JAIDEE'S BACK IN THE ZONE! I miss my sweet home here in Tarlac! Hope ya enjoy the next chapter of I AM YOUR LIFE
"I don't remember it well—it was a month ago, but the memory of that moment never fades." He was lost in his thoughts for a short time before he went on. "I do remember how it felt, when I saw Zoe's eyes. It's not an easy thing to ask her out, not something you could forget."
"And…?" Shinya said.
"She had wakened me up. I don't feel alone anymore. That was why I chose her. In all the people of Shibuya, I never realized I never felt this way before."
"How did she—"
"Okay, the others are private. Don't worry, you'll feel this way someday," Takuya interrupted.
A few seconds passed before someone broke the silence. It seemed that Koji, JP and Koichi had ears all over the places.
"It was difficult. Can we, too, sleepover at your house?" Koji jumped beside Zoe.
Takuya thought for a second. "For me, it is merely very, very painful to say yes."
They could tell from the set of Takuya's lips, he would say no more on Koji. Zoe suppressed curiosity, though it was far from idle. There were many things she needed to think through on this particular issue, things were only beginning to occur to her. No doubt Takuya's quick mind had already comprehended every aspect that eluded her.
His soft voice interrupted her thoughts. "Let me guess, you were spying on us, again!"
"Nope. We're through on spying with ya," JP answered.
"So you must be happy, then, because—"
"We get it…so, what are you planning to do?" Zoe interrupted Koichi.
"Hmm," Koji paused.
"Making us a music video and post it to the class," Takuya chuckled.
"Nope," Koji hissed. "We're going to make a love story and blurt it to our class but your idea's a lot cooler and sweeter than mine!" Koji snapped.
"What?" Takuya widened his eyes. "Oh c'mon! It was just an expression!"
"Look on the bright side, Takuya. At least we're gonna get our privacies," Zoe grinned her angelic smile.
They laughed.
"Hey, got some great news for you guys!" JP announced. "There will no classes tomorrow until Friday."
Everyone was thrilled to JP's announcement. Koji, JP, Zoe and Koichi went home to get their pajamas, bathroom supplies and a few clothes that will end up until Sunday.
Takuya heard the footsteps of his friends in front of his house; he saw Shinya answered the door bell.
"I brought movies!" Koji and Koichi announced.
"I brought us some snacks!" JP added.
"And I brought us some fun and cool games!" Zoe followed.
Takuya chuckled ghostly.
"Where's your brother?" Koji asked Shinya.
"In here." Takuya called. He grabbed his dinner from the microwave and sat at the table as his friends walked in. Their footsteps sounded so noisy.
"Can you I have some of that also?" JP asked.
Takuya took his food with him, scarping it down as he got his friends dinner. It burned their tongue. Shinya served glasses with milk while their lasagna was heating, and gulped their milk to put out the fire.
"Thanks for the food," Zoe said as she sat o the table as well.
"What to do after this?" Takuya asked. The words were rushed.
"Movies!" Shinya replied.
"Good," JP commented.
"What types of movies did you brought?" Zoe asked.
"Well, what do we got, brother?" Koji asked Koichi.
"We got…romance…action…comedy…horror…." Koichi put the pile of DVDs on the microwave.
"Oooh…I love horror!" Zoe sounded excited.
"For a girl like you…you're pretty brave," Shinya surprised Zoe by being observant.
"Not really—what do you think guys?" Zoe took another big bite.
"Horror seems nice," Koji agreed.
Everyone finished with their last bite of lasagna, and chugged the remains of their milk.
"What's the scariest among the three?" Koji showed them the case of the horror movies.
"Dawn of The Dead…A Nightmare on Elm Street…or Friday the 13th?" Koichi named the movies.
"Definitely 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'." Takuya, JP and Zoe at the same time.
Takuya, Koji, JP and Koichi arranged the sofa in the living room. Koji set the TV for the movie. Takuya went back to his room to get pillows and blankets for they will all sleep at the living room. JP and Koichi handled the snacks.
