CHESKA's POV
"Are you informed?" He asked. Darren. We are walking together on the way to school.
"Yeah" I said in a low tone.
"Why so sad?" He asked again
"No, I'm not"
"Please don't deny. Halata kaya" he told me looking on my face.
"We don't have friends anymore. Except for Rica and Andrei. Pero malayo sila satin. But tomorrow? I think I can't handle it. I'm feeling nervous about it" I said telling the truth.
"It's okay. I'm just here beside you. . . . . . And I'm sorry dahil nadamay ka" he said bowing his head.
"Hindi mo naman kasalanan e. Pinagkatiwalaan ko pa naman sila. Lalo na si Hazel. Ginagamit lang pala nila tayo." Sabi ko nang mangiyak-ngiyak.
"Pabayaan mo na sila. Lilipat na naman tayo diba? Tsaka aayusin lang naman natin ang dapat nating aayusin sa school." He said trying to calm me down. We wore casual today. The principal know it. It's okay naman daw Kasi hindi naman talaga kami papasok ngayon.
"Thank you ha. Mamimiss ko sina Rica" sabi ko na naka-smile.
"Pwede naman tayong dumalaw diba?" Oo nga noh. Kaso medyo malayo.
"Malayo tayo dun sa kabila diba? So meaning commute tayo?" I asked him. I know we're rich but, Duhhh. I want to be independent.
"Yup" he just said and we finally entered the school. I'll really miss this school a lot. So we entered he office and talked to the principal. She said that siya na ang mag-aayos para samin at kami naman, mag-papaalam na sa classmates and friends namin. Sarap diba?
"I did this for you two because I know you two shouldn't supposed to transfer school diba? We just did that to prevent fights between the students." Sabi niya pa. We thanked her and waited for our classmates for lunch to take our time to bid them our goodbye.
"Ang pinagtataka ko lang, bakit tayo pa ang kailangang lumipat e pwede namang sila diba? At tyaka sila naman yung nanguna. And the school know that" sabi ni Darren na katabi ko sa isang bench. Hinihintay kasi namin ang lunch.
"Oo nga noh. Bakit nga kaya? Parang tayo pa ang mahihirapan. Siguro naman pababalikin tayo dito kapag ayos na ang lahat" I said.
Ang Tagal naming nag-iintay dito sa bench. Halos makatulog na nga ako sa antok e.
"Darren, what time is it?" I asked. I forgot to wear my watch awhile ago morning.
"It's 11:50 a.m."
10 minutes pa?! Grabe naman to.
So we waited and waited and finally lumabas na yung teacher. We ran quickly to enter our classroom. We should take this opportunity.
"Uhm. Classmates" darren said carching the eyes and ears of everyone. They all turned their heads to us with widen eyes and mouth.
"Close your mouth you might catch flies" darren told them so they all closed it and bring back to their own minds. They started to ask questions.
"Bakit hindi kayo naka-uniform?"
"What are we gonna talk about?"
"Come on, I'm hungry"
Oops! That's not a question.
"What's in your shoes?" Someone asked me. The truth, I'm really wearing weird shoes. I just didn't answer he question.
"Okay. Stop. We're here to say goodbye-" Darren was cutted with all the noise.
"Hey, listen please. We're going to transfer school. It's the another branch of this" when I told them, they all have same reactions.
"Ha!?" They all said in unison.
It's a little bit loud so I covered my ears.
"I'm gonna miss you!" Rica yelled standing and walking closer to me with open arms. We hugged each other for a second and the whole class bid us goodbyes. I want to tear up but I think it was too dramatic.
"But were gonna visit sometimes" darren said making them feel it was alright.
"Even if you don't. We don't care" that was the voice that catch us all. We all looked outside. JK. What a face. He looked at me and inirapan ko siya.
"Galing mang-irap ah" Rica whispered. I Know Right! Pinagpraktisan ko pa kaya yan. Gusto niyo ulitin ko pa?
