Chasing Daylight (On-hold)

Chapter 3

Chase's POV

NANG MAGISING ako, imbis na mag-ayos ay napatulala ako at napunta lahat ng atensyon sa ID ni Sage. Pa'no ko ito ibabalik sakanya? Should I just handed it over?

I'm feeling shy all of a sudden, even I, my own self don't know why. Napahiga ulit ako at tumulala, ilang minuto akong napatitig sa ID ni Sage. I call him Sage now since I know his name, I don't want to call him in other names again. Let say I really acknowledge his skills, and I think I'll be seeing more of what he can do. We're at the same school after all.

“He looks like a decent person in this picture,” I said with a smile.

His black hair is down and a little messy. His stares are sharp, yet his eyes looked so sleepy. Maybe because all he does is look at the screens of any electronic devices. That's what I see about him. Pero habang tinititigan ko s'ya...

“Cute,” I uttered. I admit that he's good looking. Sigurado din na hindi lang ako ang nakakapansin non.

“Chase what are you doing?” Napa balikwas ako ng bangon dahil sa kumatok.

Agaran kong tinago ang ID ni Sage sa bag ko.

“Huh? Drugs!” I blurted out. My eyes widened.

No! That's not a good excuse.

“What did you say Chase?” lumakas lalo ang katok ni Mama.

“Dress, I'm getting dress for school Mama don't come in!” I shouted then went immediately to take a bath.

Mabilis akong nag-ayos sa sarili ko. At nang makita ko ang oras mas lalo akong nagmadali. Mala-late na ako! kaya pala kinatok ako ni Mama. I didn't notice that I spend my time staring at Sage's ID. Second day of school and I'm 1hr late!

Makakapasok pa naman siguro ako sa susunod na klase. Kailangan ko na magmadali, kaya nang makababa sa bus ay agaran akong tumakbo. I was about to go to the gate when I saw someone leaning on the wall next to where the school is. Our eyes met. Napatigil ako, dahan dahan ko s'yang nilapitan.

Napalunok ako.

“Hindi ako nakapasok. Someone took my ID,” he said. My jaw dropped, I quickly gave Sage's ID that has been in my hand since I left home.

Pati s'ya hindi naka pasok sa unang klase n'ya.

“I'm sorry! Hindi ka tuloy naka pasok,” I felt bad. He looks a little annoyed so I was worried that he'll get mad at me, but he just smiled.

“It's okay, thanks for bringing it back. I'll see you later,” he took his ID and went inside first.

Pinanood ko muna s'ya mawala sa paningin ko bago tumakbo papasok. Hingal na hingal ako nang makarating sa room namin, agad akong umupo. Napatitig pa sakin si Vivian. Yes, I know I'm super late.

“Woah! Late kana, but don't worry I took notes of the discussion,” she gave me her notebook. Nakahinga ako nang maluwag.

“Salamat, salamat Vivian,” masayang sabi ko.

Pero nagulat ako nang may nag-abot din ng notebook sakin sa kanan ko. Isang babaeng maikli ang buhok at naka salamin. She's the quiet nerd, I didn't get to talk to her yesterday. She was quite elusive.

“You can also copy mine,” she insisted. I was a little surprised.

“Salamat din sayo. Ah, anong pangalan mo pala?” I started to talk to her.

Binuksan ko ang notebook n'ya. To mine surprised her notebook is neat and organized. Her handwriting is also good, I think I can learn the lesson quickly with these two notebooks that they gave.