Damgeen High School Musical (Double Trouble Series #2)

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Hello Hooray

  

Emmanuel:

I'm with my cousin the whole day. Visited some sites somewhere in SF. How about you?

How have you been? How's your application for your new school? Hope everything's fine.

When can I call?

Michaela, can you answer my calls?

Are you busy? Message me so I could know please.

I miss you.

Emmanuel KT Demetriou was the only student who stayed beside me.

I was then a bully. Bata pa lang ay hindi na lingid sa kaalaman na hindi ko tunay na pamilya ang kumukupkop sa akin.

At first, I was the one who was being bullied. My schoolmates knew very well that I was just a bastard and an orphan or some sort. Hinayaan ko iyon kasi totoo naman at kahit puno ng tapang at hinanakit ang puso ko sa mga panunuksong iyon, hindi na ako lumaban. They were too many. If ever I fought back, I'd be only outnumbered in the end.

But suddenly one day, I remembered a late transfer student.

Unlike the other boys in my class, the new boy was way too serious, smart, and tall than the other kids. Huli na kasi nang nalaman namin na mas matanda pala siya sa karamihan sa amin. He's already nine years old while I was only seven.

The bullies didn't stop from maltreating and sometimes, harming me. But not when the day came and I saw the new boy standing in front of me just like a shield, protecting me from all the students throwing papers at me when I tripped and bumped into the class president accidentally.

Simula noong araw na iyon, tinatak niya sa isip ko na kailanman ay hindi tama ang pananakit sa kapuwa.

"Are you fine with bullies? Are you fine with people harming other people?"

"No. O-Of course not."

"But you support them, Michaela."

"Huh? I-I'm not!"

"Yes, you are. You support their bad behavior by letting them do that against you."

"Talaga? Ga-Ganon ba 'yon?"

"Yes."

"But... I don't wanna fight..."

"Protecting yourself is different from fighting them back."

Unti-unti nga akong nagkaroon ng lakas ng loob na tumayo para sa aking sarili. Nagkaroon ako ng yabang kasi alam ko, he had my back. Ngunit sumobra na ata ang tapang ko sa puntong may pagkakataong ako na ang naghahamon ng away.

Ever since then, Emman became my savior, but my guidance as well. We were grade six when his admirers became more persistent and expanded. Even the girls from higher years were leeching on him. Doon nagsimula ang pagtatampo ko sa kanya dahil pakiramdam ko ay nauubusan na siya ng oras sa akin.

That's when I met Natasha. Naging kaklase namin noong grade six. Emman was there, too. But I figured his company and circle became more tremendous in both girls and boys. Noong nakatungtong na sa junior high school, he apologized to me. He said he had reasons but he didn't bother to explain and elaborate it for me.

Ayos lang naman. Ang mahalaga noon ay pinakilala niya na rin kami ni Natasha sa mga bago niyang kaibigan. Nga lang, hindi tulad ng dati ay mas tutok na si Emman sa aming dalawa ni Natasha.

Mas lalong naging matibay ang pagkakaibigan namin hanggang sa nakatungtong na sa senior high.

Aaminin ko, grade 10 pa lang ay natuto na kaming uminom at manigarilyo. Inalok kasi kami ng mga bagong kaibigan na nakilala namin.