Taking Chances

Chapter 6

Lumipas ang mga araw nang hindi ko namamalayan. I spent each day as usual. Kumakain kami ni Vaughn ng lunch kapag parehong walang ginagawa at nagpupunta kung saan saan kapag wala siyang student assistant duty. Si Alec naman ay halos hindi ko makita sa labas ng classroom. Gaya ng inaasahan ko ay hindi ito nakikinig at panay lang ang tulog sa klase. Sa kung anong rason ay hinahayaan ito ng mga guro. Hula ko ay may kinalaman sa pagiging varsity nito.

Naglalakad ako ngayon sa hallway para pumunta sa Library. Oo, nalaman ko na kung saan yun. At ang rason kung bakit di ko mahanap hanap ay dahil malayong malayo iyon sa inaasahan ko. When I think about school libraries, I think about big classrooms in one of the buildings or an adjacent room near the faculty office. I never thought about it being a 2-storey, big modern building. The beige and grey building is found near the college department. Ang unang palapag ay puno ng naglalakihang bookshelves at napapaligiran ng malalaking poster. Heavily tinted kaya di mo aakalaing library. Ang second floor naman, kahit na all glass, ay puro naman lamesa at upuan ang laman.

Sa tuwing nakikita ko ito noon ay iniisip ko lang na study lounge para sa college students o di kaya para sa club. Di ko rin maintindihan kung paanong hindi ko alam na may ganito kagandang establishment sa school na ito. E'di sana ay hindi na ko nahirapang pumili ng papasukan.

Anyway, I was passing by the faculty when I overheard something.

"If you don't get a perfect grade in my exam, a failing grade in my subject is expected. Not that telling you this will change anything." Uh, that sounds like ma'am K. It couldn't be her, though, right? There's no way she could be talking to a student that way. That's too harsh.

"Well, I was expecting this. I know how this will affect your varsity scholarship, and I know you do too. So, hire a tutor. You could afford that, right? Unlike the poor students that deserve the scholarship more than you do." She said bitterly before I heard her heels going away.

What did I just hear? And did I really hear that right? I could report that!

I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but if I was to report to this, I must know who it was. Wanting to see who it was without being seen, I tiptoed to the wall. I looked around first, to see if anyone else is on sight, before sticking to the wall and walking to the hallway on my right.

I heard the scraping of a rubber shoes that sounds like the owner is running away so I abandoned the sneaking plan and ran too.

I was too late.

Nakaakyat na sa hagdan ang estudyante at tanging ang rubber shoes na lamang nito ang nakita ko. I tried to remember the design but it's too blurry. I wasn't even sure if it was orange or red.