Ethereal Haven

04

"sa crush life may batas, bawal marupok oh! bawal marupok, pero pag biglang nag-hi si crush ay!" Chester snapped his fingers before continuing his sentence "pwede na pala ikaw maging marupok" Melo is tapping her thigh, Bea is clapping her hands as they laugh because of Chester

i pursed my lips and glared at them, kanina pa kasi sila ganyan. Nandito kami ngayon sa Fountain, isang pagkainan rin malapit sa St. Louise, it has plenty of stalls like Nancy's Square of St. Paul. Lunch break na kaya we've decided to go out since puno ang school canteen.

bago kasi kami lumabas ng hall kanina nakasalubong namin si Zach may kasamang dalawang lalaki, classmates niya siguro or co-officer niya. They are carrying packs of bottled water, when he saw us, he stopped and said "hi" while looking at me, i just awkwardly smile tapos binilisan ko na ang lakad ko palabas ng hall tapos ayun these bitches keeps on teasing me about what happened back there.

"may marupok dyan na super red ng ears kanina dahil sa kilig" Chester while sipping his Cucumber Lemonade  and eyeing me sideways, magkatabi kami ngayon tapos kaharap namin sila Bea at Melo

"e kasi naman! nagulat ako, malay ko bang papansinin ako 'nun?" pagdedepensa ko "maawa kayo sa reputasyon ko, pwede ba 'wag kayong super obvious when he's around? kasi nakakahiya!" sabi ko sakanila

"may hiya ka ba?" Harvey said while putting down his lunch at the table

"di naman katulad mo na humirit pa ng take two sa snacks kanina" i said as i rolled my eyes at him

"excuse me, nagkusa siyang ibigay sakin yung extra sandwich" he said tapos kumain na siya

"ay gwapoooo!" pang-aasar ni Melo kay Harvey, he scoffed sabay sabing "small things" tapos uminom siya ng water, kahit kailan talaga napaka-feeling netong taong 'to

"Risk management entails thinking about what could go wrong with the forecast and then judging if policy should be adjusted from the baseline one way or the other in light of alternative scenarios" bumabagsak na ang talukap ng mata ko dahil sa boses ng guest speaker

"In other words, at times, we may want to adjust policy as insurance against bad outcomes." pagpapatuloy neto sa lecture niya. May something sa boses niya na nakakaantok para sakin kaya naman yumuko ako at tuluyan ng pumikit dahil sa antok. Eto ayaw ko pag seminar tapos tanghaling tapat, sabayan pa ng nakakaantok na speaker, nako sarap matulog

naalimpungatan ako nang biglang kinurot ni Bea ang hita ko, putek ang sakit a? di naman halatang naggigigil siya, nilingon ko siya while frowning trying to communicate with her using my eyes

"makinig ka, kailangan natin gumawa ng report about dito sa seminar" she said "check mo ig story mo" natatawang sabi niya. Pinagsasasabi neto? Di pa naman ako nagi-story ngayong araw? Nilingon ko ang bag ko at himalang nakabukas 'yon. So i get my phone and checked my ig account, may isang message so i opened it.

__zachmendoza replied to your story: bawal po matulog sa seminar, miss ocampo

my eyes widened then i watched my own story, it's a video of me taking a nap while the seminar is going on at unti-unting nazo-zoom sa mukha ko tapos may caption pang 'sleep well, Ms. Ocampo' with a sleeping and laughing emoji.

tinignan ko ng masama si Melo, she just looked at me and smiled tapos sabay nag-peace sign pa. I rolled my eyes at her tapos nireplayan ko na si Zach

amocampo: di ako nag-iisa, marami kaming inaantok na

itatago ko na sana ang phone ko pero nagreply siya agad. Bored na siguro 'to sa seminar kaya nagce-cellphone nalang siya