The Only Exception

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Goodluck

I can't sleep. After what happened kanina ay hindi na ito matanggal sa isip ko ang nangyari.

"Good for you." that's the only thing Conrad said before turning his back on me after answering his question with some random name of a guy.

Natulala ako ng dahil doon. He just suddenly left without even glancing back. 

"What does he mean by that? At bigla bigla na lang nagwawalk out!" I whispered to myself only to be answered by the silence of the night.

I spent the whole night thinking about his actions, my feelings, our small talks, my plans, and my decision.

Maybe I was overthinking it too much. Maybe everything was just casual for him.

and maybe killing this growing feeling is the only right thing to do before everything goes down—our friendshi. 

I am not a risk taker, I am not gonna risk what we have, what I try to build for three years.

"Morning, tangi!" I greeted him with my usual hyper tone.

"Morning."

I keep on blabbering while we're on our way to school. Sinasagot sagot niya naman ako. He's attentive so I can tell he didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

"That's because you're stupid." komento niya nang maikwento ko kung paano'ng palagi ako'ng natutumba sa bisikletang pinag aaralan kong patakbuhin nung bata pa ako.

"Grabe naman yung stupid!"reklamo ko saka pinalo ang balikat niya ng marahan.

"Bakit? totoo naman, you're stupid." He really spit words that stung.

"Yung bunganga mo, Conrad ah!" I said.

"Sorry," he chuckled, acting like he's not really sorry.

"Bwisit ka!" pagtatampo ko. I pouted my lips saka marahas an sumandal sa upuan ng kotse

He just laughed it off pero nagsorry naman siya saka ako kinulit.

Pagbaba ko sa kotse nang makarating sa school ay agad akong sinalubong ng mga kaibigan ko.

"Curns, tara sa canteen." bungad agad ni Cian na tumayo kaagad.

"It's still maaga para magrecess, Cian." Maarteng sambit ni Nikhaule habang nakatingin sa salamin niya at naglalagay ng kolorete sa maganda niyang mukha.

"Yes, and it's still maaga for your conyo!" ganti naman ni Cian. "Umagang umaga, ang arte arte mo na." Nagkaikutan sila ng mata sa isa't isa.

"Where's Leesha?" I asked Nikhaule. Kung andito na itong si Nikhaule dapat andito na rin si Leesh.

"She's sick, she's got a fever. She won't come to school today," balewalang sambit nito. I was worried so I texted her.

To: Leesh.

You okay? Heard you're sick. Get well soon.

I sent it and kept my phone to my uniform's pocket. Tuloy ay halos lahat kaming magkakaibigan ay walang gana. Mei was practicing her presentation for later, Yngrid was excused by her coach for the basketball girls, Nikhaule was busy with her mirror, Excuse rin si Cian para sa sayaw. While Kristine is playing ML with the other boys. I was left alone. So,like usual, nag scroll na lang ako sa Facebook.

Nagreply si Leesh sa akin.

Therresse Aleesha Macera: Thank you for checking me out! I'm okay, ikaw? How are you?