Loving Bestfriend

Chapter 17

"Ms. Samonte, it's an honor that you still thought of joining my class!" Sabi ng Calculus teacher namin na puno ng sarkasmo. Great mother of bitches! Bakit ba Monday ngayon? And bakit pa kasi ako nakatulog?! I'm so dead.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Chiu. I..." should I tell the truth? Nakatulog ako? Baka lalo lang itong magalit sa akin.

"You?" Taas kilay na tanong nito. I swallowed. I'll tell a white lie. It won't hurt. But before I can tell her any lie she spoke again. "Oh don't bother. I'm not gonna waste my time with you. Go to the discipline office and ask for a permit to enter my subject next meeting. I won't accept you if you won't present me the permit." Napanganga ako sa sinabi niya. I can hear the detention cell calling for my name.

Malungkot na umalis ako sa classroom at nagtungo sa SDO. I'm sad, not fully because of detention but knowing that my friends didn't got my back. Wala man lang silang sinabing kasinungalingan like I was at the clinic or something para pagtakpan ang pagiging wala ko. Pero ano pa nga ba ang ieexpect ko? No one cares.

And I am right, detention nga ang inabot ko mamayang hapon after uwian.

"Where have you been ba kasi? You said babalik ka na dito sa room then when we arrived wala ka naman. We waited til lunchtime to look for you pero we can't find you." Tanong ni Kyra nang pumasok ako sa last subject namin for the day. Tinignan ko siya. Looked for me? Wow. Where might have they looked? Imposibleng walang tumingin sa peace garden. If they were determined to find me they would have searched the whole freaking corner of this school!

"We? Sino kayo?" I asked monotonously.

"Kaming girls with Jobs and Leo. Kik was too lazy. Oh, and except Jean and Yohan too, who ate lunch together at the benches. You know...like a date." Sagot niya. I clenched my fist under the table and forced a smile.

"Wow. That's sweet." Sobrang tamis ng pagkakasabi ko nito. Sa sobrang tamis pamatay na diabetes ang abot ng makakarinig.

See? Not ALL of them were looking and concerned. Not even my so-called "best friend".

Bago ko pa masabi kung saan ako nagpunta ay dumating na ang teacher namin.

"Hey Ven, you haven't answer my question. Saan ka nga nagpunta?" The others were just waiting for me to answer. Well, again, except for those people who don't care. You know who they are...

"Some place I'd rather be again right now." Seryosong sagot ko habang nakatitig kina Yohan at Jean na nagtatawanan at bulungan sa harap ko. When I think I was staring too much, nakangiting binalingan ko ang mga kaibigan kong may pakialam sa akin. At least naman pala, hinanap nila ako. They still seem confused.

"Saan nga?" Kunot noong tanong ni Kik.

"Peace garden." Sagot ko.

"Peace garden?" Sabay sabay nilang ulit.

"Yeah, why?" Tanong ko na parang wala pa ring pakialam.

"Dude, did you really checked over there? Nasa peace garden lang daw siya!" Baling ni Leo kay Yohan. Natigilan ang dalawang lovebirds sa pagiinarte sa harap ko.

Now I'm all ears. Naningkit ang mata ko nang nagkamot ng ulo si Yohan. He looks guilty.

"Alright. I didn't get to check there." Pag-amin nito. Wow! Just...ouch. I smirked although I know he's looking at me. Damn you, Yohan!

The silence between us is deafening. Maging sila ay walang nasabi sa pag-amin ni Yohan at ramdam kong ramdam din nila ang namuong tensyon.

I hanged my head down. My knuckles are turning white and my hand already hurts but I'm still squeezing real hard.