My bitter love

Chapter 2: Love vs. Education

Love vs. Education

Kristine's POV

Goodmorning class." Biglang pasok ng aming professor at bati.

"Goodmorning! Ms. Romero!" Bati rin namin sa aming propesor habang naka tayo.

"Please take your seats." Dugtong niya. "Thank you Ms. Romero!"

"Today we're going to group all of you to two groups." Uhh...English teacher namin si Ms. Romero and it's also my favorite subject. We're on the 4th year of highschool pala, 10th grade to be exact.

But not my favorite teacher! She's a terror pag di ka maayos sa subject niya but nice.

"Okay so what do you prefer? Mixed or boys and girls?" Tanong niya.

Nag-taas ako ng kamay upang ibahagi ang aking opinyon.

"Yes, Ms. Castillo?"

"I prefer having a boy vs. girls...debate, right?"

"Yes Ms. Castillo. And how can you say that it is fair?" Tanong niya pabalik.

"I can tell that it is fair because base from my research it says that women have more focus on their intellectual side and because if we group ourselves based by our gender we will only be having 12 members versus 18 members or the boys, so they can just use their teamwork to defend their sides." Pag-papaliwanag ko. Wooh! Haba nun ah!

"You go girl!" Sigaw ni Portia.

"Ms. Monzon please remain your silence." Pag-suway ng propesor kay Portia.

"Baliw ka kasi! Hahahaha! Ang ingay mo!" Bulong ko.

"Hala! Ikaw na nga ang ichini-cheer aarte ka pa? Aba! Lakas ng loob mo ah! At ako? Mas maingay? Ikaw kaya yun!" Napalakas ang bulong ni Portia.

"Excuse me Ms. Monzon? Do you mind sharing you're conversation with uhh...Ms. Castillo." Pataray na sagot ni Ms. Romero.

I told you terror yan!

"Uhh...Ehem...I'm sorry for interrupting your discussion Ms. Romero I just want to clear some things with my friend, you can continue with your discussion Ms. Romero." Sabi ni Portia. Hahahah yan kasi!

"Take your seat Ms. Monzon. Take that as a warning, if that warning counts up to three, I'm sorry but I need to give you an warning slip and you need to tell it to your parents." Oh! Kawawa naman si Portia hahahah!

"You too Ms. Castillo even if you perform well in my subject it doesn't mean that I'm allowing you to have conversation with someone while I'm discussing." Sht kala ko naka-lagpas ako! Wala paring poreber pala!

"Hahahah! Kala mo maka-lagpas ka ah, wag kang umasa! Walang poreber!" Bwisit talaga minsan tong si Portia!

"Yes Ms. Romero." Sagot ko.

"Aish! Lagot ka sakin mamaya!" Asar kong sagot kay Portia.

"Now, group yourselves base by your gender." Utos ni Ms. Romero at nag sitayuan na kami.

"Now I need one volunteer each group to pick their side which they will be defending."

"Ikaw nalang Kristine!" Sabi ng mga ka-grupo ko.

"Ikaw nalang din Allen! Para partner kayo ni Kristine." Rinig ko sa kabilang grupo.

At ng nag-lakad ako papatungo sa gitna. Nag-kasabay kami ni Allen at bigla nalang nag-hiyawan ang aming mga kaklase.

"Wooh! Go pare!"

"Nice one Allen!"

"Ayiee Kristine!"

"Omg bitter to lovers!"

"Excuse me students! Can you please be quiet!?" Sigaw ni Ms. Romero.

Ng nakalapit na kaming... shoot walang kami! Sya at ako sa gitna. Pina-bunot kami ni Ms. Romero ng papel.

"Now the two volunteer is holding one paper...each and before opening the folded paper, the two side that you will defend is education and love. Now please check what you've picked." Pagpapaliwanag ni Ms. Romero.

"Drumroll! Tugdug!" Sabi ng mga kaklase kong lalake. Hahahah mga baliw.

Education. Nice. No to love life. Nanakit lang naman ang love life.

"I picked love Ms. Romero." Sabi naman ni pencil.

"Sayo pencil?" Si Allen. Obviously I picked education. Ugh.

"I picked education side Ms. Romero." I said.

"Now you should defend what should be more prioritized." Si Ms. Romero.

Prioritize. This word has too much happy moments but also heartbreaking.

"Ikaw lang priority ko, moshi."

"Excuse me Ms. Castillo? You're spacing out."

Nagising nalang ako sa katotohanan ng tawagin ako ng aming propesor. "I'm sorry Ms. Romero."

"Now goodbye class-C, see you tomorrow get ready for the debate. That's all." Paalam ni Ms. Romero.

Di pa ako nakakapag-paalam kay Ms. Romero hinila na ako ni Allen sa pinaka-tagong part ng classroom namin.

Sht ang lapit ng mukha namin. Lumalapit sya ng lumalapit. Bigla niya namang nilapit ang bibig nya sa tenga ko.

"Humanda ka pencil, simula bukas gagawin ko ang lahat mapa-sakin ka lang, ikaw lang ang naging pangarap ko, mahal kita at sa akin ka lang."