Miss Serial Dater Meets The Geek Next Door [COMPLETED]

Chapter 16 - Goal!

I knew the moment Maymay stepped on the soccer field. She was walking towards me as if with no care in the world and... talking to herself? Huh?!

One of the members of the soccer team stopped in the middle of the field. His action caused a domino effect and a pile up. Shouts and curses were exchanged among the other members. I winced. That got to hurt. The game was called to a halt. Coach just scratched his head while looking at us fools. It happens all the time. And we all watched her walked to me with a big smile on her face.

"Edward! Edward!" She shouted as she ran then stopped and looked at my team mates.

"Is it a bad time?" She asked me and shouted to Coach, "Sorry, Coach. Pwede po ba hiramin sandali si Edward?"

"Go ahead, Maymay." Coach said and murmured to me softly, "Sige na, Edward. Para makapag-practice ulit tayo ng maaayos."

We went to the side, under the shade of the lone tree in the oval.

"Bakit, May?"

"Sasabihin ko lang sana di kami sasabay sa'yo pauwi. Kasi kailangan naming maghanap ng gown para sa Juniors - Seniors Ball. Kailangan ko um-attend. Ang nanalong Miss Campus ang palaging queen of the night. Ako magka-crown sa winner this year."

"Sorry, May ha. I can't go with you. Malapit na ang Inter-State University Soccer League elimination."

"Sus, okay lang yun. Edward, sorry din ha. Di kita mapapanood. Kailangan ko talagang maghanap ng gown. Ubusan kase may kasabayan tayong schools na ganitong event din."

I tucked Maymay's hair behind her ears. As always, she blushed.
We were looking at each others' eyes intently.

"It's okay. So..." I said.

"So...?"

"Where's my lucky kiss?"

She punched me on my stomach.

"Wala ka na mamya eh." I whined.

"Okay na sana Edward eh. Sige, ayan na kiss mo. Babush!"

And she left me standing under the tree with a huge smile on my face then I remembered I still had to practice. I went back to the field and put my game face on.

It's six in the afternoon. We're finished with our soccer practice and just practically lying on the benches in the locker room, some on the floor, when I received a call from Pat.

"Edward, si Maymay!"

"What, Pat? Ano nangyari?" I asked nervously. My pulse got quicker and every kinds of accident raced through my mind.

"Natagusan siya. Ayaw lumabas ng dressing room eh. Nandito kami sa mall."

What the...?! "What's natagusan?"

"You know...when you have you're period...and you know, may red stain on your pants. You know."

I accidentally pushed the speaker mode button and everyone was listening in on our conversation. They heard Pat's explanation and deafening laughter ensued. Some of the boys were mimicking Pat's voice and kept saying "you know."

"Bushak ka, Edward! Lagot ka sakin, di na kita ilalakad kay..."

I turned off the speaker mode and answered, " Huy, ano ka ba. Secret pa rin yun."

"Oo nga pala. Bilisan mo na Edward. Nakatingin na yung sales lady samin dito."

"I'm on my way."

That was a record breaking drive from the university to the mall. Good thing the traffic enforcers were not lurking that time. I went to the shop Pat texted me and I saw her waving her hands at me like a lunatic.

"Okay, where's Maymay?" Pat pointed at the closed dressing room.

"E-edward? Ikaw ba yan?"

Is she crying? "Yes, it's me. Labas ka na dyan."

Pero...pero..." She said as she opened the door. I put my jacket on her and hugged her.

"It's okay, I got you."

The jacket was so big on her it covered everything that needed to be covered.

"Baka naman pwede nyo nang ipagamit ang dressing room sa iba. Di naman kayo bibili." One of the sales lady rudely asked us to leave.

"Let's go, Maymay. Bago ako pumatol sa babae. Pat, cool ka lang." I put my arm around Maymay's shoulder and my other hand was pulling Pat out of the store. She wanted to pull the girl's hair or something.

"Next stop, ice cream."

We decided to have dinner na lang and eat ice cream as dessert at the food court. We went home after that.

We were at the girls' apartment door.

"Una na ko sa inyo. Salamat Edward. Night!" Pat bid us goodnight.

"Sige Maymay, I'll go ahead. Same time tomorrow, susunduin ko kayo."

"Okay."

I turned around and about to walk towards my apartment but Maymay held my hand and stopped me.

"Um...Edward, thank you kanina ha. It meant a lot to me."

She looked at me with intense stare. I held my breath. Then, she tiptoed to kiss me on my cheek.

"Goodnight, Edward."

She went in and closed the door. It was only then that I released my breath. I started to leave but then I remembered, that was Maymay's first voluntary kiss on my cheek. I smiled and shouted, "Yes!"