Totally Hooked

Chapter 5: Nightmares and Day Dreams

"Magnanakaw!" I screamed on top of my lungs in the middle of the classroom. I crossed the room towards the door kung saan nakatayo ang isang babae na mukhang kasing edad ko. Hindi ko alam kung anong nangyayari at kung bakit ko siya sinisigawan pero kahit anong pilit kong pakalmahin ang sarili ko I just couldn't control how I feel. I felt heart-ache and hatred at the same time hindi ko alam kung bakit but I couldn't make those feeling go away.

"What's wrong Mitch?" tanong niya sa akin with a little worry and fear in her voice. Her hands were shaking, her eyes couldn't focus and she was just over all trembling. That's when I knew that, kahit hindi ko alam kung ano mang kinakagalit ko, my accusation was correct.

"Where is it?" I yelled at her from the top of my lungs. "Give it back to me! Give it back!" I keep screaming. I looked around na parang may hinahanap then lumapit ako sa isang bag. Binuksan ko ito then started rummaging through it.

"Calm down Mitch. Please. Pag-usapan natin ng mahinahon kung anong kinakagalit mo." She replied to me with a lowered voice. I just stayed silent while going through the things in the bag.

"Stop it Mitch! Tigil na! Please!" tumataas na rin ang boses niya and she kept putting back the things na nilabas ko sa bag.

"Ano ba Mitch? Tama na!" Sigaw niya sabay hablot ng bag mula sakin at sinimulang ibalik ang mga gamit sa loob ng bag. I just stood there still full of anger.

"Bakit? You don't want to let everybody know na magnanakaw ka?" I asked her but she kept her mouth shut. I waited for a few minutes pero hindi pa rin siya nagsasalita. She stood up and put the bag back to where it was then turned her back to me.

"Kinakausap pa kita! Ano ba!" Sigaw ko at hablot sa kamay niya that cause her to spin back and face me with a pleading look on her face.

"Pag-usapan natin to ng tayo lang. Please." Hinawakan niya ang kamay ko at nagmamakaawa ang mga mata niya.

"Bakit? Takot ka na malaman ng lahat yung ginawa mo?" sabi ko sa kanya looking her in the eyes. Her eyes were getting teary and to my surprise hindi ako nakakaramdam ng awa sa kanya. I broke our eye contact then addressed everybody that could hear me.

"HEY!" I yelled as loud as I could, kung hindi nila naririnig ang away namin kanina, well now I'm sure everybody could hear us. It felt that there were just the two of us earlier, pero ngayon I could feel lots of eyes staring at us. Waiting sa kung anong mangyayari.

"This girl!" Sigaw ko sabay turo sa kanya. "My supposed best friend!" I said putting up both my hands and gesturing air quotes. "Someone I trusted with everything!" I continued.

"She stole the..." I was cut-off by a hand over my mouth. Mabilis siyang nakalapit sakin, her eyes still pleading with me. Trying to tell me na hinaan ang boses ko. Then she looked around then looked right back at me.

"Kalma Mitch. Please. Pag-usapan natin to. Ayoko ng gulo." Bulong niya sakin habang nakatakip pa rin ang kamay niya sa bibig ko. She removed her hand from my mouth then started pulling me towards the stairs para siguro dalhin ako sa isang lugar na wala masyadong tao but I resisted. Sinusubukan kong tanggalin ang pagkakahawak niya sa kamay ko, kaya nakalmot ko and kamay niya pero hindi pa rin niya ko binibitawan. So I grabbed her hair to try and get her hand off my arm and it worked, nabitawan niya ang kamay ko but she then grabbed my hair too and we had an all-out hair pulling contest in the middle of the hallway, on top of the stairs. I just kept screaming at her and calling her names while I could feel my blood boiling and the anger seeping through my bones, at siya naman ay pilit akong hinihila palayo sa kanya habang nagmamakaawa na bumitaw na ako, fear evident in every word she utter, but I gripped her hair harder. Causing her na higpitan rin ang kapit at hila niya sa buhok ko.