Souls in November (Holiday Series #1)

01

"Ash, salamat talaga ha? Babawi kaming dalawa sa'yo ni Martin!"

Siniko ni Noreen ang katabi niya kaya tumango ito. Narito pa din kami sa may library, kasama pa namin si Kuya Drazen na tahimik lang sa gilid ko. Wala na din naman akong magagawa dahil nakokonsensya ako lalo na at nawala ang mga files niya. At siguro hindi naman mahirap 'yon.

"Okay lang.." I assured them.

Ngumiti si Noreen at sinulyapan ang katabi ko. "Kuya okay na ba? Baka may gagawin pa si Ashira?"

"You may leave, but I want to speak with her first.." Nginuso niya ako.

Nanliit ang nga mata nilang dalawa. Pati ako ay napatingin sa kaniya sa sinabi niya. Tapos na nga ang pag-uusap diba?

"U-uh, sige po. Una na kami ni Noreen. Alis na kami Ash!" Martin then grabbed Noreen's wrist and started walking away.

I stared at them until they disappeared from view. Napabalik lang ako sa huwisyo ng may tumikhim sa tabi ko. Tumingin ako rito at nakita ang madilim niyang mukha. Ganon naman palagi!

"A-ano pong pag-uusapan natin?" mahinhin kong tanong.

"About the schedule." diretso niyang sagot.

My brows furrowed. "Schedule para saan?"

"Malamang sa meet up natin?" he sarcastically said a bit. "You will not do it alone. Syempre habang gumagawa ka dapat nandoon ako para makita ko."

"Pwede ko namang isend sa'yo Kuya tapos i-check mo." I told him.

"I barely use my phone." mabilis niyang sagot.

"Pwede namang iparevise mo sa akin kapag-"

"Its a waste of time. Naghahabol tayo ng oras dito." he cut me off. "So, ano?"

I mentally cursed at him. Hindi talaga ito mawawalan ng rason para dito. I am guilty but this doesn't mean he would order me to do things like this. Siguro, kaya ko namang tapusin ng ilang araw lang 'to. Bahala na.

"Ano ba 'yung mga files na nandoon?" pagtatanong ko.

"Scripts, reviewers, my digital drawing was there too, designs of brochures too and more. I'll send you the other activities that was there." mahaba niyang litanya. "What's your facebook?"

"Wala akong facebook." I coldly stared at him.

I saw his lips parted a bit. "Gmail?"

"ashiralavelleC@gmail.com. All are in lowercase except for the letter C." wika ko.

"Alright. Noted." he nodded. "What about our... meet up?"

"Hindi ba talaga 'yan pwede ipanext week Kuya?" mataray ko ng sabi dahil naiinis na ako sa kaniya.

I don't know if he's hitting on me, but I doubt it. Who would hit on me though? I'm typically an intimidated person, an introvert, and just girl who people don't know. But as much as possible, I really don't want getting near him.

He's dangerous. He toys everyone and I hate people who are like that. Naiinis ako sobra sa mga tao na ganiyan. Malay ko at baka may masamang balak 'yan sa akin.

"As I told you---"

"Send me the details na lang po." pinutol ko din siya. "If this weekend then this weekend. Tapos na ba?"

He stared at me in great amusement and nodded. Matapos no'n ay nilagpasan ko na siya. If he doesn't like wasting time, well, it goes the same way to me. Diretso akong naglakad pabalik sa classroom ng hindi siya nililingon. People were accurate in their description of me as intimidating, as my actions and words were indeed intimidating.