Imagine Me And You

Chapter 5

Shit!

I'm here in my room. I'm currently face timing Aiah because I want to share what happened to me earlier sa bahay ni Sheena.

"Stop laughing at me!" Pagsaway ko kay Aiah. After I told her what happened, she didn't stop from laughing and teasing me.

"Sa dinami-rami kasing dahilan mo yun pa yung sinabi mo sa kanya. Ang daming nagkakagusto sayo tapos torpe ka sa taong gusto mo." She teased. She wiped the tears on her eyes because of too much laughing.

"I got scared, okay? We just started to become friends tapos bigla akong aamin na gusto ko siya." I argued.

"What so hard about telling the truth? I mean, kailangan ba gusto ka rin niya bago ka umamin?"

"It's not like that. Alangan naman sabihin ko na "Hi Sheena, I like you a lot" then I expect na walang magbabago samin. For all I know, she's straight."

Matagal ko na talagang gusto si Sheena.  Bago pa man siya sumali sa dance club, gusto ko na siya. I'm one year ahead sa kanya. I don't want to make it obvious na I like her kaya hindi ko siya masyadong pinapansin noon.

The only time that we really interact with each other was when we have our school field trip. Hindi ko alam pano ko namanage yung sarili ko around her. I find it cute when she's flustered when I'm around her.

"Just tell her the truth Gwen. Wala naman masama. If wala talaga, then move on." Aiah said. We ended the call.

Humiga na lang ako sa kama ko habang nakatingin sa kisame. Hindi naman ako talaga mahiyaing tao pero pagdating kay Sheena, hindi alam bakit nawawala yung confidence ko.

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Nandito ako sa school. We have practice today and I'm here sa practice room namin. Ako pa lang yung nandito as always. I'm the president, I need to set example for everyone.

Nakita ko si Sheena and Jao sabay na pumasok sa loob. Nagkatinginan muna kami ni Sheena before she proceed talking to Jao.

Kinabahan naman ako kasi baka mamaya ay galit siya sakin. Not for long, everyone arrived so we start doing our warm ups. After warm ups, we started to dance.

Our dance competition is already around the corner so we need to practice more. We've been champion for two consecutive years and I don't want to end that. I want to make sure that before I graduate, I will leave something to our school.

Hindi naman kami madalas samahan ng coach namin during practice. Usually, twice a week lang siya kung pumunta to make sure na ready kami. Out of everyone in this group, I felt a lot of pressure.

"Alright everybody, that's all for today. See you all on Saturday." I said. Lahat naman sila ay nagsimula ng umalis at kunin yung mga gamit nila.

"Sheena, a word please." Napatingin naman sakin yung ibang members ko na nandito parin sa loob ng practice room. I saw them looked at Sheena with worried eyes.

I remember na the only time na may pinapaiwan ako ay kapag may mali silang ginawa.

I saw hesitation kay Sheena pero lumapit naman siya sakin. Umalis na rin yung iba kaya kaming dalawa na lang yung naiwan.

"Bakit po?" Malumanay niyang tanong.

"How's your foot?" She looks surprised with my query but decided to answer me.

"I'm good. Hindi naman na sumasakit."

"That's good to hear." Sagot ko. Bigla naman kaming nabalot ng katahimikan hanggang sa hindi na niya natiis at binasag ito.