Marsela's POV
"Abby, pwede ba?. Mamaya na yan, kumain muna tayo." Sabi nung isang girl. Hmm so that girl's name is Abby. She looks familiar. Di lang ako sure kung san ko siya nakita before.
She's currently busy on her laptop. I'm guessing na para to sa research paper nila.
"Rans, it's either trabahuin ko to ngayon or bumagsak tayo dahil di tayo naghanda. Besides, wala naman talagang magandang patutunguhan ang pagpoprocrastinate." Sabi nung Abby. Hmm I like her attitude already.
"What is your topic about?." Sabi ko. Abby just looked at me a little bit confused.
"Akala ko ba you're not interested in these kinds of stuff?. Kakasabi mo lang na--" Sabi ni Abby.
"Bakit? Di ba pwedeng magbago ang isip ko?." Sabi ko, crossing my arms.
"Should education be cheaper?." Sabi ni Abby.
"Have you already conducted a survey?."
"Am I hearing this right?. Didn't you just said a while ago that you had no idea about--" Sabi ni Abby.
"Just answer the question." Sabi ko, forcing myself to be calm.
"H-hindi pa."
"Bakit hindi pa?."
"Hindi kasi kami sure sa ilalagay na questions, para kasing self-explanatory na rin yung topic." Sabi nung Rans.
"Well then, leave it to me." Sabi ko.
"S-sigurado ka?." Sabi ni Abby tila nag-aalangan pa. I sighed deeply.
"The words "free college" is simply a trick to make people or students believe that they are going to college na walang binabayaran. But in reality, free college is paid through tax and the more people that want to attend these "free colleges" the more taxes citizens have to pay. And of course, no politician will ever try to make it more difficult for students to get a student loan because it would cause them to lose a lot of votes. You see, whether it's cheap, free or expensive, it doesn't really matter because truth is someone always have to pay in order to get something good. Nothing good in this world is completely free. And sometimes, we just need to accept the things that we cannot change.."
SILENCE
Napatitig nalang sila sakin.
"..I-I think you should add that to your related lit. And no, I don't think answering that question or research topic is self-explanatory. We need facts as basis for decision making." Sabi ko. Being in the business field for quite a while really helped.
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Abby's POV
Where did that come from? Si Mago pa ba talaga tong kausap ko?.
Anyways, may point siya. I could take note of that information. Magagamit ko yun sa defense. Napaisip ako. Maybe I underestimated her, maybe she's more than just this hopeless romantic, liberated girl.
Gabb was right when she said that Mago is something else. Di ko nalang mapigilang mapangiti. I don't know why but I just found myself smiling.
Tumuloy nalang sila sa pagkain. Nag-usap naman si Gabb at Rans.
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Marsela's POV
I'm pretty sure that Mago brought the body here to see this Abby girl. Hmm di na masama. She's not like the other girls she dated before, this one is quite decent. And I can see na may plano siya sa buhay, which is a good thing.
Kaso lang,
"Abby." Lapit ng isang lalaki. He looks like an athlete. He even kissed Abby on the cheek.
"G-Gelo." Sabi ni Abby tila kabado, sabay tingin pa ng saglit sakin.
Hmm interesting.
"Diba may practice kayo?. What are you doing here?." Sabi ni Abby sa guy sabay punas pa ng pawis ng guy using his towel.
"Dumaan lang, namiss kasi kita. Hey girls." Sabi nung guy sabay bati samin.
"Uhm Gabb, this is my boyfriend Gelo. Siya yung kinukwento ko sayo." Sabi ni Abby.
Nagbatian at nagshakehands naman yung dalawa.
Wait, boyfriend?. Abay, ibang klase din naman talaga tong si Mago. Seriously?. Yung may boyfriend pa talaga tsk. I can't believe this is happening again.
Akala ko pa naman magtitino na siya.
Well, saming alters ni Sela si Mago ang pinakaayaw ni Kuya. There used to be 4 of us in one body, Sela (the real owner of the body), Marsela (Me), Mars and Mago.
I'm not really sure how it happened na bigla nalang isang araw Sela was completely gone. She never showed up again after that incident.
Kuya and Mago were fighting that time dahil pakiramdam ni Kuya sinulot ni Mago si Laura. We were in a cruise ship that time nang aksidenteng matulak ni Kuya si Mago at nahulog ito sa dagat. None of us alters knew how to swim.
Sela's body almost died from drowning that afternoon. Buti nalang may nakasagip sa kanya na lifeguards.
Agad naman itong pinagsisihan ni Kuya, pero makikita mong andun parin yung sama ng loob niya towards Mago. For him kasi parang yung natitirang pagkatao ng pinakamamahal nyang kapatid nawala pa. And I can't blame him for feeling that way, kasi sa totoo lang we're not supposed to be here, we're not supposed to exist.
Without us, Sela will be completely normal. I just wish I knew how to get out of her head.
11:30AM.
Pauwi nako nang maisip ko na dumaan muna saglit ng bookstore. Naalala ko na kailangan ko pa palang bumili ng gift for our pamangkin na si Jake. Anak ng pinsan naming si Ate Irene. Birthday nya na tomorrow night.
Namimili na ngayon ako ng book na pwede kong iregalo sa kanya.
At kung mamalasin ka nga naman,
"Uy, what a small world." Sabi ni Drake with his annoying smile again.
"Are you stalking me?." Iritang sabi ko rito.
"Oh, Marsela mode ulit?." Sabi nito na para bang nang-aasar pa.
"W-what do you mean?." Taka kong tanong.
"Well, you don't seem like yourself yesterday. Pero by the way, thank you ah." Sabi nito sabay akbay pa sakin. Agad ko namang tinanggal ang braso niya tsk. Ano kami? Close?.
"W-wait, wait, wait. Yesterday?. Ano bang date ngayon?."
"24th." Sabi ni Drake-culangott.
"You're kidding." Sabi ko tila di makapaniwala.
"Well, why do you think I'm thanking you now?."
I stood there confused, thinking what on earth is he talking about?.
"You seriously don't remember?. You literally made me present for the board because I guess you forgot yours. You came unprepared Marsela." He smirked.
"Sht." Yung presentation. Of course, how could I not thought of that possibility.
Gusto kong magwala sa sobrang galit. But of course, I kept it all in. I just clenched my fist, holding in my anger.
"But we can talk about it. Pwede ko namang kausapin si Dad to give you another chance for the promotion. How about another date--" Sabi ni Drake.
"Pardon me? What did you just say?."
"We can talk about it?."
"No no. After that."
"Another date?."
And now I already know who that stupid bastard is na gumawa nito. Maaaaaaaars!.
