Spencer Javier Reed
Sad. I noticed that I have been changing all these days since the first time I met Stefan. I feel like everybody’s the same as they really were and I’m the only one who changed! It’s like the professor is teaching us an equation and I’m the only one who gets it. I feel like a big outsider. Knowing that I am changing, I had a hard time adapting to my almost new environment.
Dati kapag naglalakad ako sa halls I would always see them staring but I always think na wala silang thoughts about me. Now, every time I walk through this very long hallway—napapaisip na ako if their stares are good or bad. Dati, I wasn’t that concerned on how I would look like when I go to school!
I am changing and I hate myself for doing that! I don’t want change!
“Spencer! What are you doing there?” umiling ako kay Stefan at pumasok na sa lunchroom at umupo na kami sa usual table namin.
I bowed my head. Ever since the party, everybody keep staring, whispering and talking about me! Ang gulo! I am not the one who won, right? And the worst part of this whole change is I haven’t seen my bestfriend yet!
“Look, Don’t bow your head because they’re talking about you. Just ignore them, eventually they’ll stop.”
I glared at Stefan. I picked up my lunch tray and bag at lumabas ng Lunchroom. I can’t take any more heat!
Nag-lakad ako papunta sa may pool stadium. This is probably the safest place to hide from people who you want to kill! -_________-
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Kakatapos lang ng last subject ko. Nagmadali akong magligpit ng gamit, hoping na hindi akko maabutan ni Stefan dito. He’s been bugging me since lunch!
“Hey!” >__________< Damn!
Humarap ako sakanya with a poker face at tinaasan siya ng kilay. But I didn’t expect that he would smile! Lumapit siya sakin as if ‘bati’ na ulit kami!
“There’s this new bar down street and—“ “Look, Stefan! I am not enjoying this whole thing you did to me!! I am changing into something I don’t even want! Look at the way I dress Stefan! You made me wear this stupid high heels and tight skirt and threatened me if I didn’t!!!!! And Stefan, tell me—Nakikita mo ba ang best friend ko sa tabi ko?!—“
“Edi sana hindi ka na lang pumayag sa suggestion ko! Atsaka—Bakit ka ba nakikinig sakin ha?! Spencer, you have your own free will! As your friend I’m here to give you suggestions, opinions and of course support you! It’s your decision not mine!!!” Sigaw niya.
*PAK!* I slapped him! Not too hard, baka mabarag pa mukha ko neto! “Suggestions?! Opinions?! Ipapaalala ko lang sayo, Stefan ha! You didn’t suggested it! You forced me to do it! It’s an order from you—“
“Then why the fuck did you agreed even if you didn’t want to?!”
“BECAUSE I FUCKING WANT TO MAKE MY FRIEND HAPPY!” I paused. My voice croaked. “I figured if I said yes, you’ll leave me alone.”
Nagkatinginan kaming dalawa. “Satisfied?” I asked and then stormed out of the room.
I’m probably not the girl who uses her parent’s money to go panic shopping—so what I did is just sit at a bench near a soccer field at Uptown Street.
Napahawak ako sa sintido ko and I sipped my coffee. “Was I too harsh on him?” I asked myself.
I just… uggh! Maybe I am! I know he’s just doing this all to me so I can be an individual. I can live without my name sticking on my best friend but—things are just complicated now. “I want my normal life back!” I shouted.
“Normal life?” gulat akong napatingin ako sa side ko. There is an old man staring at me.
“Ah.—Well, things on my life are completely changed and—“ I was cut off! “Deary, sometimes when things change—it means we’re going out of our comfort zone. And when we experience that change? We feel it’s just normal.”
“so you’re saying that, I should be okay with it?”
Tumango naman siya. “Thanks, old man.”
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“Stefan, I’m sorry—“ “No! I should be the one saying that! Ako ang may kasalanan, spence. I pushed you into your limit zones and—“
“no. You pushed me out of my comfort zone.”
He didn’t say anything at bigla na lang akong niyakap. “You know, kahit isang oras lang kitang hindi makita—Namimiss na kita.”
I chuckled. And looked down. “and as a sorry gift—“ inangat ko ang tingin ko and… “Hi, girl. Missed me?”
“Oh my!” attacked shamcey with a hug. “I do. I really really do.”
We pulled away and looked at each other. “Girl, sorry ha? That party is important for mom and dad and me—“ I cut her off.
“I know! And that’s why I am saying sorry! I think almost all of the attention!”
She smiled. “Yeah you did! Since our first day in that school!”
O_______O “What?”
She chuckled. “If I am the beauty queen material? You? You are the natural beauty queen. Even if wala kang make-up maganda ka na—Me? I have to put make up to look pretty!”
“You know that’s not true, right?”
“IKR! Hahahaha! Friends?”
“Friends.”
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