LOVELY MESS

Chapter 33 Behind those bullets

Brad (POV )

Kababalik lang ng lahat galing bakasyon. Start na ng regular class for Mid term kaya medyo marami ng estudyante ang nagkalat. Natanaw ko si Fhilea na mukhang nang-galing ng locker ng mga babae. She keeps on eyeing every corner of the school. Mukhang may hinahanap ito.

'Iba talaga yung aura nya.' di mapigilang puna ko.

Hinding hindi ko makakalimutan ang mga ginawa niya nung gabi ng Acquaintance party. It's been a week but the scenes are still  fresh to me. Yung angas niya, yung mga jokes niya na bentang benta sakin. Yung moment niya sa moon. The referee part, at higit sa lahat, yung takot na nakita ko sa mukha ng lalaki nung nakita siya. Yung klase ng takot na nangingilag. Yung isang maling sagot mo, ikakamatay mo na. 

It was still a puzzle to us on how did they met. We we're talking about it over the week and still we don't have any idea kung sino ba yung mga yun. Her conversation with that guy lead us to a conclusions that they do know each other. The tricky part was, how did Clifford get into the middle of it. Vlad is still doing his thing trying to figure out. And since we're on a break for a week, I didn't hear anything from him yet. 

Napadako ang paningin nito sa akin at agad akong napangiti. Papunta na ito sa direksyon ko na hindi man lang nawala sakin ang paningin. 

"Have you seen, Marcus?!" diretsong tanong nito ng makalapit. She's staring right through me kaya mabilis naman akong sumagot. "Not yet, why?" tanong ko at nagbawi ito ng tingin. Sinuyod niya ulit ng tingin ang buong paligid. It's almost lunchtime and I find it awkward to ask her that but still, I try..

"Lunch!?" alok ko at hindi man lang ako nito tinapunan ng tingin.

"Not now, Brad!" anito at nilagpasan ako. 

As I watch her walk away, I try to think for some reasons why could she probably look for Marcus. And the Cafeteria scene went out somewhere, it's starting to freak me out. Hindi kaya? 

'This is bad!' komento ko.

Agad kong tinungo ang Cafeteria kung nasaan sila Vlad at Ken. We talked about this before. We need to, somehow, get some informations from Fhilea on how did his brother get involved. It's not easy to just ask her, that'll be hard. 

Mabilis kong narating ang cafeteria, nasa pintuan na ako ng mapansin kong narito ang hinahanap niya. Marcus is sitting on his usual spot sa Cafeteria, together with his gang. Nagmadali akong pumasok at pinuntahan sila Ken. Nakatuon ang paningin ko kay Marcus ng magtanong si Ken.

"What's with the face, Bradley!?" it was a tease on our normal days but this one is not. Not yet. 

"Fhilea is looking for him." sagot ko na hindi parin inaalis ang tingin kay Marcus. 

"What!?" sabay na tanong nila ni Vlad. "Bakit daw?" agad na tanong ni Vlad. Nilingon ko ito at ngayon ko lang napansin na kasama niya pala si Ashley. 

"I don't know yet. But the way she looks, I don't like it" naiiling kong sagot sa kaniya.

 Bakas sa mukha ng tatlo ang pagtataka. Nasagot naman ito ng pag baling namin sa labas ng Cafeteria ay nandun si Fhilea. She's standing right through the glass door, blankly staring on Marcus way. Her glare brought chills on my skin as she open the glass door slowly. Nagpamulsa ito ng kamay at dahan dahan lumapit sa kinaroroonan ni Marcus. 

Biglang tumahimik ang paligid ng huminto ito sa harap ng naturang lalaki. Blangko ang mukha at hindi mo mababasahan ng kahit ano. Bahagya akong lumapit. Kumpleto ang mga bata ni Marcus, kaya kung hindi man maganda ang kahahantungan ng mangyayari, malamang kawawa ito. Babae parin naman siya kahit saang anggulo tingnan.