geez... seriously? Every single time?!

Chapter 6: Cheer him on: Bring him down

We're starting to practice for the cheer dance competition. I really like cheer dance because I can dance. I really love to dance. It's so fun! Haha. :)

Anyway, the teachers taught us some steps and then we were asked to pair up. Me? Pairing up? I always end up with the ugly one. (No offense to anyone i've been partnered with... Actually, yes, there's offense. Sorry.) We were made to go in a line. Shortest to tallest. Now, this cheer competition is for grade 4-6 so I was with Ben. I think you know what happens next. :)

After lining up, i saw that i was paired with Prest. He was this chubby guy i didn't really like... At all. I was sad obviously. I was stuck with him! But then...

"Hoy, Prest! Palit tayo!" Ben said.

"Ha? Okay na ako dito." Prest told him.

"Eh. Gusto kong kapartner si Lei!"

"Ha? Crush mo ba?"

"Basta! Palit na tayo!"

"Oh, cge cge."

That's when they changed places. I pretended not to notice. I covered my face because I know that I would've been blushing by then.

He tapped my shoulder.

"Lei, partner tayo." He told me keeping up a goofy smile.

"Oh... Kay..." Was all i could say back.

I'm excited! Really! I am! It's just i don't want to express that because i would feel so embarrassed. So i just ignored him. Pretty stupid but hey! That's how i do things. Which is why i'm still single. So...

Practice started. My best friend was paired with my brother. Martha secretly likes him. :)

While we were in position, meaning next to our partners, we weren't doing much since they were focusing on the lifters first. I looked at Martha behind me. She was gesturing how bored she was so to cheer her up, I started gesturing how disgusting it was to have Ben as a partner. Silly, right? I haven't told Martha that I liked Ben. All she knows is that I dislike him. Why not tell my bff? Well... You'll see.

After non-stop insulting Ben, when it was out turn to practice, we were starting off by holding hands. I just put my up gesturing for him to grab my hand but nothing happened. He left me hanging.

"Hoy! Magsisimula na ang praktis! Anong ginagawa mo?" I told him.

"Ayaw mo naman akong mahawakan diba?" He glared at me then looked away. I gulped.

"Joke lang iyon."

"Ha-ha-ha. Nakakatawa." He still didn't look at me. I felt like slapping myself. Can someone slap me on the screen? Thanks!

We practiced together but avoided much contact as possible. :(

Well, he's mad at me. Great Liane. Just great. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

The next day, i brought gloves with me. You think i'm still trying to insult him? No. I'm not.

When we went into formation, he stared at my hands.

"Grabe naman! Ayaw mo talaga akong hawakan?!" He exclaimed. I stared at him.

"Ayaw mo kasi akong hawakan kahapon kahit nagjojoke lang ako kaya iyan! Para makapraktis naman tayong maayos." I offered my hand and looked away. He grabbed it.

"Ibahon ang feeling." I looked at him and his face looked like he was weirded out by how the glove feels on his skin. I took my hand away.

"Ano?" He asked me. I moved my hand towards his neck.

"Hoy!" I slid the glove through his neck.

"Ano ba? Ibahon nga dba? Tama na!"

I just started laughing at him. He started backing away but he wasn't gonna get away from me that easily. I chased him around the playground and we were both laughing the whole time. The teacher eventually noticed and scolded us.

Once we got back into position, I offered my hand again.

"Okay ka na?" I asked him. He smiled at me, took my hand, took off my glove sand put it in his pocket.

"Yan! Okay na ako." He held my hand. It was warm.

"Ang lambot pala ng kamay mo. Pambabae talaga."

"Siyempre naman pambabae yan!"

"Oh? Nandidiri ka pa ba sa kamay ko?"

"..."

"Lei?"

"Hindi. Ang relaxed nga ng kamay ko." I blushed. I don't know why i blushed over that. I didn't see his reaction after that. I just kept looking away.

Well, I resolved that issue. Didn't I?