Mi Solace In Time Of Gloom

Chapter 1: School

"Glish Aila Vindor" rinig kong tawag sa akin ng professor namin para sa attendance.

"Present"  I said habang hinihingal pa.

Tumakbo na ako dahil nalate ako nang gising, wala namang ibang tao sa bahay to wake me up early. I cooked for my own, I used to. Lagi naman kasi akong mag isa ang naiiwan sa bahay because of schooling. My Mom and Dad are both busy on their vacation, just kidding. Busy on our business so madalang silang umuwi sa bahay, which is understandable naman because I'm the oldest among the three. My siblings are much younger than me, they're just around 3 & 5 years old so my mom and dad bring them to wherever they go, such a good thing for me because they didn't leave their children on me, unlike others. We don't have a maid, my mother got traumatized because of an incident that happened years ago so I learned on my own how to cook and do the household chores.

"Yes, please introduce yourself tutal ay nandito ka na din infront, ay pangunahan mo na" sabi ng taong nasa harapan, of course our professor. First day of class nga pala. Naglakad na ako papasok sa room at pumwesto sa gitnang bahagi sa harapan, nasa pintuan kasi ako kanina nung nag aattendance.

"Good morning to all. My name is Glish Aila Vindor, you can call me just by my name. I wish to be friends with you guys and have a bond as well, that's all" sabi ko at umupo na sa bakanteng upuan na mas malapit sa kinatatayuan ko.

Natapos ang iilang subject at lunch time na. I don't wanna go to the cafeteria, so I bring my own food. I hate crowded places, duh. Bukod sa maingay ay naguguluhan ako sa mga tao. Habang kumakain ay may naririnig akong nag uusap sa bandang likuran. I'm sitting in front, but I can still hear what they're talking to lalo na't kumain sa cafeteria ang iba naming kaklase.

"Sus, lapitan mo na tol wala namang mawawala sa'yo, makikipag kilala ka lang" Said by a boy at the back. Hindi ako chismosa, sadyang naririnig ko lang mga pinagsasabi nila.

"Atleast lessen your voice, you're too loud" sabi naman nung isa sa paraang pabulong ngunit naririnig ko pa rin. 

I didn't mean to look at them when I face my bag para kunin ang tubig ko. I saw a girl reading a book with her eyeglasses and earphone. You can see her angelic face and her silence that screams na wala siyang paki sa paligid, but you can sense that she's kind when you approach her first. I look at the boys earlier, there are three of them. Ang isa ay may binubulong sa kasama, ang isa naman ay parang may iniisip at tahimik lamang na nakamasid, and the last is a guy na nakadukdok sa kaniyang lamesa. Maybe he's the one who warned the boy number 1 earlier.

The room gets noisy and it annoys me. Nagsipasukan na ang ibang kaklase namin na galing sa cafeteria kanina, So I decided to go outside to refill my thumbler dahil naubos na ang tubig ko.

Nandito na'ko ngayon sa refillan ng tubig, habang hinihintay kong mapuno ang thumbler ay may babaeng lumapit, hindi ko alam kung sa'kin ba or kukuha rin sya ng tubig.

"Hi, Gai!" I can see that she's smilling when she said that. Gay? Am I? The girl still beside me so I look at her when my tumbler is full.
She's looking at me, smilling. At ako? nakatingin lang sa kanya habang nakakunot ang noo. Who's Gay when we're just the two of us here? Is that me? napalingon tuloy ako sa paligid at nakitang kaming dalawa lang talaga ang naroon.

"Ah- ahm, ehem. H-hi Glish? I j-just want to b-be friends with ya- argh" I can sense that she's upset for something. Tss, malay ko bang ako pala yung Gay? seriously? Maybe I misinterpret something.

"You know Glish, I just want to be friends with you! We are classmates kaya, and besties now" Nagulat pa ako dahil bigla syang humawak sa braso ko at hinatak ako para bumalik sa room. Habang naglalakad ay nagsasabi siya ng kung ano-ano at ipinaliwanag din nya kung bakit Gay na Gai pala ang tawag nya sa'kin kanina. Dahil daw sa letters ng name ko, (Glish aila) so Gai na lang para mas madali.

Natapos ang unang araw ng klase at uwian na. "Gai, sabay na tayong lumabas, my sundo is already  there, you can have a ride? You g?" Aya sa'kin ni Hazel at humawak nanaman sa braso ko, hobby n'ya ata yon.

"Thanks na lang, I prefer to walk e, our house just nearby, so yes, I'll walk na lang Haze." tugon ko dahil mas gusto ko talagang maglakad pauwi dahil maganda ang panahon at pupunta ako sa tambayan ko.

"Oh aryt! take care ah, una na ako. Bye Aila! kitakits tomorrow! let's hang out after class hihi" Paalam ni Hazel habang nagsisisigaw at pasakay na sa kanilang sasakyan.

"Sige! Ingat din!" Sigaw ko rin para lang marinig nya ang sinabi ko, mukhang nakuha naman niya ang nais kong ipabatid dahil kumaway siya pabalik. Her name is Hazellie Brondi, daughter of a businessman, same as my dad.