Secretly Married : NERD BECOMES CASANOVA

Chapter 11

(Steph's POV)

"Maybe because I like you .."  the phrase echoed in my head like a broken record.

"Ugh!" I groaned at pabalikwas na bumangon ng kama ko.

It's like a broken disc playing and playing inside my head! Hindi matanggal tanggal! Hindi matitigil tigil! It's frustratingly annoying in a good way— if that even makes sense.

I bit my lip and looked through space.

"Maybe because I like you.." I remembered again. I sighed for the nth time and let my face plant on my soft bed.

"Ugh!!" I groaned again at bumangon nanaman. Ang gulo gulo na ha!

I cannot even count how many times I've been doing this! Babangon sa paghiga, groan, tapos ibabagsak yung muhka sa kama, and then babangon ulit, then groan, tapos ibabagsak yung likod sa kama. Ever since ihinatid ako ni Xavier dito sa mansyon at marating ko ang kwarto ko, wala na akong ginawa kundi ulit ulitin and sinabi niya sa isipan ko!

I sighed again and bit my lip. I'm surprised at 'di pa nagsusugat ang labi ko. Kanina pa talaga ako tarantang taranta at hindi makapaniwala.

Did he really just tell me that he likes me? That there could be a possibility that he likes me? Seryoso ba talaga siya?

Hindi kaya nagloloko lang siya? Pano naman magkakagusto sakin si Xavier? Ang impossible talaga! There are other girls out there! Yung mas maganda at hindi maikukumpera, so why me?! 

Totoo ba talaga? 

I started breathing fast. Wala sa oras ay napahawak ako sa dibdib ko. The mere thought of the possibility of his confession being true makes my heart beat at its fastest.

I'm not used to this! Bakit ganito?! What is this?!

Bakit parang ang bigat ng dibdib ko but in a good way? Why does it feel like my heart won't stop racing when the thought of him bumps into my mind? Bakit parang hindi ako mapakali? Yung parang hindi mapapagod yung isip ko sa kakaisip sa kanya? Yung minuminuto nalang pangalan niya yung unang naalala ko! Yung ayaw ko, per gusto ko?!

It's as if stopping or avoiding this feeling is inevitable-- something so impossible! Lalong lumalala kapag iniiwasan.

Hindi talaga ako makapaniwala!

Isn't he too fast? We barely know each other! Hindi kaya mabilis na infatuation lang yung nararamdaman niya? I mean, why would a guy like him, like a girl like me?

I don't know how to style myself - I certainly don't dress like a fashionista. Has he seen how I look?? I don't have a social group, let alone a good friend to call my own. I'm very introverted. Hell, if we didn't go out, my nose would've been literally stuck on a page of a book!

Kaya bakit ako? Anong meron ako?

"Ahhh!!" I yelled on a pillow.

It was less than a minute when I heard heavy and rushed footsteps outside my room, with loud knocks that came after.

"Princess, are you okay?!" I heard Kuya Sedrick's voice from outside. Hindi pa nagtagal ay binuksan niya rin ang pinto