Becoming The Man (COMPLETED)

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

"Caiden, please naman..."

"Ate Debbie, kahit gustuhin ko man, wala talaga akong alam," he replied. "Sinubukan ko rin siyang i-contact pero hindi siya sumasagot."

I shook my head. "No... Impossible," I muttered. Is this their freaking bro code or something?! "Caiden, if you promised to him na hindi mo sasabihin, hindi kita is-snitch! Please, just tell me..."

"Kailangan ko na talagang umalis, ate. Sorry," sabi niya before patting me on the shoulder and then he left.

I leaned against the wall and covered my face.

It was my first day as the SSG President and I could already feel the weight on my shoulders.

Kanina lang sa flag ceremony, some guy punched another guy from ibang section tapos nagka-gulo na. If I was more responsible sa pag-keep ng order sa kanila, it would have been avoided.

Hindi talaga ako cut out for this job... Gosh, I don't even look the part!

"What's going on?" I asked pagpasok ko ng SSG office.

No one seemed to hear me dahil naka-focus silang lahat sa pagbasa ng something sa phone ni Bridgette.

My forehead creased. I walked towards them and grabbed the phone.

"Parang wala kayong—" I said but I was cut off when I read the post from SANHS Secret Files that they were reading kanina.

'Valerie Alonzo confirms Debbie Lofranco-Bailey Ceralde breakup!'

My lips parted.

Really... si Valerie?

"Is... is this true?" I asked them.

Valerie knew me, and she knew that my biggest pet peeve is yung pina-pangunahan ako.

"H-hindi ko po alam, ate," Bridgette said, getting her phone back.

"Where's Val?" Umiling sila. I raised an eyebrow. "Nag-concert ba kayo?"

"Wala po siya, Pres," Luigi said.

"Don't call me that," I said and flipped my hair. I sighed. "Let's start."

Who did she think she was para sabihin kung break na ba kami ni Bailey o hindi? Was she the ones in the relationship?

And of all people—si Valerie pa talaga?! Ugh, kairita!

I composed myself and presided the meeting dahil wala si Ms. Arellano.

"Caiden—" I halted when I remembered na nag-paalam nga pala siya for drum and lyre practice. "Who can take the minutes?"

"Ako na po," Bridgette said.

I nodded. I looked around and saw na there were only four of us.

"Where are the others?" I asked.

"Yung iba po nasa practice, while yung iba ay excused," Bjorn answered.

"Tsk. And they didn't bother to tell me?" irita kong tanong. "Oh, come on! Sana nag-leave nalang sila sa group chat!"

They lowered their heads, must be of embarrassment.

"I bet yung mga wala pa ngayon ang may guts mag-run sa next elections," I said while rolling my eyes heavenward. "Anyways, let's start. Dahil sa nangyari this morning, kailangan nang may mag-duty sa office everyday."

"Noted po," Bridgette said.

"Let's divide the team into five," sabi ko before writing down all our names and considering their pasok and availability.