We'll Wait

Chapter 13 Abidtory

 It was morning both Cairo and Veya got in the zoom meeting pretty late. Nobody suspected that they talk so as they went in the zoom, it was just a casual usual day for everyone. 

Veya was excused from her first class due to the meeting of the newspaper. she came into the breakout room, the whole class was talking joined with the grade 11 students. as she went in, the whole class was mildly screaming. Like they were all teasing and giddy. They were all laughing and it left veya speechless like she couldn't relate to anything. so she just sat on her chair listen to their laughs and their teasing not knowing that it was her who they talking about. 

*ding-dong* 

"good morning team," said Sir Adam 

"good morning sir" the class replied. 

"good morning Ms. Morales and Mr. Villanueva," said sir Adam.

' Goodmorning sir" veya replied 

"good morning Sir," Said Villanueva. 

"so Mr. Villanueva, remember the other day where you were curious who wrote the lovely poem? the poem you loved so much that you wanted to know who wrote it," said Sir Adam. 

"ah yes, sir" He replied. 

"well Gabriel Villanueva, meet Veyanna Clairesse T. Morales, she is the one who wrote the poem," said Sir Adam. 

"hi, Veyanna," said Gabriel

"hi, uhh just Veya," Veya Replied 

The whole team started giggling, teasing them, "yieeee"...

"All alright enough, let's start. the first order of business."  Sir Adam exclaimed. 

Veya started to feel so awkward, Gabriel Dome Villanueva III,17 years old, a broad and hunk teenage boy with brown dreamy eyes, short black hair, a sweet face, and an endearing smile.  Smart, Loves books, athletic, God-fearing, family-oriented, great with kids, and humble. A cute teenage boy named after his grandfather. Also Veya's Type. 

how does she wish she knew what Sunday service he does? and she will completely simp on him, maybe falling in love with him. can he play guitar? Can he sing? ow shoot, can he freak dance? Veya loves the way he smiles, it's so Donny Pangilinan.  Veya gushing over him, but trying to control herself and focus on her tasks. But Veya can't stop staring into the screen where her picture is right beside his...

"Ms. Morales" sir Adam called. 

"ah yes po sir" she replied. 

"so what can you say about Ms. Magduyo's work?" sir Adam asked. 

"ah, yeah it's kind of scattered, the placing of the pictures and the fonts are different on each page, maybe one page for all photos, or at least not tilted. to lessen the Chaos," she replied.

"I agree sir with Veya" Gabriel added. 

"If on newspaper layout you agree with each other? what about me setting you both on a date? will you both agree?" sir Adam teasing. 

The whole class laughed and cheered, teasing Gabriel and Veya. 

"hahahahaha" Veya laughed sarcastically with the team. 

"anyways, tell me if you both are interested." Sir Adam said like he was so serious. 

The meeting ended and before the meeting ended, she realized that she and Cairo haven't been talking lately. She got so nervous thinking that He might be mad, he might know about the Gabriel thing? or maybe Jake saying shit about her once again. But how nobody even knows she and Cairo talks. she contacts Mira or gamecord and talks about the scary situation for Veya. 

"Mira!" Veya screamed.  Mira was so surprised she scolded her. "Ate Veya, chill I don't need hearing aids." Mira replies, "what's up?" Mira asked. Veya was so afraid but angry at the same time, it's like she was tied up to the end trying to break free from the chains that making her overthink here and Cairo. "I am in no place to be jealous or to get mad or to what worry, were not even a thing, why in the world am I overthinking, I mean I don't need to overthink right?" Vey said rapidly. 

"okay relax, ate Veya. I feel so bad for you, but maybe he is just busy or yawa, I think he might ghost you." Mira replied. "Hey, positivity!" Veya exclaimed. "I'm just saying, maybe and a What if," Mira replied. "I'm just afraid, maybe I have to ask or initiate but my scared ass can't do it." Veya said. "then don't do it" Mira replied. 

Veya suddenly feels like she has to do it. she felt like a pull that us telling her that she needs to say at least something to spice up the conversation again. or maybe still show that she is still interested, which no lie she is, but in her head, she still pictures Gabriel's face. Thinking how good will they look together. how amazing will it feel when she holds his hands, how much he will smile as she kisses him on the cheeks. how they will almost spend their time together evening till night. 

she then remembers the first day of school, all before Cairo happened. She saw Gabriel, listening to one of her teacher's leadership lectures, she was infatuated, as she saw his eyes, it was for sure a dreamy. Like it brought back time where she simped of Ralph Macchio. she was sure that she married him in dreams. Like when she fell in love with Alessio Scalzotto or the time she wanted to lay down with Draco Malfoy. The time she wanted to defeat dark wizards with Gabriel. it sure felt that way. How she wishes that she had fans of her own shipping her and Gabriel, knowing that they would break up eventually, but at least she got the time with him, Like the relationship Of Jules Leblanc and Asher Angel, the time when they were both shipped dated and broke up eventually, in the end saying that he treated her like how a queen/a girlfriend should be treated. How she too wished, people would write fan fiction about them both and she would read them all night wishing that those came true. 

she's simping, but she was unsure. She was unsure of the fact, that if she did really love Cairo, starting to think that maybe she was just so desperate like how her old friends said to her, that broke her heart into pieces. She clears her head, she gets into perspective, she tries to focus but then again pictures Gabriel's smile, her dead wandering off to many places that she thinks may help her get a new lens after all. 

Is she in love with Gabriel? or she still waiting for someone who she thinks might already have gone away without telling her once again? saying he does love her but clearly just shutting her out and making invalid solutions. No, it's not that she running these thoughts again in her head, she won't do that. 

*gets paper-gets ballpen-starts to write*

"I have these thoughts, one... Will time be our best friend or will cruelly take us apart? two...will you still be there while I am holding on to this promise pole? three... are you leaving me just the way he left me? Four... is there a valid reason to accept this? and five... am I in love with Gabriel? am I truly falling for a guy to who I have not said a word? I have not even met formally, except my teacher teasing both of us? Is it the right decision to just sit here patiently waiting for you to tell me that you don't want anymore or maybe you really can't because fear came to you? I told myself to wait. I told myself to not rush, focus on what I have now, and clearly, I can't seem to see what we have? time for sure is playing with me? or perhaps you? is the waiting till worth it? will it be worth it if I wait for you? I just hate it, not that I can't wait but not being known or not getting the heads up that yes, I am done with you, No, I still love you, so wait for me. Wait for me. will you have the guts to tell me that if you really do feel the way that I feel? I'm stupidly writing this letter knowing that you won't be able to get it. I still have a hundred questions, do you wanna hear? or I'm too tired of asking and never getting the answers from you but the answers from the air which you whispered on and flows right back to me. yes, I can read the atmosphere. I get signs and it seems like nothing is definitely working. I have nothing else to say, maybe just the three words that may be past present, or future. I Love You."

Abidtory; noun | meaning: a place into which you can disappear; a hiding place.