Chapter Four
The word ‘studying’ was made of two words originally ‘students dying’.
--Good morning!
For the past week, I haven’t missed a day that I didn’t greet him a good morning or a good night. Minsan pa nga binabati ko siya sa parehong umaga at gabi. But Calvin doesn’t seem to be the type of a guy who uses his phone like a normal guy should.
Feeling ko nga parang hindi naman siya interesado sa phone niya.
Basketball is his life.
Kaya siguro wala din akong nababalitaan sa school na girlfriend niya or what.
Today, sinadya kong sa school na i-send ang message ko so I can see for myself what his reaction would be. If he’s going to read it ba or nabubulok nalang talaga iyong messages ko sa inbox niya.
I went out of the classroom for a while to send my message before our first class and as I walk inside again, I roamed my eyes para tignan kung saang part ng room namin siya naroon na naman. Knowing him, busy na naman siguro iyon while talking to one of our classmates.
As I neared my seat, unti-unting bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko nang mapagtantong nasa harapan ulit siya ni Javier.
Nakaupo ng pabaliktad sa upuan, nakapalumbaba siya sa sandalan ng upuan habang hawak ng isang kamay ang cellphone niya at may kung anong tinitignan doon.
I silently sat on my seat while still looking at him.
Grabe iyong bilis ng heartbeat ko!
I feel nauseous already because of nervousness pero unti-unti itong nawala when I saw his reaction.
His creased brows suddenly arched and he slowly smiled at his phone!
I bit my lip as I sighed and slowly smiled too.
At least panatag na akong nababasa niya nga ang mga messages ko.
Wait, what if hindi naman sa akin iyong message that he’s reading?
Nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang maramdaman ang pag-vibrate ng cellphone ko from the pocket of my skirt.
Did he reply?!
Buong umaga akong wala sa sarili dahil sa kaka-isip kung nag-reply nga siya or if ano man iyong message kong dumating.
If he replied, what did he say?
Gosh! I hate surprises like this!
I don’t even remember if we will have a quiz or an assignment for tomorrow because my mind is already on my phone.
Kaya naman when our lunch break came, hindi ako sa canteen pumunta para kumain.
“Oh, dito ka sa kotse kakain Ma’am?” Nagtatakang tanong ni Kuya Eric when I took out my lunch boxes from my thermo bag.
Saglit ko siyang tinignan at nginitian.
“Yes, Kuya. It’s hot sa canteen eh…” pagdadahilan ko.
Kumunot pa ang noo niya at parang hindi naniniwala sa dahilan ko.
“Aircon naman ‘don di ba?”
I even heard him whispering from the driver’s seat pero hindi ko na siya pinansin.
He can be usisero at times.
Nilabas ko ang cellphone mula sa bulsa ko at agad kong nakita ang laman ng message ni Calvin.
Calvin: Seems like your good morning is late today.
I immediately grabbed the throw pillow beside me and hugged it tight para doon ilabas ang nararamdaman ko.
Dahil sa pag-reply niya, I realized a thing or two.