"Get out of here JK. You're just finding trouble." Darren said warning him. And JK did so. Hazel was just speechless in the corner. I just can't believe that they can do that to us. That time, the class went silent.
"Just!. . . . Be happy that we can visit SOME TIMES. Okay?" I said loudly catching their ears.
We all hugged each other except for HAZEL. I really want to say goodbye but this won't happen if they didn't did that.
The principal called us and we went to the office. She said that all was finished and they fixed everything. She also told us that the directness on the other branch are informed that we'll gonna transfer. The uniform was the same so we don't have any problem about it. Binigay na samin yung mga papers.
After that, the two of us went outside. Ang OA naman kasi ng school na 'to. Pwede namang ilipat sa kabila diba? Kelangan pang I-transfer.
Bago kami tuluyang lumabas, nakita ko yung malaking dingding na palagi kong tinitingnan. Ang cute kasi niya Kasi may painting. Sa maniwala kayo't hindi, yinapos ko yung dingding. Habang si Darren, palakad pa rin palayo at nakatalikod. Pumikit ako para mas ma-feel ko yung dingding.
"Psst! Huy! Ano ginagawa mo diyan? Balikat na nga dito!" Sigaw ni Darren
"Mamimiss ko lang talaga tong school natin!" Sigaw ko pabalik.
"Oo na. Ok na. Basta, Tara na!" Sigaw niya pa. Ano ba kasing nakain nito? May date? Sinundan ko naman siya at tuluyan na kaming umalis.
Habang naglalakad may naiimagine lang ako habang tinititigan ko yung buhok ni Darren. Di ko mapigilang tumawa. Napapatawa ako ng mahina habang nakatingin sa kanya.
"Bakit ba? Ano ba kasi meron? Bakit ka na tawa?" Tanong niya.
"Wala. Basta. May naiimagine lang ako." Sabi ko. Ano kaya kasi itsura niya kapag patag ang buhok? Lahat naman kasi nakita ko na sa Lahat ng style yung buhok niya. Pero yung patag? Huh, never.
"Sabihin mo na kasi"
"Haha. Sige na nga. Ano kaya itsura mo kapag flat yung buhok mo? Hahaha" sabi ko.
"Alam mo, nung nasa Canada ako, na-try ko na yun. Sayang Di mo nakita" sabi niya habang nak-tongue out pa. Aba, Baliw to ah.
"Edi ise-search ko sa Youtube! Ble!" Ganti ko
Di nalang siya umimik pero naka-smile siya. Ewan ko ba sa taong to. Kung tao nga ba siya.
Umuwi na kami sa bahay namin para mamahinga at makapag handa para bukas. Ano ba kasing itsura ng school na yun? Mas maganda pa kaya yun less dun sa school namin? Mabait kaya ang mga students dun? Sana naman oo. O Baka naman pagpasok pa lang namin ay may sasalubong na samin na flying saucer?. Ish! Bahala na nga.
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Next Morning. . .
I can't breathe. This is it! I'm going to enter our classroom. I can't find Darren. Where have he been?
"Look out!"
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Ouch! I knew this would happen.
"Sorry. Sorry. Are you okay?" One boy approached me.
"I'm good. It's fine" I said still holding my forehead. A flying book welcomed me.
"Thanks God" the boy said.
He helped me stand and after that, he seated.
"Hey class! I think she's our new classmate!" The girl yelled pointing at me. This is really weird. The class went wilder.
"Ang ganda niya dude"
"Pare, may bago na yata akong crush" medyo malandi ka Kuya.
"Siya na ba yun?"
Marami pa akong naririnig na halo halo hanggang sa makarating na si Darren sa room. Lalo namang umingay ang classroom at nangibabaw ang mga boses ng mga babae.
"Is that Darren Espanto? The popular Boy in Canada?! Oh my god!" Kiri mo te. Kelangan humawak sa dibdib?
"He's one of the Top 6 in Next Star season 5!"
