You Are Enough.

Chapter 4

Nicole Iris

Agad kong iniwas ang mga tingin ko sa kanya at kinuha na lamang ang atensyon ng aking kaibigan.

Base sa aking peripheral view, nakita ko itong umupo sa bakanteng lamesa katabi ng aming pwesto at busy na kinalikot ang kanyang cellphone.

"Ahm Aubrey, How are you related nga pala kay Daniel?" I asked her after a sip on my pink milkshake.

"My father is kapatid ng father nya." Sagot nito.

"Close ba kayo? Bakit sobang sungit at yabang nya?" Tanong ko muli.

"Wait lang ha, as I have said kanina, bakit nga ba parang galit sayo si Daniel?"Muling tanong ni Aubrey, sa kaninang tanong na hindi ko nasagot. 

"Ahh kasi nagmamadali ako kanina kasi I only have 10 minutes  para mahanap ang room natin, and knowing na transferee ako at napakalaki nitong school, naligaw ako sa paghahanap. And when I stop for a minute to catch my breath, someone bumped me tapos natumba ako sa sahig. And I found out na si Daniel ang bumangga sakin, and what makes me angry is ako pa ang hinihingan nya ng apology. Kaya ayon sinigawan ko sya, sabi ko ang yabang yabang nya tapos tumakbo na ako." Mahabang paliwanag ko sa tanong nito.

"Omg! You shouted at him? I can't believe it." Si Aubrey habang uma-aktong naghe-hysterical habang nakahawak sa dibdib nito.

"Pero infairness ha, wala pa sya sayong ginagawa?" Dugtong nya.

Para namang tumayo ang balahibo kop sa mga naiiisp kong gagawin sa 'kin ni Daniel.

"Pero knowing Daniel, alam kong may binabalak yan, and you must brace yourself." Muling sagot ni Aubrey.

"You know, he is the son of the owner of this university kaya he is acting all-mighty like a king kaya walang bumabangga dyan." Muling lintya ni nya

Napaisip naman ako ng malalim sa sinabi ni Aubrey sakin.

"Pero don't worry, I got your back, we're couysins you know, I will help you kapag may ginawa sya sayo, close kaya kami ni Tito" Dagdag nya

I smiled at her." Thank you so much Aubrey for being my friend."

"uhm diba sa mga businesses, meron mga shareholders, meaning ba your family also have shares sa university na to? Tanong ko kay Aubrey.

"No, my family does not have shares in this university, infact no one have shares in this university. Daniel's father have the full power in running this university, that gives Daniel also the power na meron sya, we only have most share sa ibang business na meron sila." Sagot nya.

"Pero don't worry, maybe you won't believe me, but Daniel is a good person, he is a nice person. It's just that something happened to him kaya he has changed, but I don't have rights to tell you exactly what happened." Dagdag nito.

Kinabahan ako sa mga nalalaman ko mula sa kaniya. Pero, parang gusto kong maniwala kay Aubrey na mabait talaga si Daniel.

There's something particular in his eyes na nakikita ko and  I think it's loneliness and longing?

Ipinagkibit balikat ko na lamang ang mga ito.

Nevertheless, I need to put more courage and be ready sa kung anong gagawin nya sa akin.

Like Aubrey said, baka may pinaplano sya sakin kaya hindi ba sya gumagawa ng hakbang ngayon. Omg!

With that thoughts in my head, bigla akong kinabahan at natakot.

But, I need to stand strong since I am here to study hard for my mother.

This school is a good path for me to start my future. An opportunity na hindi ko dapat pakawalan. Makakatapos ako ng pag-aaral!