I Am Not Her

Chapter 3

Why would I stay away from Theo?

That question hunt me the whole day until now that Im lying in my bed. My first day of school was so mess up. Every one looked at me like Im some kind of a ghost. Almost everyone in my class were looking at me in disbelief. Because of it walang kumausap sakin the whole day.

When I told my parents about my day at school they just shrugged and told me that the issue about my identical ghost will just fade away eventually.

"Nagulat lang sila ngayon dahil may kamukha kang multo, but Im sure di magtatagal makakalimutan din nila yun." Mom assured me over dinner.

I sighed while staring at the ceiling of my bedroom. Well sana nga. I feel so lonely. Besides, I cant help but to think about what Jake told me this morning. Sobrang curious talaga ako.
Whats the connection between Theo and Nicasha? Actually I have the feeling that she was his ex. But why dont I want to entertain that posibility?

Theo's face suddenly flashed into my mind. His boring eyes na parang laging bagong gising, his red and firm lips na laging nakasimangot but still looks gorgeous. His stunning hair and hot body.

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko at napabalikwas ng bangon.

Shocks! Did I just thought Theo's body was hot?? I never thought of anyone like that before!

I shook my head to erase that thought. This is not like me. My eyes caught my window and spotted someone outside.

Wait a minute? Is that?

I walked towards my window and peek outside. I saw Theo over their roof, as in sa taas mismo ng bubong ng bahay nila. Lying down, hands under his head while staring at the night sky. This is a very interesting view.

I shot my eyes and shook my head. Erase that thought! Whats wrong with you Milliscent?

I sighed and looked at him again. What is he doing up there at this time of the night? Anong iniisip nya?

I gasped when his head turned towards my direction! I almost duck when I realized theres no way he's gonna see me because its so dark here. Imposibleng makita or maaninag nya ako so I guess Im safe.

But why is he looking at my window? Imposible namang alam nya kung saan ang bintana ng room ko. Wait, Im not even sure kung room ko nga ang gusto nyang tingnan.

I frowned at him though hindi nya ako nakikita. Why are you so mysterious Theo? Bakit ang sungit mo sakin? Ano bang naalala mo kapag nakikita mo ako? Whats your connection with Nicasha?

I returned in my bed and tried to sleep. But before I closed my eyes I decided to find out everything about Nicasha. I need to settle my curiousity.

So the next day I waited for Theo from their gate. The plan was Im gonna walked with him on the way to school, para makapag usap kami.

Pero halos malate na ako hindi pa sya lumalabas so I ended up running to school to avoid being late and found out na kanina pa pala si Theo nakaalis sakanila because I saw him in his seat in our classroom pagdating ko.

Yup. Classmate ko sya sa lahat ng subject but he's ignoring me. I cant talk to him in public because of what Jake warned me. So its so hard na makipag usap sakanya.

People were still avoiding me so I ate my lunch alone in the cafeteria. They still looked at me like Im the ghost of Nicasha.

But I was so surprise when someone suddenly stopped in front of my table in the cafeteria and smiled at me.

"Hi." The girl greeted me while holding her lunch tray.

"Hello." Awkward na bati ko. I felt like all eyes were looking at us.

"Can I sit with you?" She asked.

"Sure!" I said. I was very greatful that somebody finaly talked to me.

"Thanks." She sat infront of me and started opening her sandwich.

"Im Milly." I said while watching her.

"Liah." She smiled before taking a bite with her sandwich.

"Its very nice to meet you." I smiled at her. I tried to ignore the people around us.

She shrugged. "Thanks."

We ate quitely and I noticed that hindi na kami masyado tinitingnan ng mga tao kaya medyo naging komportable na ako.

Liah finished her sandwich before she decided to speak again.

"You're new here right?"

"Yes. You?" I said while chewing my sandwich.

"Last sem lang ako nagtransfer. I dont know if you noticed that almost all of our subjects classmate mo ako." She said.

"To be honest I didnt really noticed you." Nahihiyang sagot ko.

"Yes, kasi lagi kang nakatungo." She frowned at me. "What have you done anyway?"

"What do you mean?" I asked though I think I know what she means.

"Every body's avoiding you kahit na bago ka palang dito." She said.

"No one told you?" I asked.

"Told me what?" Takang tanong nya.

I looked around to make sure no one's listening before answering her.

"There's a former student here who died last year na sobrang kamukha ko they just cant believe it." I put down my sandwich dahil nawalan na ako ng gana kumain.

She chuckled. "Thats it?"

I nodded. Im glad it doesnt looked like a big deal for her. "It must freak them out."

"Very juvenile." Napapailing na sagot nya. "I knew this school is full of weird people."

I smiled. "I honestly thought the same thing."

"Good. Magkakasundo tayo." She winked at me.