The World of Tomorrow (Rêve de Gosse #1)

Chapter 2

#TWOT2

". . . It's what we want in the human experience. Art offers significance to our lives and helps us understand reality. It is a fundamental piece of our way of life since it permits us to have a more profound comprehension of our feelings; it builds our minds, and allows us to be able to share new thoughts and experiences."

While our professor was busy explaining her lectures in front, here I am, busy plotting some ways on what I should do to make up for what that Aci boy did to me earlier. Hindi ko pa rin nakakalimutan ang huling salitang ibinulong niya sa akin bago niya ako tinalikuran kanina. Akala niya ba matatakot niya ako sa simpleng pagbabanta lang? Pwes, nagkakamali siya! Kung hindi ko siya kilala, mas lalong hindi niya ako kilala. I can do whatever I wanted to do, and that includes taking my revenge.

And I can't believe he really had the guts to threaten me! A scholar like him hasn't had the right to say those words. He doesn't even have the right to talk back to a person like me who is above him.

Rich people should always be on the top, and not the other way around!

"Girl, shit! We heard what you did earlier!" Daniella exclaimed in excitement as she carelessly occupied the space beside me.

Biglang humaba ang nguso ko dahil sa tinis ng kanyang boses. Julia let out a laugh as she and Ashley — with no facial reaction at all — occupied the chair in front of us. The four of us had been friends since we were in senior high. Only the three of them are particularly close to me. Maraming sumubok ang kaibiganin ako, ngunit ni isa sa kanila ay hindi ko nagustuhan. I befriend people base on their life status. And if I felt like we were not clicking, they better not waste my time again over their nonsense whining.

"Holy shit, Fleur! First day of school pa lang pero may nabiktima ka na agad?! That's insane!" This time, it was Julia.

"Can you blame me? I mean, I was bored that time, so she had no other choice but to let my coffee bathe her." Kibit-balikat kong sagot sa kanila.

I took a glance at Ashley. A frown suddenly showed up on my lips as I watched her flipping every page of her book as if she had her own world. And as usual, tahimik na naman siya at nakatutok lang ang mga mata sa kanyang libro.

Sa tatlo kong kaibigan, Ashley was my least favourite one. It feels like she's with us but I can't totally feel her. It's like, we can only acknowledge her presence because of the thought that she's with us. And I hate it. I hate the fact that she's taking us lightly.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate her as a person but I do hate the idea of her having her own world while she's with us. If it weren't because of Daniella — na siyang dahilan kung bakit siya kasama sa circle namin ngayon — I will never acknowledge her as my friend.

Dahil sa unti-unting paglalim ng mga titig ko sa kanya, Ashley finally lifts up her eyes to meet mine. She smiled at me faintly as I raised my right brow at her, waiting for her comment on what I did earlier just as Daniella and Julia did. Upon realising what I wanted, Ashley opened her mouth and said;

"Y-You did a good job there, F-Fleur," Ashley commented, eyes fixing elsewhere as she switched her seat uncomfortably.

Mataray ko siyang tinaasan ng kilay bago ko siya nginisihan. I know damn well that Ashley didn't really like what I did, just like how she disliked my presence. Not that I do mind, though. Wala naman akong pakialam kung hindi niya ako gusto. We're even anyway.

Free time namin ngayon kaya nandito kami ngayon sa school gazebo, tumatambay. Our laughter filled the whole area as if this place are no one's territory but ours. Isa ito sa mga nakasanayan naming magkakaibigan. Kung may free time kami, palagi kaming naghahanap ng mga estudyanteng lalaitin sa mismong lugar na ito ng paaralan.