Stella (Short Story)

STL 4

Stella's POV

When I closed the door I just leaned back and sighed, tinignan ko ang hawak kong pera at ibinalik nalang sa wallet ko. Gusto kong tumulong pero tinanggihan niya ako. i have money naman kasi when my daddy was still alive i have part time jobs so may na ipon ako kahit kaunti ngunit unti unti na tong na uubos simula nung gumigimik ako sa bar. halos ina araw araw ko na nga eh.

after I put the money back in my wallet I just lay on my bed, mabuti nalang at walang pasok bukas mas marami pa akong time para maka pag review sa finals. hindi lang naman pag re-review ang dapat kong gawin dahil madami pa akong kailangang mga i-pass na projects and reports. things I didn't do in the previous grading.

thank god my professors even gave me a chance to pass all projects and reports that i missed. i finish already three projects at one of my prof and she gave me naman ng di mababang grade dahil pinag hirapan ko naman daw kaya deserve ko pa rin ang grade na binigay niya saakin.

*ting*

napatingin ako sa gilid ko nang may tumunog na notification sa cellphone ko, i get up at kinuha sa ibabaw ng table ang cellphone. The notification is from facebook, i slide my index finger in screen and i open facebook. when i opened it i saw a friend request from a girl.

"Jinadine Erackson" i read her name and it's sound familiar to me.

i clicked her profile just to make sure na nakita ko na to dati, and tama nga ako dahil palagi ko siyang nakikita sa campus with groups of girls. oh so her name is jinadine? not bad. As far as i know she seems famous, i won't be surprised anymore. she's pretty and smart i think? i accept her friend request.

wala namang masama kung magiging friend ko siya sa social media and she looks kind. pero wala na akong pake kung ano pa siya.

After i accept her i switched off my cellphone and binalik na sa dating kinakalagyan nito kanina, i was about to shut my eyes when i heard again my phone rang so tumayo nanaman ako at kinuha ang cellphone ko.

i switch on my phone and i saw in my lockscreen that jinadine send me a message, i was about to ignore her message but suddenly she had another text again.

i was curious so i opened my messenger and check her messages, she send me a wave sticker kasunod non ay nag 'hi' siya. so replied back, i replied 'hello' and i clicked the wave back.

Na-alis ang tingin ko sa phone ko nang makarinig ako ng katok sa pinto, i get up para pagbuksan si ryle. "Do you need something?" i softly asked, he smiled at me. "wala, kala ko tulog kana" he replied.

"matutulog na sana hehe" i giggled after i said that causing him to giggled too.

"may tatanongin lang sana ako sayo"

"ano yun?"

"Gusto mo bang sumama saakin bukas?" He raised his two eyebrow mensahe yun na hinihintay niya ang sagot ko.

"Sure, why not?" Nakangiting sagot ko sakaniya.

"Okay, 10:00 am nalang tayo umalis" tumango ako sa bilang tugon sa sinabi niya.

"Uhm.."

"May sasabihin ka pa?" I asked.

"I'm sorry about earlier" he sincerely said.

"No, i understand" ngiti kong sagot para sabihin talagang okay lang.

"Thank you, Sige tulog kana"

"You too" i said.

"Goodnight"

"Goodnight" after i said that i closed the door at naglakad na pabalik sa kama ko.

I really need to sleep.