You know what's worst than Ethan being good at FABM? It's that he's good at every subject!
"Three claps for Elizalde"
"Good answer, Elizalde!"
"This is what you should be doing during classes guys, recite more! Be like Elizalde!"
"Another perfect for Elizalde!"
"Elizalde, answer this question"
"Si Elizalde na naman, what about others?"
"A round of applause for Elizalde"
Nakakairita na. This is supposed to be about me. But teachers keep on praising Ethan. I can't blame them since Ethan is displaying good behavior, high participation, and intelligence this week.
Yes, today is friday. So far? Ethan is the star of the class. Everyone praises him, everyone wants to be friends with him, even during the elections during the first day. He was the first one to get nominated as president but he politely declined it kaya siya ang naging vice president. The class president turns out to be that loud classmate Nathan Alex Faustino.
Me? I got nominated as the class treasurer dahil magaling daw ako sa math. So far, the subjects that I have been acing so far are computation-related subjects. Fabm and Business Math. I felt like common ground namin ni Ethan 'yun while in other subjects, para siyang star na kumikinang sa langit. Ang hirap niyang abutin.
I did not became a class officer dahil wala namang masyadong nakakakilala sa akin. I am a transferee afterall. Sira tuloy 'yung plano kong maging class officer para makilala sa faculty. It seems like Ethan Elizalde got what I wanted again.
"Nice meeting all of you, have an early lunch everyone!" Mrs. Escalante announced to everyone.
"Everyone!" sigaw ni Nathan.
Tumayo naman lahat at sabay sabay na nag bow kay Mrs. Escalante "Goodbye and Thank you, Mrs. Escalante"
After Nathan got elected as the president, nagkaroon pa ako ng doubt dahil sobrang ingay niya nung first day but I can say that he's doing his job well and mas naging organize ang classroom namin under him.
"Wait, Ethan" tawag ko kay Ethan nang makita kong kumukuha siya ng mga libro at papaalis na.
Gan'to ang nangyayari everyday sa first week ko dito sa UEP. Tina-try ko makipagkaibigan sa mga kaklase ko, it turns out sobra ang chairs kaya wala talaga kaming katabi ni Ethan. Kinakausap ko 'yung nasa harap ko na Calista ang pangalan, pero mukhang may barkada na siya kaya hindi ko na pinagpilitan pa. Si Ethan din naman, pero napakatahimik niyang tao.
Ang tanging nakikipagkaibigan sa akin ay si Nathan, pero nararamdaman ko ang talim na tingin sa akin ni Lily kapag nakikipag-usap siya sa akin kaya medyo lumalayo na rin ako.
Feeling ko tuloy ang loner ko.
"Bakit?" napagtanto ko na naghihintay parin pala si Ethan sa akin.
"Ah, saan ka pupunta? Sabay tayong mag lunch?" tanong ko sa kaniya.
"Sorry, I already ate lunch"
"Huh? Paano--"
"I need to go now" Parang nagmamadali siya kaya hinarangan ko 'yung daanan niya.
Looking at it now, para tuloy akong uod na kapit nang kapit kay Ethan. Napasapo ako ng noo, para kasing si Ethan nalang ang walang barkada dito. Tapos gusto ko rin talaga siyang maging kaibigan.
"Teka lang, nagmamadali ka naman"
Nagmamadali talaga siya kaya nilibot ko ang mga mata ko sa desk niya and one book caught my eye. It is an accounting book na matagal ko nang gustong bilhin kaso hindi ko mabili bili dahil sobrang mahal.
