It was lunch time as Lexi walk through the cafeteria she saw an aisle of food labels are, Chinese, Filipino, American, Korean, Japanese Cuisine, literally a bunch of choices. Dahil na din sa iba-iba ang lahi na nag tatrabaho sa pinapasukan ni Lexi kaya ganon nalang kadami ang putahe na naka hain tuwing tanghalian.
Matapos na kumuha ni Lexi ng sapat na pagkain para sa kaniya ay agad nitong iginala ang kaniyang mga mata upang humanap ng bakante na upuan ngunit isang tawag amg pumukaw sa atensyon nito. "Lexi!". Sambit ng isang boses na nangagaling sa malayong upuan, doon ay nakita ni Lexi si Erika agad naman ay lumapit ito sa kinaroroonan ni Erika.
"Upo ka". Sambit nito. "Kumusta ang unang araw mo?". Tanong pa nito. Halata naman sa mukha ni Lexi ang bahagyang pagka ilang. "Hey, don't worry I'm just asking...honestly I'm also a lesbian like you". Pa bulong na sambit nito na ikinagulat ni Lexi.
"What?". Hindi pa makapaniwala na tanong ng dalaga. "How did you know?". Sunod na tanong pa nito.
"I'm the one who recommended you here so of course I know you and actually I'm one of your followers on Instagram I saw all your projects from your previous work and I also see that you are interested in animations so that's why". Paliwanag naman ni Erika. "Additionally I'm fan of your love life". Nasamidan si Lexi ng bangitin iyon ni Erika.
Nagulat ito sa ugali na meron si Erika akala kase nito ay magiging napaka strict nito ngunit kabaliktaran pala, tila kase napaka lively at bubbly ng ugali ni Erika.
"By the way, what I told you about me that's a secret you're the only one who knows about that". Tumango naman si Lexi sa sinabi nito at nag patuloy sa pag subo ng pagkain. "I'm sorry if I'm so talkative, ikaw lang kase makaka intindi sakin dito hirao kase kausapin nung iba natin ka trabaho buhol buhol salita hindi ko maintindihan, iba-iba kase lahi". Napa halakhak naman ang dalawa sa sinabi ni Erika.
"It's okay, at least hindi pala ako maiinip dito". Sagot naman ni Lexi. "But what do you mean no one knows about your gender yet?". Tanong ni Lexi.
"It's hard to explain, I just can't come out yet...only daughter in the family kaya hindi ako makapag out, I don't want to disappoint my family at kahit sa taong gusto ko hindi ako maka amin". Sabay tingin ni Erika sa kwarto na kinaroroonan ng kanilang CEO si Lauren.
"I'll go now, just come talk to me when you need help with work". Umalis na din si Erika at doon ay naiwan na nga na mag isa na kumakain si Lexi.
1:00 pm
After the lunch Lexi gets back on her work, thinking, drafting, doing everything she has in mind but nothing seems to be working as she was feeling nervous she can't even think of a thing that would be good to submit and be published.
"Ah shit, nothings working here". Bulong nalang nito sa kaniyang sarili ng halos maka ilang review, revise, redo na ito ng title palang ng gusto niyang gawin.
The pressure was on and it was killing her.