Competition of Love (Jella Jema and Ella)

C-O-L: Part 6

Ella's POV

Everything seems okay naman sa new school. nagkakaroon nadin ng friends and nakakasabay naman ako sa klase namin.

Ms Torres came in with our paper sa exam

"Good job everyone and majority sa inyo got above 40/50 score" then Ms Torres called us one by one

"49/50 to Ms Galanza" palakpakan sila
"ay ikaw na talaga besh as always" puri ni kyla kay Galanza

"50/50 to Ms De Jesus. Good job De Jesus and looks like kahit hindi ka nakasabay sa klase for months alam mo yong lesson" puri saken ni Ms Torres

"ay wow! second best ka for todays vedyow muna besh" I heard kyla said to Galanza

"thank you po Ma'am" I took my paper and Galanza seems not so happy with the result

other subjects naman si Galanza naman ang top then minsan ako nasa 2nd list.

i can sense her being competitive sa mga subject and I learned that Shes the best sa k12 overall.

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"Ella.. baka pwede magpatutor sa math" lapit ni Aleiah saken at sabay pacute at nilapit pa ang mukha saken

"sure. I can teach you naman" sabi ko nalang though naiilamg ako sa kanya kaya medyo lumayo ako ng kunti

I saw Dean na lumapit naman kay Galanza and I looked at them. I think Dean was asking also na magpatutor sa kanya.

"by the way Class, we have a math wizard contest against other schools. This is an open competition so most likely madami dami and sasali dito. For our school, ahmm.. Ms Galanza will represent and... including De Jesus. Dati the contest only need one representative pero ngaun iniba nila ang mechanics. I asked De Jesus to take a test just for me to assess her capability since top sya sa exam last time. Looks like Galanza and De Jesus are a good pair for this... so you two work together and everyday we will have a session since 2 weeks prep lang tau." Ms torres eexplained

I saw her face not seems so happy to know that makakasama niya ako everyday. sinabihan pa sya ni Teacher na e guide ako kasi mas gamay niya na ang galawan.

I entered the office of math dept and saw Galanza was already there and seems so serious sa ginawa

umupo lang ako sa tabi niya and observing her

"ay kabayo!!!" nagulat siya kasi when she glanxed at me medyo malapit na mukha namin dalawa so napaatras sya bigla at nahulog sa upuan.

"Bakit k naman kasi nanggugulat" I handed her my hand pero hindi nya tinanggap and helped herself instead.

mapride talaga. sabi ko sa sarili ko and i was about to say sorry pero dumating na si Ms Torres and explained to us the things we need to study.

I was listening to my playlist while studying minsan kalma kasi pag my senti na tugtog and focus ako. Kinalabit nya ako sa ibanaba ko ang earpods ko.

"Yea??" naiinis ang mukha niya

"Ang dami ko ng sinasabi hindi ka pala nakikinig.. alam mo Ella.. alam ko namang wala kang paki sa mundo.. pero need natin manalo at kasama to sa points for extra curriculum which is added to evaluation for honors.. Ngayon kung wala kang paki sa points well ako meron.. kung may choice lang ako ayaw kita kapartner pero no choice ako at need ko makipagteam up syo!" dami niyang sinabi

"okay" yong lang sagot ko at tamad akong makipag argue at lalo siyang naiinis. I saw her na bumuntong hinga.

ang dami naming arguments sa mga sinasagutan namin and most of the time hindi talaga kami mag tagpo ang init pa ng ulo niya while ako chill lang so instead of insisting what i know ni let go ko nalang. para kaming asot pusa na lageh nag aaway

"okay.. Got it" yong lang lageh ko sagot sa mga sinasabi niya and dominant niya talaga

I heard na 3rd place sya last year and mas malaki talaga ang added points if mag champion. I am not sure if her parents pressured her ba to be the top sa lahat ng bagay.

"pwede ka namang kalmado lang at chill. most of the time you seem to be super duper hyper na nagtrigger ng rattle sa kasama mo. chill.. it gives us some momentum and space to think kahit seconds lang need mag isip" sabi ko nalang

"di mo kasi maintindhan why i need this so bad" sabi niya na seryoso ang mukha.

"whatever it is.. chill... breath.. ang bata mo pa pero parang pasan mo na ang mundo" sabi ko sa kanya then when I looked at her umiyak napala sya.

"hala.." anong mali sa sinabi ko

"hindi mo kasi maintindhan kasi mayaman ka.. ako need ko maging top para pagdating ng college kung d man ako papalarin sa mga scholarship sa malalaking school at least sa mga government na benefits for top 1 student makuha ko para makapag college ako. ikaw kasi sanay kana siguro na chill lang kasi nasayo na ang lahat e.. if hindi ako makpag scholar.. hindi ako makakpag aral.. most likely magwowork nlng ako nun muna" paliwanag niya saken and i can feel yong bigat sa loob niya

"kaya nga chill.. it doesnt mean naman na mag chill e wala na tayong gagawin.. composure to para d tayo magpanic at makapag isip ng ayos" paliwanag ko at mukha naman siyang nakinig saken

after that everything seems smooth na yong conversation namin and argument. Ready na kami sabi ko nalang.