Words and Actions

Chapter Two

II

"NAKITA mo ba 'yong mukha nila?" And for the nth time, she laughed again. "Priceless!"

I sighed. "Raena, will you stop laughing already? Kanina ka pa tawa nang tawa, hindi mo pa nakakalahati 'yang kinakain mo."

I'm thankful that I encountered her this morning, because as I've observed, we'll get along. If this good friendship continues, she would be the first girl best friend I'd have.

"Alright, alright." Kumakalma nang sabi niya at uminom ng tubig. "Anyway, 'yong sinasabi mong annoying na teacher, is that her? She looks cool!"

I rolled my eyes as I finished eating. "She's cool, yes. Pero ang kinaiinisan ko sakaniya, namimilit siya ng ayaw kong gawin. That's why she's annoying."

"Like what?"

"Personal." I answered with a half-hearted smile. "By the way, the thing you said about those two low-class bit—" I stopped myself from saying that because I remembered that she's eating. "Those two low-class, I mean. What is it again?"

At tumawa nanaman siya. This girl is really blissful. "Malditang prangkang edukada, you're really something." Ibinaba niya na 'yong kinakain niya. "'Yong lahat ng girls, ayaw sakanila?"

"Yup."

"Meron kasi silang disease, that's how it was named." Natatawang sabi niya at tumayo na kami.

It's our thirty minutes break time, at ginamit namin 'yon for eating at pagsasabi niya sa'kin ng informations. 'Yong ten minutes, sa pagtawa niya.

We talked about those who belong to The Greatest. Kung anong itsura at personality nila. At kung sa'n sila madalas makikita.

My eyebrows wrinkled. "Anong disease?"

"Ginagawa nilang boyfriend ang mga lalaki sa The Greatest. So far, they're attacking the Jocks. At paubos na sila kaya tingin ko sa Playboys sila lilipat." Tumigil siya sa paglakad at may itinuro. "Those are the Geeks." Tukoy niya sa mga lalaking nasa library.

I examined the students who are too occupied with their own worlds inside those books, couldn't careless about their surrounding.

"May pakialam ba sila about that title?" Tanong ko. "Kasi tingin ko, wala."

Ang mga ganiyang itsura, tingin ko walang pakialam sa mga gano'n. Mas gugustuhin nilang mag-aral at magpakasal sa mga libro nila. Kaya bakit sila nakasama?

"Wala nga." Natatawang sagot niya. "Sumasali lang sila sa Nomination Week kasi ini-required ng school for them. They're all running for honors, so they didn't really have a choice."

"Oh." I simply replied and arched my brow when a Geek looked at our direction. He fixed his glasses while looking at me and brought his attention back to his book.

I shrugged it off and diverted my eyes back to Raena. "Geeks sila, diba? Ba't wala sila sa section natin? We're the highest, right?" I asked confusedly.

"May contest kasi sila na paparating kaya excused sila kaagad." Sagot niya at kumapit sa braso ko na parang bata.

This is the Queen bee? Hindi halata. She's too childish— not that it's bad— for that position.

"Kapapasukan lang, contest kaagad?" Gulat na tanong ko.

"Next, next month pa naman 'yon pero advance kasi sila mag-aral. Our school won last year and they're not planning to lose this year. Ang pinakapanlaban natin, si Kriho Herreria."