El Entre

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

"Raia!" napabuntong hininga ako nang marinig ang isang pamilyar na boses na tumatawag sa'kin. Mas binilisan ko pa ang paglalakad habang umaakto na hindi sya narinig.

"Raia wait up!" I silently cursed my legs for being too short. "Hoy hintay!" the voice said, then a hand grab me.

"Let go Savannah, I'm busy." malamig kong turan.

"Sandali lang naman. You just have to meet my friends and tell them we're really sisters. They just won't believe that the council president is sort of technically my step-sister. Come on Raia!" malamig ko lamang syang tiningnan saka kinuha ang kamay nya na nakahawak sa braso ko at muling naglakad.

"Ang arte mo ha. Eh ampon ka lang naman!" napatigil ako sa paglalakad. I took a deep sigh and turned my attention to her. There is a triumphant look on her face.

"Bakit anak ka ba?" I spat. Her smile wavered for a moment. For a long time I've endured her every annoying remarks. But these past few days, I've always long for a person to vent my frustrations, and here she is!

"No, but dad loves my mo–"

"Dad loves mom too. Mom was the very first person that dad had ever loved." I said cutting her off. I can't help but laugh at how childish she can get. Mukhang nagkamali ata akong patulan sya. Nagdesisyon na lamang akong umalis.

"And where's your adoptive mom now?" kumuyom ang kamao ko sa narinig. I knew she said it out of desperation to try and get me so I'd get mad. She knew how I hated it when people talk about my mom. Heat climbed to my neck up to my cheeks.

She's done it. Ipinikit ko ang mga mata ko saka muli itong ibinuka.

"She's dead." I answered staring straight in her eyes with all the hatred I could muster. "At kung hindi lang sana sya namatay, hindi sana kayo pinulot ni dad. For a mere replacement, you really had the audacity to be overconfident." I added and went away.

For the second time in my life, I cut class. I found myself sitting on the field again.

Siguro n'ong umulan ng kamalasan sa langit nasalo ko lahat. My mother left me when I was young, my adoptive mother died when I was seven, and to probably cope up with his loss, my adoptive father chose to act like I'm nonexistent. In addition, he remarried without telling me, thus I now have a devil incarnate stepsister in law.

And on the latest news of how my life sucks, the only friend I have, decided to leave me too, and for a reason I still don't know up until now. But come to think of it, I never really knew the reasons why I always get neglected, so being left for an unknown reason is not new at all.

I wish I could just leave now. I wanted to stop thinking about my chances of surviving if I choose to run away now, and just run. Why was I not born reckless anyway? Why do I have to think everything out? It's so frustrating!

"Nagiging pasaway ata tayo pres, ah." nakakunot ang noong tiningala ko ang nagsalita. She was not smiling unlike yesterday.

"I wanted to punch someone so badly. I don't think going inside a noisy classroom would be a good idea for such a mood." malamig kong sagot. I thought she'd get the message that I wanted to be left alone, but instead, she sat beside me. Sinamaan ko sya ng tingin.