How This Love Grew

Chapter 1

 

School is on.

I don't know how to explain this but I know I'm very happy. Maybe because I will be able to see again my classmates. It's never been a complete highschool life if you didn't ever feel excitement if it is just few days away. 

I already smell that humid thing outside our home. I can feel so childish because these are the days that I am excited for my favorite ongoing anime series on TV. But these are the days at the same time that I'm gonna curse for I will not have the full vigilant watch over my series. It feels so good to refresh memories. And when you close your eyes, you will feel the exact moment that you remember while you were at those times. I got chilly bones from that.

But at this moment, I'm sure that Mr. Abad will dismiss us early. He is our adviser this junior year. When it is our first weeks on school, we have this tradition that we always leave classes too much early for early. It's because of our orientations. We simply became used to it. 

It's so close to noon yet I haven't seen him. Paulo, my dear crush since just last year. I can't say 'I don't know why' because I know that if I'm going to get asked, through his looks, I'm going to have that fast 'yes'. I wanted him since then. And just like the other tremendous cliche reasons, it's because he's so handsome. But I got this slight turn-down because I might not see him this coming school days regularly unlike before that I always have him at my watch. I became used to having him inside the room. And my problem is that he might not be at the same section where I am because he's such a lazy bone.

 

"Hey Sara! What are you frowning for? Uhmm...Wait, I think I'm getting it now. Oh yes! I see. Am I right? Is it Paulo?"

Lorr asked me with a pinch of irritation. Well, I know, she's right. I am not in the right mood because I am coldly looking at the hallway waiting for my dreamy. 

"I know my temper and I'm gonna tolerate what's coming out of your mouth."

I answered her just naturally for a redundant question. She's always been like this before this opening class. I haven't tried for myself to take secrets from this girl because she's been with me all the time all the way back to when we were still innocent. 

She started to laugh and I started too to get annoyed although we've been doing it for the nth time. I just want to peel out her skin right then but just a few seconds later, I discarded my full disgrace to Lorr when I saw Paulo entered the hallway and passed by me who's just frantically waiting for him like an obssessed girlfriend. Here he is. Here is Paulo Salazar. He is with Jerome whom his best buddy. While, my classmates shrieked like they've seen Godzilla lively after years of hiding. I don't wonder too much for this because he's a total hearthrob. But according to what I've heard of him before, they didn't really want to be in our section because they have this intuition that all of the living creatures here are drop-dead bookworms. They think that we are Einsteins in disguise because of getting above normal grades. But I didn't take any serious feeling about it. I'm used to those intuitions. I secretly laid my eyes to him and watched him sit next to Jerome not far from the window.

But after all this instant good mood, my dear friend Lorr never fail me to disgust her.

"Stop it now Lorr! I'm gonna pinch and scrape you 'til you die."