TWENTY-THREE
Pagkasundo nina XZ at Mel kay Liv malapit sa building ng huling klase nito bago ang lunch ay may kasama itong lalaki kaya nagkatinginan ang dalawang dalaga. Pareho nilang hindi kilala ang binatang kasama ng kaibigan kaya tiningnan na lang ulit nila ito. Mestizohin ito at matangkad. Napatangu-tango si Mel nang mapagtantong gwapo ito. Mukhang may taste naman si Liv pagdating sa mga lalaki.
Nang makita ni Liv ang dalawa ay nagpaalam na ito sa kausap na lalaki at pumunta kanila Mel at XZ.
“Bye, Liv!” Paalam ng lalaki at saka kumaway kay XZ.
“Bye!” Paalam din ni XZ at tumalikod na rito kaya sumunod na sa kaniya ang dalawa.
“Who’s that? New boyfriend?” mapang-asar na tanong ni Mel.
“His name is Wil and no, he’s not my boyfriend.” sagot naman ni Liv na tuloy lang sa paglalakad.
“Why not? He’s handsome and he looks smart too.” saad ni XZ.
“Wow, and that’s coming from XZ Martinez. It means he really is handsome.” dagdag pa ni Mel.
“And that is the reason why. He will never look at me that way. He’s out of my league.” wika ni Liv at saka napababa ang tingin.
“Grabe ka naman sa sarili mo.” komento ni Mel. Nagkatinginan pa sila ni XZ dahil mukhang gusto nga ni Liv ang lalaking iyon.
“It’s true. He only looks at me like I’m his little sister.” sagot ni Liv.
“Awts. Sibling-zoned ka pala.” wika ni Mel kaya kinurot siya ni XZ mula sa likod para hindi makita ni Liv. Mukhang aasarin pa yung kaibigan nila, eh kita na ngang malungkot na.
“Meh. I’m fine with it. I mean, I did think that he could be my potential boyfriend but now... I think we’re better off as friends.” Angat ni Liv ng tingin niya sa harap.
“Ay, grabe. Ang bilis naman magmove on? Malay mo may chance ka pala.” saad naman ni Mel na inilingan na lang ni Liv.
She’s really fine being just a friend of Wil Wilson. You have heard of jack of all trades, master of none but Wil is the master of all trades. He’s good at everything he does and he does various things. It’s an honor to be called his friend. ‘Yon na lang ang iniisip ni Liv. Kinaibigan na nga siya, mag-iinarte pa ba siya?
Kinalabit ni Mel si XZ nang matanaw nito si Nereo na papalapit sa kanila kaya huminto muna sila sa paglalakad.
“XZ, let’s talk.” saad ni Nereo pagkalapit sa mga dalaga. Nagkatinginan naman sina Mel at Liv nang marinig na seryoso talaga ang tono ni Nereo. Uh-oh, first LQ na ba nila ito?
“In private? If it’s not too personal, you can say it in front of them.” sagot ni XZ na iginawi pa ang kamay sa mga kaibigan niya.
“It’s about your test score.” ani Nereo at inilabas na ang dala niyang test paper ni XZ. He’s still hesitant to tell the news to XZ in front of Mel and Liv because it may be inappropriate.
“Let me see.” kaswal na saad ni XZ at lumapit kay Nereo upang tingnan ang test paper niya.
“Ed was distributing this earlier and asked me to give it you.” kuwento ni Nereo habang tinitingnan ni XZ ang sarili niyang test paper. She got a failing score. She can’t believe it. Even Nereo can’t believe it that’s why he wanted to talk to her what went wrong.
BINABASA MO ANG
Lost Stars
Teen Fiction[SMUG Series #1] XZ Martinez is a smart young woman. She was born to a rich and famous family but she doesn't seem to like it. Unlike her older brother, Valentine, XZ is and will never be used to the attention people are giving her but she guesses t...
