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Chapter 21

Lauren

The familiar feelings I have now is not the kind of feelings I want to have. The feeling of hatred and pain are the last thing I want to feel yet at it's overflowing on my body on the moment. The thought of yesterday are lingering on my mind. The thought I don't want to remember, but it's recollecting on it's own and I can't do anything to block them. They just came back to brag the door I locked as easy as slicing a piece of cake. I don't understand why am I still here, sitting, doing nothing to diminish this feeling. Why am I staring at some ramdom girl, who looked exactly like the girl I despise the most. Maybe because I cannot see clearly, maybe because I have doubts that's it's not her and because I was still hoping that she is not her. Yes, I am hoping.... Could it be? It couldn't right? It's way too impossible. The distance from El Molino to Florenda is enormously far. Is she following me, is she going to ruin my life again. I'm just starting to fix it, I am just starting to become happy again. I look at the girl, now her back on me. Several meters away with a women beside her as if assisting every movement she make.

"Lauren? " I heard someone call, it didn't make me turned my head, I am too occupied thinking.

"Lauren? " ayan nanaman, but it faded again.

"LAUREN!" naramdaman ko na may humawak ng balikat ko which made me jumped on my seat. They snapped me out of my nightmare.

"Woah, ayos ka lang, bakit ang putla mo? " tanong no Sofia na lumapit sa akin. They looked worried.

"Ah..kasi si" lumingon ako sa babaeng nakita ko kanina pero paalis na sila, they enter the building from we were earlier.

"Kasi? " tanong ni Lucy, tinignan nya rin yung tinititigan ko kanina.

"Nevermind" tinignan ko ulit yung building kung saan sila pumasok.

"You sure, para kang nakakita ng multo. Grabe girl ang putla mo" sabi ni Lucy ulit. I nodded Taylor on the other hand continued eating as if nothing happened.

"So guys, tatawagan ko si Dad, sasabihin ko na dito na tayo papasok. Papayos ko na rin yung papers para ready to go na? Okay ba? " tanong ni Sofia.

"Sure, but you can do that later, uwi na tayo, inaantok ako e" sabi ni Taylor bago tumayo. We look at her funny. She sometimes had a habbit of sleeping after stuffing her tummy.

"Lauren, sigurado kang okay ka lang? Gusto mo gumala muna tayo bago umuwi? " tanong ulit ni Sofia. Nginitian ko sya bago tumango.

"I'm fine guys" I chuckled "Tara uwi na tayo, medyo napagod din ako e. " I said as I picked my things up. They nodded and do the same.

We part ways nung nasa labas na kami. Pumunta kami sa sarisarili naming sasakyan after bidding goodbyes.

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"Hello ma'am?" sabi ko nung sinagot nya na yung phone.

"Lauren? What's up? " she said on the other line

"Nakakaistorbo po ba ako? " tanong ko, "If so, I can call later? Or some other time" I said.

"Oh no Honey, I'm not doing anything" sabi nya

"Uh, okay How you've been? " I asked,

"I'm doing great, but I'm missing my student's already."

"Does that include me? " biro ko.

"Of course silly, you were one of my students" narinig kong tumawa sya sa kabilang linya.

"And tell you what" she said again.

Napataas tuloy yung kilay ko. "What? "