Pretend to be His Girlfriend

Chapter 13: Unexpected circumstances

Chapter 13

Alexie's Point of View

One day have passed, and within that day Dale's still bothering me to be his tutor until the day of examination. Hindi ko na alam kung paano ko s'ya mapipilit na tanggapin ang pagtanggi ko, dahil ayaw ko, for some good reasons ay ayaw ko na madawit sa bigating mga pangalan nila ng girlfriend n'ya dahil du'on din ang bagsak n'on kapag magkasama nanaman kaming dalawa.

''Alexie, aren't you?'' itinaas ko ang aking ulo sa nagtanong, at mabilis na tumango.

''Someone wants to give you this.''

Binalingan ko ng tingin ang medium size cup of coffee with notes. Ngumiti lamang ako at kinuha na iyon.

''One and a half days left, heard your fave coffee for you to

change your mind.'' – Dale.

Even a guy like him had a good penmanship.

Hindi ko pa rin alam kung bakit sa lahat ako pa ang pinipilit n'ya, I thought we already parted our ways with good term, and not for an extension for a favor of him if he needed. Nakakainit ng ulo ginagawa n'ya akong for convenience, paano naman ako? Puro lang naman hate ang natatanggap ko wala man lamang akong nakuhang advantages sa aming dalawa.

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At ang araw na binigyan n'ya ako ng coffee ay napapayag ako sa gusto n'ya dahil kahit anong tanggi ko ay hindi naman n'ya ako titigilan, and now Bea's been looking at me furiously since that day.

''Alam mo ba kung anong araw na? Bakit ngayon ka lang humihingi ng favor?'' I asked Dale, nandito kami ngayon sa kilalang coffee shop, to review.

''You only asked that today.'' He said and smirked. Napangiwi ako sa inis.

''Kasalanan ko pa? Ngayon ka lang ba magre-review? If yes, I guarantee you might get low scores, varsity player ka sana di'ba alam mo?'' I hissed, about to start preparing my books but interrupted by him.

''Can we just start this? You are here and so am I.'' Hindi pa rin nawawala ang ngisi sa labi n'ya. Napabuntong hininga na lamang ako at tinuloy na ang pagkuha ng books na ituturo ko sa kanya.

''So, you knew how to solve this equation?" nangungunot ang noong tanong ko kay Dale.

''Yes.''

Magda-dalawang oras na kaming nakaupo dito at tinuturuan s'ya only to find out na most of the answers is alam n'ya. Naiinis na isinarado ko ang libro.

''I'll buy you ice tea, ang init ng ulo mo, I'm sorry.'' Aniya, his voice almost convinced me that he's genuine, but dahil nagsisimula ng mag init ang buong mukha ko ay hindi ako nakumbinsi. The thing I felt this is because I just wanted peace within the duration of my highschool years, at sa ginagawa ni Dale ay hindi iyon ang nangyayari, I'm fine by myself and with just a few closed friends.

''Bea's with you again, go inflict her pain pero labas na ako sa mga plano mo against her.'' I said and started to pack my things up.

''It's actually not that-'' I cut him off.

''Then what?'' I hissed.

''I just really missed hanging with-'' before he could finish what he's saying, someone approached us.

''Lex?'' Nabaling ang aking paningin sa pinanggalingan ng boses.

''Rai.''

A girl with familiar voice suddenly hooked his arm to Rai's. Medyo nawala ang ngiti ko. ''Oh, hi!'' she greeted us and bowed slightly. She has a porcelain skin and a cute pretty face that surely turn heads. Maybe she's the young lady I have heard talking with Raikko that night, she also seems a younger age than us. Hindi ko din s'ya nakikita sa campus.

Lumapit silang dalawa sa aming gawi, tumayo ako at ngumiti, ganoon din si Dale na bahagyang inayos ang laylayan ng kanyang polo shirt.

''I'm with Dale, tutoring him for the exam tomorrow.'' I explained, he smiled and looked with who he with.

''Same goes here, anyways Anri a long-time close friend of mine, Alexie.'' We shake our hands and smiled with each other.

''Lex, same goes, she's Anri, I'm tutoring her as well, actually we're about to head off since tapos na session namin.'' Aniya.

''Ahh, yes! We're about to, uuwi na ba ka'yo?'' I asked.

''Yes, ihahatid ko na muna si Anri.''

I was about to asked for a favor to Raikko na ihatid din ako, pero may nagtitinginan ang ilan sa kararating lamang, I can clearly hear those familiar giggles and voices.

Bea's being clingy with another familiar guy. Nakalagay ang mga palad nito sa braso ng lalaki, and to my surprise Bea just kissed him on his lips. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko at dahan dahang nilingon si Dale na medyo nakakunot ang noo.

Wala ni isang nagsasalita sa amin, nakatingin kaming tatlo kay Bea at sa tingin kong boyfriend n'ya habang si Anri ay tila naguguluhan sa kung anong tinitingnan namin.

Bea's bubbly giggles and sweet talks suddenly vanished when she saw us, or to be specific when she saw his main boyfriend, Dale.

''Dale, It's just-''

Bigla kong naalala na isa sa sumisikat na young actor sa television ang boyfriend ni Bea, pero tingin ko ay hindi pa at peak ang kasikatan nito ka'ya hindi kami masyadong pinapansin ng ibang customers, maybe some of them reason why they're looking at them earlier.

Sa sobrang pag-iisip kung sino ang lalaking kasama ni Bea ay nabigla at hindi ko namalayang dahan dahang hinatak ni Dale ang palad ko. He hold my hands gently unlike before, and due to what he did, my eyes widened. Kinuha n'ya ang mga gamit ko at sinakbit ang white bag ko, tiningnan ko lamang sila Raikko with apologizing look.

''Dale, please... Let me explain myself first! It's just for work.''

Hindi iyon pinansin ni Dale at nagmamadaling lumabas hawak pa rin ang palad ko.

''What did you just said, Bea?! And who the hell is he?'' nanggagalaiting sinabi nung other guy, trying to calm his voice down since this is public place, bad place to start some trouble for an actor like him.

Sinundan kami ni Bea hanggang labas, at hindi pinapansin ang nanggagalaiting sinabi ng kanyang other lover.

''You also cheat with me! and of all people talaga, Dale?'' mahina ngunit mariing tanong ni Bea, dahilan para matigilan si Dale at matigilan din ako dahil hawak n'ya ang palad ko.

''The hell I care, you just embarrassed me twice, Damn! Don't make me say bad things against you again, go with every fucking guy. I don't mind, you just ruined our date so I hate you for it.'' Parehas nanlaki ang mata namin ni Bea sa sinabing iyon ni Dale.

''Huh?!''