Can't Get Out

Chapter 4

Ash POV

After four weeks in cebu parang binogbog katawan ko sa sobrang pagod, no resting, late na kumain, then activity again and now I'm thankful kasi tapos na at pasok  na naman kami sa school. And I'm  the president of our section

And I meet this guy named Lance I remember last two weeks he was asking me about myself and my life in Australia, so wala akong magawa kundi ikwento sa kanya kasi kinukulit niya ako. and then our classmates started shipping us

"I'm not feeling well"sabi ko at ipinatong ang ulo ko sa dalawang kamay ko na nasa mesa

"Cous umuwi ka nalang kaya? kanina mo pa ata dinadaing iyang nararamdaman mo"sabi ni Ivy, umiling naman ako

"Kaya ko pa naman, medyo masakit lang ang puso ko"sabi ko, at umupo ng maayos tsaka ihinilig ang ulo sa balikat ni Iris

"Are you sure? tsaka bakit naman sasakit ang puso mo? dahil ba yan kay lance? dahil simula nung isang araw nasa iba na ang atensiyon niya?"panunukso ni Iris, pinaikot ko nalang mata ko

"Well of course not, tsaka hindi naman talaga ganoon kalalalim ang nararamdaman ko for him, it's just a simple crush and nothing else..."sabi ko at pumikit, my heart is still aching for some reason actually last two days pa ito

"Hey, is Ashley okay?"napamulat naman ako sina Mich, Emjay,Jem,Kyzha,Gwen and Batit

"Yeah I'm fine, I'm  just not feeling well"sabi ko at pinikit ang mata ko ulit

"Maybe because of Lance"narinig kung sabi ni kuta Jem

"At bakit mo naman na isip yun kuya?"tanong ko at minulat ang tingin ko

"Wala lang..."sabi niya, i just roll my eye

"You know Ash, Mich and Angela used to like each other before. but when you came here things got different"Kyzha said, I just looked  at her

"Yeah, kaya nga nung dumating kayo nawala na yung sweetness  nila"sabi naman ni Gwen

"Si Lance and Ash din pero nung dumating kami... ewan"sabi mi Kuya Emjay

"I don't care..."sabi ko nalang at pumikit ulit

"I'll  give you advice Ash, h'wag  ka nalang masyadong dumikit kay lance para walang friendship ang masira"sabi ni Mich kaya napamulat naman ulit ako

"Yiee!! Nasasaktan ka pa rin Mich"tukso ni Kyzha, kaya nagsalubong naman kilay ko

"Who wouldn't  be upset? All of a sudden switches up like that? Since we came here and start our class he didn't  even know that I am still here, I don't care about him and Angela, I just want him to clarify to me what was the real score. 'coz I notice that Angela was avoiding me since we came here"I said and close my eyes again, I hate that when someone confess me about his feelings and then when the day come there was a pretty girl he saw... nawala nalang ang lahat? I'm  not jealous, na feel ko lang na para akong naging panakip butas sa kanya?

"Yiee nagseselos"kuya Emjay said

"I'm not jealous, I just don't want Angela get mad at me. Kasi I treat each one of our classmates as my family and I don't like that there's someone avoiding me because of one boy, I know guys that in your mind that me and Angela there's  a competition over one boy, and I hate that because it's  not right..."sabi ko, napangiti naman yung iba sa amin

"Ash kinausap mo na ba si Ate Angela?"Kyzha asked, umiling naman ako

"I want to try but I don't  know how, I keep pushing myself at pinipilit ko na kausapin siya but how? kung iniiwasan niya ako? I'm  not kind of person that they keep pushing they're self to anyone else that didn't care to them at all"sabi ko at pumikit tsaka siniksik ko yung mukha ko sa leeg ni Iris