SABOTAGING MY WALKOUT QUEEN

MEETING HER 06

WHO IS ATHENA?

Athena's P.O.V.

It was already eight in the morning when I woke up. Medyo masakit ang ulo ko at parang nahihilo pa ako. I touched my head and neck then I found that I was warmer than usual - parang ang taas ng lagnat ko.

I opened my bedside table at kinuha ko ang digital thermometer. I put it on my right ear and it confirmed that I really had a high fever based on its thirty-nine degree Celcius reading. Upon further checking on myself, I was also having cold and cough, plus sore throat and body pain.

Daddy immediately called Dr. Kim to come over and personally check on me. Based on his findings, I was having a systemic viral illness. Sa sobrang lakas ko ay kinakapitan din pala ako ng trangkaso. I sighed. Ayoko pa naman sa lahat ay 'yong umiinom ako ng gamot, but I guessed I had no other choice for now. I had to do it, kung gusto kong gumaling agad.

"How are you, Athena?" pasimpleng tanong ni Doc when Dad went outside. I knew that the question was not about my illness, but how I was still coping up after the accident.

"I'm okay, Doc." I smiled at him while gripping the comforter in line with my neck. I lied because I wasn't really okay.

I think, Dr. Kim was not yet on his thirties. Para ko lang siyang kuya. If only he knew na namatay na talaga si Athena at dapat niya akong tawaging Helena rito sa bahay, I wonder what would be his reaction.

"Okay, if you say so. I've got to go now. Don't stress yourself and don't forget to drink your medicines, okay? Lastly, I know this will only make you feel uncomfortable pero bawal ang maligo," nakangiting sabi niya.

I just nodded at him. Dr. Kim gently patted my head before he walked pass the open door and left. Dahil tumawag na rin si Daddy sa school at sinabing hindi ako makakapasok ngayon ay nanatili na lamang akong nakahiga sa kama.

Since I didn't have anything to do and I couldn't sleep again no matter how hard I tried to do it, I just looked at the ceiling as if I was having some flashbacks. Hindi ko maiwasang isipin si Rivera. Oh, I mean - Cristoff! Since everyone was calling him Dave or David, I would call him Cristoff na lang para unique.

At dahil doon, wala sa sariling napahawak ako sa mga labi ko nang maalala ko ang mga sinabi niya sa akin kahapon...

"I've always been thinking of your soft lips for three months now."

"I hated to admit but what happened to us was my first kiss, and if for you, it was an accident... well for me, it was an experience."

I closed my eyes while trying to think straight. What happened to us was my first kiss as well.

We just stole the first kiss of each other, Cristoff! But the difference is that - you didn't know what I really feel. I lied to you because it wasn't just an accident for me.

But of course, I would never admit it!

I knew about my limitation. I shouldn't get close to him but what could be the meaning of this? That whenever he was near, I suddenly felt uneasy and I always felt my heart throbbed like there were thousands of horses racing inside me. I was breaking my own rules.

This was the very first time I felt this kind of strange feeling. It was too foreign to me. It was creepy but at the same time, it was captivating. For months I was studying at that school, I got another reason to be excited.

But what is he doing to me?

I hated to admit but I certainly liked the feeling when we accidentally kissed. I was only fifteen and it was really my first time. Well at least, I brushed my lips with him and not with someone else... definitely not with those three drug addicts! And it was just for a while - barely three seconds, I guessed?