Dream Guy

50th

Vallerie's POV:

Pinaypayan ko ulit ang sarili ko. Init na init ko and the fact that our team is losing sa larong 'to-basketball, sucks even more.

Kasama si Charles sa team and well, halatang nase-stress na siya. JU students were surprisingly good. Kasama sa team nila si Clint and YZ.

AC students (except for me) were all cheering nung start na ng game. But when we saw AC losing, marami na ang nawalan ng gana.

Suddenly, I felt someone put his/her hand on my shoulder. I turned to see a black haired girl (I'm sure it's not natural, it's pure black) with wavy hair and bangs. She's wearing sunglasses too.

"Vie. It's me, Penelope. Second year. We met before, nung nagkaroon ng debate wars wayyyy before" sabi niya. I smiled. I almost forgot her.

Penelope is a nice person, but the main thing going through her mind is all school. Not just academics, but more of a 100% school supporter. I'm surprised not to see her getting pissed at me for being a "traitor" as they called me.

"Bakit, Penelope?" I asked. Although second year siya, same age lang kami dahil maaga siya nagstart.

Tumabi muna siya sakin before talking, "As you can see, talong-talo na ang AC. Pero may strategy kami, and you're the important one here" sabi niya. I looked at her, confused. What exactly is her (or as she said kami daw so their) plan?

***Later***

"No no no no no" I said, refusing to Penelope while she's desperately trying to get me to say yes. No is the answer.

"Please, Vie?" She said with pleading eyes. Nagpapahinga muna ngayon ang mga players.

Then I saw how stressed Charles is, to the highest level. Kahit ang hilig niyang manukso sakin, he's my friend.

And so is Clint.

Buuuuut on the other hand, nasa other team si YZ so it'd be nice to see him lose.

"FINE!" pilit kong sabi as Penelope holds my hand. No touch.

"Yes! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She said. I just nodded.

Nagstart na ang game. And I had to do my job.

"GOOOOOO CHARLES!!!!!! WOOHOO!" sigaw ko. Confused, napatingin siya sakin while I'm raising both hands high, nakatayo sa kinauupuan ko, cheering for a specific person-him.

I think he realized the plan by himself, kaya he winked at me. Many cheered dahil sa ginawa niya sakin.

Juskoooo una si YZ, tapos tinukso sakin si Clint, ngayon tangina Charles naman.

Sino next? Baka si Ryan? Hell nah. Sir Sarezi? Teka, lemme puke muna.

"Go Appleton College!!!!" Sigaw ko ulit. I gulped when I realized I wasn't just gaining attention from GU, pati na yung other schools, including JU.

"A! P! P! L! E! T! O! N! C! O! L! L! E! G! E! WIN THIS GAME APPLETON COLLEGE!" sigaw ko. Soon, I wasn't the only one cheering for our school. AC students started cheering along, and getting back to spirit.

Well, our cheers paid off. For some odd reason, natatalo na ang JU.

Nagpahinga na ulit siya and I looked at Penelope. She nodded, telling me to do it now.

Nervous, pumunta ako sa kinaauupuan ni Charles which is nasa baba, holding a bottle of water, a small towel, and powder.

Nasa harapan ko na si Charles, who's smiling. Tinapat ko sa mukha niya yung tubig, and he took the bottle to drink. While he's drinking, pinunasan ko yung mukha niyang basang-basa ng pawis at ang likod niya.

Lots of students cheered upon seeing what I did. And weirdly, even students from other schools are.

This is literally the most embarrassing moment of my life. Ever.