Her Name: ZOEY

Chapter 4:

                                    Zack

I walk through the lobby after my first subject. I'm going to cafeteria para dun muna tumambay habang hinihintay sila.

My phone beep and it was my sister Jacky. She texted me to fetch her later. While I'm busy tapping my cellphone to reply her, someone bumped me. The familiar scent remember me of someone that made me crazy for years and hurt me instantly.

"Oh Sorry-- Zack. It's you." I stared at her blankly. Parang wala lang sa kanya ang ginawa niya lately. She manage to call me by my name, but I want to call her 'babe' so badly. But, she show me that she never been affected.

"Samantha! Long time no see. Where have you been? I never seen you a weeks ago, after that... You know." I manage to give my genuine smile, to cover what I really felt inside. After I said those words to her she doesn't look like affected.

"Oh, I've been with Lucas we have our vacation." She said with the wide smile on her face. She looks so happy with him, and it hurts me so much.

I smiled at her. "Good for you both" and I hope you will be happy until the end.

"I heard you've dating someone." Where did she hear that gossip. My eyes narrowed into her and made her chuckle. "Grey told me."

Grey? And who's the lucky girl I'm dating? Tss. But, thanks to him Hindi ako magmukhang kawawa. "Yeah." I smirked at her, at bigla namang nawala ang kanyang ngiti pero bumalik naman ito agad.

"Who's the lucky girl then?" What?! Ba't kailangan niya pang malaman? Its none of her business anyway.

"Tss. Why would I tell you? It's none of your business." Then I pass through her.

"You're still in love with me. Right?" I turn to her and I saw her smirk. Bitch. Am I that transparent to her? Or she was just having fun with me.

"You wish." Go Zack! Lie and lie until you die. You're the one torturing yourself. She still wearing her bitchy smile, when suddenly there's someone caught my eyes.

Drew is right. She's my angel, my savior. Zoey. She's walking towards us habang nakayuko. Nang malapit na siya sa dereksyon namin, agad ko siyang nilapitan at inakbayan.

"Meet my girl. Her name, Zoey." I can see Samantha gasp in disbelief. And Zoey look shocked.

I moved her closer to me. She faced Samantha and...

"*achoo* excuse me." She wiped her nose with her tissue. And she removed my hand from her shoulders. "I have to go *achoo* I don't have time for this game "

She have a sneeze. Geezz. What a shame. When she was about to go I grab her wrist and pull her closer to my side.

"Zoey, meet Samantha. My 'EX'" I look into Zoey and tinaasan ako ng kilay. Oh come on! Bear with me please. Only this time. I gave her a convincing look I hope she can get it.

"Hi Samantha! So its you, Zack's former girl *achoo* sorry. I have a sneeze, nagpaulan kasi ako nung sabado *achoo* *sniff*" she wipe her nose with the back of her palm and lean the same hand to Samantha. "Zoey."

Samantha stared to her hands na parang nandidiri. "Oh. I have to go." Nagmamadali naman siyang umalis .

"She's stubborn." I muttered and facing Zoey again. She look so exhausted and I can see that she really don't feel well. "Thank you."

"*achoo* shit. *sniff* fuck this Sneeze." She mumbled and stared at me na parang gusto akong patayin.

"What?" Taka kong tanong. Parang may masama akong nagawa sa kanya kung makatingin.

"Ganyan ka ba talaga kamanhid? *sniff* I waited there for too long *achoo* *sniff* but you never came back. Tapos ngayon, ginamit mo ako para di ka magmukhang kawawa diyan sa *achoo* *sniff* sa ex mo?! Fuck!" She wiped her nose with her hands. Naubusan na siguro siya ng tissue kaya kamay na lang niya ang naging substitute nito.

Kung pakikingan mo siyang magsalita para siyang naiiyak dahil sa sipon niya. Ngayon lang din nagsink in sa utak ko ang sinabi niya. So, she waited me that long at nagpaulan pa siya? I thought she's not that stupid. I felt some guilt inside.

"Well, sorry." That was the only word I said. I can't find the words to apologize.

"Sorry? Yun lang yun ? *sniff* tsk." She rolled her eyes at she use her point finger to wipe her nose. Its gross.

I took off my hanky from my pocket and offer it to her. She stare at it for a while hesitating that she will get it or not. "Get it." She grab it from my hand and blow hard to it.

She lend it to me para isauli and I give her 'are-you-serious?' look and nagets naman niya. "Thanks" she put it to her shoulder bag.

I took a step forward to go pero bago pa ako makalayo... "Hey! Where are you going?" I turned to her with an irritated look. Ano naman ba problema nito?

"What?!"

"*achoo* *sniff* you owe me. Then you must pay me." She said it crossed arms.

What? Is she referring for what she have done earlier? Oh come on! What should I pay her? A money? Well I will give her. I get my wallet from my pocket and pick 1000 paper bill on it.

I gave it to her. Bigla naman tumaas ang kaliwang kilay niya. "What is that for?" Nagapapatawa ba siya? She want me to pay her pero tinatanong niya kung para saan to.

"You want me to pay you right? Here. Get it, so we're quits."

"Nagpapatawa ka ba? *sniif* I don't need that." Bahagya niyang tinulak ang kamay ko palayo.

"Then, what do you want me to pay you? "

She grinned and wipe her nose with my hanky. Shit, this is not good.

                                      ~Z~