"Are you sure you wanna join us Shinya?" Zoe asked thoughtfully.
"Yeah, thanks for your concern."
"You look kinda not sure," Zoe noted.
"Do I?" was all Shinya could manage in response. Zoe helped Shinya wash the dished. Zoe quickly scrubbed the dished clean in the sink while Shinya placed them upside down on a dish towel dry.
"Tomorrow's Friday," Shinya mused.
Zoe didn't respond.
"No plans tomorrow?" Shinya asked suddenly.
"We don't know yet, Shinya."
"You could use Mom's Room for a while." Shinya played cool.
"Thanks." Zoe said carefully.
"Let's all clean ourselves before we take another step in the living room…" Takuya announced.
"Let's hurry up, Shinya."
"Well, race ya to the stairs, anyway."
All of them run up to the stairs, Koji, JP, Zoe and Koichi with their backpacks; of course the boys to Takuya and Shinya's room while Zoe to Mrs. Kanbara's Room. They shut the door loud enough for each others to hear.
Zoe hopped up grabbing her pajamas from her backpack, her toiletries off the bag. She left the light on and slipped out, closing the door.
Zoe meant to hurry. She brushed her teeth fiercely, trying to be through and speedy, removing all traces of lasagna. But the hot water of the shower couldn't be rushed. It unknotted the muscles in her back, calmed her pulse. The smell of Mrs. Kanbara's shampoo reminded of her own mother. She tried not to think of anything, because then she had to start all over with the calming process. Finally, she couldn't delay anymore. She shut off the water, toweling hastily, rushing again. She pulled on her holey t-shirt and gray sweatpants. Too late to regret packing Victoria's Secret silk pajamas her father got her two birthday's ago, which still had the tags.
She rubbed the towel through her hair again, and the yanked the brush through it quickly. She threw to towel in the hamper, flung her brush and toothpaste into her bag. Then dashed down the stairs, he saw her friends in pajamas also, with wet hair, sitting on the floor, waiting for Zoe.
"After thirty years!" Koji insulted.
"Shut up," Zoe hissed.
"Oh please, stop acting that you weren't slow," Takuya said.
"Yeah, brushing your teeth almost took us forever," Koichi laughed with the others.
Zoe smiled as she Indian-sat at the sofa.
"Please don't tell me Zoe's gonna take the sofa," Koji begged to Takuya.
"Is this your property?" Takuya questioned.
"Nope."
"Then shut up."
"No, its okay, I'll take sleep at the floor," Zoe insisted.
"Just ignore Koji," JP told Zoe.
"Besides, you're the only girl in the house," Koichi noted.
"We'll treat you us our princess," Shinya smiled widely.
Zoe laughed. "No thanks, but I'll take the sofa," Zoe sat beside Takuya at the floor, sitting Indian-sit.
Shinya turned the lights off. JP brought three bags of popcorn at the living room. Takuya played the movie. Everyone became silent.
At the beginning of the movie, at the Springwood Diner with his girlfriend, falls asleep at the table and meets a man covered in burn scars, wearing a red and green sweater and a clawed glove on his hand. The burned man cuts the boy's throat in the dream, but in reality it appears that the boy is cutting his own throat as friend and waitress looks on with the boy's girlfriend.
"No need to be scared, Zoe," Takuya pinned Zoe against his body.
Zoe snorted. "I know…I've got my knight and shining armor right here." Zoe tried to slide out from under Takuya's arm, and Takuya's arm fell off her.
"Get a room." Koji interrupted.
"Popcorn?" Koichi handed Takuya and Zoe a one bowl of popcorn.
Takuya caught it and took a handful of popcorn and shove it into his mouth.
"He's coming for you…Freddy's coming for you…" JP whimpered. Hugging him and rocking back and forth like a baby.
"JP, it's just a movie," Koji reminded.
