Ugh!"

"Anyway, it would have been better if it's Derek, though I don't mind." she giggled at the thought. Though in all honesty, Derek is more mȧturė than his friend Joshua.

Kenny scolded herself when she realized she is acting like a star-struck teenager. "Stop it, self! Stop! It's not your priority and will never be!" .

She listened to music and doze off to sleep.