scorching you

chapter 2

nang maka-uwi ako ay agad akong nag mano kala mama at papa, tumango lang sila.

"how's school hija?" my mom said

"ayos lang naman ma-"

"hindi ikaw shaina" natigilan akong bumaling sakanila, she was talking to my ate.

"it was great, mom, they want me to perform something in our school." Saad ni jaylyn, she gave me an playful smirk

I just sighed and went to my room instead, nawalan na 'ko ng ganang kumain.

I decided to pick an outfit for church.

"yung anak ni marem, buntis hindi na nga nag aaral ganon pa ang ginawa." mom said. tumawa ng malakas si ate jaylyn.

"kaya nga ma eh, I bet they'll abort it" tumawa ulit sila.

how can they, actually.

I still can't believe that they still go to masses and attend religious gatherings, pero at the end they still shred and talk about peoples lives, I despise them for it.

I wore a white shift dress, a simple, short, above-the-knee dress. The bust is fitted with darts, and the skirt is cut straight, I tied my hair into a messy bun and got my hand bag, and I'm done.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror, simple but needy and perfect for church.

bumaba na 'ko sa aming sala para pumunta sa sasakyan.

"seriously shai, ganyan isusuot mo"
jaylyn said.

I looked down at her at tinitigan ang kanyang kabuu-an she's wearing a beige cropped scoop neck shirt na humahapit sa kanyang katawan and a pencil skirt that is above her thighs, makapal din ang kanyang makeup.

"do I need to over dress,
we're attending church, jaylyn, not a fucking bar." I said and left her.

I got in the car, tinuon ko nalang ang aking atensyon sa labas, maya-maya pa ay narinig ko na ang presensya nila mama at jaylyn, my dad is already in our car, reading an article.

"shaina, u look homeless, look at ur dress, it's so plain, u have so many clothes yan pa sinuot mo." saad ni mama.

tumango nalang ako at 'di na sila pinansin, we're almost at the church pero naririnig ko pa din silang pinag-uusapan ang mga tao na kilala nila, what's new.

I sighed and got out of the car, nauna na 'kong pumasok sakanila I can't stand the sight of them.

natigilan ako nang nakita ko sya.

"what the fuck is he doing here" bulong ko.

"sit down, why are you still standing."sabi ni jaylyn, I rolled my eyes at her and went to find a seat, but all the chairs are already taken, the only available seats is close to the valezals.

lumapit ako sakanila, I can hear my heart pounding, I smiled at them and sat.

the mass went by smoothly but I can feel trevors eyes boaring into me, a few minutes got by and the mass ended, before I could go back to our car, I saw my mom and the valezals talking.

"she's your panganay?" trevors mom said.

"yes, mr valezal, isn't she pretty, her and trevor would be a perfect match, she has finished her degree and is taking another course to finish" ngumiti nalang sila at binalingan nila ako ng tingin

"who's she?" Saad nila

"pangalawa namin, there's nothing special about her" I gave them a small smile at umiwas ng tingin

"no no no, I heard she's been a dean's lister since the first semester, u have a pretty face hija and have so many opportunities for modeling." Saad ng asawa ni mr valezal.

" I agree, try modeling.. whats ur name?" mr valezal said

"I'm shaina po, but I prefer to be called shai." unsad ko

"I don't agree, jaylyn is perfect, she deserves to be a model she's literally the definition of beauty and brains. " sabi ni mama, hindi nalang nila ito pinansin

"trevor I heard same school lang kayo ni shai, do u know each other?" mr valezal said

tumingin sakin si trevor at umiling

"different departments, I always see her in our campus though."

the day ended there.

I took a bath I was drying my hair with a towel when suddenly I got a notif on my twitter, I often use my socials but I don't use it every day.

muntik ko nang mabitawan ang cellphone ko nang mabasa ito

trevor atlas valezal followed you.

my eyes widened

"shit." bulong ko

I gasped and reached his account to confirm if he followed me, there's a tweet just 20 seconds ago.

@t.valezal
found you, miss avenido.

I don't have any idea how he found my Twitter account, it was my dump, it doesn't even have a lot of followers, I checked my main account and he followed me there too.

then I gasped

he followed all my socials, fuck.