Together Forever

CHAPTER two

Kinabukasan, nagising ako at pagtingin ko sa phone nakaon padin yung call. Siguro tulog pa sya kasi hindi nya pa nabababa. 8am pa ang pasok nya while 7:00 am naman ako. Binaba ko na yung call and chinat ko nalang sya.

To: Jaden Stroam

Good morning, I dropped the call na ha? Have a good day! Iloveyou! Ingat ka pagpasok moooo!

After I chatted him, nagaasikaso na agad ako. Pagbaba ko, nandoon na si manang at naghahanda ng almusal ko.

"Oh Hasmin, andyan ka na pala. Halika na, kumain ka na." nginitian nya ko kaya naman nginitian ko din sya.

"Manang, sumabay ka na po sakin!" aya ko naman sakanya.

"Hindi na iha, kumain na din naman ako." tumango nalang ako sakanya at nagdasal tapos kumain na din ako.

After I ate, nagpaalam na ako kay manang at naglakad na papunta sa school. May dala na din akong damit for training ng volleyball and I'm really excited.

Pagkapasok ko ng room, wala pa masyadong tao because 6:30 palang. So, I scrolled on facebook muna hanggang sa unti unti ng napuno yung room namin.

Biglang lumapit sakin yung kaklase kong si Nikolai "Hasmin, may sasabihin ako sayo." the way she talks, it gives me nervous. "Just the two of us please."

Naglakad sya kaya sumunod ako sakanya, "Hasmin, nagchat sakin si Jaden. I know there's something about you and him that's why I'm telling you this." she showed me her phone and I read their conversation.

Jaden: Hi miss.
Maureen ( her rp name) : hi?
Jaden: I really like you.
Maureen: Huh? Diba you have a girlfriend?
Jaden: yes but, I don't love her.
Maureen: How about Thalia?
Jaden: Thalia who? I don't know anyone named Thalia.
Maureen: oh really? Okayyy, brb.
Jaden: Okay tyt, comeback to me huh?
Maureen:👍

"I know it hurts, you can cry." she said and caress my back but I immediately removed it.

"No, I don't believe in that. Thankyou for the information, please excuse me." tinalikuran ko sya at dumiretso sa banyo.

I saw a proof yet I still don't believe in it, maybe it's Kharlie. Jaden will not do this to me. I believe in him, I know that he loves me.

I called him to talk to him. 4 rings and he answered it.

*phone call

Jaden: Yes Thalia?
Hasmin: A friend told me that you chatted her, she showed me your conversation with her.
Jaden: A-ah?
Hasmin: But I didn't believe her, I assumed that maybe it's Kharlie tripping with your account again.
Jaden: Y-yes, m-maybe. Thank you for trusting me.
Hasmin: Yeah, I'll go na. Our class is about to start.
Jaden: Okay, Iloveyou.
Hasmin: Iloveyoutoo.

*endcall

*****

It's our lunch break and I'm done eating, 1:00 pm is the start of our training. So, I go to the bathroom and change a volleyball attire.

Pag balik ko sa room, I arranged my things and put my uniform on my bag.

"Yieeeeee Justin! Tignan mo si Hasmin oh, kita legs!" I just rolled my eyes on them and lumabas na para pumunta sa court.

*****

It's already 4pm and I'm really tired because of our training, but I'm not going home yet. I have a session with my Coach on news writing.

Kaya pumunta na ako sa faculty para matapos na agad because I'm really really tired.

Pagdating ko don, nagexcuse me ako at hinanap na agad si ms. Cruz.

Nang mahanap ko sya, nagstart na rin naman kami kaagad. Mabilis na lumipas ang mga oras at natapos na din naman ang session namin.

It's already 6:30 pm nang makauwi ako sa bahay, wala na din doon si manang. Kaya naman ginawa ko na din ang mga kailangan kong gawin para makapagpahinga na ako.

When I'm already done, I lay my body to my bed and grab my phone on my study table beside my bed.

Walang chat si Jaden, kaya naman na disappoint ako. I checked his account and he has shared posts but he's not chatting me.

So I chatted him a lot of times but he's not replying, I was shock when I suddenly can't chat him because he blocked me.

Lumipas ang buong magdamag na hindi ako nakatulog, it makes me sad. Eto nanaman ba? For our 4 months being MU, he's been ghosting me for like 3 times but still, I'm accepting him again and again and again.

Tanga ko ba? Wala eh, mahal na mahal ko talaga. Even 'tho, I'm just his sidechick. Siguro naman I have the rights to complain, because he promised me. But no, I never complained because I'm trying my best to understand.

*****

Time flies so fast, it's been 2weeks since he ghosted me again. Today is my competition of journalism and yet, I feel like I'm in the mood to compete.

It's raining but the good thing is we're riding a van, I was just staring at the window and I didn't even notice that my tears are falling down.

Pinunasan ko agad ito, I don't want anyone to see me crying. That's me, I pretend that I'm strong. But then, I'm really weak inside and I'm very very fragile.

When we finally arrived at the our destination, I'm still trying to stop myself from crying.

Natapos na ang competition but the sad thing is I know that I will not win because I didn't study the news that was given to us.

It breaks me even more, this is my favorite thing to do yet I didn't do it right.

*****

I'm already home but I'm not eating yet. I really really think that I am such a failure, it's been two weeks but still I can't sleep every night thinking what's wrong with me?

Does he really love me? I don't know, maybe he's just playing with my feelings.

*****
Today is August 28 and today is the start of the volleyball league.

Day by day, I'm already accepting the fact that he doesn't truly love me.

We're the first school who arrived at the venue, habang lumilipas ang oras dumadami ang dumadating.

When SFHS arrived, there's one guy who caught my eyes. He's really handsome and I just can't stop myself from staring at him.