Be a Saint or Be a Sinner (ON HOLD! UNDER REVISION)

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YNA's POV

"Aly, you okay?"

"H-huh?" Napatingin ako sa babaeng nakatayo sa harapan ko. She's waving her hand at me as she calls for my name.

"You're spacing out, class is over." casual nitong sabi sa akin.

Iginala ko ang mga mata ko sa paligid at kaunti nalang kaming natitira sa loob ng silid. Ang iba nagre-retouch ng make-up, ang iba nagkwekwentuhan pa.

"Ah, right." I smiled shyly at her and fixed my things, naghahanda upang umalis na rin. She nods at me and went straight to the door.

It's been days since I got accepted here at Princeton Academy. It's also been days nang may mangyari sa pagitan namin ni Sabrina. And it's been days since my encounter with Jaco.

After that day, tila bumalik sa normal ang lahat. Sabrina never bothered me any longer and the incident was forgotten just like that. Mayroon man itong bagong binubully, somehow I felt relieved dahil wala na sa akin ang atensyon niya at ng iba pa.

Ngunit ang nakakapagtaka lamang, kung gaano kabilis bumalik si Jaco, ay ganoon din siya kabilis naglaho. Wala na akong narinig na usap-usapan regarding his return, it suddenly made me wonder if what happened that day was a dream. Or his existence was just my mere imagination just to comfort myself from that embarrassing moment.

Pero hindi eh, everything felt so real.

Gusto ko mag tanong sa mga kaklase ko, but I'm scared I might draw their attention the second time around.

There was this faint memory that I went to the clinic that same day and that he came, but every time na dadaan ako rito, laging puno ng estudyante na sugatan dahil sa pambubully nila Sabrina.

For days I've been occupied by random thoughts, I kept on questioning myself, and weighing what's real and what's not.

"Is Ms. Ferrer still around?"

As I was about to leave, I stopped on my tracks when our adviser, Mr. Iowa, mentioned my name.

"Oh, there you are," anito nang makita ako. "A word?"

"O-okay sir," tumango ito at agad na tumalikod. Sukbit ang bag ko, hindi pa man ako nakakalayo ay agad akong nakarinig ng mga bulungan at nakaramdan ng masasamang titig na ipinupukol nila sa akin.

Not again.

Ayaw ko na ng gulo.

Sa ilang minutong paglalakad patungong opisina ng mga guro, nakatungo ako habang nakasunod kay sir Brent.

"You'll regret betraying your family Fox!" Untag ni Panther. "He just killed our father and yet your loyalty remains to him?! How f*cked up is your brain?!"

"Ow, is that your old man?" Tanong ni Jaco referring to the man lying on the floor. "Ah oo nga pala. That father of yours who sold you to the westerns to be their slave. Poor you, kulang sa aruga kaya lumaking sutil. In exchange of a million and a high rank at the Government, you were slaved."

Muli itong tumawa, it was sure as hell that Panther was very insulted.

"Get his bitch," utos niya sa mga kasama habang nakatingin kay Yna. Fires of fury and hatred were smoldering in his small narrowed eyes, but even though, he managed to smirk. "Maybe that smug look on his face will be removed once we kill his toy."