THE PAST - Haunting Past Book 2 /Prequel (Lesbian Story)

Chapter 3

           

I believe in love at first sight... But it's not the first moment you lay eyes on a person, it's the moment you first see the person they truly are.

-Ranata Suzuki-

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~{Kate}~

I walked past the idea that someday I would be that random chick people would notice. I honestly couldn't even imagine being that person. I loved being alone and with myself. Though this school has taught me that ladies were the same, in general, it gave an exemption to myself and my one dear friend, Candice. But I think from now on, that too will change because here goes Sherri, walking with me and Candice but with Candice in the middle, of course.

How did it occur that one individual looking so simple compared to many ladies here could look, honestly, charming and beautiful to me?

I hate getting people's attention and this Sherri was effortlessly getting theirs. Well, Sherri means including me and Candice as we went down towards the quadrangle for the morning ceremonies together. Students were greeting her and of course out of respect, greeted me and Candice. But how in the world didn't I feel annoyed about it?

Ugh! I rolled my eyes to myself.

Stop it, Kate! You're just creating mad questions to yourself which didn't need questioning! Wasn't liking her enough as a reason? I mean, Dude, look, you never liked somebody else in this world but Andrea. Wait, not really. Andrea was just a childhood crush. No. Not childhood crush. It was just a mere admiration of her beauty when you first saw her when you were both in grade school. Nothing more. Nothing less. But Sherri's different, right? She's the total opposite of you and she changed your own perspectives, like not to like any girl in this school because they were all the same and how you hated attention and she, herself, was the attention and yet you didn't feel anything about it.

So, yah. I get it.

Oh my gheed! I'm talking to myself!

"What?!" a soft voice and touch on my arm startled me making me blurt out an angry tone. When I glanced where it came from, I realized I wasn't just an asshole but also a dick!

"S-sorry. Kinakausap kasi kita kanina pa kaso hindi mo ako pinapansin. Sasabihin ko lang naman san kung pwede bang usug ka ng kunti? Pero sige, di bale nalang. Dito ka nalang at ako sa likod mo. Follow your height daw kasi eh," saad ni Sherri na gulat na gulat ang itsura.

I was again, speechless.

You're such urgh, whatever, Kate! Whatever!

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Naghihintay nalang ako kay Manong Raul, family driver namin, na dumating nang bigla nalang akong hinampas ni Candice sa braso.

"Aw! What's wrong with you?!" agad na pagreak ko.

"Anong what's wrong what's wrong yang pinagsasasabi mo?! Ikaw, ha! Nagsumbong sakin si Sherri! Ikaw talaga! Kanina ko pa to kinikimkim na sabihin sayo mabuti nalang nakalusot ako kung bakit hindi ko sya sasabayan."

"Nakaalis na sya? Anong sasakyan nya? Sinundo sya?" bigla akong nalungkot na hindi ko man lang sya nakita at hindi man lang ako nakapagpaalam.

Di kaya galit sakin to sa ginawa ko kaninang umaga?

"At bakit ka nagtatanong? Minamalditahan mo yung tao tapos ngayon magtatanong ka?"

Yumuko lang ako dito. Tama naman din kasi ito. Guilty talaga ako dun.

"Sabihin mo nga sakin, galit ka ba kay Sherri? O may nagawa ba syang masama sayo o ayaw mo lang talaga sa kanya?"

Lumingo ako.

"So? What's with all your supladaness?"

Nakabewang na si Candice sakin.

"Eh, ano kasi, di ako ano, s-sanay."

"Ahhh. Di ka sanay na andyan sya kaya mo sya sinusupladahan? Eh, tama ba naman yun?"

Lumingo ako na parang bata.

"Alam mo eto nalang. Mag tapat ka nga sakin ---"

Parang tumigil ang pagtibok ng puso ko.

Please don't tell me that question I'm afraid to answer. Please.

"--- ayaw mo ba sa kanya? Kasi kung ---"

"No," my immediate answer.

"Well, that's fast. Sure ka?"

Tumango ako.

Of course I am sure! Cos the truth is the actual of the opposite.

"Eh, bakit ka ganun sa kanya? Kanina daw nasigawan mo sya na parang galit ka daw?"

"Candice, I didn't mean to. Nagulat lang ako. Alam mo naman ako di ba?"

Inirapan ako nito.

"Sos, pasalamat ka mabait yang si Sherri. Baka kung ang iba yun ay sinunggaban ka din kanina."

"I know."

"You know?"

Oh, sh*t! I said it loud. Syempre magugulat talaga si Candice kasi sa pagkakaalam nito, ngayon ko lang nakita at nakilala si Sherri. She doesn't have that slightest idea that my eyes memorized every detail of her face.

"Nothing. Hmmm. Was she mad at me?" pag-iba ko ng topic.

"Yes," her immediate response.

Parang pakiramdam ko namutla ako bigla. Sounds exaggerating, but yah, affected ako. I needed to do something.

"Joke," bawi nito.

"Come on, Candice, that was not a good joke," pagreak ko dito.

"Aba! Bakit parang may napapansin ako sayo ngayon hmmm," tinaasan ako nito ng kilay.

"What? Pffft," I waved a hand in front of her face.

"I smell something fishy, you know."

I rolled my eyes at her.

"Stop creating monsters in your mind, Candice."

"Bakit ang defensive mo, ha?" saad nito na nilapit pa ang mukha sakin na para bang inuubserbahan talaga ako.

"I wasn't. I was just guilty lang talaga sa ginawa ko. That's all."

Inalayo nito ang mukha sakin.

"Well, okay. Understandable."

Hoooh! Pakiramdam ko nasa harap ako ng hukuman.

"Huwag mo nang gagawin yun, ha. Mabait naman kasi si Sweetie, else I wouldn't like her."

Lumuwa ang mata ko sa huling sinabi nito.

"Y-you like her?"

"Of course, I do. Di ba obvious maraming nagkakagusto sa kanya? Di lang kasi sya simple at maganda, matalino at mabait pa. She's like a long lost sister from another mother to me."

"Ahhhh."

"Bakit? Anong iniisip mo?"

"Wala. Wala. Nagulat lang kasi ako na may Sweetie ka na bigla."

"Ahhh. Dahil lang yan kasi nung summer. Basta long story. Kapag may time, kwento ko sayo. Pa'no mauna na ako, ha. Kasi traffic na naman pauwi. Ikaw ba?"

"I'll wait for Manong Raul."

"Okay. Bye, alien!"

Napangiti na din ako dito at naiwan na naman akong mag-isa, as always. Si Manong Raul kasi ang tagal.