SIXTEEN, TWENTY-FOUR
//CHAPTER 2//
Summer of 2006, Cavite
There are two things that I’m scared of the most in this world.
Blood. And…
Jelly Martinez.
She’s a thug.
Nanghahampas siya ng walang dahilan. Nanununtok siya pag masaya siya, nananabunot siya pag kinikilig siya, naninipa siya pag galit siya.
Higit sa lahat, ngumingiti siya pag malungkot siya.
That’s why I’m scared of her.
But that’s not the only reason.
It’s because she knows me well.
Alam na alam niya ang bawat reaksyon ko, ang bawat galaw ko, alam niya ang ibig sabihin. She can see right through my poker face. It’s annoying.
She’s scary because she knows me well.
She’s scary because I always lose when it comes to her.
She’s scary because she makes me a person I’m originally not.
Kagaya ngayon.
Ako ang gumagawa ng Math assignment niya.
If I’m on my usual self, I won’t ever do this. It’s not like me at all.
“Very good, Jam! Gawin mo lang yan manunuod lang ako ng TV.” Kinuha niya yung remote at napakalaki ng ngiti habang nanonood.
Nakakainis.
I’m not her servant.
I’m not her brother.
Why do I keep losing to her!?
“Oh tapos na.”
BINABASA MO ANG
SIXTEEN, TWENTY-FOUR
Teen Fiction[MONTHLY-UPDATE] "I was sixteen when I realized my feelings... I was twenty-four when I met her again." - Jam Mendoza.
