CRIPPLED: JULLIANNA (VUILLTRAEN SISTERS SERIES #1)

21

PAPER BAG

"Seah, ano 'yon ha?!" Sanjo snorted at me and griped me in my arm.

"Take your hand off me, Sanjo!"

I tried to pull back my arm but it was too tight. I can feel the eyes of every student passing by on us. I even heard some whispered about me but I don't care anymore. I already became numb as the year passed by hearing nothing but their one-sided thought.

"Akala mo ba hindi ko 'yon nakita?! Ha?! Akala mo ba?!" He yelled at me so loud that I even closed my eyes.

"Shut up," I calmly said.

"You want me to shut up after seeing you hanging out with that stupid boy?!"

He tightened his hold on me causing my emotions to grow wilder towards him. Sige pa, Sanjo. Diinan mo pa at masasaktan ka talaga sa'kin.

"Get your hands off me! One..." I started to count but he didn't listen. "Two... three..."

Binitawan ko ang librong hawak ng isang kamay at inangat 'yon para sampalin siya. Masyado 'ata siyang nagulat kaya nabitawan niya agad ako, hawak-hawak niya na ang panga niya ngayon. Matalim ko siyang tinignan.

"Stop acting like the two of us have a labeled relationship! We are just flings! We aren't labeled! And we both know that. You let your emotions drive you too much this time." I emphatically said. I picked up my book and started walking like there's nothing happened.

Isa sa pinakaayaw ko ay 'yong lumalagpas na sa borderline. Hindi kami. Wala siyang karapatan na magalit sa kung sino man ang nakausap ko. Siya lang 'yung umamin na may gusto sa'kin tapos kinaibigan ko lang, ngayon kung makaasta parang pag-aari ako.

Kakapasok ko lang sa SUV at tinignan ko ang braso kong hinawakan niya kanina. Medyo namumula 'yon. I'll Google something about it later para hindi maging pasa.

Nang mapagtanto kong kailangan ko pala na i-Google na 'yon para pagdating sa bahay ay magawa ko, binuksan ko ang phone ko. Pero imbes na mag Google ay nainis lang ako nang makita ang tawag ni Sanjo. Napairap ako.

Know your boundaries.

I sent that to him and blocked his number on my phone. He's acting too much, huh? Gusto ko na sana siya. Kaso pareho lang pala sila ni Raffy. 'Yong naging fling ko last month. Masyadong impulsive at nagpupumilit na maging kami na kaya i-bi-nlock ko rin at hindi na pinansin pa.

"I heard what happened."

Fe sighed and took her seat in front of me. We're in the cafeteria now after our last subject before lunch. I just gave her a small smile and looked away, avoiding her eyes. It's just that I'm scared she'll read my eyes.

"Tigilan mo na kasi 'yang mga ganyan, Se. Wala ka namang mapapala riyan, e'."

"May napala ako. Naaliw ako." Wala sa isip kong sagot.

"Oh, sige. Let's say you had fun. But what about them? Are you thinking about their feelings too?" Natigilan ako sa tanong niya. "You aren't, right?'

I swallowed hard and took my meal out of the tray. I don't know what to say anymore so I just shrugged and smiled.

"You know what? Let's eat." I urge her.

"You're just... hurt." She murmured and sighed.

Well, to be honest? I'm not thinking about their feelings. I just think that it's not my fault when they fell for me, it's not my fault when they get attached to me, it's not my fault. That's their fault! They assume that we're really something. They assume like we're 'road to entering a relationship' in the end.