Chapter 23:
Yumi's POV
BIGLANG pinatawag ang lahat ng teachers habang nagtetest, kaya halos magsitalon ang mga kaklase ko sa tuwa. Why? Because walang magmamasid sa mga kodiga nila. Well, hindi naman lahat nangdadaya but whatever. Tinapon ko nalang kaagad 'yung test ko, para pagbalik ay pwede na 'kong sumalampak sa mesa ko.
Mrs. Llave, our Reading and Writing Skills teacher arrived after 30 minutes to collect our test papers and did not say anything, just a normal class dismissed. For us, it was kinda odd since hindi naman siya ganoon, she was bubbly and smiley and always had the sweetest smile while saying a greeting and a goobye to us.
"Bakit kaya ganoon si ma'am?" Tanong sa 'kin ni Brylle na katabi ko lang din habang sinusundan ng tingin si Mrs. Llave na kakalabas pa lamang.
"Hindi ko alam," I shrugged my shoulders.
"Hindi ako sanay na ganiyan siya," narinig ko naman na komento ni Kelly.
"Same," pagdugtong naman ni Svanier habang nakatayo at nakapamulsa malapit sa mga upuan namin. "Ano kaya ang nangyari?" He uttered. "Pati ibang mga teachers ganoon din ang reaksyon."
Agad naman napakunot ang noo sa sinabi niya. Pero hindi nagtagal ay may dumating upang sumagot ng katanungan na iyon.
"Sir Fabian was poisoned, so wala siya ngayong araw, as well as this period," dumating si Elisia na kaklase namin, agad naman kaming natahimik.
Sakto naman ang pagdating ng mga pulis. How ironic, hindi nila nahuhuli ang mga gumagawa ng mas malalang krimen tapos ngayon nandito sila.
"Hey, Svan," Brylle suddenly called Svanier.
"Hm?" The latter hummed in a questioning manner as a reply.
"Was this because the rumor we heard about?" Brylle asked.
"What rumor?" Kelly and I asked in unison.
"Mrs. Llave is Sir Fabian's niece by marriage, adb there's a rumor saying that Mrs. Llave is having an affair and was caught on act by Sir Fabian himself," Svanier answered.
"She's suspicious then," I said.
"Why you people always talked about problems that made you sulk like a vegetable?" Kelly glared at us.
"What do you want to talk about then?" Svanier asked.
I second motion his question by nodding. We have an hour vacant afterall.
"'Yung nangyari sa birthday ni Yumi!" Masigla nitong turan na agad ko namang ikinangiwi at tinawanan lang ng dalawang lalaki.
"Bakit kayo tumatawang dalawa?" I asked the two.
"You recited almost half of Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities'," Brylle said while giggling like an idiot, he even get his phone for me to witness it.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair," I recited like an ancient storyteller the moment the video started making me pause it and delete it. However before I even do it, it was snatched by Svanier to toss it back to Brylle.
"Nakakainis kayo, alam niyo?" Sabi ko sa kanila. "Also, I remembered that all of you are puttimg away the liqour from me," kase 'yun ang naalala ko.
"We did but I guess that doesn't stop you from storytelling," Svanier chuckled.
BINABASA MO ANG
The Door to Treveloré
FantasyYumi, an ordinary soul who had a friend of two is having her own ordinary life. Not until she was told about the story of the door to Treveloré. A door in University of Trevelia's old building. On the third floor, there was a boy's dormitory before...
