Worth The Wait

Chapter 3

*fast forward*

End of summer. First day of class. Maagang nagising si Julie. Finally! College na sya. Sa kwarto..

Julie: (tingin sa checklist) Uniform – check! Notebook – check! Gadgets – check! Ayan, ready na lahat. Haaay, excited na'ko. (super smile)

Pagkatapos ayusin ni Julie ang mga gamit nya, agad-agad syang bumaba para mag-breakfast tapos ay umalis na para pumasok sa school. After 25mins..

Driver: Miss Julie, anong oras ko po ba kayo susunduin?

Julie: Uhmm, 6PM nalang po kuya. Dito nalang din po.

Driver: Sige po, ma'am.

Julie: Salamat kuya. See you later! (baba sa kotse)

Kinuha ni Julie ang phone nya sa loob ng kanyang bag para tawagan si Maqui..

Julie: Maq? Asan ka na? Andito na'ko.

Maqui: I'm on my way na, Juls. Wait lang, malapit na.

Julie: Okay lang, early pa naman eh. Nasa may gate lang ako.

Maqui: Okay, malapit na talaga. TTYL. Mwuah!

Julie: Aryt! See ya. Mwuah!

-end of phone conversation-

After 10mins., dumating na si Maqui sa tapat ng gate ng campus at sabay na silang pumasok ni Julie.

Habang naglalakad sila papuntang classroom, nakasalubong nila si Rocco.

Rocco: Hi, girls. (ngiti)

Julie/Maqui: Hi po. (smile)

Rocco: Aga nyo ata ah?

Julie: Syempre naman kuya noh, first day eh. Haha!

Maqui: I know, right? Haha!

Rocco: Oh, sige, mauna na'ko ha? May dadaanan pa'ko sa Dean's office eh. Bye!

Julie/Maqui: Sige po, bye.

Rocco: (exits)

Pagkarating nila Julie sa kanilang room, pumwesto sila ni Maqui sa may likuran ng room. Habang naghihintay sa teacher ay naisipan ng dalawa na magkwentuhan. After 10mins. ay kumpleto na silang magkakaklase at maya-maya pa'y dumating na ang kanilang teacher.

Teacher: (entering) Goodmorning, class!

Class: Goodmorning ma'am!

Teacher: I'm Vanessa Cuesta, and I will be your English professor for the whole semester. I'm hoping that everyone of you will be participative and attentive in class. Now, I want you to introduce yourselves one by one. State your name, from which school you graduated, and what are your expectations of me and the subject. Okay? Let's start..

Isa-isang nagpakilala ang mga kaklase nila Julie. After three more students, si Maqui na ang nagpakilala..

Maqui: (tayo) Hi, everyone. I'm Frencheska Andrea Farr, but you can call me Maqui, and I graduated from St. Martin Girls' Academy. My expectation of this subject is that it wouldn't be boring (smiles) and that everything we do not know from the previous English classes will be taught to us. Thanks. (smiles)

Prof. Cuesta: Okay, thank you. And next?

Julie: (stands up) Uhmm, hi everyone. Goodmorning! I'm Julie Anne San Jose, from Northpoint High School. I'm expecting of something challenging. Thank you! (smiles)

Prof. Cuesta: Okay, I guess everyone's done. So, tomorrow let's start our discussion about class rules and grading system. Class dismissed.