Chapter 5

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"Miss, I'm asking you. Are you the one who throw this?"Pinakita niya ulit ang water bottle na natapon ko, "How rude of you!? You almost hit my head."And I almost bumped you also yesterday.



This time, I was at fault. Pero kahapon, siya yung may kasalanan kung bakit muntik ko na siyang mabangga. Quits lang kaming dalawa. Hindi ako makagalaw sa tinatayuan ko when she asked me.


"I-It was just an a-accident."Yeah, right. Why do I have to shuttered infront of her? This girl is just nothing for me.


"Accident, huh?"She raised her right eyebrow, "Hindi ka siguro tinuruan ng mga magulang mo ng tama. You should've thrown this in the garbage, not in my area."


"I-I'm sorry."I told her.


Itinapon niya pabalik yung water bottle kaya natamaan yung noo ko, "We're quits. You almost hit my head earlier when you throw your water bottle into my area."

"Quits?"Inis akong tumingin sa kanya, "Oo, quits na yung kanina nung tinapon ko yung water bottle sa'yo. Diba nga ikaw yung babae kahapon na muntik ko ng mabangga? Dapat tumitingin ka, I almost bumped your car."


"When you and your friends almost hit me and this time, you almost hit my head."So, she remembered? Just when I thought na hindi niya kami nakita kahapon kasi hindi siya tumingin sa amin nun eh, "And now, we ARE really quits."



"Bakit ba ang sungit mo?"Hindi ko maiwasang itanong yon.


"Why do you have to ask me that?"She raised her right eyebrow at me again, "Ano bang pakialam mo? We're not close."


"Why do you have so grumpy?"Ulit ko pang tanong sa kanya na halos pabulong pa yon.


"And why do I have to see you again?"Nanlaki ang mga mata ko sa naging tanong niya ngunit hindi ako nagsalita, "Ang matindi pa dun, kapitbahay pa kita."Iniilingan naman niya ako, "Goodbye neighbour."Huling sinabi niya bago pumasok sa loob ng kanyang condo.




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"NEIGHBOUR?!"Sabay na sigaw pa ni ella at michelle sa harapan ko.

I told the that the girl who I've always bumped into is my neighbour.


"Oo."Sagot ko pa sa kanila, "And please, don't shout. She might gonna hear us."



Napaupo pa si ella habang nakatulala na parang hindi makapaniwala, "Seryoso ba yan? Kapitbahay mo yung babaeng muntik mo ng mabangga at yung babaeng muntik..."Napahinto muna siya bago magsalita ulit, "...ko ng matamaan? Tapos yung babaeng sinasabi ni jema na 100 lang ang ipinabayad mo sa kanya?"


"Ha?"Kunot-noong napalingon si michelle sa akin, "Anong 100 lang?"


"Diba yung kape sa cafè ni alyssa ay tag-500? Pero ang ipinabayad niya dun sa babae ay 100 lang."Paliwanag pa ni ella rito.


Seryoso akong tinignan ni michelle pero napalingon din ito kay ella, "Bakit daw?"


Ella shrugged her shoulders, "Sabi sa akin ni jema, maganda daw yung babae. Nadistract daw si aly sa kanya."



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