Bizarre Fondness

Chapter 1: Summer

• N I K K A

April 20 2017, 6:30am.
Reminder: First Day of Summer Classes.

Hayst. Yung totoo? Summer ba talaga? Bat pa kasi naimbento yung summer classes thingy na yan? Psh.

Anyway. I must be grateful kasi nakapasa ako sa school na ito so hindi na dapat ako magreklamo, hmm.

I'm a Senior Student passer at a Science Highschool. Oo bes, SCIENCE HIGHSCHOOL. Nawindang talaga ako nung lumabas yung exam results. Biruin mo naman, 106th passer out of 300. Chamba.

"Nikka! Sasabay ka ba o hindi?! Gumising ka naaaaaa!!!"

There she goes again. Sya talaga yung alarm clock ko eh. My very own bestfriend, Kyla Perez.

We're staying on the same house since medyo malayo-layo yung bahay namin sa new school. Independent naman na kami and during weekends we get to see our family naman.

"Opo, gising na po. Pababa na po!"

Bumaba na ko agad then nagprepare na for school. Tinatamad talaga ako, pero what can I do? Required eh. Hay.

"Let's go Nikka? Hop on."

Since 18 years old na si Kyla, may driver's license na sya and yung car nya na yung ginagamit namin for transportation. Ang galing noh? May driver ako, hehe.

Habang nasa car kami, as usual puro kwentuhan lang din and blah blah. We're both nervous for this day pero normal lang naman yun di ba? Haha.

"Andito na tayo agad? Wow, minadali mo pa ko Kyla."

"Ano ka ba! It's always better to be early than to be late, hehe. Tara na."

"Whatever you say."

So ayun, 7:30am palang pero 8 pa magsisimula yung orientation for freshmen and senior students, summer classes starts at 9am. *yawns*

Pero kahit maaga pa, madami dami na ding students dito. Andito na din yung mga classmates namin from our previous school. Madami kasing passers from our school.

"Nikka, Kyla! Hi! Anong room number nyo? Di ba classmates kayo?" It's Janna. My top-notcher classmate since elementary.

"303, ikaw?"

"209, same kami ni Althea and Joseph."

"Hmm, I see.."

After 30 minutes nag start na din yung orientation then we proceed na sa classrooms. It's kind of awkward since yung iba wala talagang kakilala and hindi din sila willing makipag-friends, lol.

Half day lang yung summer classes so tatlong subjects lang ang marereview. Science, Language and Mathematics.

Ang boring.

Later on, di ko namalayan na lunch break na din and after 20 minutes, dismissal na. Hay, walang ka-thrill-thrill. Hmm.

Naglalakad na ako sa hallway to exit ng biglang nakasalubong ko si Janna na may kasamang matangkad na lalaki, new classmate nya, I guess.

Nag-CR si Kyla so nagdecide kami na magkita nalang sa parking lot.

Nakita din ako ni Janna so nagmamadali syang lumapit sa kin.

"Hi Nikka! May papakilala ako sayo!" sabi nya, her face is filled with excitement. Then ngumiti lang yung kasama nya, very little smile.

"Hmm?"

"Nikka, this is Zachary. And Zach, this is Nikka."

Uhm ano daw? Zach---? Di clear yung pagkakabanggit ni Janna nung name since naka braces sya.

"I'm sorry, Zach what?" tanong ko. I saw the guy laughed a little then nung napansin nyang nakatingin ako sa kanya, tumingin lang din sya sa kin.

"This is Za--" - Janna

"I'm Zachary Concepcion. Nice to meet you, Nikka." sabi nya while offering his hand for a handshake. Ahh, so, Zachary pala. Bingi na yata ako.

Ngumiti lang din ako, when I'm about to accept his hand, dumating naman na si Kyla so binaba ko nalang yung kamay ko.

"Bye guys, una na kami ni Ky--"

"No, Nikka wait. Hehe. Would you mind if balikan nalang kita dito after 30 minutes? Something came up sa clinic ni Mom eh so I have to go there. Sorry, Nics." sabi ni Kyla.

Whaaaat. Iiwan nya ko? Ano namang gagawin ko dito? Di ko naman alam mag commute pabalik. Hay, I guess I have to wait for her after 30 minutes.

"Okay, I'll wait for you then." yun nalang ang sinabi ko then tumakbo na palabas si Kyla.

"Nikka, Zach, sorry I have to go na din eh. Bye guys, see you tom!" sabi ni Janna tapos umalis na din sya.

Sooo, naiwan kami ni 'Zachary' na magkaharap dito, natawa nalang kami parehas then later on, nagkanya-kanya na din kami.

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Napadpad ako dito sa garden field ng school sa kakalakad ko, haha. Ang ganda dito, ramdam na ramdam ko yung fresh air then ang peaceful kasi wala din madyasong students dito.

Naupo ako sa may grass, then nilabas ko yung headphones ko.

Oo makikinig nalang ako ng music, para naman di masyadong boring. At isa pa, this is the perfect place for soundtrip kasi mafefeel mo talaga yung music and maganda yung view mo.

Oh di ba? Kulang nalang cameras, pwede ka na magshoot ng music video.

Speaking of music, half-time composer din ako. Di naman ako ganun kagaling magsulat ng kanta pero sinusulat ko lang yung nararamdaman ko. Nagpeplay din ako ng instruments like acoustic guitar and drums, pero hindi ako pro, hahaha.

Napatingin ako sa langit na para bang tinatawag ako nito, and then I closed my eyes as if I'm photosynthesizing.

The sun's warmth made me smile..

Nilabas ko yung binder ko then binuklat ko yung yellow filler.

Nagsulat ako ng bagong linya,

"So this is how summer feels like.."

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