Between a soda and a mint candy

Chapter 7

I saw her waiting there. I was holding a bouquet of roses at my back, and then she looked at my way…

"James?" Sabi nya with a confused  smile.

"Hi" i offered the flowers then--

I woke up. What a weird dream to think i had the same dream twice. I always cant remember her face. Anyways.

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prom night na at dahil excited si mommy, we arrived at 6.45. dumating na rin si yuan kaya sabay na kming pumasok sa loob. Binigyan kmi ng program ni yuan. a lost letter in the upper right of the bookmark na nakasingit. Mine was "M" and yuan’s was "L"

"tol. gwapo naten ahh" sabi ni yuan sken. ngapir kaming dalawa

"kaw din ah. pa pogi points ka kay jecca ahh"

"syempre..." sbi nya then he touched his nose twice with his thumb "kaw ba, popormahan mo ba si kath?"

"Ha?! Hindi noh... adik ka talaga " sabi ko..im kinda shocked sa sinabi nya. Anu ba iniisip neto...

"Sus.. di daw" sabay tapik sa shoulders ko. "Naiintindihan naman kita eh"

"Stop it yuan.. parang sira to" I defended. He just laughed at me.

"teka magcr muna ako ahh" paalam ko

"cge tol" sabi nya. Pero tumatawa p dn sya.

I was on my way to cr ng mapansin kong dumating na sila kath. it really surprised me, she looked good... i mean beautiful. She's just simple yet.. d ko masabi kung pano ko ieexplain. Its just that i never expect na she has That side of hers.

dumeretso ako sa cr at lumabas muna ako ng school. I was craving for some chocolates so pumunta ako sa malapit na minimart, may nakita akong chocolates at binili ko.. nakabalik ako sa school past 7 na..

I arrived just in time kasi pinatawag na lahat for the intermission number.

I noticed that most of the ladies are looking good tonight. Even paula. Pero hindi na kasi bago un. I think because its kinda usual na she is pretty...

We've changed partners so kath is now my partner. When we faced each other mas nkta ko ng malapitan ung mukha nya all i can say is she bloomed. Napansin ko ulit ung nunal nya sa mata. I smiled at her as a greeting.

Nag start na yung games... mam rhona said that all should participate kaya sumali na ko. Sabi ni mam na look for our letter in front of the dance floor. Wait-- where did i put my bookmark?

"Tol, tara" sabi ni yuan. Hawak nya ung boomarks namin. Binigay nya sken ung isa.

When i found the letter "M"  lumapit skin si sir Robert, at tinignan ung hawak kong bookmark.

"Naliligaw ka ata mr. Tepace?" Sabi ni sir robert

"Sir?" Pagtataka ko

"Look" then he showed me my bookmark with "L" in it. "Look for your place"

Pahamak naman tong si yuan. Nagkapalit pa kami. And i couldn’t find him with all these people around me. So I took it and looked kung saan yung place for “L”.

"Okay, kung sino ang kapareha nyo, yan ang magiging partner nyo" sabi ni mam rhona

Gotcha. Nakita ko rin ang L.. mejo napagod ako sa kakahanp ah.. partner daw? Hmm. I saw kath in front of me without a partner.

"kath" i called. She turned around

"o james, bakit?"

"L ba yung sayo?" Sna eto na. Nakakapagod kc maghanap.