Trouble In Paradise

TROUBLE 3

Pagkatapos umalis ng mga kaibigan ko, naiwan naman kami ni Alessandro. I'm so nervous. What are we even going to talk about?

"So pasticcino, how long do you know your friends?" Mabuti nalang siya na ang unang nagsalita saamin.

"Hmm not that long. I've known them just last school year. What about you? Don't you have friends?" I asked. His mood made 360 degrees turn. From the smile on his face replaced with a scowl. Maybe he doesn't want to talk about it?

"It's fine if you don't like to talk about it." I don't want to offend him on the first day.

"No, it's fine but I don't want to talk about it." He returned his bubbly self again. Now that's interesting.

After minutes of waiting for my friends, they've come back with lots of books in hand.

"So, how's the talk Tine?" Diana was the first to asked. I just glared at her which earned a chuckle from her.

"Ano naman yang mga librong dala niyo ha?" I asked them.

"I got this 'Anatomy of the Human Body' looks interesting to me." Nisha replied. She seriously has an obsession with that.

"Poems." Princess answered. Typical her.

"Romance novel." Kate answered. Marupok sa love story ang isang to.

"Got this 'Book of Facts' there. If I'm lucky enough, may fact na about aliens." Diana vocalized. Her and her obsessions about aliens.

"I don't know what's the title of this book but it's about science so, yeah." Caryl answered. Seriously?

"Oh Claire, ano naming dinampot mo sa shelf?" I asked her since she sits in my left side.

"Magazine lang girl. Not really interested in reading academic books right now. Sumasakit utak ko." She replied. "Oh, bago niyo ako sabihan na baka wala nang space ang utak ko for some certain informations, wala lang ako sa mood okay?" We all laughed at that.

I felt a tap at my right shoulder and I turn to look at Aless. He somehow looked confused and I wonder why?

"What's wrong Aless?" I asked him.

"I'm not following at your conversation." I realized that he can't understand Tagalog. Again.

"Oh, it's about Claire. She told us that ah. Diana? Help?" My brain is seriously drained to think about English words. Spokening dollars is hard.

"Oh, we all laughed because of Claire. We sometimes make fun with each other and before we even start to bully Claire, she already know what we're gonna say." She explained which earned a nod from Aless.

"Walanghiya. Di ko pa pala kayo naipakilala kay Aless." I face palmed myself.

"And here I thought you'll going to keep Aless for yourself kaya di mo na kami pinakilala sakanya." Nisha teased me and I felt my face getting hotter.

"Init dito." I said. Tinawanan naman ako ng mga kaibigan ko.

"Aless, these are my friends by the way. That's Nisha, the one with a curly hair. That's Kate, the short girl on the left side of Nisha-" I was cut off by slap from her which I just laughed it off. "You speaking to yourself ha Cristy?"

"Joke lang Kate. Next, that's Caryl beside Kate. Then, beside her is Diana. So, the one that is sitting beside my left is Claire and the one beside her is Princess. The one that asked you if you're an Italian earlier." He offered a smile to each of the girls and they smiled back at him too.