JIEAN SAT ON THE SOFA AND THE REST AS WELL. PAXTON BORROWED HIS PHONE BACK AND SEATED BESIDE HIM SO CASUALLY.
"SINO GUSTONG KUMAING FISHBALL? MERON NAGTINTINDA SA LABAS, LET'S GO BUY SOME" ANI KELA. HEARING IT MADE THE GIRLS FEEL EXCITED.
LUMABAS SILANG LAHAT UPANG BUMILI. KELAS HOUSE CAN BE CALLED A LIVELY NEIGHBORHOOD, KATABI LANG NG DAAN KAYA MARAMING BATANG NAGLALARO AT MGA BINATANG NAGBABASKETBALL.
WHILE THE OTHER GIRLS WERE BUSY BUYING FROM A FISHBALL VENDOR, JIEAN AND KELA SAT ON THE BENCH AT THE BASKETBALL AREA, PAXTON AND THE BOYS WAS NOW INSIDE THE COURT, PLAYING THE BALL ALREADY.
"ISN'T HE COOL?" KELA SUDDENLY SAID WHO'S SITTING KATABI NIYA, WITH A TEASE VOICE.
JIEAN DIDN'T REPLY AND IGNORED HER.
"OY, GALIT KA SAKIN? AS IF I HAVE A CHOICE, DIBA? YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S SUITABLE FOR THAT CHARACTER, GUSTO MO BA SI JINO I-PARTNER KO? PAXTON AND YOU ARE A PERFECT MATCH, SO PLEASE, STOP GETTING MAD" KELA SAID AT MARAHANG TINAPIK ITO SA BALIKAT.
"HINDI AKO GALIT. I JUST....
"DON'T LIKE HIM?" ANI KELA NA MISMONG NAGTAPOS NG SASABIHIN NIYA.
"IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS ALREADY SINCE THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED, YOU GOTTA MOVE ON AND LEAVE IT IN THE PAST, MOVE FORWARD, JIEAN" MAY HALONG PAGMAMALASAKIT ANG BOSES NITO.
"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE SIGHT OF HIM, I FEEL SO IRRITABLE WHENEVER HE'S AROUND" ANIYA HABANG NAKAYUKO THIS TIME.
"MAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU USED TO LIKE HIM- I MEAN YOU LIKE HIM, YOU STILL LIKE HIM, AND THE FACT NA NAGAWA NIYA YUN IN THE PAST KAYA GANYAN YUNG NARARAMDAMAN MO NGAYON, IT'S VERY UNDERSTABLE NAMAN. MM...THEN WHAT ABOUT THOSE SCENES EARLIER, ANONG NARAMDAMAN MO?"
JIEAN STOPPED FOR A WHILE NG MARINIG YUNG TANONG NA IYON. TO BE HONEST, THOSE TOUCH OF PAXTON FEELS SO HOT TILL NOW, RAMDAM NA RAMDAM NIYA PARIN HANGGANG NGAYON. PERO LAHAT NG IYON AY PAG-AAKTING LAMANG.
"YOU CAN'T LIE TO YOURSELF, JIEAN"
"ALAM KO. I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE IT OR HATE IT, WE CAN'T BE CONSIDERED AS ENEMIES AS WELL, AND IT'S UNAVOIDABLE "
KELA SMIRKED AND LOOK TO WHERE THE BOYS WAS.
"YEAH, YEAH. LOOK AT HIM, SO FREAKING HANDSOME" SHE TEASES AGAIN.
AS JIEAN LOOK AT THE BOY'S DIRECTION SAKTO NAMANG NAG SHOOT NG BOLA SI PAXTON AT AGAD TUMINGIN SA DIREKSYON NILA, THE BALL WENT INTO THE NET SMOOTHLY, THEIR EYES LOCK AND HE SMILED AT HIM.
"HE SURELY IS. HE LOOKED LIKE A KIND OF A GUY THAT WOULD FLIRT WITH ANYONE, HAPPY?" HE SAID MOCKINGLY. KELA REPLIED WITH ONLY HER SMILE.
NAHINTO LANG ANG USAPAN NILA NG DUMATING NA ANG IBA NILANG KASAMA, MAY KANYA-KANYANG BITBIT ITO NG DISPOSABLE CUP NA MERONG LAMAN, PROBABLY WHAT THEY BOUGHT.
SENA WALK CLOSER IN JIEAN'S SIDE AND HANDED HIM SOMETHING.
"HERE, PARA SAYO" SHE KINDLY SAID.
