Our Fallout: A Second Chance

Six

Chapter 6
Provoke

If someone will ask me who's the craziest woman I've known in my entire life I'd definitely point at this girl. Hands down. She's just wow! A complete psycho!

"This is not the reaction I wanted." sabi niya habang pinapanood akong tinitignan ang mga pictures. "Is this the reason you've hated me for the whole senior year?" hindi makapaniwalang tanong ko sakanya.

I wanna smack her hard on her face but really everything is so fucked up right now that I don't even wanna do anything.

Highschool ko palang nakilala si Isla. Hindi naman kami close kasi laging magkaiba ang section namin. Ngayong senior lang kami naging mag classmates.

Ever since she came, I've been hearing a lot of her name. The top of her section and always being the class president while I'm always the year representative.

Every year akong kasali sa Student Council. First year representative, Second year representative, Third year representative, Fourth year representative at naging VP ako nung Junior kaya ako tumakbong President ngayon Senior pero bigla siyang sumali hanggang sa natalo niya ako.

In just a snap she became the crowd's dear favourite, the star student and the school's pride na laging pinapadala sa mga competition.

At first I was jealous like all of my efforts in this school were neglected but in the end I also accepted my own capabilities. Magaling siya, aminado ako at baka hanggang dito na lang talaga ako.

Our interactions this senior year always end up with fights. She'd provoke me through her words and Aaliyah's always there to fight back for me.

Hindi sa ayokong patulan siya pero pakiramdam ko pag gagawin ko yun para akong lalamunin ng inggit ko sakanya.

Until the election happened, akala ko eto na yung pagkakataon para matalo ko siya kasi pero hindi. She won and I accused her of cheating because her Mom's the school dean. It was a big fight where she ended up slapping me hard.

I know it was my fault too. I couldn't accept and I was blaming her connections with deep rooted jealousy inside of me. Napatunayan din na walang dayaan ang nangyari at doon ko natanggap ang lahat.

Ah, baka hanggang dito na nga lang talaga ako.

Akala ko dun na matatapos ang lahat pero hindi. Dun nagsimula ang pangbubully niya sa akin— well through her words. Hindi ko na lang pinansin kasi pagpapatulan ko baka mas lalong magkagulo at ayoko ring masali si Aaliyah hanggang sa bigla siyang nagbago.

She instantly changed into a different person. From a good role model student to a bad influence overnight.

Why?

Because of her Mom's new lover which is basically my father. She hated me for being his daughter.

What a fucking reason!

She's nuts!

"What's the reaction you want then?" asar kong tanong sakanya. "OH EM GEE! IT'S MY DAD KISSING ANOTHER GIRL! LIKE OMG! I'M SO SAD! LIKE SAD SAD! LITERALLY SAD. Ganon ba?" I said like I was trying to overreact with my words.

She gave me a weird look.

So that was the reason Mrs. Jones knew me huh?

"You're not surprised?" tinitigan ko siya ng matagal. "Wrong question, girl! Tanungin mo muna sa akin kung tatay ko pa ba siya." saka ko binalik sakanya ang phone.

"What? They're divorced? But I saw him with your Mom a few weeks ago in a restaurant." I was just looking at her with no emotion at all.

This topic is boring. I don't like it.