"GOOD Morning, Sir Gryffin" bati sa kanya ng mga studyante. He smiled and told them to sit down, like what the usual thing to say.
He secretly checked his phone to see any message from his girlfriend. A smile curved from his mouth everytime he heard himself saying that word.
Yes, men get butterflies in their stomach, too. At kabilang siya doon.
Gryffin:
Good morning, beautiful! Are you already at school? I missed you.
Tinago na niya ang cellphone agad. Panigurado mamayang pagtingin niya ay may reply na ito. Yes, he already missed her. Ito kasi ang unang beses na hindi sila nagkasabay sa pagpasok sa school, she has to be with her bestfriend and he understood that.
That's why he has to spend the week looking at her phone and fantasizing her. In a good way as much a possible.
Damn it, magtuturo siya ngayon!
While he was daydreaming about his girlfriend, bigla naman umingay sa dulong hilera ng room. His students were talking about something, of course, he couldn't understand.
Oh, well. As long as they'll keep their mouth behave until he's done teaching.
Nang matapos naman ang klase ay muli niyang tinignan ang cellphone pero wala pa rin text ang nobya sa kanya.
Umangat tuloy ang kaba sa dibdib ni Gryffin. What were the odds? Hindi siya sanay na ganito ang babae.
He tried to text her again but there's a commotion happened on the hallway. Napatigil siya bigla, anong nangyayari?
"What's that?" he asked one of the students who's holding a paper. "What's going on?"
"Sir, may scandal po!" asik ng babae with matching beautiful eyes pa! "Here!"
Inabot sa kanya nito ang picture na nakaprint sa bondpaper. Napakunot ang noo niya-- h-how.. could this... happened?
"Kilala niyo po, Sir?" tanong ng studyante, "That's Ella, from Tourism. Grabe, sir! Nagkagulo sila ng boyfriend niya rito, nagscandalo talaga!"
Nagtangis ang bagang niya at nilukot ang papel. He has to calm down, he needs to!
"S-Sir?"
Hinarap niya ang studyante, "Go back to your class!" utos niya rito, "Everyone, go back to your class!" Sigaw niya sa buong hallway na napapalibutan ng mga studyante.
Nagsunuran naman ang mga ito sa kanya. Now, he could see the photos posted on the wall! Iisang litrato lang pero dinamihan ng print at sinadyang idikit at ikalat iyon!
"Kawawa naman si Ate Ella, nabiktima na naman ni Kevin. Ang hirap talaga magtiwala sa ganung klaseng lalaki, matapos mahalin biglang ilalaglag ka ng ganun!" He overheard one student said, nilingon niya ang mga ito.
"Sus,ang arte naman kasi!" ani ng isa, "Hinarana na nga, lumuhod pa tapos pabebe pa siya? Oh ayan, labas tuloy ang totoo. Naglilinis linisan kasi!"
Damn it! This is all his fault! That Kevin! Kung hindi lang siya professor sa school na iyon ay makakatikim sa kanya ng suntok ang lalaki! Hindi pwedeng babastusin ang nobya niya ng kahit sinuman!
Wait, si Ella. Nasaan ito ngayon?
"Argus, what happened?" Tanong ni Gryffin sa matalik na kaibigan. "What's this about?"
Tumingin sa relos ang kaibigan, "Maaga pa, Sir Gryffin. It's still school hours kaya dapat ang tawag mo sa akin ay hindi Argus" he said, "Dean. Call me Dean"
"Damn it, Argus! You know this is serious." he said, "What happened?"
He leaned towards the table and sighed. "Abuso ka,ha? Porket magkaibigan tayo.."