"He's so handsome! Hi Darry!" Darren ate hindi Darry. Ako lang tatawag nun. Joke lang! Kung pwede ko lang ihampas ang mga to isa-isa sa pader e, nagawa ko na kanina pa.
*kriinnngg!*
Yes! Saved by the bell. And finally, pumasok na si Ms. Adviser? The class started to greet.
"Good morning Ms. Kinson" the class said.
Ano daw? King son?
"Good Morning class. As you see, we have a new classmates here. Please introduce yourselves to them then they'll do the same after you. Ano ba yan. First Day of class lang?
One small girl went in the middle and introduced herself. She looks nice. Maybe?
"Hi, I'm Hana Tikashi. I'm 13 years old. Hope we'll be friends" sabi niya ng nakatingin Kay Darren. "Anata wa totemo kirei desu" sabi niya sakin na naka-smile pa.
Teka. . . . Japanese yun ah. Mukha na ba akong Japanese ngayon? Anata wa totemo Kirei desu. Anata wa totemo kirei desu. Anata wa totemo kirei desu.
•You look beautiful•
Talaga? LOL. When I was a kid I got scared when I look at the mirror. . . . . Just kidding.
I gave her a smile as a reply.
Then one boy stand immediately.
"Hi, I'm Nathan Comuñez. You can call me Nath(neyth). I'm 13 years old. Hey dude" he told Darren and Darren just gave him a man salute. But before the boy went back to his seat, he winks at me. Aba, eto ata yung kanina na . . . . Whatever.
Then a tall white girl with brown hair stand and went in the middle.
"Hi, I'm Shirley Davis. People are calling me Ley but you can call me Shirl." Shirley told darren as she twirl her hair flirtatiously. Aba, you're so landi ate. At nag-wink pa siya sabay sabing "Nice to meet you babe" Teka. Babe?!
Babe-berilin kita diyan e! Ito na ba ang susunod na generation ni Twittle. Jusko, wag naman sana. Maglalakad na nga lang parang
nag ha-Harlem shake pa yung bewang sa pagkembot.
I looked at Darren and he's face looks empty. There's something on his mind. It feels that it's mixed of emotions. Something like Happy, attracted, eewwwweee emotion and etc.
So the students were all done and they all have different kinds of how to flirt themselves to us. . . . I mean to their faces.
"Lady's first" Darren whispered beside.
"Nope. Lady's Choice!" I whispered loud enough to hear.
"Okay Fine" he then said and stand comfortably. He went in the middle and cleared his throat.
"Hi I'm Darren Lyndon Gonzales Espanto I-"
"Told ya it was darren!"
"I wanna hear his voice sing.!"
"I knew he was Darren!"
"I'm 13 years old. I love to sing and dance and I'm here with my Bestfriend" gusto ba talaga niya ako madamay sa ingay?
"Can we hear a sample!?" The girls screamed.
He just smiles and don't want to agree with it.
Darren looked at me with a help on his eyes. I knew it was so I hurriedly stand on my chair and he quickly went back to his.
"Hay, EPAL tong babaeng to" sabi nung isa.
Anong epal? Kung ako epal, kayo mga KSP!
Sa pagkaka-alam ko, ang EPAL means Everlasting Peace And Love. Gawin nating EPALOG= Everlasting Peace And Love Of God. So?! Ano Laban niyo!?
"I'm Francesca Gomez but you can call me Cheska for short.
"What? Cheese ka?! Hahaha. It's a funny name you've got there girl"
"Or maybe it was DAMA not CHESS!?" Sigaw pa nila. There's a hot blood boiling inside me. I really can't take this anymore. I opened my mouth to start to yell but Darren got the first.
"Can you give respect!?" He sounds scary. He's so serious that the whole class went silent. The teacher was even speechless and looks so proud that he made the class silent.
"I-I'm also 13 years old. I really love singing and dancing" I said and quickly sat on my chair.
"Can you two give us a sample of your talents?" The teacher asked 🐠🐠🐠