"Get a grip, JP. Shinya can watch the bloody movie, and so can you!" Takuya snapped.
"Shh!" Shinya interrupted, enjoying the bloody moment.
The girl meets the burned man in her dreams and is murdered. She was all covered in blood.
"I told you! You should've locked your door…she should've locked her door…" JP cried.
"JP, are you okay?" Koji asked, getting worried on his friend.
"Just pretend you're dreaming a good dream," Koichi patted JP's back.
"Don't fall asleep…don't fall asleep…never sleep again…never sleep again…" JP said while he rocked back and forth again as a crazy man.
When the movie was almost over, JP calmed a little bit.
"There's, like, two minutes left, and everything's all over," Koji comforted JP.
With the girl being told to get some sleep, the burned man suddenly appears in mirror's reflection and kills the girl pulling the body through the mirror, making JP scream.
JP jumped up as he accidently tossed the bowl of popcorn away from Koichi's arms.
"I knew it! I knew it!" JP screamed.
"Damn it, JP! It's just a movie!" Koichi smacked JP's head.
"That was the scariest movie I've ever seen!" Shinya cheered. "When can we watch that again?"
"Don't sleep…don't sleep…if we don't wake up screaming we will never wake up!" JP warned his friends. Still hadn't forgotten what he saw from the movie.
Takuya lunged forward, away from Zoe. With a loud smacking sound, his fist hit JP's face. JP's eyes rolled back in his head, and his mouth fell slack.
The room was very quiet for a few seconds.
"Um," Koji said in mild voice. "I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition."
"But I feel better, Takuya answered, sullen.
Zoe smiled the tiniest smile. "Well, unconsciousness won't kill him."
"What just happened?" Shinya was by Zoe's head, speaking in a murmur.
"JP was panicking," Koichi answered before Zoe could. "Are we really surprised?"
"I didn't know he's afraid of scary movies," Zoe muttered.
Shinya looked at Takuya.
"No more horror movies for you, JP," Takuya noted.
"I'm sure somebody's going to annoy him," Zoe said.
Koichi arranged JP's positioned.
"We have to go to sleep, it's getting late," Koji yawned.
"It's already late," Shinya snapped.
"It's midnight," Zoe added.
"I'm hungry," Takuya followed.
"I'll make us some midnight snack," Koichi went to the kitchen to get some cookies, Cokes and some more Popcorns.
After they ate their snacks, they went to sleep. Zoe lied down on the sofa, of course. Zoe was so tired. She didn't care anything but to sleep.
Of course, that was when JP was talking in sleep late in the morning.
"Uuuh," he groaned, just a whisper. "He's in the house!" He yelled.
With the groan of everyone else, Zoe rolled toward him.
"Wake up," Zoe whispered.
"Ahh!" JP yelled in pain.
Koji hushed JP who was screaming. "Will you keep it down there? I'm trying to sleep here!"
Zoe rolled her eyes. Zoe covered Koji's face with a pillow. "Don't worry, I'll be at your, ah, funeral," laughed. Koji was trying to breathe but he couldn't find air.
"Zoe, that's not a joke," Koichi reminded her.
"I know…" Zoe replied. "But it just feels good to be bad,"
"Zoe, please?" Shinya said.
"Hmm…" Zoe sighed but still covering Koji's face with the pillow. "Say the magic word Koji," Zoe told Koji.
Koji said something but it was too blur to understand.
"You just say what?" Zoe asked.
Koji had enough and pulled off of the pillow away from him.
"Zoe," Koji gasped. "Are you trying to be annoying? Or you're trying to murder me?"
Zoe tied to breathe evenly. "Technically, yes…its better you're asleep. It's better if you think I'm killing you."
"JP, you're drooling!" Takuya yelled though JP's ears. Still not waking up.
"Let me handle this," Zoe said proudly. Her hand swing out to slap the sleeping JP hard across the face. His head snapped right and then left. She slapped him again. And his awake.