“Ohh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. You’re Ashley right? The American girl?”
“Yes. Why?”
“Can you please keep distance from my boyfriend” sino bang boyfriend nya? Ano ba pinagsasabi nito.
“I don’t even know who your boyfriend is”
“You don’t know? But you’re in their house last night?” last night? I’m in Ken’s house. Hmm, Ken is her boyfriend?
“Ken?”
“Yes” ahh. Ok, di ko naman sya inaagaw sayo eh. Tinuturuan lang ako ni Ken mag tagalog.
“he just volunteer to teach me tagalog. That’s all. I didn’t ask him to teach me.” Nagsitinginan yung mga students sa loob ng canteen sa amin.
“I’m warning you, stay away from my boyfriend” tapos umalis na sya. Ako ba lumalapit kay Ken? Di naman ah. Hmmp, para iwas gulo na nga lang.
Di na ako nag recess, dumiretso ako sa table kung nasan nangdun sina Sophie at Megan. Nakaka walang gana yung babaeng yun.
“what’s the name of that girl again? I forgotten” tanong ko sa kanila
“hmm, si Andrea?”
“ahh, Andrea. Hmm,”
“what happened?”
“she warned me to stay out of Ken”
“don’t mind her. She’s just jealous”
“jealous? She don’t need to get jealous of me. I and Ken are just friends.”
“who cares? That means your friendly.” Friendly? Tsk! Sila nga tong lumapit sa akin eh para makapag friend.
“am I friendly?”
“yes, but moody” natawa kaming tatlo.
Nag bell na for next subject. Pumunta na kami sa room namin. Iniiwasan kong makipag-usap kay Ken.
----------------Lunch Break---------------------
Two subjects di ko pinansin si Ken. Di ko sya tinitingnan at kinakausap.
Pumunta na ako mag-isa sa canteen tapos sumunod sila Sophie at Megan. Gutom na rin talaga ako. I didn’t eat my breakfast, tapos di rin ako nag snacks. Tsk! I’m starving.
“Ashley, iniiwasan mo ba si Ken?”
“No”
“Ows? Really?” pwede ba tumahimik na nga kayo.
“I’m hungry”
“Let’s finish nalang eating first.” Biglang dumating si Ken.
“Uy! Miss maganda. Iniiwasan mo ba ako?” sumigaw. Sira ba sya? Napatingin yung mga students sa akin. Nag snob lang ako. Ayaw ko sya pansinin.
Lumapit sya sa akin at umupo sa tabi.
“This is not your table. Your table is in there” *pointing to the empty table*
“I’m a student, you’re a student, they’re student, we’re student”
“So?”
“You’re the one who told me that----” pinutol ko pagsasalita nya.
“Blah-blah-blah! Okay fine. Stop murmuring.”
“Ano bang problema? Two hours you didn’t talked to me”
“I don’t have something to say” di ko na tinapos pagkain ko. Tumayo na ako at umalis
“I’m done. Gonna go first.” Umalis na ako.
