"You're late." her mesmerizing gray eyes found mine.
Sandali ko siyang tinignan mula ulo hanggang paa. Nakakagigil talaga ang pencil skirt niya! Sa sobrang ikli ang sarap tuluyang punitin. Siyempre joke lang.
Nabawasan ang pagkabad mood ko nang makita siya pero hindi parin tuluyang nawawala ang pagkayamot ko.
"I know..no need to state the obvious." I retorted.
I'm not in the mood to banter with her. I just wanna get in and luckily maybe I could sneak some power nap.
"Where have you been? You should've brought an excuse slip for being late."
"Kahit ten minutes late lang?" pakikipagtalo ko.
"Even a minute. Late is late." she said firmly.
Usually kapag nakahalukipkip na siya, kinakabahan na ako. Pero ngayon parang malakas ang loob ko at nagagawa ko siyang sagutin kahit pabiro lang.
"Better late than never."
"Like I said, late is late."
"Fine. An hour detention doesn't kill."
"You think you could get away with this? Wait till our class ended." she challenged as she finally get out of the way so I could get in.
"Whatever." bulong ko sa sarili.
Hanggang sa huli, hindi talaga ako nakaramdam nang anumang takot o kaba sa sinabi niya. Siguro wala ako sa sarili ko ngayon. I just wanna get this over with so I can leave and call it a day.
I found a vacant seat next to my best friend. "Ano nangyari?" she queried while jotting down notes.
Nilapag ko ang backpack ko at kumuha ng notebook at ballpen, "Wag na muna natin pag usapan."
"Oooohh.. Something happened?" pang-uusisa pa niya.
I gave her a warning look, "Nothing happened."
"Jeez okay okay! I thought there for a second you got possessed."
Sa wakas at tinigilan niya rin ako. I don't know what occurred me that I suddenly felt sort of irritated.
Nakikinig ang lahat sa lesson ni Miss Parker habang ako busy lang sa pagdodoodle sa likod ng notebook ko.
Nang matapos ko ang ginagawa ko, hindi ko alam na pangalan pala ni Elijah ang paulit ulit kong naisulat. Mabilis kong isinara ang notebook at pinatungan ito ng ulo ko. I'm so fucked up! Dapat masaya ako dahil sa wakas nagpakita na ang long lost childhood friend ko, pero heto ako, nagmumukmok at may hindi maipaliwanag na nararamdaman.
After some time, the bell finally rang above us. Nakahinga na ako nang maluwag dahil sa wakas ay uwian na..
"Miss Diaz," she called out.
"Mauna na ako ha? Goodluck sa first tutor mo sa kaniya." Agatha flashed a menacing smile then winked.
Napabuntong hininga ako. "I totally forgot about it." pag-amin ko, "Sige mauna ka na, bye."
I slung my bag on my shoulder and walked all the way to her desk, "Bakit po?" tanong ko kahit may hint na ako kung ano ang kaylangan niyang sabihin.
"Look who's acting so gentle now? Where's the fiesty one I bump with earlier?" she got this smug look all over her face.
Fine, she got me good. It all comes back to me now. I felt horrible for being rude to her earlier and if she want me to beg for mercy, I definitely would, wag niya lang ako pahirapan sa pagtutor niya.
