School Life With You (Book 2)

22: Survival of the Fittest - V

Chapter 22 - part V
Survival of the Fittest

"Survival of the fittest is over. Get over it. We need survival of the wisest."
- Deepak Chopra

| Chelsea's POV |

The camp fire is burning, light bulbs are hanging around the grand stand/mini stage, and the moon is shining down on us. That's the scenery when Vincent made me question my feelings about him. How do I wrap my thoughts and feelings? Ewan, baka nga bigla na lang akong sumabog.

After the "kiss" or our skit performance, the whole class sat down on our designated benches, and they begin teasing us. Pati na rin sina Violet at Daixon ay inaasar din ng lahat. Kaya naman pinapatahimik sila ni Shaira.

Hindi na ako tumabi kay Vincent sa bench dahil sa sobrang hiya ko. Hindi ko siya matignan sa mga mata niya. Para lang akong lumulutang kasi hindi pa gaanong napa-process ng utak ko ang lahat.

What about Sean? Napatingin ako sa kinaroroonan niya at nabuntong-hininga. Did he really admit that he likes me? O baka para lang sa script yon? Right. It's just for the script. Imposible namang gusto niya ako.

The program continued, Ephesians got the word "peace." It was hard for them to play it because there is an internal chaos in their class. We can feel it just by watching them act. I feel bad. Kanina nang i-surrender namin ang flag nila ay nakita ko ang galit, inis, lungkot, at kung ano-ano pa habang nakatingin sila sa amin. I kinda expected those kinds of reaction, but it still kinda hurts.

"Chelsea..." Mula sa likuran ko ay nakita ko si Yohan. Napalingon din sina Violet at Shaira dahil nasa last row kaming tatlo. "Can I talk to you?" He added.

"Uhm..." Napatingin ako sa mga kaibigan ko at nanghingi ng payo. Tumango si Violet habang napasinghap at tango naman si Shaira.

"Basta wag kayong lalayo, madilim na saka patapos na program." Sabi ni Shaira. Tumango ako at tumayo na. Thankfully, my classmates are busy watching the play, so they didn't tease me.

"Let's go." Sabi ko kay Yohan. He nodded and lead the way.

I'm kinda overthinking while we were walking. Ano ang paguusapan--- Oh! Is this about earlier?

"Yohan, I'm sorry. We were just... acting." Sabi ko kaya bumagal ang paglalakad niya at napahinto. Medyo malayo na kami pero tanaw pa rin namin ang camp fire. Madilim dito pero may light post na malapit kaya nakikita namin ang isa't-isa.

"The kiss? It didn't happen, Vincent put his thumb between our lips." Wait why do I sound like I'm a cheater trying to convince me that I'm not. Oh my gosh!

"Chelsea, I don't want to talk about the kiss." Sabi ni Yohan saka ito napasinghap. "I just want to tell you if you're somehow feeling overwhelmed by the three--- or two of us, then please tell me if you want me to stop." Nang sabihin niya yon ay nanlaki mga mata ko.

Stop? Do I want Yohan to stop? But he is the only guy I'm entertaining officially. Vincent isn't doing anything. Oo malandi siya, pero nagusap kami noong Intrams na hindi niya ako pwedeng "ligawan" dahil kagagaling niya sa breakup. That's why we did the 3 month rule. February is the end of it, so by that time he can already make a move. Pero mangyayari lang yon kung walang progress sa amin ni Yohan. I mean, there's a chance that Yohan and I will become boyfriend and girlfriend by that time, if we work things out.

Now... Yohan is giving me the option if I want him to stop?

"Are you giving up on me?" I asked.

"What? No. It's not like that."