Just like that

Chapter 3

I dont know what to do.

What will I do? She sighed.

But why am I thinking this way? As if naman na mapapansin ako nun. She sighed again.

Napanguso nalang siya. I don't like it. He is pestering my mind and I hate it. But deep inside I know the answer and I can't accept it.

One rainy Afternoon.

I was walking through home from school with a deep thought. I was in a park where she will pass through the court and I saw him.

Remyr Clinton Aigara.

I stopped on my tracks.

Why does he look so damn good in my eyes?

Unconciously I stared at him.  He is really good at playing basketball. The way his hands move and body. His crumpled expression.

Her heart.

She placed her hand on her chest. And damn. Here it is again. Pounding non-stop.

Then she saw him staring at her with a forehead creased. Her mouth parted and then she walked away.

What were you thinking? Your going crazy! Ugh.

"I'm home." She said outloud as she go upstairs.

"Hi, baby. How's school?" Sinalubong siya ng yakap ng mommy niya.

"It's good. Why are you early? Where's dad?"

Nag-taka siya kasi kadalasang umuuwi ang mga magulang niya eh mag hahapunan na. Eksaktong alas-otso ng gabi ito dumadating para sabay sabay silang mag dinner. It's just 5:30.

"Bakit? Ayaw mo bang maaga akong naka-uwi?" Kunwaring nagtatampong boses ng kanyang Ina. Napatawa siya.

"No, mom. It's just that your early and kadalasan naman na umuwi ka eh mag didinner na." She pouted.

He mother smiled at her.

"Maaga kong natapos yung mga kailangang pirmahan at asikasuhin sa shop kaya umuwi na si mommy. And I want to prepare us for dinner."

She hugged her again. Tight.

"I love you, mom." She whispered. Her mother chuckled.

"I love you too, baby. Go magpalit kana ng damit. Papatawag nalang kita sa kasambahay pag dinner na."

"Yes, mom."

She straightly go to her room. Washed her self and wear comfortable clothes. She layed there in her bed. Staring at the ceiling as if it would be open.

Natulala siya sa kanyang mga pinag iisip. As a face of a boy flashes through her mind.

His eyes, nose, lips. And she realized.

I fell. Indeed I fell for him. Just like that. She cannot deny it anymore.

She fell.

Why do people fall so easily? He is just nothing to me before. But now... What in the world happen?

She is just looking at him from afar. She is shy or must I say that she is coward.

But her mind says...

"I want him to know me."

That's the thing. Remyr doesn't know her.

But she is contented with that.

Ugh. Ginulo gulo niya ang buhok niya. Ang gulo ko! Nababaliw na ako.

She got back on her senses when she heard a knock on her door and saying that dinner is ready.
She hurriedly went downstairs and went straight through the dining area.

She saw her mother and father who is now sitting comfortable.
She kissed her mother's cheek and so as her dad.

"Where's kuya?" She asked. But before her mother can reply she heard laughter near on the dining.
She tilted her head and saw her kuya with her cousin Jackson. She stood up.

"Oh my gosh! You're here!" She beamed at her favorite cousin. Jackson and Ross are very close to each other. They grew up together, went to the same school.
She remembered one time when they cut on class and went to Enchanted Kingdom just to ride a bump car. They are partners in crime. Sometimes she pretends to be Jackson's girlfriend because her cousin here is a certified heartbreaker. Well, Jackson got the looks. He is ruggedly handsome, I must say that he excells in acads too. Kaya walang tapon rin ang isang to.

"Yes, my dear cousin. I'm here. Staying for good. I missed you all!" He grinned and hugged her tight. She is so glad that he will be staying here for good. Because when they reached 2nd year in high school Jackson's mom which is her mother's sister decided to live in Netherlands.

And the chatting went on and on as they eat dinner. Walang kamatayang kuwentuhan at kamustahan ang naganap nung gabing iyon. Nang matapos sila pinaderetso ng Magulang niya si Jackson sa Guest room para makapag pahinga. Ganun narin naman ang ginawa niya. Diretsong kwarto at humiga.

She sighed. Now that there is nothing that can make her mind occupied... Inisip nanaman niya ang lalaking nagpapatibok ng puso niya. But just thinking of him makes my heart swell in joy and in pain.

She thinks.. Maybe I am just a mere stranger. That he doesnt know that she existed.

Sometimes she is wishing that they could get close and be friends. But she knows that it will never happen.

Then she fell asleep thinking that.