Beneath the Two | Academy Series #1

Chapter 7

I drank my third glass of milk, forcing myself to fall asleep. Isang baso lang kadalasan ay tulog na dapat ako. I might pee milk soon yet my eyes won't close on their own.

Yelah asked me to meet her before going home pero nagmadali akong lumabas ng campus kanina dahil sa tanong ni Zach. He's courting me? He'll court me?

I didn't answer him. It's the very first time someone asked me that. Admirers are everywhere but they can't even stand in front of me without shivering. Hindi mo malaman kung sa hiya, kilig, o takot.

Is Zach that conceited to ask me that question while straightly looking at my eyes? At bakit ako pa ang parang nahiya sa ginawa niya? What if Yelah was right? What if I'm mentally ill?

Hindi kasama sa bucket list ko ang pumasok sa isang relationship. I'm not planning to fall in love either. What for? Everyone believes that I won't reach my early twenties. They consider me lucky to live up to my eighteenth and it'll be a miracle for me to reach twenty.

So bakit pa ako papasok sa isang relasyon kung alam kong tatapusin ko lang din naman 'yon sooner or later? I love attention. That's the only reason I'm happy and I'm feeling good every time someone will confess that they like me.

Paano ba ligawan? And what should I say to Zach? Should I stop him?

I can't believe I'm asking myself these questions. Of course, Leigh! Wake up! He's not even the standard! He's just average, very low for you to like.

Naputol ang magulo kong pag-iisip nang tumunog ang cellphone ko. I know it's Yelah since I wasn't able to meet her earlier.

Yeh: Wala kang kwentang kaibigan, Leigh. Why did you leave me?

Me: Cut the act, bitch. Glee club ang pinasukan mo, hindi film.

Yeh: Bakit kasi hindi mo ako hinintay?

Me: Because you were busy hanging out with your new club friends!

Yeh: Aww. The spoiled brat is jealous. Wala pa ring tatapat sa katarayan mo, Leigh. Hindi ako makakahanap ng papalit sa'yo.

Me: Really? How sad. I already found a girl who can replace you. Lol.

Yeh: Sinong niloko mo? Walang magtatagal sa 'yo kung hindi ako!

Me: Daughter of bitch!

Yeh: Friend of a bitch!

Yeh: Tinanong nga pala ni Kuya kung anong pangalan mo sa Facebook.

Me: And you told him?

Kusang nasagot ang tanong ko nang may mag-pop up na notification sa screen ng phone ko. I immediately tapped it.

Zachary Ismael Javier sent you a friend request.

Nag-chat pa si Yelah pero hindi ko na muna tinignan. Alam ko na rin naman ang sagot dahil nahanap na ng isa ang account ko.

I was about to decline his request pero naisip kong tignan muna ang account niya. Let me do a little stalking.

His profile is him in a black long-sleeved polo folded up to his elbow and brown slacks paired with brown leather shoes. Nakabukas ang nasa apat na butones niya, exposing his chiseled chest, hanging on her neck is a silver dog tag necklace.

He's sitting on a kitchen island with a wine glass in his left hand and a red rose in his mouth. It looks like he's at a house party because there's even a cake beside him. He looks twice as mature in this photo.

I gulped down when I realized how long I was staring at his profile picture. It's a little blurry and grainy!

He has no bio. Ang cover photo niya lang ay isang white coat at stethoscope. Wala rin siyang display photo. He has some friends pero hindi lalagpas sa one hundred. Above all, he has no available post!