It's Him

Chapter 1: New to School

Monday:
It was the first day of 8th grade, as I came in the classroom, running late, I immediately got embarassed. Why? Because right when I opened the door, everyone stared at me, including the teacher. So, to prevent my teacher from hating me, I greeted her and told her the reason why was I late to the very first day of school. She was impressed, and told me I had very good manners so, I felt relieved. As I walked to the only remaining seat, a boy kept staring at me, I didn't know why, but I was flattered. When I had just finished unpacking my books and other materials that I needed, the boy who sat next to me told me that my a part of my button-up shirt was open. I thanked him and I felt extremely bad. I knew why that guy was staring.

As I kept thinking to myself, the teacher called me and made me introduce myself, so I did, and said, "Hello! My name is Elizabeth Rodriguez, you can call me Liz and I do competitive swimming." After I introduced myself, my seatmate also introduced himself to me, the exact words he said were, "Hi Liz! My name is Stephan Salvatore, and I also do competitive swimming." I replied, "Oh? Ang bongga naman ng surname mo! Salvatore!" I said in a joking manner, he quickly answered and said, "My papa is Italian kasi! P.S. Bawal nga pala mag tagalog dito, pero marami parin naga break ng rule na yan." I then argued and told him that it is important to speak your own languange as a way to be loyal to our country, and it also signifies devotion and love. He then tells me that it is the school policy and must be followed. I politely nodded and started to read the lesson our teacher assigned us to. Other than the "shirt incident" the entire day was pretty good. Stephan and I immediately became best friends, and I got to be friends with everyone in the class.

Thursday:

It's been a few days since school has started, my bestfriend, Stephan, who I've been calling, Steph, have been hanging out with me, pretty much everyday. We already know each other's secrets and interests. Since it's already Thursday, we were planning to have a bestie date on Saturday. Just the two of us and no one more. As we were walking outside our classroom, many of our classmates were saying that we were "bagay" but we laughed and said that if we were together, it would be A HUGE MESS, because we would often argue about silly things.
Science class came by, and Steph got a migraine, he was sent home by the nurse and I was left alone, it was the first time we weren't together since the start of school. I didn't want to feel lonely so I was determined to talk to my other friends and get to know them better.

Lunch time came by so fast and I was already hanging out with the "it" girls of our class; Raella, the prettiest of the 5, Elliana, the mom of the group, Alex, the rebel, Caroline, the joker, and Jess, the smart one. I became one of them, but I knew it wouldn't last because I clearly didn't belong with them. After having my lunch, I went to our classroom only to see a letter and a small bouquet of flowers on my desk. I was intrigued and I looked around to if the mystery guy was there, but he wasn't. I opened the letter then the bell suddenly rang! I swiftly hid the flowers in my bag and put the letter in my notebook. Raella saw what I did and approached me, she said,
"Ano yun?" Then I quickly said it was nothing. But she was so curious that she opened my bag and saw the flowers, she was shocked and she flooded me with a million questions, "Is that yours?", "Who gave those to you?", and many more. I saw the look on her face was confused and jealous at the same time, and then I giggled and thought, "The prettiest girl in class is jealous of me?!" And told her that I didn't know who gave them to me, then she said, "OMG! Bat' hindi mo alam?!" I quickly replied and said, "Kasi wala akong interest sa mga ganito." Raella looked confused and said, "Bakit? Hindi ka ba flattered na binigyan ka? O kahit curious nalang?" Then I said that I wasn't and she sighed out loud, rolled her eyes at me, and walked away.

As we were dismissed, I saw my driver waving to me and I went home. When I got home, I did my homework and I remembered the letter from the mystery guy, so looked for it in my bag and I read it and it said,

"Hi! Alam kong bago ka dito sa academy at sobrang awkward dahil hindi mo ako kilala, pero hindi ko na mapipigilan ang sarili ko. I've been
looking at you every time I get the chance, you're so perfect with your
dark brown hair and your hazel eyes.
I like you."

-It's me

After I read the letter, I thought of all the people who could do something like this, but I didn't really have the time to get to know the boys in my classroom, so I just forgot about it and continued doing my homework.

Friday:
It's 4 am and I haven't had any sleep at all! The worst part is, it is just because of the stupid love letter someone gave me! Ugh! I immediately start calling Steph and talk about the letter, and I just don't care if it's still 4 am, I need help.

Our coversation:
S: Bakit mo ang ako tinatawagan sa ganiyong oras?? 4 am sa umaga!

L: CODE HEART!

S: Sino nag bigay ng letter?!

L: Hindi ko nga alam!!

S: Pag usapan natin ito mamaya!
Matulog ka muna!

As he was talking, I fell asleep while holding the phone and...

THE END!

Thank you for reading It's Him: Chapter 1! I hope you read the next chapter!

xoxo
-Lor