"Are you sure?" tanong ni Treena kay Allison over the phone.
Allison bit her lower lip, "Um, yeah. Masama lang talaga ang pakiramdam ko."
Bago pa man makapagsalita si Treena ay inagaw na ni Ash ang phone.
"We'll just come over after class," sabi niya.
"Hindi na kailangan, Ash," sagot ni Allison. "I just want to rest."
"Pero-" hindi na natapos ni Ash ang sasabihin nang bawiin ni Treena ang phone sa kanya, leaving him a quick death glare before returning to the call.
"Okay then, basta 'pag may kailangan ka, just give us a call," paalala ni Treena sa kaibigan.
"Okay..."
And with that, Allison ended the phone call.
In all truthfulness, wala naman talaga siyang sakit.
She was just crying.
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Magkasamang naglalakad si Treena at Ash sa hallway with a few arguments whether to eat at the school cafeteria or outside the campus.
"Nakakasawa na ang pagkain dito," reklamo ni Treena.
"At least hindi na nating kailangan pang lumayo," depensa naman ni Ash.
Treena rolled her eyes at the boy, "Katamaran mo nanaman ang pinapairal mo eh."
"Well just to remind you, ako kaya ang nagpapakahirap maghatid sayo sa bahay ninyo araw-araw dahil tamad kang mag-commute," asar ni Ash.
"Just you wait, makukuha ko din ang driver's license ko. And when I do, who you ka sa'kin," inis na rebuttal ni Treena.
Ash scoffed, "As if."
Treena was in the verge of saying something nang biglang may nahagip ang mga mata niya...
"OMG!" she almost squealed. "Si Matthew!"
Ibinaling naman ni Ash ang atensyon sa kung saan nakatingin si Treena. There, in front of the bulletin board was indeed Matthew Maxwell, reading something. May iilan ding mga babaeng pilit nagpapapansin sa kanya sa likod niya, pero it's either hindi niya sila napapansin or ayaw niya lang talagang pansinin.
"Oh for Pete's sake, Treena," sabi ni Ash.
It was as if hindi narining ni Treena ang sabi ng kaibigan nang bigla na lang siyang pumunta sa direksyon ni Matthew. Treena, who's also known to have a flirty side had her way through the glaring students mindlessly.
Napa-facepalm nalang si Ash at sumandig sa pinakamalapit na dingding.
"Katreena Miranda. Tch. This flirt," sabi ni Ash sa sarili niya habang ipinapasak ang earphones niya sa tenga, unaware na may iilan ding kababaihan, mostly junior high students na kinukuhaan siya ng stolen shots to be bragged and posted on their social media accounts.
"Hi Matthew~" bati ni Treena in a somewhat flirty tone.
Tumingin naman ang lalaki sa kanyang direksyon, but then back to the bulletin board.
"I see you know my name already," sabi nito.
"Ah yes, nagpakilala ka sa amin the other day," masayang sabi ni Treena.
Matthew sighed. "Well then, dahil nandito ka naman, pwede bang magtanong?"
"About what?"
Inangat naman ni Matthew ang index finger niya and landed on the school's soccer team poster.
BINABASA MO ANG
Fang Factor
Vampire"Vampires are like ice sculptures brought to life..." -maddem Written by: C P T N L E I L A L A (The rest of the contents are written in Tagalog)
