Flickers

Chapter 41

My face is smiling brightly altogether excited
I pray that this moment lasts forever

- A dreamer, IU

The sun was high up above, birds chirping into the early dawn as the sound of vehicles begun to ring across the street. The clanging of metals coming from the kitchen area, my brother's loud snore, and the burst of radio news coming from the neighbor's house woke me up.

But I didn't get annoyed nor was I unwilling to wake up. I, who usually was laying in my bed like an angered koala, am now waking to with a bright smile on my face. Even my mother gave a quizzical look in my direction.

"What happened to you?"

"Mother dear, I am in a good mood so please don't ruin it" I even winked at her and laughed out loud after hearing her cursing me as a crazy person.

One night be wondering why I am like this, well, it's our first month together.

September 19 of 2017, was the day where I said yes to being his girlfriend. This day just brings me smiles, fills me with joy every time I count on the calendar as our day gets near.

They say that your relationship is the one that you prolong and not the courting period, perhaps that would be another factor that leads him to stop our budding relationship before but it doesn't matter anymore. I don't want to hold on to the past or else I'll be caged on it, unable to step out of the present and with no sight of the future.

...

"Stop smiling or I'll gouge your eyes out"

Not even Meryl's threat waked me up from the feeling of stepping on clouds like I'm on a cloud nine all day.

To be honest, she wasn't really like this and I could just assume that she was affected by Faith's manner of speaking but then again, she and her boyfriend were in a fight. Of course, it was because of her boyfriend's admirer who increased after Intrams ended. She saw a female classmate of him giving her boyfriend a handmade baked good and she lost her shit.

I could say the same for Eric as well, he was just great at socializing and he's very close with females. He has a lot of female friends and yes, I do feel jealous every time he acted nice to them or just get so cozy and friendly with his close female friends but I tried so hard to contain it in myself, but it still burst out so from time to time, I find myself making him angry and jealous as well.

"Don't worry, he's your boyfriend and you two are still together. You're legal!" I cheered her up which in return gave me a small quirk of a smile.

"I wish I could be like you, matured at handling relationships" she suddenly muttered and I find myself choked up.

I am not mature. I am very petty. I am always jealous. I am very much insecure.

I just contain it in a box, not letting the ugly side control myself and trying to be rationalized even though I wanted to act like a child and throw a tantrum at him.

Enough of this! I don't want to lower my mood and ruin this special day of ours, thankfully, our teacher came in announcing another reading for El Filibusterismo which made us all groaned.

(AN: El filibusterismo, also known by its alternative English title The Reign of Greed, is the second novel written by Philippine national hero José Rizal.)

Sooner after, the bell rang and of course, our beloved teacher just couldn't hear it ringing even if our president, bless her heart, coughed to get her attention, and some of my classmates beginning to buzz like bees as they grunted for times out. She soon finished her class and the rest of my classmates rushed out of the cafeteria, some have the food that they took from their bags and I soon get out of the room with Meryl on tow as well as Eric who already has his dimples facing me.

"Do you want something to drink?" He asks and I just nodded, pointing to my bag where a bottle of drink hid.

"How about you? What are you going to buy?" I moved closer to him and he uses his mouth to point at the Piattos that were behind the transparent screen.

After paying it to the student worker, he ripped it open and pushed it to me, wanting me to take a piece which I did. He was all smiled and I felt like flowers were blooming behind him when a cough attracted our attention. I look to my right and I saw Meryl and the rest of the gang with various expressions on their faces.

"Hello! Heart broken girl here?" Faith pointed at Meryl go was sporting a sour expression.

"Hey, don't be too much or you'll make her cry" Alysson teased which lead to Meryl slapping her arm.

Of course, the two started you hit me I hit you game and I was aware now that some of the students were watching us and we're blocking the way so we moved to leave them running over us.

"Come on love birds, units your special day today so we'll forgive you" Irish fell onto the teasing group and made fun of us as well.

"Don't tease her so much or else she'll redden like an apple though I would love an apple myself"

I slap his back and he immediately showed a grievous expression but I just hit him back again. I feel myself blushing from embarrassment at his obvious display of teasing. 

Time flew fast like a dandelion that was whisked in the air, our recess time ended and we get ourselves holed up into the four corners of the room with only three remaining hours.

One of my classmates asked for permission to go to the bathroom, we already knew what it meant and he even timed it into ethics that could lull us into sleep. Jlullaby-likeodness we didn't have to stay here until two or else all of my classmates would have their heads on their desks, sleeping soundly at the lullaby like the tone of my teacher.

(AN: When you are in the middle of class and ask for permission to the bathroom it could go both ways, one; you truly need to relieve yourself, and two; you just wanted to go to the canteen)

Fortunately class ended and we all soon woke up, like electric bolts shot up to our brains and those in the back were the first ones to leave. Tables were pushed to the back as the girls swept the floor, the remaining guys including Eric helped the girls moved chairs.

I waited for Eric since they must clean today, the sun's ray beaming closely go me that I get myself under the shade of the tree.

My feet curled up in excitement, I don't know what he has in mind regarding the ambiguous message he sent me yesterday night, I have my hopes high.

And then he appeared.

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