Spade

♠Part 2♠

Here I am, entering the enormous gates of Ateneo.

Wow.....

Pagkatapak na pagkatapak ko sa lupain ng Ateneo ay nakaramdam na agad ako na this year will be one heck of a ride.

I was walking to the Academics Office which was pretty far from the entrance, maybe because Ateneo was really huge.

I stopped in front of a wooden two-way door. It looks like the Academics Office for me. So I knocked the door multiple times, but nobody opened it or even responded. That's why I took the initiative to open it myself.

"Good Morning, Ms...." I stuttered looking at the primmed lady typing on her computer. Tiningnan niya ako and placed her glasses right above her head.

"Good morning. You must be a tranferee." was her reply.

"Yes, I'm Al...." I paused as she started talking again.

"You know hija, in this university, nobody is going to open the door for you." she stopped for a little while and looked at my body's facade. I observed that she had noticed my tattoo by my collarbone.

"Mmhhmm....most especially when you are banging on the door desperately." she snapped.

Oh no, not on my first day.

"I'm sorry Ms...." I took some time to read the name on top of her table and continued. "I'm sorry Ms. Dy. It won't happen again." I apologized.

"Very well. So you are?" she asked while browsing her computer.

"Uhm. I'm Alicia Spade Ross De Vera po. Tranferee po ako. Bachelor of Science Major in Biology po ang course ko. It's my first year in college po." panimula kong muli.

Hindi siya nagsasalita hanggang sa mahanap niya na ang isang folder sa computer with my picture and application form and I think my class schedule na din. She printed something and handed it to me.

Yep, here it is.

So I thanked her and was about to leave when she stopped me from my tracks.

"Oh and hija, you have a nice name, it suits your tattoo. Just don't let anyone notice it, okay?" wow I can't believe it. She's an unpredictable one.

"Ahaha I will keep that in mind, thank you po." then I left.

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I was running around the campus, not knowing where to go. Bakit ba kasi ang daming pasikot sikot? Para na akong maze runner dito.

Hindi ko na namalayan ang dinadaanan ko nang may nabangga ako.

Aw, shit.

Nahulog lahat ng gamit na dala ko and even my jacket fell off my grip. Ang laki naman kasing tao toh.

Unti unti akong tumingala to see the face of the person whi just bumped at me.

Wow. She's dang cute.

I was snapped out of my reverie nang magsalita siya.

"Ay I'm so sorry po. It's my fault. Naghahanap kasi ako ng pokemon. I did not notice you. Sorry." she pleaded.

"No, it's fine. It was my fault, I was rushing to class, I know I can barely make it so I ran." excuse ko naman.

She looked at me. It was pretty awkward for a stranger to stare for quite long enough for me to be a little bothered. She was as if analyzing what I'm thinking of seeing her or something unexplainable.

Di ko na natiis at tuluyan na akong nabother kaya nagsalita na ako.

"Ah I'm Spade." holy.....mmmmp. I know I shouldn't have said that, only a few people calls me by my second name.

Dang it, Spade.