See you at 12:15

Tres

I shook my head when I remembered what happened in Valkyrie. 1 week already had passed. I am currently in the Student Lounge, writing my bi-weekly critic paper for one of my subjects to be passed on Thursday. I only have 2 more days to finish it. After this, kailangan ko nang tapusin yung assignment ko sa Logic and History due on Friday. I have to finish everything that's due this week para makapag SA na ako.

I am currently using Leslie's laptop. It's our 2-hour lunch break and tapos na kaming maglunch. The girls are in front of me practicing their cheer dance routine for the PE subject. Mostly, hindi ko sila kasama sa minor subjects dahil late akong nakapagenrol this year. My Mom doesn't really want to send me to school so I had a hard time convincing her to let me enroll this year. This is why I am working hard to not lose my scholarship. The school is paying for my tuition fee in exchange of having good grades and student assistance. My municipality is paying for my miscellaneous fee and allowance in exchange of maintaining a grade. I shook my head to stop thinking about it and tried to finish my paper again.

I heard a notification from my facebook so I checked it. Napasinghap ako nang makitang friend request ito from "Altair Madrigal". I checked his profile and clicked on his profile picture. He is wearing white shirt with a black suit while he's holding a glass of wine, smiling darkly.

I remember what happened last week. Hindi siya umalis sa tabi ko pagkatapos ng nangyari. Hihiwalay lamang siya kapag pupunta ako sa couch ng mga girls. Pero every time na aayain ako ni Leslie na bumaba, either tatangi ako or sasama siya sa baba at babantayan ako. Kahit pagpunta ng CR ay sinasamahan niya ako at mag aantay siya sa labas. Makikipagkwentuhan lamang siya sa barkada niya kapag kasama ko ang girls sa VIP area. He also offered to drive us home, and Logan. Hindi nga lang sila nakapasok ng village dahil wala silang sticker sa sasakyan at namatay na si Leslie sa kalasingan para sagutin yung guard. In the end, gumapang mostly ang girls from gate ng village hanggang bahay ni Les.

I clicked on Accept and returned to my paper. I was almost done when I heard a notification from my messenger. I ignored it and finished my paper. After almost half an hour, natapos na yung papers ko and magsisimula na ako sa Logic nang makarinig ulit ako ng notification sa messenger ko. I took a peek.

Altair: Hi. It took me some time to convince Logan to give me your full name. 😊

Altair: Are you busy?

I stared at his messages, thinking what to reply. I looked at the girls and saw them still practicing. Though Camie is just standing in the middle of the girls, frowning while browsing her phone. I smiled. That's so Camie.

Katelyn: Yes.

Is my reply too short? Ano ba dapat kong sabihin. Hindi naman dapat ako magreply ng mahaba kasi diba busy ako?

Altair: I'm sorry for disturbing you. What are you doing?

Katelyn: I'm doing my assignments.

Altair: I see. I'll let you do your assignments then. Goodluck.

Katelyn: Thank you.

I smiled. It feels nice to have someone support you with what you do. It gives me warmth. I was already about to start with my Logic when another message popped.

Altair: Can I invite you to lunch tomorrow?

I gasped loudly, feeling my heart hammer.

Binagsak ko ang katawan ko sa higaan pagkauwi ko ng bahay. Wala si Mama ngayon. Siguro ay bukas na 'yun ng umaga uuwi. Malamang ay nasa byahe na rin ako nun papasok ng AC. Ramdam ko yung pagod ko sa buong katawan dahil pagkatapos ng halos 2 oras ng byahe sa traffic ng Makati at Mandaluyong, dumiretso ako sa bahay ng batang tinututor ko. Pagkatapos ng 2 oras na pagtuturo ay tsaka lamang ako nakauwi.