Vicious Lily

Chapter 6

The following weeks pass like a blur, sobrang busy ni Papa para mapansin ang mga magaspang na galaw ko sa harap niya or ang mga pabalang na sagot ko.

I don't care about anything!

"Almost one week ka na yatang may dalaw"

Hindi ko pinansin si Odette, one thing na hindi ko masabi sa kanya.. itong nangyayari sa Papa ko alam kong sasabihin niyang walang rason para magalit ako dahil normal lang yun, my Dad is good looking like what she said a hundred times now since she saw my Father for the first time.

I don't want to hear anything like that not now, not ever.

It's first day of enrollment for freshmen and here we are kakatapos lang kumuha ng schedule, our last stop is admin for validation.

Babalik nalang kami bukas para sa ID since sobrang init at sobrang haba ng pila sa PIO.

I glare at the group of girls na nasa unahan namin, they keep on chatting loudly na gusto yata nilang iparinig sa lahat ng tao ang tungkol sa mga kurso na napili nila at kung sino sa pamilya ang inspiration nila.

As if we want to hear it.

Napansin ng isa sa kanila ang masamang tingin ko, siniko niya ang katabi at natahimik sila nag astang hindi nakatingin sa akin habang kausap ang mga kasama..

I can only imagine her telling her friend that there's me glaring at them and they should turn their head at the same time dahil mahahalata.

"Friend.. hindi pa man tayo officially student here naghahanap ka na yata ng away"

"They're getting into my nerve"

After a few hours, yes.. hours natapos na rin kami.. kung hindi lang mataas ang achievement at standard ng mga university na ito hindi talaga ako dito mag-eenroll. I will choice private colleges which is much more peaceful and organize system than this.. they let student stand under the sun for hours!

But then.. lots of people who study in higher universities tend to be a know it all, claiming the achievement of others alumni to brag about their school thinking they're somehow involve to that achievement and that they are significant to the society.

"Here Friend, libre ko na"

Nilapag ni Odette sa harap ko ang burger na pinilahan pa talaga niya sa cafeteria, nasa labas kami one of the shed.. sobrang laki ng campus..

And it's annoying.

"You know what Det, you should get Pre-med subjects.. drop the useless business subject tell them you failed then when it's  not salvageable shift to Nursing, biology.. or something acceptable for medicine"

I saw Odette at the corner of my eyes stiffen beside me, we never talk seriously about this.. and she heard the seriousness in my voice that made her react that way.. she knew I mean it.

After awhile I heard her sigh

"Nah, hindi ganun kadali yun friend--"

I jerk my head toward her.

"Are you going to let them decide your life for you? It's your freaking life Det! We can't tell them how to be parents but they can tell us what and how to be a child?"

Bumuntong hininga siya, as usual ignoring my outburst.. and that make me angrier.

"We're talking about my parent here Friend and you know them--"

"Ohh stop being a coward, natatakot ka lang na gumawa ng sarili mong desisyon.. wala kang tiwala sa sarili mo"

I knew I cross a line when I saw how her eyes became glassy and unseeing.. but I don't care she need to see it.