Maaga akong nagising kinabukasan. Trisha is still sleeping beside me while hugging the pillow between us. I can't help but stare at her face.
She looks like a baby sleeping peacefully. Her tan skin has matched her features. Ang singkit niyang mga mata ay mas lalong sumingkit dahil nakapikit ito.
I suddenly remembered the first time we met each other. It was a sunny afternoon. Hindi ko alam na ang encounter na 'yon would further build our friendship.
"Hello! Hi! Trisha nga pala," napatingala na lang ako sa biglang nagpakilala.
She's smiling widely to the point na hindi na mahagilap ang mata nito. Ang dimple niya ay kitang-kita rin dahil sa pagngisi niya. She was extending her arms in front of me while her right hand is gripping on the strap of her backpack patiently waiting for me to maybe introduce my self and greet her back.
I closed the science book I was reading at maagap na tinitigan lang siya. Bahagya itong nailang at mukhang na-aawkward na at hindi ko tinatanggap ang kamay niya. Her pupils were uneasy. She was getting tensed. I chuckled.
Nasa ilalim kami ng learning kiosk. Kanina ay mag-isa lang ako ngayon ay kami na ang nanditong dalawa.
"Hindi ko naman tinatanong," I said.
I already know her. Transferee student from God knows where. When she stepped in the day she transferred to this school all eyes were already on her. Sino ba namang 'di macu-curious sa isang transferee? Like teh ba't ka nag-transfer dito?
We're classmates kaya hindi mahirap na hindi ko siya mapansin lalo pa at mahilig siyang makipaghalubilo sa mga kaklase namin sa room kakapasok niya pa lang kanina.
"Ay wow ha? Sorry naman gusto lang makipagkilala," ani nito tsaka binaba ang kaniyang kamay at humawak na lang sa strap ng kaniyang backpack.
"Dorothy," I smiled and extended my hand expecting for a handshake.
"Hindi ko tinatanong," she imitated what I said and rolled her eyes at nag-init ang pisngi ko sa inis.
Bwisit.
That was the day I remembered how I first got the chance to know her. Among all the people around me inside the campus siya lang naman nangahas na makipag-kaibigan sa akin kahit pa barahan ang naging unang scenario namin.
I do not give my classmates the access other than when I do really need to interact with them sa projects, homeworks, and groupings. Hindi rin naman ako katalinuhan kaya gamitan din pag may time diba?
It's not that I don't want to, it's just for me it's much better to not let anybody come into my life. Because I'm so done and used to people leaving. My mom died, my dad left me, the only person that I had, my lola even left me. I cannot afford to feel another heartbreak. But here she is though, sleeping beside me.
BINABASA MO ANG
Bitten In Love (GL)
VampireMary Dorothy Clava is an ordinary girl struggling in living her life. It's as if the heavens have punished her for whatever she did on her past life. Struggling to live with her own expenses, Dorothy's willing to sacrifice her dignity to a job which...
