Cupid's Outlaw

Chapter 5: Reject

"Hay nako talaga! Ayaw akong tigilan ng kupal!" bungad sa'kin ni Spencer nang ilapag niya sa canteen table ang take out niyang Wendy's.

Kinunot ko ang noo ko in curiosity. "Masama rin ang gising mo?" I tried to joke to bury my madness and sadness deep within.

"Hindi! May sumira ng araw ko! Si Klay! As if namang papatulan ko siya," iritado niyang tugon. Lalong kumunot ang noo ko.

Huh. Lumalove life si Spencer? That's new. "As in Klay Russel Dy? He's cute," I said as a matter of fact.

"I knew he was your type! Nireto na nga kita roon para tigilan ako kaso hindi ka raw niya type. Parang palagi ka raw may problema! Smile smile naman kasi, girl!"

Maikli akong napatawa. Palaging may problema, really? So that's how I looked like to others. Well, medyo kasalanan ko ba na natural na nakafrown ang mga labi ko?

Pero tama naman. Right now, I really have a problem that I've been dreading to face since last night. Hindi ko pa rin cinoconfront si Spade about sa sinabi ni Heart kagabi. I did not even know if sinabi ba ni Heart sa kanya na 'a fan' named Jillia called for him. I bet she didn't even mention it.

I sighed a heavy one. Napansin ata 'yon ni Spencer dahil bigla siyang naalarma. "Hala, Jill! Si Klay lang 'yon ha. Hindi nagmamatter ang opinion non! Personally, wala akong pake kung mukha kang laging may problema."

I gave her a weird look. Did she seriously think I sighed because of what Klay thought of me? Whatever. "Yada yada. I'm not bothered at all. He isn't my type. I'm just stating facts that I can physically observe. All I was saying is he's cute. For YOU."

"Yada yada back to you. He makes a great amount of trouble for my liking. If he's more like his friend Schreider then I'd consider," she shrugged playfully.

I snorted. "Then, Hail O Great Shreider Felix." That made her laugh.

"But real talk, Jill. If Klay isn't your type, what's your ideal guy, then?" she asked, chewing and looking all curious.

Ideal guy? Hmm. Tall, maganda boses, marunong mag-gitara, sweet, thoughtful, playful, smart, and a really good kisser. In short, Spade De Vera. I secretly smiled to myself — na madali rin namang napawi nang maalala ko ang babaeng sumagot ng phone niya.

Tsk. So much for ideal guys. "Wala," I replied, saying it as bitterless as I could possibly muster.

"Asus, anong wala? Tao ka ba? Ano nga?" pilit niya pa.

"Wala nga," diin ko.

"Che, hindi ako naniniwala! O sige, I'll change the question. Sino na lang? Like, sa mga artista or singers, for example! Daliii!" At talagang may pa sundot-sundot pa siya sa tagiliran ko. Spade De Vera, I wanted to tell her. But of course, that's never gonna happen.

"Fine! Damon Salvatore!" I blurted out. Matigil lang ang isang 'to sa kakakulit. He's the first attractive man who came into my mind just now. I had watched him in one of my favorite TV series, The Vampire Diaries.

Napaisip siya bigla. "Well, I don't know him, but I guess sobrang nakakakilig siya kaya sobrang taas ng standards mo at wala kang binibigyan ng chance sa long list of admirers mo," she concluded almost confidently.