Knowing HEZEKIEL (Completed)

Chapter 38

"Ikaw kaya lumapit. Crush mo naman yan diba? Tsk! Torpe mo tol!"

I was mesmerized where that voice came from. Naibuka ko ang mata ko at tumingin sa paligid. Why am in the school ground? Bumangon ako at sinubukang umupo at sumandal sa isang malaking puno. Why I didn't feel any pain at all? All my bruises are gone and my left leg was fine. I can now feel my leg and it's not hurt even a little. Napahawak ako sa noo ko and to my surprise again no blood was oozing from it.

Am I dead?

"Nahihiya ata ako." another voice said. Parang pamilyar sakin ang boses na naririnig ko.

"Wow tol! Ikaw? Ikaw nahihiya? Utot mo! Hahaha."

Hezekiel? I think I heard Hezekiel's voice. Mabilis akong tumayo at hinanap kung saang banda ko naririnig ang tawanan nilang dalawa. If I'm not mistaken, it's Xander and Hezekiel.

"Aish! Wag na nga lang. I'm going home."

"Hay! Heto na naman tayo."

Another set of laughers echoed on the school ground. Mas binilisan ko ang bawat hakbang ko hanggang sa makarating ako sa gilid ng soccer field. There they are, laughing and punching each other's shoulder playfully. I cried right away seeing them.

"Ze!" I run towards them. Halos masubsob ako sa pagmamadali pero biglang tumalikod si Hezekiel sabay hila kay Xander palapit sa may gilid. Nasundan ko kung saang parte ng ground nila balak pumunta. I gasp as I saw myself seating on a bench together with Chloe.

What's happening? I don't understand what was happening to me.

Nakatulala lang ako dito sa gitna ng field ng maghilahan silang dalawa papunta sa direction ko. They are literary pulling and pushing each other pero nang medyo napalapit na sila ay sabay rin silang tumakbo palayo. Right after, I saw myself looking at the two boys running.

I remember that day. That's when I'm so busy with my Chemistry subject when Chloe seats beside me and pointed those two guys who played push and pull. Hindi ko sila binigyan ng pansin non kasi hindi ako interisado. And I'm so confident on that time na kung gusto nilang lumapit at makipagkaibigan ay okay lang sakin. They don't have to be afraid nor be ashamed in front of me. I'm willing to be everybody's friend.

But why am I seeing these memories? Why I am in Hezekiel's past memories? Am I really dead?

I don't know how long that I'm just standing here in the ground looking at my own self when slowly, the surrounding seems to change and even before I realized, I am now standing at the corner of the library.

"Yllana Zoe Alegre." I heard someone saying my full name. Napalingon ako sa gilid and saw Hezekiel seating on the floor with a laptop on his front. Wala sa sariling lumapit ako at tumabi ng upo sa kanya.