Secret and Lies (completed)

PART 69

THIRD PERSON'S POV

The girls was assigned to different buildings, referring sa mga course na kinuha nila. They were a few minutes early bago mag start ang exam nila. Aiah decided to relax herself so she took put her earphones and plug into her phone. She closed her eyes as the song of The ridleys played. Her right foot was tapping to the beat.

"Excuse me?" A stranger said. She realized that Aiah was wearing an earphone kaya dahan dahan niyang kinalabit si Aiah which caused Aiah to slowly open her eyes.

"Oh sorry" Aiah said and unplug her earphones. "May kailangan ka ba?"

"Oo, actually Im lost. By any chance, do you know kung saan ang examination venue para sa mga fashion designer students?" She asked.

"You're in the right place" Aiah said and smiled back.

"Oh, finally! Napapagod na ako kakahanap. By the way, ako nga pala si Criza, Criza taa." Criza reached out her hand which Aiah gladly accepted.

"Aiah. Maraiah queen arceta" She said.

Nagusap lang silang dalawa until their examination starts. It was a good thing para kay Aiah na may kakilala na siya that is probably will be her classmate for her whole college year.

Aiah let out a groan and started to do some stretching as soon na makalabas na sila ng building. She can feel the pain in her back dahil sa pag upo nila ng matagal.

"Finally natapos din" Criza said and sighed in relief.

"Yeah. Sana nga nasa same class lang tayong dalawa" Aiah answered.

"That's if makapasa ako ng exam."

"Silly, Of course makakapasa ka niyan!" Aiah said which earned her a genuine smile from Criza.

"Uuwi ka na ba?" Criza asked.

"Hihintayin ko pa yung mga friends ko"

"Is that so? So mauuna na ako sayo. I need to go somewhere"

Bago pa magpaalam ng tuluyan si Criza, Mikha spotted them. Sinigaw niya ang pangalan ni Aiah that made the both of the girls look at her direction. Mikha was smiling widely to her.

"Seems like your friend is already here. Nice to meeting you again Aiah" Criza said and walked away.

"Hey. Sino ba yon?" Mikha said as soon as she approached Aiah.

"A new friend lang" Aiah answered.

"Lucky for you. Anyway Naghihintay na sila sa front gate so shall we?" Mikha said.

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Aiah was walking around her room anxiously. She's biting her nails as the nervousness slowly eating her entire system. Nung mga nakakaraan kasi na a-anxious siya kung tatanongin ba niya si Stacey about kay Mikha or not. Pero ngayon nakapag desisyon na siya na gagawin niya to after ng entrance exam nila. And now, she is preparing herself para sa lahat ng sasabihin ni Stacey.

A knock on her door added up to her anxiety. Agad naman niyang binuksan ang pinto knowing na si Stacey yon.

"Hi!" Stacey greeted.

"Hi come in" Aiah said. Stacey gladly entered Aiah's room and sat at Aiah's be comfortably.

"So, Ano ba ang gusto mong pagusapan?" Stacey asked. acting na wala siyang idea sa sasabihin ni Aiah.

"Well....uhm..." Aiah said and sat beside Stacey.

"About Mikha. You know what happened diba?" She added.

Stacey let out a weak smile and answered, "Alam kong dadating din yung araw na to. Ano ba ang gusto mo malaman?"

"Everything" Aiah replied shortly.