Night came and they were all still over Patricia and Denmar's scandal. Buhay na buhay ang Grand Hall sa tsismis nila.
Denmar and Patricia came the exact same time and I've never heard of deafening silence this loud. Hindi sila nagpansinan, which made speculations true that there had been a fight between the two.
Umupo bigla sa tabi ko si Neil para lang makasagap ng balita.
"I never knew you had interest with issues like this." Pang-aasar ko sa kanya.
"Ignorance of the law excuses no one," tugon niya. Sus, magrarason pa e wala namang connection iyon sa sinabi ko. "They've been talking about this since earlier. I just thought you would know better."
"Duh? Mukha ba akong Mama ni Patricia to know everything?" Irap ko sa kanya.
"Suplada mo naman." Ginulo muli nito 'yung buhok ko na ikinatuwa niya. "Anong meron nga?"
Tinapik ko palayo ang kamay niya mula sa ulo ko at nagamit.
"Denmar dumped Patricia. That's the news, you good? And stop with messing my hair, it's not cool."
"That's it?" Aniya na para bang disappointed pa sa nalamang tsismis.
I looked at him confused. Ang arte ha. Siya na nga itong sinabihan tungkol sa tsismis. My brow lifted on que na para bang humihingi ng explanation sa sinabi niya. Hindi naman ako nabigo. He answered in a way he knows what's on my mind.
"Denmar is known to be dumping girls with such attitude. It's no big deal." He said, leaning back straight on his chair. "Well, it's Patricia so I guess that would amount to something." He added.
Totoo naman. Anak siya ng Mayor. The people around her does not have the right to reject her, yet Denmar did it like she's just a piece of cake.
"He's rude." Wala sa sariling wika ko.
Narinig ko ang mahinang tawa ni Neil sa tabi ko kaya tinaasan ko siya ng kilay.
"And you're too nosy." Aniya at tinapik ng mahina ang aking ilong.
I looked away when his eyes met mine. His stares are dangerous.
And duh, how should I know? Hindi naman kasi ako namamalagi sa school kapag uwian o may program. He's popular, that's just what I know. Anything beyond, I don't have any idea.
I see he's popular that even boys in the school knew his personality. He got looks, his body is properly trained the way he walks. From what I heard, he's the kind to not to beat around the bush. Aside from that, I can never say more. Hindi ko gawi ang manghusga ng taong hindi ko naman lubos na kilala.
After the small dine, we went to the camp outside dahil may magaganap na calling of the light at pageant. I am not in the mood to really spend the night watching walking people in their bikinis, because what's so fun about that? I don't really care pero dahil required napilitan ako.
The boys were helping each other gather round drift woods to burn for the bonfire habang ang iba naman ay may sariling mundo. The rest were roaming around taking pictures, 'yung mga may partner naman ay pansin na pasimpleng naglalandian sa gilid o nag-iinom kahit bawal at ang iba naman ay sinusulit yung oras na mag-enjoy kasama ng mga barkada nila. The field are filled noise and laughter kaya pinili kong umupo malayo sa ingay.
Nasa far left ako ng ginawang stage. Halatang ginastusan talaga because there are fresh flowers on the edges of the stage. Baguio na Baguio ang datingan. The lights were dancing scattered from the stage na minsan ay nakakasilaw dahil natataman ang aming mga mata. There were four big speakers and they even hired a DJ to play with the music. Sa totoo lang, ngayon lang ako nakaramdam ng ganitong excitement. I've never been able to stay out at night to party. Masaya rin pala. They had music on the background na nagpasigla sa atmosphere ng field. The rest were dancing with the beat, taking videos of their friends dancing habang ang iba naman ay walang paki sa kanilang paligid at todo sa sariling trip.
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