Heartful Whispers

Kabanata 33

"T-Teacher Coli?" Harry called.

Pasimple kong tinulak ni Leonel at agad pumunta sa kanila.

"Harry? You left something?"

"Yup! His iPad." Haiden answered for him.

"Oh! Wait I'll find it for you."

Lumapit si Leonel sa dalawa habang kinukuha ko ang iPad ni Harry. I saw how Haiden smirked at him and how Harry frowned at him. He patted the boys' head.

"Here, Harry." Inabot ko sa kanya.

"You're not going down?" Harry asked.

"O-Of course! I'll go down. I just finished cleaning your room. Let's go?"

Iginaya ko sila papalabas. Leonel wiggled his eyebrows at me. Mabilis niyang hinagkan ang ulo ko. Mabuti na lang ay hindi na nakatingin ang magkapatid!

"Teacher Coli?" Harry called.

"Y-yes?" nagkandautal-utal na ako.

Leonel bit his lip to stop his chuckle. I glared at him. Parang may balak talaga siyang pikunin si Harry hanggang umiyak.

Hindi na naalis ang tingin sa amin ng magkapatid hanggang sa makarating kami sa sala. Both of them are watching our moves with Haiden looking entertained while Harry looking pissed.

"Hatid-"

"Magcocommute ako." Putol ko sa kanya.

"It's hot, babe.." his head ticked to the window, showing me the scorching sun this very noon.

"May payong ako. Lagi mo na akong hinahatid."

"Of course. As I should," malambing niyang sabi sabay lapit sa akin.

My eyes went immediately to the kids. Umatras ako at tinignan nang mariin si Leonel. He pouted.

"Magcocommute ako ngayon." I said with finality.

Napasuko ko rin si Leonel na huwag na akong ihatid. Or so I thought dahil may nakasunod na sasakyan sa jeep na sinasakyan ko kanina pa!

I texted him to stop him but all he did was to reply a kiss with heart emoticon. I had to cover my mouth to stop my chortle while in jeep. He really is clingy and sometimes childish. I wonder if people know that he has this side of him.

It took him long to stop following the jeep. Kung hindi pa kami dumaan sa two way ay hindi siya iiba ng daan. Bigla kong naalala ang Mama nila na inaalagaan niya. I never saw his mom.. and the thought of meeting her makes me nervous.

Syempre, malaking bagay sa akin na makilala ng kanyang pamilya. Pero hindi ko pa rin maiwasang mag-alala sa magiging pananaw nila sa akin. Meeting his family filled my line of thoughts until I reached the school.

Today isn't an ordinary day for my students. They will have a long quiz as I told them last week. Everyone went on time. Mukha ring handa sila kaya sinimulan ko agad ang pagdistribute ng test papers.

"You have twenty minutes left!" I announced.

All of them gasped, some even groaned. I smiled.

They all rambled after they submitted their papers, asking one another about their answers on particular numbers. Imagine that? They're too young but they already care enough about their studies.

I saw Haiden packing up his things quietly. He sighed heavily as he went to my desk.

"Teacher, Coli. I think I'll fail."