A whole day passed na hindi nag-uusap ang dalawa the next day after nung grocery nila. Pareho kasi silang naging busy sa mga activities na kailangan nila tapusin.
So pumasok sila ng hindi sabay the next day. Wala ding practice na nangyari kasi may sinagutan sila sa kanya-kanya nilang assignments. Now, it's Wednesday and they scheduled na ang gagawin nila is mag design sa stage. Luckily, tutulong lang sila sa mga officers, give their insights and theme.
Tapos na ang klase nila pero nasa library ngayon si Jane kasama ang seatmate niya sa klase nila. They're paired together to answer their activity, bukas pa naman ipapasa pero gusto ni Jane na matapos na agad so she will only have her time spent sa practice and stage decorating kasama sila Janella.
"so, about dun sa band niyo. kahit d pa official, do you accept new members na ba?" tanong ng kaklase niya.
"hmm, actually hindi. but pwede namang magpa lista ng name, tapos if ever, audition na if pwede ba makapasok. aim din kasi ng club na mag produce ng good music and best members eh. if ever, we will be the one din kasi na tutugtog pag may events and plan din namin na mag organize ng battle of the bands pag dumami yung members." she explained.
"I see." nakangiting sagot ng kaklase.
"bakit? may plano kang sumali?" tanong ni Jane.
"actually I already joined a club na, yung dance club." nakangiting sabi nito.
"I just asked to know more about you." dagdag pa nito.
Tumango nalang siya.
It's obvious na sinusubukan ng guy na 'to na mapalapit sa kanya, kanina pa kasi talaga ito nagtatanong ng kung ano-ano.
She should feel annoyed honestly, but then, so far naman kasi, hindi ito sobrang pushy sa pagtatanong, pag ayaw niyang sumagot hindi siya nito pinipilit. The guy is also a gentleman, tapos matalino din, mukha ding naliligo araw-araw.
Kaya lang, the guy is not Janella.
Impossible naman kasing maging si Janella 'to.
She chuckled at her own thoughts.
"you okay?" tanong nito.
"hmm oo naman." nakangiti niyang sagot dito.
Hindi sila nag-uusap ni Janella pero the girl did not once left her mind.
Sabi niya happy crush lang si Janella pero agad din naman niyang na recognize na hindi na 'yun basta simpleng crush lang.
She's in love, yes. Pero alam din naman niyang hindi pwede.
Malay niya ba kung straight si Janella.
masasali pa yata ako sa mga bading na na in love sa best friend trope
Napailing siya dahil sa naisip.
She instead told her classmate na tapusin na nila yung task.
"ano nga pala ulit name mo? d ko alam ano isusulat ko dito eh." she said ng matapos na sila.
The guy smiled at her bago sumagot, "halatang d mo talaga ako gusto Jane." sabi nito making her look at him with confuse eyes.
"first day of class nagpakilala ako sa'yo. after nun, we talked for awhile regarding your reason ba't mo pinili course natin. tapos after, we also did a group work in which sinali kita sa group ko. then today, I told you my name ulit when you asked me what it was. tapos ito na naman tayo." natatawa ng sabi nito.
Na guilty naman si Jane, indeed she remembers sharing a few conversations with him. She also now recalls his name, last name nga lang.
"Gumabao diba? sorry ha, nakalimutan ko eh.." sabi niya.
"tsaka about the gusto thing, gusto naman kitang ka pair sa activities, marunong ka naman kasi tas d tamad.. gusto din kita maging kaibigan if want mo din. but if we talk about gusto as in romantically, well..hindi eh, sorry." dagdag niya pa and her classmate smiled at her.
"obvious naman Jane..and it's fine, being friends is much better." sabi nito.
That made her smile.
"so ano nga name mo?" tanong niya ulit dito after a couple seconds of comfortable silence.
"it's Paulo, Paulo Gumabao." sabi nito ng nakangiti.
"alalahanin mo ha, magkaibigan na tayo ngayon eh." he added that made her chuckle.
"oo na." she replied.
Unbeknownst to them, nakita lahat ni Janella ang interaction nilang dalawa.
Nasa library din kasi ito ngayon at may tinatapos. Nauna na sila Joshua at Joj na tumutulong dun sa stage decorations, tapos na din kasi sila sa task nila. Gusto pa sana nila samahan si Janella but she told them not to, mas madami daw agad matatapos if they go na.
So she's doing her task alone sa library. Unfortunately, nakita niya si Jane na may kasamang lalaki.
Selos. She does not think she really is capable of feeling that but dahil kay Jane, nararamdaman niya.
It started with Joshua and Jane being close to each other. Unang araw pa lang na nakilala niya si Jane, alam niyang she's attracted with her. Pero the feeling of jealousy, it was Joj who told her about it.
Hindi niya pinaniwalaan yun and just shrugged it off. Why would she be jealous?
Pero ngayong alam niyang may feelings siya for Jane? Hell, she knows this is jealousy she's feeling right now.
just who is this guy making her smile like that? making her laugh like that?
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NOTE: selos selos wala namang label ..duh
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FanfictionWherein Janella needs one last member for their music and band club to be accepted as an official club while Jane is seriously planning to rebel against her mom.
