All for Love

Chapter 16

Alyssa's POV

Kiefer: "Don't worry Ly, hindi sila galit sayo. Relax ka lang." he took my hand and squeezed it lightly just enough to assure me na everything will be fine.

We're on our way to Ateneo right now, I'll visit the team sa training nila. And since training din nila Ella, si Kiefer ang sumama sa akin. Ewan ko sa kanya, kung san kami pupunta ni Cienne sasama siya as long as wala siyang training, kahit ayokong sumama siya eh ano pang magagawa ko, mapilit talaga siya.

Alyssa: "Kinakabahan ako, what if hindi nila ako pansinin? What if sesermonan ako ni Coach Tai?"

Kiefer: "Alam mo Ly huwag mong isipin masyado ang what ifs, nagiging nega ka eh. Think positive." Nagiging nega lang naman ako pag kinakabahan.

Pagpasok namin sa gate ng Ateneo, hindi ko ma explain ang nararamdaman ko. Naiiyak ako dahil nag flashback lahat ng memories ko dito at the same time kinakabahan dahil makikipagkita na ako sa team.

Cienne: "Mommy where are we?"

Alyssa: "We're in Ateneo baby."

Kiefer: "This is our school when we were in college."

Cienne: "You and mommy?"

Kiefer: "Yes. This is where we first met." Napangiti na lang ako ng bigla kong naalala ang first meeting namin ni Kief.

*flashback*

It's my first day of being a student here in Ateneo at kinakabahan na ako. Mag aadjust na naman ako sa bagong environment, nasa UST kasi ang comfort zone ko pero if studying here will help me reach my dreams, I have to learn to love it here. Since bago pa lang ako dito, wala talaga akong kilala, I don't even know kung saan ang mga rooms.

May nakita akong group of boys nakaupo sa bench nag-uusap, lumapit ako sa kanila and asked for directions.

Alyssa: "Excuse me. I'm new here, magtatanong lang sana ako if you know where these rooms are." Mukha naman silang mababait. Kinuha ng isang lalake ang papel na hawak ko. Matangkad siya at maputi.

Boy1: "Let me see. Ahh sa kabilang building to, you just go straight ahead and then you turn right tapos may makikita kang stairs going up and that's it."

Alyssa: "Thank you! Mauna na ako sa inyo." Aalis na sana ako ng pinigilan ako ng isa sa kanila. Matangkad din siya pero not like the first guy, he's Moreno and medyo buff.

Boy2: "Wait lang miss, what's your name pala?"

Alyssa: "Ayy sorry I forgot. My name's Alyssa." Ngumiti lang ako and offered for a hand shake.

Boy1: "Alyssa? Ikaw ba yung Alyssa Valdez from UST?" kilala niya ako?

Alyssa: "Yes. How did you know?"

Boy2: "You're the talk of the town here. Ni recruit ka ng volleyball program dito diba because of your title sa UAAP juniors." Ahh oo nga pala, actually di lang naman Ateneo ang nag recruit sa akin may ibang schools rin pero I chose Ateneo kasi dream school ko rin to.

Alyssa: "Talk of the town talaga? Di naman siguro. And wala naman akong title, I'm just an ordinary volleyball player playing for our school." Di kasi ako comfortable na pag-usapan ang achievements ko eh, for me kasi everyone deserves to have an achievement gaya ng na-aachieve ko and I don't want other people to expect so much from me.

Boy1: "Ordinary? Ordinary ba yung 3x MVP at Queen Tigress?"

Alyssa: "Huwag kang maingay ssshhhh. At di totoo yang Queen Tigress noh. Kalokohan lang yan." Sino ba naman kasi nagsabi na ako ang Queen Tigress? Ako? Like seriously, mas marami pang deserving maging queen.