Fall Again

Chapter 3

Halos lumutang ang utak ko habang nakikinig sa discussion ni Mr. Arizalde about pre-calculus. Pero pinipilit ko pa rin ang sarili ko na makinig dahil isa akong mabuting estudyante, duh!

While taking down some notes, I noticed some girls staring at me, no, it's not me. They're staring at the jerk beside me.

I raised a brow as I looked at him who's busy listening to Mr. Arizalde.

He's not even handsome.

Infact, he looks like an idiot.

I bit my lip to prevent myself from laughing.

Agad akong umiwas ng tingin nang mapalingon si Lucas sa direksyon ko.

After our morning class, I immediately clean my desk and organized my stuffs. And while I was doing that, I saw some girls approached Lucas who's busy talking with his friends.

"Lucas, punta ka mamaya ah?" One of the girl said. As far as i can remember, I think her name is Jenny.

Napakamot si Lucas sa kaniyang batok."Hindi ko pa alam eh. May practice kami mamaya."

"C'mon, don't be such a kj! Minsan lang ulit tayo mag-enjoy!" The other girl said. Her name is Patricia.

"Oo na, saan ba mamaya?" sagot ni Lucas.

Bahagyang kumunot ang noo ko.

Bakit kung mag-usap sila ay parang kilalang-kilala na nila ang isa't isa?

Maya-maya ay biglang nagsalita 'yung isang kaibigan ni Lucas, si Nico. "Sa resort niyo ba ulit?"

"Yep! So? G?" asked Jenny.

Nagka-tinginan sina Lucas, Nico and Martin. Until Nico's eyes met mine. His eyes widened. "You wanna come too?"

Nagulat ako sa tanong niya, lalo na nung mapatingin silang lahat sa'kin, including my friends.

"W-What..?" nahihiyang tanong ko.

"I think it's a good idea!" Jenny said happily as she looked at me. She went towards my direction and held my hands. "Every first week kasi ng semester ay lagi kaming nagpa-party sa resort na pagma-may-ari ng family ko. Dahil you know, hindi pa masyadong stress. And last year, kami rin actually halos ang magka-kaklase kaya close na kami sa isa't isa. At p'wede rin itong maging way parang maging close ka rin sa amin!"

"So please come later,okay?" she added.

Napatingin ako kina Eva at Stella at naka-thumbs up lamang ang mga ito.

"O-Okay."

Jenny hugged me. "Yay!" I awkwardly hugged her back.

We all looked at Lucas when he suddenly spoke. "Bahala na ako mamaya."

'Mas maganda kung hindi ka na pupunta!' of course I can't say that, or else they would think that i'm a bitter and rude person.

"Are you guys coming to the party too?" I asked my friends while we're at the cafeteria and having lunch.

Stella took a bite on her burger. "Oo naman! Sa tingin ko ay may iba rin na pupunta mamaya na hindi natin kaklase."

"Pupunta rin ako no'! Actually kahit na mukhang leader ng mean girls si Jenny, she's actually kinda nice. Though, 'pag binangga at kinalaban mo talaga siya... uh-uh, hindi ka talaga mabubuhay," sambit naman ni Eva.

I chuckled a bit as I also took a bite on my spaghetti.

"Oo nga pala..." Napalingon kami kay Stella. "Ex-boyfriend mo ba talaga si Lucas?"

Nabulunan ako sa sinabi niya at mabuti na lang na agad akong inabutan ng tubig ni Eva.

"H-How did you know that?" gulat na tanong ko.