If He Only Knew..

I'm Gabrielle Marie Tan - Sy. The only child of Johnathan and Aira Sy. My father is the 3rd child of Henry Sy. I study at Ateneo de Manila University and I am currently a junior HS student. I am madly in love with the one and only Kiefer Ravena. He is one of the star players of our basketball varsity. He's also in my batch and although he's super busy with basketball, he stil manages to be part of Section A. I completely adore him with all my heart.

"Gabby! The driver's waiting. Please get ready quickly!" Tita Joanne called out from the living room. Geez. Can't thet give me more time? It's still 6:30AM!

"Yes, Tita!" I loudly said as I scrambled for my bag.

"Call Angelo too!" Shit. I shuffled out of my room and saw Angelo by the stairs. He's my only first-degree cousin, and no, Tita Joanne's not his mom. She's with us cause she doesn't have kids. Her husband died and she's not capable of having kids.

"Race you there." He said as he laughed. Angelo is Angelo, immature as always. I slowly and gracefully walked down the stairs and saw Tita Joanne smiling.

"Elegant as always, young lady." She said. I beamed at her. How am I supposed to live here without this woman by my side? She gave us our baons and we went to the door. Dang, Manong Jacinto decided to take the Audi A3. Why the hell are we using this car? I wanted to ride the Tahoe, but oh well! School was not that far, so it only took us 25 minutes to get there. The traffic was kind of light after all. But we were still quite early. 

"I'll come with you to your classroom." Angelo offered.

"Ogag! Our classrooms are only adjacent." I let out a laugh.

"Right." I don't know what just happened but I sensed a little tang of sadness in his voice. Dang.

"Do you wanna grab a grilled cheese sandwich? My treat." I said as I flashed him one of my genuine smiles.

"For real? Now , that's a first." He said as he laughed.

"Shut up." I said as I laughed as well.

We walked towards the cafeteria and my eyes widened in shock as I saw Kiefer! OMG! I am so gonna die. OMG OMG OMG. Hide me noooow! -________-

"Angelo" Keifer shouted. Angelo ran towards him and gave him a high five. God, an idiot and another idiot. Idiot nga pero mahal mo naman. I proceeded to the counter and ordered two grilled cheese sandwiches and one latte.

"Gab!" I heard Angelo shout. Oh God, why is he my cousin in the first place?!

"What?" I said as I gave him my what-the-fuck-are-you-fucking-doing look.

"Come here nga!" What the hell? No, no, noooo!

"Oo nga, Gab! Sandali lang eh!" Keifer said. I glared at Angelo and he gave me a wicked grin. Damn him for being friends with my one and only, Kiefer. Kahiya eh. I slowly walked towards their table, making sure I don't slip. Klutz kasi tong lola nyo eh.

"What?" I asked. Angelo immediately stood up, gave Kiefer a little piece of paper and left. Ooooookaaaay. How rude. Siya yung una tumawag sakin tas iiwan lang pala nya ko kasama ni Kiefer. Anong problema nun?

"What?!" I asked with annoyance.

"Ba't ang sungit?" He said as he fiercely put his hand over his chest, mock pain ata eh.

"Pwede ba?! Make it quick. I need to go soon. I have to grab the things that I ordered. Kaya please."

"Can I have your digits?" What? WOAH. Did Kiefer Ravena just ask my digits? Dang.

"Yan lang pala eh." I said nervously and gave him my digits.

"Thanks, Gab!" He said as he beamed at me. Dang, he almost made me melt. I immediately went back to counter and got the things that I ordered. Naghanap ako ng table na medyo malayo sa table ni Kiefer. Yoko sumama sa kanya eh. Baka mahalata niyang gustong-gusto ko siya. I was gracefully eating, imagining that Kiefer was looking at me from a distance, when suddenly, all I saw was darkness.

"Hoy! OGAG! Who are you!?" I asked as I heard laughter. Shit. No! Slowly, the hands were removed from my eyes, then a few moments later, Kiefer was infront of me.

"May I sit with you?" He asked. Pwede no?

"May choice pa ba ako?" I answered sarcastically, pero kinikilig naman. Ayoko magpahalata noh! Ayon, kain lang ako ng kain, ignoring his presence.

"Kakain ka lang ba jan?" I looked at him like he was speaking in Greek or something. "I mean.. hindi mo ba ibibigay yung isang sandwich mo sakin?"

"That's for Angelo." He handed me a note written on a post it.

He can have my sandwich. -Angelo Takte tong si Angelo ah. Angelo Miguel Sy Chou, I will kill you when we get home.

"O sige. Kainin mo." I said. He immediately got the sandwich and started eating. He looked contented with himself so.. whatever.

"So, uhm. What section are you in?" He asked.

"A."

"Weh? Classmates tayo!?" He asked, wide-eyed and genuinely.

"Y-yeah. I'm at the front row."

"Really? I'm at the last row kasi eh." As if hindi ko pa alam yan. Kahit nga lahat ng anggulo ng mukha niya, memorize ko na eh. "I usually sleep, so I don't really mind. That is so cool! It's awesome to have a friend in class. Usually kasi eh, yung friends ko nasa C or D. Hehe. Lam mo na." We laughed.

"Cool. Kiefer, I really have to go. It was nice talking to you. See you in class!" I said as I got my things and went to the classroom. Pero, I stopped sa CR muna. Tinignan ko yung mirror at dang, pulang-pula ako! Hahaha! I shrieked. Sobraaaaang kilig. Kiefer kasi ehhh. OMG! Ayon, buti nga walang tao dun eh kasi nakakahiya naman kung meron. He-he. I looked at my wristwatch and shit, it was already 7:27. Dang. When I got there, everyone was already seated. Shoot!

"Sir Rodriguez, classmates, sorry for being late. May I come in?" I asked politely. Anak ng baka. First time to ah.

"Yes, you may!" Kiefer said loudly. Mind you, LOUDLY. Mukhang dinig nga ng buong floor eh. At.. hindi siya natutulog. That's a first, too. The girls started giggling, which sooner became outrageous laughter. Sir Rodriguez snickered and sooner raised his index finger, a sign for them to keep quiet.

"Where have you been, Miss Sy?" He asked as he raised his eyebrow. Shuuuucks.

"Cafeteria po, sir."

"Oh. You may come in." He said, keeping a straight face. I glanced around the room and saw that my usual seat was taken.

"You may sit beside Mr. Ravena." Oh shit. No. But there was no vacant seat, so I had no other choice. Ano to? Sabotage? So, ayun. I walked towards "the seat" and sat down. I heard some girls whispering "how lucky." Di ko gets. Isang araw lang to teh. Lucky kaagad?

Sir Rodriguez clapped his hands twice. "Okay class, that will be your permanent seating arrangement for the rest of the school year." NO!!!!! he must be kidding.

"I'm more than happy to have you as my seatmate. Kiefer said as he smiled. Fudge, this is worse than malaglag sa canal! Ano ba kasi eh.