Status: If you love somebody set him free... and then... what?
'Yung two weeks na sembreak namin ay parang lumipas lang. Bukas we are going back to school.
Kahit papa'no the past two weeks have been good. Well, hindi siya naging boring kasi may palagi akong nakakausap at minsan ay nakakasama. Hindi si Francine kasi bigla silang nag-out of the country ng pamilya n'ya. Next week pa ang balik niya kaya late enrollee na lang daw siya. Si RJ? Mas lalong hindi. Ni hindi na nga nagparamdam sa akin 'yun eh. Wala na rin namang update ang mommy niya tungkol sa kanya sa Facebook. Kahit siya mismo ay hindi naman active sa FB kaya halos wala ring updates ang timeline niya.
Si Logan... he has been my constant 'companion' these past weeks. He comes over to our house a lot pero kapag busy siya ay hindi naman niya nakakalimutang tumawag o di kaya ay magsend ng message. He's thoughtful that way and I appreciate it. If you're gonna ask me kung anong status namin, we're just friends. Walang halong showbiz o ano man. We are really good friends. Hindi siya nanliligaw sa akin. Ni wala nga siyang binabanggit tungkol doon eh. Oo sabi niya sa akin dati gusto niya ako pero hanggang dun na lang 'yon. Now I can say that he's genuinely being a good friend to me. Wala akong nararamdamang pressure whatsoever tungkol sa pakikitungo ko sa kanya. Ang alam ko lang ngayon ay magaan ang pakiramdam ko sa pakikipagkaibigan ko sa kanya. Kahit nga si Tita Faye ay natutuwa din sa kanya kasi he's so polite.
Kaya hindi napigilan ni Tita Faye na tanungin ako tungkol sa kung anong meron kami. "Nililigawan ka ba ni Logan?"
"Hindi po."
"Sigurado ka? Di ba we talked about it already?"
"Sigurado po ako. Kahit po tanungin niyo pa si Logan 'yun din po ang sasabihin niya."
"Okay. Maniniwala ako sa 'yo pero kapag dumating ang panahon na ligawan ka niya sabihin mo sa akin ha?"
"Tita, kung dumating man ang panahon na 'yon ay magpapaalam muna ako sa 'yo. Hindi ko naman po nakakalimutan 'yung usapan natin eh."
"That's good to know." She looked at me like she was trying to figure something out, like there was a puzzle on my face. "Do you like him?"
"Uhm... I like him as a person, as a friend. Mabait po siya sa akin, minsan nga lang po medyo bossy," ang sabi ko sabay ngiti.
"Oo, mukha naman siyang mabait. At napakagalang din niya. I also like that fact that he comes over. Ibig sabihin he respects me, as your guardian, as well."
That was the first and last time we talked about Logan.
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After my last class ay dumeretso agad ako sa HS Headquarters at doon ay naabutan ko si RJ habang kausap si Nicole.
"Hi!" I said to both of them.
"O hi! Tapos na class mo?" Nicole asked. I nodded. "Anyway, iwanan ko na muna kayo. I need to go home early. RJ, forward mo na lang sa akin 'yung list ha?"
After RJ gave her a reply, dali-dali siyang lumabas ng room kaya naiwan kami ni RJ.
"So, how was your sembreak?" he asked.
"It was okay. Ikaw?"
"Busy."
"With?"
"With admissions to med school."
Then he went on to tell about things he did during sembreak na may kinalaman sa med school niya sa Manila. I didn't catch most of the things he said because I was deep in thought habang nakatingin sa kanya. And judging from the way his eyes twinkled, I can tell for sure how excited he is about everything that's gonna happen after he graduates. Masaya siya because he'll be pursuing his dream to be a doctor. He's happy that he'll be going to Manila to study. He's happy to move on with his life. Habang nakatingin din ako sa kanya na-realize ko that I can never have him. Masyado syang focused sa buhay niya kaya walang pag-asang mapansin niya pa ako kahit nandito na ako sa harap niya.
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Status
General FictionStatus. It could mean different things. It could be the position of a person in relation to other people. Kung ano ka sa buhay ng isang tao - magkaibigan ba kayo, bestfriends, more than friends or it's complicated. It could refer to a person's statu...