Marked By Fate

2 - Bracelet

Elouise's P.O.V

The next day as mom said, bibili na raw kame ng school supplies.

Nasa mall na kame ngayon, Max is with dad and I'm with mom. I'm wearing a Nike sweater, black ripped jeans, and casual shoes. I'm not a fan of too much accessories and makeup, so I'm only wearing my usual stud earring, and yin yang bracelet which I never take off. Also just powdered my face and added a little lip gloss on.

Nasa 'back to school' section kame ng department store.

Mom bought writing paraphernalia, binder for me and notebooks for Max, and some other usual stuff needed. She made us pick our own bags.

After that we paid for it and headed off to lunch at Greenwich. Yes, we eat pizza for lunch. Not always though, just whenever we're able to be at the mall as a family.

While eating I folded my sleeves, not wanting to stain it making my bracelet visible.

"Elouise, could you please ask for more tissue at the counter?" Mom politely asked. I nodded and did as she said.

"Pahinge pa po ng tissue." sabi ko sa kaherang libre kasi yung iba may mga customers na inaattend.

I felt someone staring at me from the other line. Tinignan ko yung mga customers na naka pila sa kabila. Ayun, may nakatingin nga! I looked at him from head to toe. May hitsura, naka plain white polo shirt pero naka black jacket naman, usual guy jeans and expensive looking new shoes. Nakalock titig niya sa kamay ko. Huh? Bakit dun? Ano meron sa kamay ko? Bigla kong nicheck kamay ko, wala naman ah? Tinignan ko siya ulit, to my surprise naka tingin na siya sakin. His eyes met mine, pero bigla siyang nag look away. Weird.

"Ma'am, andito na po." biglang sabi ng kahera that caught my attention. I smiled, kinuha na sa kamay niya and I thanked her.

I walked back to our table not even daring to look at the weird guy again. Malay ko ba, mamaya psychopath yun na ano ano na ang iniisip nun na pwedeng gawin sakin. Sa kamay ko especially. I shivered at that thought.

"You okay darling?" mom asked noticing my shivers.

"Uh yea. Just feeling cold that's all." I blurted out.

"Naka sweater ka na nga nilalamig ka pa?" Max asked.

I mentally face-palmed myself. Stupid.

"Baka nilalagnat ka nyan nak?" Tanong ni dad.

I have no other choice but to agree and lie "Siguro nga pa. Pero di pa naman masyado. Mawawala lang to."

They understood and thankfully Max immediately changed the topic to NBA.

I can't really relate to that topic so I just focused on eating, ignoring the surroundings again.

After eating pagtayo namin sa upuan, palabas na sana, na feel ko nanaman stare niya. Lumingon ako ulit, he is looking. Kaso, kasama niya barkada niya. Ano to team black? Puro lalake. Mga lima sila. Naka tingin na rin mga kaibigan niya sakin, sa kamay ko nanaman. Ohmygosh. Bigla kong binaba yung folded sleeves ko at iniwasan na tingin nila.

"Elouise!" tinawagan na ako ni Max kasi nasa pintuan na sila ako nasa table pa lang.

I catched up to them. Pilit kong kalimutan stares nang mga lalakeng yun. Why were they even looking? Ano bang meron sakin? Nakakatindig balahibo ah. Hindi magandang trip 'yon. Lord, sana po hindi ko sila magiging schoolmates. Please?

Devan's P.O.V

"Pre, nagugutom na ako." reklamo ni Brent sa grupo.

"Tara, Greenwich mga pre!" alok naman ni Damon.

Nasa mall kami ngayon, tradisyon na to ng grupo. A week before school starts mag hahunting na kame dito sa mall ng mga mabibiktima pag opening na.

Inakbayan ako bigla ni Jeremy at sabing "Libre ni D!" binatok ko siya, napahawak siya sa ulo niya. "Aray D! Diba ikaw na next manlibre." paliwanag niya.

"Oo alam ko, sarap mo lang kasi batukan eh. Tara na nga!" sabi ko.

Pagpasok sa Greenwich, pumila ako agad, pinahanap ko na sila nang mauupuan. May babaeng dumaan sakin, lumapit sa kabilang counter, humihinge ng tissue. Tinignan ko siya, sinuri features niya. Wow, ang ganda niya. She had shiny brown flowing wavy hair, a fair complexion and ang sexy niya rin ah. I checked out her sides, napakagat labi ko at napaisip ako,'shet ang hot niya'.

I noticed her sleeves were folded, biglang na lock titig ko sa bracelet niya. Nagulat ako. Are my eyes deceiving me? Is this for real? Is she really wearing it? Biglang tumibok nang mabilis puso ko. This can't be.. Paano napunta sakanya 'yan?! Ninakaw niya?! Oo! Yun na nga! Victim locked. I need to get that bracelet back.

She catches me staring at her, pero di ko parin matanggal titig ko sa bracelet na yun. When she moved her hands to look at it, I looked up at her, memorizing her face if ever magiging schoolmates kame. I found myself deeply searching through her eyes. Hazel eyes.. I quickly turned away once I realized what I was doing.

I was next in line, umorder na ako. Pagkatapos kong mag order, kinuha ko na yung number tapos pumunta na sa table kung san yung grupo ko.

"May napili na akong biktima." bigla kong sabi sakanila. They stopped talking to each other and turned their focus on me.

"Ganon? Sino?" tanong ni Kyle. "Andito ba siya?" he added.

I nodded, "Ayun oh." I then directed their eyes to that girl's table. "Yung babae dyan. I believe she stole something from our family."

Patayo na sila, pauwi na yata. I think she felt our stares, tumingin rin siya samin. "Look at what she's wearing on her wrist." I added. Tumingin sila sa natatanging accessory on her wrist. She folded her sleeves and looked away,

"She stole my sister's bracelet."