HINDI MAN LANG NILA NAMALAYANG NAKALAPIT NA PALA ANG MGA BOYS SA KINAROROONAN NILA. JIEAN WAS ABOUT TO TAKE IT WHEN SOMEONE SUDDENLY GRABBED IT.
WHO COULD IT BE? OF COURSE IT'S PAXTON, FACE FULL OF SMILES.
"AKIN NALANG, I'M HUNGRY " HE SAID AT UMUPO SA TABI.
THE REST OF THEM DIDN'T MIND IT, BUT JIEAN DOES, IT REALLY ANNOYS HIM.
THEY ALL CIRCLED IN A PLACE, JUST TALKING ABOUT RANDOM THINGS.
"HEY GUYS, NAALALA KO LANG. I MEAN, I'M NOT AGAINST US FILMING SA BAHAY SINCE I SUGGESTED IT MYSELF KASO ANG LIIT LANG KASI NG PLACE NA OCCUPIED NATIN, SO I'M THINKING NA KAILANGAN NATING MAG PALIT NG LOCATION " SHE SINCERELY SAID.
MOST OF THEM MURMURED THE SAME THING. 'DI PWEDE SA BAHAY, MALIIT LANG DIN BAHAY NAMIN'
"WHAT ABOUT WE CONTINUE IT SA BAHAY?" IT'S PAXTON, EVERYONE INSTANTLY LOOK AT HIM.
"MY MOM'S NOT HOME ALL THE TIME, I MEAN SHE'S ALWAYS AT THE OFFICE, PWEDE TAYO DUN IF YOU GUYS WANT TO" HE SAID BITING THE STICK. JIEAN CAN SEE IT.
"GOOD SUGGESTION! TSAKA MALAKI BAHAY NIYO, DIBA? EH DI DUN NALANG TAYO" IT WAS HAYD.
"KAILAN BA NEXT MEET NATIN?" IT'S EYA THIS TIME.
"THIS MONDAY" ANI KELA.
"THEN IT'S SETTLED? I WANT TO GO HOME NOW" JINO SAID HABANG MAY KINOKULIKOT SA PHONE NITO.
"UUWI NARIN AKO, I STILL HAVE NOTES TO WRITE" ANI JIEAN, GUSTO LANG TALAGA TUMAKAS, HE REALLY IS ANNOYED WHEN PAXTON IS AROUND.
"AGAD-AGAD? THEN BAKIT DI KA NALANG MAKISAKAY KAY PAXTON, HE BROUGHT HIS CAR AND MAKIKISAKAY DIN NAMAN YUNG IBANG GIRLS" KELA THE BEST AT SUGGESTIONS.
EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS NOW LOOKING AT HIM, HE FELT REALLY AWKWARD, BUT THERE'S NO WAY HE WILL.
"AH-OKAY LANG. MAGCOCOMMUTE NALANG AKO" HE REFUSES.
PAXTON LOOK AT HIM WITH A SERIOUS FACE THIS TIME, TUMAYO ITO AT PABALIBAG NA TINAPON KUNG ANO MAN ANG HAWAK NIYA KANINA. THEY DIDN'T MIND SINCE HE DID IT NORMALLY.
PAGKATAPOS NG USAPANG IYON AY NAGPAALAM NA SILA SA ISA'T ISA. PINANINDIGAN TALAGA NI JIEAN ANG SINABI, THEY COULDN'T MAKE HIM AGREE AS WELL. HE WENT HOME FEELING EXHAUSTED.
HABANG KAHARAP ANG MGA NOTEBOOK AT HAWAK HAWAK ANG BALLPEN, HE'S SO DISTRACTED NA HINDI SIYA MAKAPAGPOKUS NG MAAYOS, THOSE SCENE THEY ACTED KEEPS POPPING ON HIS HEAD, PAXTON'S SMILE, HIS VOICE, HIS SCENT, MOST ESPECIALLY HIS TOUCH, STILL LINGERING. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND SIGHED AFTER, TRYING HIS BEST TO GET RID OF IT.
MEANWHILE PAXTON WAS TAKING A SHOWER. MALAYANG UMAAGOS ANG TUBIG SA KANYANG BUONG KATAWAN, HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE, THINKING OF SOMETHING, SOMETHING NA NANGYARI KANINA, THE SCENE WHERE JIEAN KNOCKED ON HIS HEAD GENTLY WHILE TALKING WITH HIS PLEASANT VOICE, AND HIS SCENT-
"AHH..F*UCK IT! I...I'M REALLY CRAZY" HE SAID AND LOOKED DOWN TO SEE HIS FRONT, HE HAD AN ERECTION.
TO BE CONTINUED...
