Bakit Crush Pa Rin Kita?!

CHAPTER 3 10 YEARS AGO...

CHAPTER 3       10 YEARS AGO

Beckingham Academy, oh my beloved school.  First time in my life that I'm actually excited to go back to school. Senior year. What's not to like about it? We're now the cool ones, the ones students look up to.... the ones the youngings admire and sometimes idolize. On top of that, we have the whole floor to ourselves..... the 5th floor! It's our territory. The only fallback to this set up is the climb.... nakakapagod kayang umakyat ng 5 floors everyday! Before I get to our classroom, sobrang pawis na, wa-poise tuloy!

Our school has 3 interconnecting buildings.  Two buildings are parallel to each other, then yung isang building nasa gitna connecting both ends.  Two buildings have four floors, tapos yung isa may five floors.   Our auditorium is on third floor.  Ang basketball court slash playground slash volleyball ground  naman ay nasa gitna ng buildings, viewable from all floors.  Kaya naman kung may mga events like intramurals, dun ginaganap.  

Hmm.. Sino kayang magiging crush ko this year? Every year yata, or every few months may bago akong crush. Hindi naman tumatagal dahil minsan nakakasawa na o kaya something happens that turns me off. Ang last kong crush ay si Theodore. Cute naman siya at matangkad, kaso lang naco-cornihan ako sa kanya. I have this thing with tall guys pa naman.  Magiging memorable kaya ang aking last year in high school? 

"Samotny dela Piña........"

"Samotny dela Piña!!!!"

"Ay mam! Present!" Naku, nag aattendance call na pala si Mrs. Ramilda, ang aming class adviser.

"Pst hoy Samotny! Umayos ka nga! First day na first day pa lang daydreaming agad?!" Si Kiray talaga, parang nanay kung umasta minsan.

Yes, my name is Samotny. Weird no? Ewan ko ba sa parents ko. Sabi nila nakita daw nila itong name na 'to sa movie credits of some movie that they watched together. Nagustuhan nila yung name and decided to name me Samotny. Some people call me Motmot, especially my GOOD friends. Ang bantot pakinggan ng "Motmot", but they like calling me that. I'd like to be called Sam pero mas bagay daw Motmot! Hmp!!

Ring!!!!!

Yay! uwian na!

Tambay muna kami sa aming fave spot, under our mango tree. We like hanging out here to chit chat, to socialize, and people watch.   Of course, my girls are here too.

May practice pala ang basketball varsity today. Hmm...sino sino na ba ang players namin ngayon? Siyempre mostly Seniors. Si Theodore varsity this year? Bago yan ah. Sino pa ba? Si Rusty din kasali. Habang nanonood ako ng game nila, hindi ko maiwasang mapansin si Rusty. Parang siya lang naman ang nakikita ko. Well, he's cute tapos matangkad pa.   Cute?!   Teka teka, since when did I find him cute?!   Hindi naman ako naku-cutan sa kanya noon.   May bago ba? Ay ewan!

"Girls, bili muna tayo ng merienda." Talaga si Letchoy, nangunguna sa kainan.

"Fishball na lang!" sabi naman ni Yokaby.

"Game! Tara!", sagot ko and off we went.

Sa harap lang naman ng gate ng school namin ang fishballan. While I'm enjoying my fishballs, may bumagsak na ice tubig sa paa ko, nabasa tuloy medyas at sapatos ko!

"Hay ano ba yan?!! Kakainis! Grrr!"

"Hala lagot pare. May nabasa! Hahahaha... Lagot!", boses ng lalaki. Pagtingin ko palabas na ng gate ng school ang mga Varsity players, mukhang mga nagkakatuwaan. Sa inis ko, hindi ko man lang napasin na nasa harap ko na pala si Rusty at sabay umupo at pinunasan ang paa ko.   Huh?!

"Sorry Sam..."   Sam? Did he just call me Sam? Ang sarap namang pakinggan. Pagharap ko sa kanya, nakatingin lang siya sa akin.   "Sorry talaga Sam...hehe".   Uhm, Samotny?  Baket biglang parang nawala galit mo?   Atsaka bakit parang di ka makasagot?   "Ahhh.......uhm.....ah.... ok lang!!" Ano ba yan nakakahiya!   Bakit hindi ako makapagsalita ng maayos?!   Tapos sabay ngiti lang si Rusty then umalis na.   Tapos yung friends niya started teasing him when he came back to them. Ano yon????