She's Not Ideally Ideal (Completed)

38 - 5-2-5 kasi!

You know that she was totally caught off guard kasi para syang napako dun sa kinatatayuan nya.

“w-why are you here?”

“ikaw? Bakit ka andito?” tanong ko naman sa kanya pabalik. Ang alam ko eh nasa ospital pa sya, tapos ngayon naman nandito na sya.

“tapos na ba yung check up mo? Kate, wag ka nga munang papasok. Nakausap ko na yung teachers mo, they know it already”

“I still can’t believe this, ninang mo yung guidance counselor?”

“tita, pwede?” tumango naman yung ninang nya slash guidance counselor naming at iniwan kami. I’m still stunned.

“is this the reason why you never get kicked out for all the offenses you made?”

“so sinasabi mong nandaya ako? Dahil ninang ko yung counselor?”

“no” tinignan naman nya ako ng masama nun “ok fine. Yes”

“you’re really like them”

“what?” tumalikod naman sya. Aalis na ata kaya pinigilan ko naman

“CAN’T I BE ACCEPTED AS I AM NOT BECAUSE OF THEM BUT JUST BECAUSE OF ME?!?” kumalma naman sya nung makita nyang nagulat ako sa sigaw nya. “I’ve had several so called ‘detentions, suspensions, offenses’ yan yung sinasabi ng lahat. I’m this worst person in school. Pero nagtataka sila kung bakit daw ba hindi ako mapatalsik despite nung mga ginagawa ko. They all thought that I give bribe to school para lang makapagstay, kasi naman wala na nga raw ibang school na tatanggap sakin. See? I know all of these, but I don’t even care”

“then what’s your point?”

“this is the first time, after a very long time,  I trusted somebody again.” She was looking straight to my eyes “At ewan ko ba kung bakit parang ang lupit ata ng mundo? Because for the nth time, I got disappointed again.”

She ran the fastest she can, hindi ko sya nahabol kasi pinigilan ako ng ninang nya. She held my hand so tight and then her next few words made me hate myself more.

“her first school offense, a detention, was with you”

Need I explain more of Li’s situation? She explained a bit more that made my whole first days bad impressions clear to me. Pinakiusapan daw sya ni Li na sabihin sa mga tao na maraming beses na syang nagkaroon ng school offense, most especially, ng detentions para lang tumigil sila sa pakikialam sa personal na buhay ni Li.

“hindi ko naman sukat-akalain na kahit may ganung balita na nga eh mangungulit ka pa ring bata ka. Yung classroom attitude nya naman, lalo na towards the teachers, they know it. I mean, Li’s psychological condition. She’s still in a trauma, and she totally hated teachers, as her dad was one before. But to make up for this, at least, they don’t include her to the honor roll even if she’s qualified”

(*A/N: this will make sense to you guys if you’ll look back to the first few chapters of this story which you might have read waaaaaay back 1990’s hahaha)

“I looked upon your records to know you more, and it turned out that you’re a good guy. I hoped you’ll influence Kate, to be who she was again before her family broke apart, but I was wrong. Instead, you made her a brand new person, a better one.”

Of course, I asked her how shewas able to say that, but she only replied

“Some perks of being a godmother”

***

Sabi nga nila, darating at darating din talaga yung pagkakataon na malalaman at malalaman mo rin yung dahilan sa mga bagay na hindi mo maintindihan dati. Sa tingin ko, ito na yung araw na yun. Imposible naman pala na hindi nila kilala si Li talaga, it all turned out that I’m the only one wanting to know her, because I was the only one who didn’t.

“yeah, that guidance counselor”  narinig kong comment ni Angel nung tinanong ako kung saan ko nakuha yung vitae ni Li samantalang hindi naman sya pumasok.

“anong meron sa guidance counselor?” nagpretend naman akong hindi ko alam yung tinutukoy nya.

“some issues about Li.” Sabi ulit ni Angel.

Bigla namang nagsalita si Geni mula sa likod ko, he knew na alam ko na kasi bigla nalang nyang sinabi sa kanila na “kayo lang naman ang gumagawa ng ithue tha pagiging mag-ninang nila kahit wala naman talaga”

Gulat pa yung iba na para bang sinabi nila kay Geni na huwag maingay.

“what’th the futh all about? Alam na ni Thedie no” tapos napasimangot naman ako.

“alam nyo? All along?”

“y-yeah papi” sagot naman agad ni Geni. “Maliban sa patht nila ni papa Adrian, yeah”

“pero sabi nyo wala kayong clue?”

“ah, requetht ng guidance offithe yun, ath per requetht na rin ni Li”

“sinabi nya bas a inyo lahat?”

“actually, hindi. May bruhang nagreveal” tapos tumingin naman sya kay Angel

“like duh? We’ve met like a lot of times on parties that her dad attended, why won’t I know about her?

I even thought she was nice”

“and she ith!” sabi naman agad ni Geni.

“nope. Everyone can prove that.”

“ganda mo rin thana, te eh! Katho lang ang haba ng thungay mo” tinalikuran naman sya ni Angel nun “woopth! May buntot pa pala!” nagtawanan naman yung iba naming mga kaklase. Tinignan lang ako ni Geni tapos sinabi nya na

“she ithpreaded a rumor na anak lang tha labath thi Li, tapoth dahil nga ninang nya yung guidanthe counthelor, kaya hindi thya natatanggal tha ithchool. She wath jutht uthing her “connection” to dominate everyone, that’th why everybody hated her. Noon pa man, math thuccethful na yung family ni Li kaytha tha kanila. Kaya ganyan nalang yan kung makapanira ng tao”

“a person could do such a thing? Highschool student palang sya ah? Isn’t that a bit worse?”

“it ith the wortht kamo”

“know what? I am so mad right now. Hindi dahil sa hindi ninyo sinabi sakin, kundi dahil sa kung gaano kasama yung trato ng mga tao kay Li. Tao rin naman sya ah, she’s even better than them, in fact. Subukan lang talaga nilang dagdagan pa yung bigat ng nararamdaman ni Li ngayon, baka hindi na ako makapagpigil pa, babae man sila o lalaki”

“chill, papi! Ano to? Drama? Pero don’t worry naman, normal lang na pakiramdam yan, lalo na ng mga tao kapag nasasaktan yung taong mahal nila” ngumiti naman sya sakin nun na para bang sinasabi nyang alam nya yung nafifeel ko for Li.

“ha-ha-ha. So funny! Hindi kaya!”

“talk to the deaf” 

“mahal na mahal kasi…” bulong ko naman.