TAKE A CHANCE (MikhAiah AU)

4

Aiah's POV

"Shux! What should I do? Hindi niya na man siguro ako natatandaan no? Pero paano pag nakilala niya ako? Anong gagawin ko?!" Sunod-sunod na tanong ko sa mga kaibigan ko na member din ng student council na nag-aayos pa habang ako naman nakasabunot sa buhok ko at pa balik-balik na naglalakad.

"Relax Aiah. Breath in. Breath out. Relax." Maloi said while holding my shoulders with her two hands as she calmed me down.

"Ikaw na man kasi ininom mo agad yung chuckie na nilapag niya lang pala." Sabi naman ni Staku habang tumatawa.

"Akala ko kasi hindi niya na bibilhin." Pangangatwiran ko.

"Tapos late ka pang dumating." Sheena said.

"Hindi ko kasi alam na matatagalan ako sa dean's office." I said in a guilty voice.

"Teka lang. Mga kaibigan ko ba talaga kayo? Kasi hindi kayo nakakatulong.” I complained.

“At ikaw, Staku. Ikaw kaya may kasalanan why I didn't have a chance to say sorry dahil hinablot mo ako ka agad." I added.

"Pero guys in fairness ha ang papi nung apat. Yung mag frenny na kilala sa school. Bet, mine lahat walang tapon." Sabi naman ni Maloi na kinikilig pa. Only the four of us are left here in the lady’s room, and that is why it is safe to have this kind of conversation.

"Hey! Off limits si Gwen." Sheena said while raising one of her eyebrows.

"Grabi naman makabakod Shee. Akala mo naman umamin na sa crush niya." Sabat naman ni Staku kaya sinamaan siya ng tingin ni Sheena. Yup, Sheena has had a crush on Gwen since the day that they joined a dance competition. Since then, Sheena has always been present in the latter's game and sometimes will ask the three of us to join her in watching Gwen's game, pero hindi man lang siya nagpapakita sa crush nya. Lakas ma ka 'secretly admiring you from afar' ang entry.

"Uhm, hey guys? Namomomroblema ako dito oh. Wala man lang talaga kayong ma ambag dyan sa ikagiginhawa ng buhay ko?" Sabi ko na hindi pa rin mapakali.

"Aiah naman. Parang pumapasok na nga lang ako sa klase para mag ambag pati ba naman sayo may ambagan pa rin. Oh! Ito limang piso. Keep the change." Sheena said while giving me a five-peso coin that she got from her bag. Kahit kailan talaga hindi naging seryoso to.

"I'm done. Let's go na." Sabi ni Staku dahil siya na lang kasi ang hinihintay namin.

"Staks, para namang cheer dance competetion ang sasalihan mo sa all pink na sportswear mo." Sabi ni Maloi at na pa iling.

"We should go na." Pag-aaya ni Sheena kaya naman lumabas na ako kasama sila kahit na pilit na ngumingiti para hindi halatang kinakabahan. Pagkalabas namin ay agad ko namang nakita si Mikha na tumayo.

"Tabang mga langit." Bulong ko sa sarili.

Before we started the training, we decided to introduce ourselves first, and the varsity players were the first to introduce their names. Na una ng magpakilala ang iba hanggang sa yung apat na lang ang natira.

"Hi! I'm Colet." Sabi nung babae na may matangos na ilong and looks like matapang. Her beauty is unique, and I think Maloi would agree to me, as it seems like she can't take her eyes off of Colet.

"I'm Jhoanna. Nice to see you all!" The other girl said with smiling eyes while waving her hand at us. She seems friendly naman.

"Hello. I'm Gwen." Gwen said. We already know Gwen, but I think this is the first time that I got to see her on a closer look, and she really looks like a model, as people said. Sure akong kinikilig ang mga buto ni Sheena ngayon.

All of our attention now is to the red-haired girl that I met in the cafeteria. Our first encounter was not that friendly, and it is embarrassing that I accidentally bought and drunk the chuckie that was supposed to be her. Her red hair really suits her fair skin. Matangkad lang ako ng kaunti sa kanya, but what can really capture you are her thick eyebrows, which complement her eyes that seem to be able to tame you just by their look. She seems to be a cold type of person, but siya rin yung tipong pagdumaan talagang lilingunin mo. I don't know, but there's something about her that draws my attention.

I snapped back to reality when I realized na nakatitig siya sa akin, kaya na man umiwas ako ng tingin at kahit hindi ko man nakikita ramdam kong namumula ako.

"I'm Mikha."  maikling pagpapakilala niya.

"Yun na yun Mikhs? Todo na yun?" Sabi nung Colet which made my friends chuckle.

"Lim. Mikha Lim." Na pailing naman ang mga kasama niya sa naging tugon niya.

Hindi ko alam kung bakit pero bigla akong kinabahan dahil this time kami naman ang magpapakilala at ako ang mauuna.

"Hi."