CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR
SOUTHERN'S POV
Secretly glancing at the side, I scribble on my paper while swallowing slowly. My hands are sweating, so my forehead, the hammering inside my chest were too loud its distracting me from answering my test paper.
"Ten minutes!"
Bitting my lower lip, I focused on my paper, brows furrowing as I scribble the answers. I was pressured when I noticed some of my classmates turn back their papers, a sign that they were already done.
"Three minutes!"
Shit.
I scanned my test paper, fifteen more questions and I'm done but it's making me imposible to answer all of them with the time left. Feeling the sting on my bottom lip as my teeth dig more into my flesh, I wrote uncertain answers without reading the questions.
"Pass the paper!"
Sakto sa oras. I forwarded my paper with a heavy heart and a guilty eyes. Hindi ito ang unang pagkakataon na nanghula ako ng sagot, I had done it before but today is different. I reviewed my notes. That's not a lie. Maaga akong gumising ng madaling araw para magbasa ng notes dahil iyon ang payo ni Isaiah sa akin. And knowing my efforts got wasted, I feel frustrated. One hour is not enough to finish a fifty nerve-wracking and traumatizing questions.
Para sa katulad kong estudyante na naga-aaral ng mabuti--fine, at least I'm trying to be a good student--academically, mahirap na ang mga ganoong tanong.
"Wala man lang kahirap-hirap ang mga tanong! Basic!"
My eyes instantly sharpened upon hearing that. Tinignan ko ng masama si Ace na tila bored na bored. Basic? Tangina, halos sumuko na ang kaluluwa ko basic pa rin iyon sakanya?
"South," tawag ni Psalm kaya tumingin ako sakanya nang may matalim pa ring mata. He swallowed immediately upon seeing my reaction. "He he, a-ano bakit ka ganiyan makatingin?" I saw sweats start to form on his forehead.
Sighing deeply, I submerged a little on my seat. "Ang hirap ng exam," I confessed, still feeling the heavy heart.
"Ang dali nga e--he he, mahirap pala halos hindi ko masagutan ng maayos ang papel ko," he shook his head and muttered something like basic. "Pero astig si Genesis kasi thirty minutes lang tapos na siya."
Pareho naming tinignan ang pwesto ni Genesis sa pinakadulong bahagi ng classroom. His head was on his arms on the table, from the heavy movement of his shoulders, I could tell that he was on a deep slumber. He cannot be bothered even if our Teacher keeps on glaring at his direction. I couldn't help myself but to mirror her reaction. Genesis Fucking Crane.
Genesis Fucking Crane was obviously still distant from me. It has been two weeks, four days and 14 hours since our last encounter. Wala ng bakas ng galos ang katawan ko ngunit may kaonting kirot nalang na nararamdaman kapag pinuwersa ko ito. Kung titignan, okay na okay na ako ngunit hanggang ngayon ay tila bato pa rin si Genesis. He doesn't want to talk to me, even looking at me in the eyes!
"South, wala raw si Mrs. Kala Wang. Gusto mo bang kumain? Lumabas na rin ang ibang classmates natin." Lumapit si Gab at naupo sa bakantang upuan sa tabi ko. Since Swiss--Akari was gone, wala na akong katabi, wala na rin akong makupyahan.
True to his words, unti-unti na ngang lumalabas ang mga ka-klase namin. Maging ang ilan sa mga kaibigan niya ay wala na.
Glancing at Genesis area, I sighed deeply. Kumukulo na ang tiyan ko kaya tumango ako bago tumingin kay Gab. "Sige."
BINABASA MO ANG
The Badass Babysitter Vol.2 ✓
Humor[Highest Rank Achieved #15 in Humor as of October 8 2018; #24 in adventure, #3 in Babysitter] Volume 2 of The Badass Babysitter is now completed.
