Crossing Through A Valiant Heart (ON-GOING)

Chapter 11

"Luca is mad at you?" Jace repeated what I said out of total confusion. He looked like he's about to say 'that's impossible.'

"I don't know but kind of? I need help to talk to him again. I want to apologize and-" he held my shoulders and that made me stop talking.

"Okay, breathe. We'll talk to him, okay?" he calmed me down and softly talked to me. "You still have classes. Attend those first, all right?" I nodded at him and he soon left because he still had classes.

Pumunta na ako sa klase ko at tinapos agad 'yon. As usual, I couldn't focus because I'm thinking of what to say to Luca when we see each other. I really don't want to be on bad terms with him. I don't want him to think that I doubt him either. I should stop putting up a wall and start believing in others, especially my best friends.

I looked at Ice when he placed biscuits on my side of the table. Our classes are already done but I was too spaced out to even fix my things.

"May oras ka ba mamaya?" he asked me while he was busy putting back his pens and correction tape. He stopped to look at me, waiting for my answer.

"Why?" 

"You missed on a lot. I'll help you study." he just noticed it like that? Right, I will fail if I just let this go. I nodded at him.

"Okay. Where? At the library? I'll meet you there." I gave him a smile and stood up. I was going to leave dahil nagmamadali ako at baka madaanan ko si Luca, but he gently held my hand to stop me.

"I'm trying to distract you. Can't you think about me first? Stop thinking about it all.. Just for today. Ipahinga mo muna sarili mo." he looked really serious when he was saying that. 

I gulped and nodded. 

"The dating rumor, It's deleted. The rumor about Luca, too. Worry about the rest later on. Ako muna isipin mo." dagdag niya. The way he was saying those comforted me a lot. I felt like it lessened my problems and I couldn't thank him enough.

I hate how he could read through me like that. The way that he doesn't even need to ask. He just tells me something, he just gives me something and it flutters me. Even when he used to be mean, I realized that he was just like that but he was being thoughtful too.

We spent hours in the library and just as he told me to do, I did it. Wala muna akong inisip kun'di kaming dalawa na nandito. It felt so comfortable and it made my problems go away even just for a day. 

"It's red blood cells?! I thought it was white!" I laughed at my mistake while we were reviewing.

"Yeah? But you were the one who presented this topic. Who knew this day would come where you're already old and can't remember things quite well. I could just imagine one of your future patients ask you if you're really a neurologist." He laughed.

"Hey! It was just this time! I don't make the same mistake twice." I replaced my answer.