Everything has Changed

Chapter 3 : Welcome New girl

+[3rd Chapter]+

Hindi ako nakatulog ng maayos. That girl wasn't in my dream last night but I smelled something funny in my room. I think its a dead flower. Nagising ako ng mga bandang 3am and smelled it maybe just for two minutes then it was gone. Waking up in the middle of dawn is hard. Kaya medyo napuyat ako at nalate ng gising.

Pag kagising ko, naligo na ako agad at umalis. I'm so late. Pag dating ko sa school wala ng tao sa hallway. I ran for almost one and a half hour para lang makapasok pero late na talaga ako. Pinatawag ako sa principal. Habang nag iintay, a cold wind sweep at the room. The hair at the back of my neck rose. Tumingin ako sa secretary pero wala siyang reaksyon, as if nothing happened.

Moments later, pagkalabas ko sa principal, I smell it again, the dead flowers. Alam ko ang amoy nila dahil nag trabaho ako sa isang flower shop sa town when I was eleven. But this time the smell is different, its like the flower is being burn. Wala namang experiment na ganun sa laboratory so ibig sabihin hindi yun dun nanggagaling.

"Mr. Lucien ! Haven't I told you to go to your class?" Principal White said from behind. I nod and go to the class.

Its Literature, when I get in the half of the class are already at the back. Iniiwasan kasi nila si Sir Peter. Out of all teachers, siya ang pinaka bata, he's only 26. Puro babae ang nasa harap kasi "Gwapo" daw yung teacher.

For me he's just a simple guy. His clothes are always in dark colors, his face is so pale that he looks like a dead man. Yung buhok niya ay laging naka gel pataas. Medyo singkit ang kanyang mga mata. What I find weird about him is his scent, its not a normal scent. Parang patay na bulaklak. But the girl students find it "manly".

Sir Peter arrive and like always he started to write. I bow down to grab some notebooks , as I look into my bag the fragance of a burning flower comes in my nose. I shake my head and forget about it. when I look up a girl is standing at the door. Some of the students gasp making our teacher to turn around. He. smile at her.

"Ah, Miss Ville. I wasnt expecting you." Sir Peter said to the girl. He approach her and pulls her inside the classroom. "Just give me your form and you may take a seat." he instructed her

I'm waiting for her to turn around. Siya siguro yung bagong estudyante. I've never seen her before, I'm sure siya yung sinasabi nila. "Everyone I would like you to meet Miss Julia Louise Ville. She is your new classmate." Sir peter introduced her. She slowly turn around, her head is bow down then look at us. I suddenly feel something hit me, right in my heart. "Pwede ka ng umupo, Julia."

She started to walk in the center. Yung maingay na classroom ay biglang naging tahimik na akala mo ay may dumaan na anghel, which is true. She is beautiful like an angel. But the students doesn't want her to take the seat beside them. Hindi niya alam kung saan siya uupo. Then huminto siya sa tabi ko, I started to smell the burning flowers again. Hindi ako makatingin sakaniya, may tumitigil sakin hindi ko alam kung anu. Pero I can feel her stare at me, it feels like the time stop.

She take the seat behind me, I can whispers, but I don't know what are they saying. They're buzzing inside my ears. Chills running down my spine, hindi ako makalingon, gusto ko siya tingnan ng mabuti pero paki ramdam ko paralyze ako. Sir Peter continue to discuss. Pinag papawisan ako, pero sobrang lamig namin sa classroom.