I Fell Inlove With My Bestfriend

IFIWMB twelve: John Angelo

JA's POV

I really don't wanna go to the Philippines. Sh*t! May mabuting buhay na ako dito sa Amerika, but then.. My parents would rather take me there?! Ugh!

Galit ako sa parents ko. Yes, I am angry about them. And in every decision they make, I am always against them. Why? Because they're so galling! They always act ways that they THOUGHT would make me happy. But what? They're making it worst!

But it changed all of a sudden when we get here... I met this girl. I met her. The first time I saw her? There's a spark in it. Nang makita ko siya sa playground na umiiyak, I don't know but my legs suddenly taked me all the way to her. May iba sa kanya e. I knew it. There's something about her. I'm a nice guy but not to the point that I comforted her that much.

I felt something fishy towards her. And it irks me that much. Psh. But.. At the same time, I also felt this feeling everytimeI see her... Happiness.

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Weekends ngayon kaya heto ako. Nag-aaral sa kwarto ko. I need to advance my lessons ‘cause something's gonna happen... I'm going to--

"Hi JA!" Masayang bati sakin ni El. Ang cute noh? El. El. El. I love this name. El for ‘Ember Ly’.

"Oh? What brought you here, El?" Just look at her. Beautiful. Ayt! Ano ba tong pinagiisip ko? Di ko na tuloy ma-sink in itong pinag-aaralan ko. XD

"El? Hihi. Nothing JA! Gusto ko lang tumambay sa MANSION MO." Tawa tawa niya pa. Intense talaga yung ‘MANSION MO’ noh? Tsk. My parents bought this house for GOOD daw. Tsk. They always do things what THEY want. Yung gusto lang nila. But whether I tell them my opinion or not, kung gusto talaga nila, sila pa rin ang masusunod. They're also perfectionists. Na dapat kapag sinabi nila na ganito ganyan gawin mo, You should do it. And you have to be what they want you to be. That's why I hate them. So much.

"Wui JA! Tulaley ka na dyan!" Hampas niya sakin. Di ko pala napansin? Nandito na siya sa tabi ko oh. Magic ata?

"H-huh? Hmm nothing." And I faked a smile. "What's ‘Tulaley’, Anyway?" I asked her.

"Di mo alam yun? It means 'Tulala'.. Yah know... You've been stucked up seeing a view but you're mind is flying?" Huh? Baliw na ata siya.

"The mind doesn't fly, El." I explained to her.

"Di mo gets? Hay naman! I don't mean that the mind flies LITERALLY. Pero.. Alam mo na? Ang lalim ng iniisip mo, Yah Know!" Saka niya kinuha ang mga magazines sa mesa ng kwarto ko. Ba't ba ang lakas ng tama ng babaeng baliw na to sakin? Hmmp. This is a new feeling for me. I guess...

"Ooh." I answered.

"You're studying?" It's not obvious, right? *sarcasm*

"Ahh, hindi. I'm reading. Isn't it obvious?" I asked her sarcastically.

"Hmm nope. Kasi you're thinking out loud there since pumasok ako dito e. And.. Hindi ko nga lang alam kung kailan ka pa nakatulala dyan. Kung yung moment na pumasok na ba ako, o wala pa? Hmmm." She placed her index finger on her lips. And that makes me quiver. She's so cute! So cute to the point na gusto ko na siyang pisilin sa mukha. *o*

"Hey J-A! Ayan ka na naman! Tulaley." Nababaliw na talaga ako sa loka lokang to.

"Halika na nga!" Saka ko siya pinatayo at ikinaladkad sa garden nitong MANSION namin.

"Woah." She was amazed. Eh bakit hindi? We have a huge garden. So huge that even a hundred people can be lost at any moment. Di joke lang. Hindi naman a hundred. Fifty siguro okay pa.

We have fountains.

Take note: FountainS. Hindi sa pagmamayabang pero isa kasing maze garden to. And in every passage way, may mga halaman. And every stop over has it's own fountain.

Shocks. Ang hirap i‘describe.

"Do you like it?" I asked her. Kanina pa kasi siya ‘tulaley’ e.

But she didn't respond. Ano ba yan El. Ang awkward.

"Hey El! Tulaley ka na dyan e. Hahaha!" And I started to laugh at her. Tiningnan niya rin ako. And she smiled. Ngiti nang nakakaasar. She was like ‘Whatcha say?’ oh? Hahaha!

And then she just started to laugh at me. What's funny about it?

"HAHAHA! JUICE KO PO! TULALEY DAW?! HAHAHAHAHA! YOU SAID IT! WITH FEELINGS! TULALEY AS IN T-U-L-A-L-E-Y, TU LA LEY... TULALEY! Oh my gosh JA. It's so nakakabading hihihi." What's wrong with saying ‘tulaley’ Eh siya nga, nakakapagsabi nun e, tapos ako, hindi? No way!

"What's wrong with my pronunciation? Eh di ba, ‘bading’ means ‘gay’? Hello? I'm not a gay? Excuse me?" Mahal ko nga siya e. Bading pa?

Oops. I mean... I can love a girl anytime I want. And it can only prove that I'm not a gay.

"Know what? Tulaley term is only for girls. And not for guys, okay? Kasi nakakabading yun." And she winked at me.

"Okay fine." Inunahan ko na lang siya. Hmmp! Girls girls girls. Girls talk. Psh.

Pasalamat talaga siya at malakas ang tama niya sakin.

"Hey JA wait!"