One-Shot Stories :)

*OSS* 9--

A/N: I can’t think of a title for this one.. Maybe because I didn’t plan this one. The idea just came out of the blue. So.. Here it is. :)

“Okay class, starting tomorrow, we’ll have our class recitation.”

“Sir naman!”

“Wag na po Sir!”

“Tsk. Nakakainis naman!”

Iba’t ibang klaseng reaction ang narinig ko mula sa mga kaklase ko. Ako naman, nakatingin lang dun sa teacher namin. Naramdaman siguro ni Sir na may nakatingin sa kania kaya tumingin ko sa direksyon ko. I just raised an eyebrow sa kania tas umub-ob na.

“Pero kelangan nio yun. Para sa grade nio din yun. And besides, it’ll be an on-the-spot essay.”

“Huh? Ano po Sir?”

“I’ll give two questions for each of you. And you’ll have to answer it in front of the class. Pwedeng English yung sagot. Pwede ring Tagalog.”

“E di ibig sabihin pala pwede Taglish.”

“Yes Miss Ocampo? Are you saying something?”

“No Sir.”

“So you better prepare yourselves. Iba-ibang tanong ang ibibigay ko sa bawat isa sa inio.”

“Okay sir.”

*RIIIIIING*

“Yown naman! Nagbell na din sa wakas!”

Nauna na ko sa kanilang lahat lumabas. Buti na lang.. Hindi uso samin yung maglilinis ng classroom.

Naglakad lang ako pauwi, tutal naman malapit lang yung bahay namin.

Oo nga pala, Kamille Ocampo pangalan ko. High schooler. Yun lang naman dapat niong malaman tungkol saken.

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Spell bored?

K-A-M-I-L-L-E.

Bagong spelling yan, di nio makikita sa kahit na anong dictionary. =_=

Kanina pang nagsisimula yung recitation namin. Sir Perez would randomly choose from his class record tas yun yung pupunta sa unahan. So far, madadali naman yung mga tinatanong nia. Nasasagot naman ng maayos ng mga kaklase ko.

“Ocampo, Kamille.”

I looked up, only to see my classmates and our teacher staring at me. I stood up quickly then went in front. Naupo ako sa upuan dun at tumingin kay Sir.

“So Miss Ocampo, here’s your question.”

“Bat ang feeling ko ngayon, nasa isang beauty contest ako?”

Nagtawanan naman yung mga classmate ko. Tumingin na ulit ako kay Sir na nakatingin lang din saken. Psh. Ano na naman kaya problema sakin ng teacher na to. =_=

“Okay. Here’s your first question.. If you were given the chance to go back in time, aling kapanahunan ang pipiliin mo at bakit?”

“Panahon ni Rizal. Makikipag-eyeball ako sa kania at tuturuan ko siang magdougie.”

My classmates roared in laughter while Sir Perez just frowned. Oh, have I mentioned that he’s just 20 years old? He graduated last March.

“Is that your answer?”

“Of course not Sir!”

Nun lang ako nag-isip ng seryoso.. Kung mabibigyan nga naman ako ng pagkakataon na makabalik sa dati..

“Are you done thinking?”

“Not yet sir! Aba! Mahirap kaya mag-isip! Ang dami kong gusto balikan! Tulad nung panahon ng mga dinosaurs! Gusto ko maranasan na mag-piggy back sa likod ng isang Tyrannosaurus Rex! O kaya panahon ni Albert Einstein! Papaturo ako sa kania sa assignment namin sa Physics! O kaya, nung panahon ni Leonardo da Vinci! Magpapapaint ako sa kania tas gagawin kong DP sa Facebook tas ipopost ko sa Tumblr!”

“Miss Ocampo, give me a serious answer or else, I’ll give you a failing grade!”

“Sir naman! Uhm...”

Huminga ako ng malalim at tumingin ng direcho sa kania.

“If I would be given the chance to go back in time.. I would go back to the times when I still have a whole family. Those times when we were still a whole, happy family. Why? ‘Coz it was the only time that I experienced true happiness.”

Natahimik lang yung buong klase sa sagot ko. Siguro.. Hindi lang nila akalain na magmumula yun saken. Psh. Pero bat nga ba yun pa ang naisagot ko?

“Ah. Your second question is, how would you define a true friend?”

“Naks. Ang cliché naman masiado ng tanong nio sir!”

I grinned at him tas huminga ulit ng malalim bago sumagot.

“A true friend is someone who stabs you.. Not in the back, but in the front. Someone who always tell you that you’re ugly, noisy,  and someone who tells you that you’re an idiot. A true friend is someone who just barges in your room without knocking and would lie with you in your bed. Someone who would laugh at you, but would end up laughing at herself too. Someone who has the guts to call you a dork. Someone who has the guts to tell you the truth even if it hurts. And someone.. Someone who stays at your side when the world walks out. A true friend is someone who makes your problem her problem. And is someone who stick up with you no matter what. She’s going to accept you even if you’re the most stupid, dorkiest person in the world.”

I smiled at them, then walked towards my seat. They were all still quiet. Siguro.. They couldn’t believe that I really said those words. Oh well. I’m a frustrated writer. Pero di nila alam yun :D

“Ah.. Okay. Thank you for your wonderful answers Miss Ocampo.”

Wala pa din umiimik pagkatapos sabihin ni Sir yun. Tamang-tama naman na, nagring na yung bell. Dali-dali akong tumayo at lumabas ng classroom. Pero bago pa man ako makalayo, may narinig akong tumawag saken.

“Kamille!”

Paglingon ko.. Si Sir Perez pala.

“Bakit?”

“I.. I just want to say sorry.”

“Yun lang?”

He nodded. I just smiled at him weakly then naglakad na palabas ng school.

**So I’m done with all the dramas. I’m done with all the crying. Maybe now’s the time to start anew. Think of the future ahead, and just forget whatever happened in the past. I know my friends will always be beside me, they will always support me no matter what decisions I make. <33

The truth is.. The first question? I really had trouble thinking of what Kamille’s answer would be. I was thinking of, panahon ni Rizal. Kaso, bigla kong naisip yung Teach Me How to Dougie kaya yun kinalabasan. Tapos.. I suddenly thought of my family... my own dysfunctional family. I put myself in Kamille’s position so I just sort of typed it all. Another possible answer was... Nung mga panahon na I was doing some freaking ‘bad’ stuffs. (It’s not really that bad. I just couldn’t think of any term for it.) I would want to go back to that time so that I would have the chance to change it-- to tell myself that I must and I should stop doing those coz they’d eventually ruin me.. And my family.

So there. This is just a figment of my imagination. Pasensya na kung pangit :))

xxxx