Char | GDL

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Alliah Veronica Seo

"Gomez de Liaño, Jose Maria Ignacio." I cheered as he was walking up the stairs to get his diploma.

"Shh, solemn dapat ang Pagtatapos." Pabirong saway sa'kin ni Gabby. I chuckled. Sorry na nadala lang ng bugso ng damdamin.

I took a photo of Jordi and smiled. He also got a special award for being part of the Basketball Team. I'm so proud of him!

After the ceremony, we went to their house kasi may simple celebration. Mostly family and friends lang ng GDLs. This is what I've always liked about their family. They're so humble and kind.

"Bawal ang walang jowa." Pagbibiro ni tito sa'min pagpasok namin sa bahay nila.

"Tito, on the way na yun! May hinatid lang." sabi ni Gabs habang tumatawa.

"Alright. Ikaw, Veronica?" Tanong ni tito sa'kin kaya kinabahan ako bigla.

"Uh—"

"Laters Pa! You'll be surprised!" Biglang sabat ni Uno habang tumatawa.

Pinaningkitan ko naman siya ng mata.

"Chill, he'll be surprised pero di naman yon tututol." Sabi niya tsaka ako inakbayan.

"Sa true lang. Ikaw manok non!" Sabi naman ni Gabs tsaka siya tumawa.

"Ewan ko sainyo!"

Hindi pa kasi alam ng parents namin. Well, they know na crush ko si Jordi pero akala nila joke lang din. Yung parang na-cute-an lang ako sa little brother ng best friend ko, which is partly what happened pero yun nga, na-fall.

Nasa isang table kaming kids habang kumakain. Nagkukulitan pa kasi halos lahat may date.

"Walang single ngayon ah." Sabi ni Juan.

"Joaq, ilag!" Tumatawang sambit ni Joe.

"Por que may jowa ka na kuya Joe eh! Kasama rin kita sa pwestong to noon!" Reklamo ni Joaq.

"Well, good thing kasi he found me na!" Masayang sambit ni Cielo tsaka kumapit sa braso ni Joe.

We all acted na parang nasusuka. Corny, jusko.

"Tropa ka ba, ha?" I said in a mocking way pero tumawa parin ako ng kaunti. Hindi ko parin siya tanggap sa tropa namin dito. I genuinely support Gabs and her boyfriend pero kung hindi naman 'to dumating na bratinellang impakta na 'to, Joe will most probably end up with my best friend.

Jordi suddenly held my hand under the table. He was trying to keep me calm.

Uno faked a cough. "Next year nasa same campus na kayo yieee!" Pang-aasar niya.

"Nak, wag mong papabayaan ang pag-aaral mo ha." Sabi naman ni kuya Jave tsaka tumawa.

"Of course, I'm not like you." Sagot naman ni Jords.

We all laughed. "Narinig mo yon Juan Gerardo? Kumusta ang Taft? Buti pa si Jordi!"Sabi naman ni Gabs. Dati kasi nabalitaan namin na nalate siya sa klase kasi ihatid niya yung kachar niya sa Taft.

Napatingin si Kimmy at napataas ang kilay.

"Move on na!" Reklamo ni Uno.

"Tagal na." Sabi ni Gabby tsaka siya tumawa at sumandal sa balikat ni Dave.

Napansin ko naman na napatingin sa gawi niya si Joe. Pasimple namang napairap yung katabi niya na nakakapit sa arms niya. Tusukin ko mata niya diyan eh!

Biglang pumunta sa gitna si Tito.

"I'd like to thank everyone for coming tonight. There are actually a lot of things to celebrate kaya thank you for sharing this moment with us." He started.