Sebastian's Point of View
Hah, Grade Sevenn. Yung time of crisis ko. Wala talaga akong kakilala rito nun. And it also goes for the rest of us. Starting point talaga naming lahat ung Grade Seven.
Hindi ako naantig sa kanya sa simula. "Love at first sight", ika nga. Well, I had my sights on my acads first. Di ko talaga pinoproblema ung love life ko. I can get it sooner or later. I really want to commit myself to the person I like. Pero di pa 'yan napapanahon ngayon haha.
So, ayun nga. It was our first day of school nung August. Walang kaclose. Walang makausap. Till they came.
Kate Villegas.
She was really good in the arts. Siya ung unang kumausap sa akin. We were seatmates in most of our classes during the quarter. Nakakahawa talaga yung tawa niya 'pag may naisip siyang kalokohan or may naiisip siyang marumi. Jusko, hindi mo talaga aakalain na tahimik siya sa simula.
Si Mitch Tupas.
Isa pa to sa mga naging unang kaibigan ko sa school. Pang-asar nga lang siya minsan. Depending on how easily you can get annoyed, tatadtarin ka niya ng asar hahaha. From your way of speaking, to the way you wrongly answered your papers, halos walang katapusan ung mga naka-imbak na panlalait niya sa iyo.
Pero don't get me wrong! Mabait talaga siya, feel ko mga kaibigan lang inaasar niya nang todo haha. Tandem sila ni Kate sa pagtawa at kalokohan. Ako lang yung tipong tumatawa sa gilid.
Pero masaya ako na nakilala ko sila.
Oh, di ko pa pala nabanggit si Arielle de Leon.
Siya talaga ung pinaka-naging ka-close ko. Kahit after Grade Seven. Halos araw-araw kaming nagcchat about stuff, pero we both see each other as the best of friends. Wala nang hihigit pa dun hahaha. And may mu/jowa na rin siya during that time, so yeah.
So, pano ko nga ba siya nakilala?
Anna Jazmine Yulo.
We weren't that close at first, pero dahil sa mga friend connections (especially through Arielle), may nadevelop na circle sa class namin. Ganun naman usually sa kalagitnaan ng school year eh, 'di ba? Tropa ng lalaki, tropa ng babae, mixed tropa, atbp.
I really liked that close circle that I was part of. Magbabarkada talaga kaming lahat hanggang sa end ng high school life namin. Puro gala at lakwatsa rin kamii. Tahimik pa ako at first, pero mas lalo na akong umingay at nakikisalamuha sa mga tao nung Grade 8 (that's reserved for another time hahaha)
Napansin ko lang talaga siya nung end ng second quarter. Actually, she's had several jowas before high school, and nung pumasok siya dito. Honestly, di ko alam anong nakita niyang maganda sa mga naging jowa niya. I'm not that bothered by that fact dati, since I just dismissed that feeling of mine as a temporary infatuation.
She was sporty, very smart (topping the class rankings and competing abroad), and ang ganda niya sobra. Yung personality niya rinn. It sorta gives a jolly vibe and gusto ko siyang pasayahin. Pero siyempre, di ko muna yun priority haha.
Papag-usapan ko pa ba ung mga naging ex niya? Hmm, next time nalang :)).
I don't know why I feel at ease when I talk about her. I didn't even know why I had these feelings for her in the first place.
Naalala ko field trip namin dati. It was somewhere in Cavite, sometime nung third quarter. As usual, sinort-out ang mga sections by buses. Section lang namin yung nahiwalay. 20 lang yung kasya sa amin sa bus, since may kasama pa kami na ibang section. Others have to go by van. Umupo ako beside Joseph (inosente talaga to and alagang-alaga siya ng klase!! Haha He's also a friend of mine, btw.).
So, ayun nga. Mga parang 5 AM ata yun. Napuno na yung mga sasakay sa van. Na-late si Jaz (tawag namin yun sa kanya) and guess what? Asa bus siyaa !! She sat on the same row as me. Di kami nakaupo sa window, so technically we were just separated by the aisle. Timeskip to 7 PM. Stuck in traffic sa EDSA-Guadalupe. Hayss. Halos kalahati sa amin tulog na kasi nakakapagod talaga yung mga activities, as in.
Natira nalang sa aming gising sa harap is si Jazmine tas ako. Siya yung unang nakipag-usap sa akin. And I really liked our long convo sa EDSA. We talked about our lives before entering high school, and she also talked about her past love lives while I eagerly listen. I'm more of a listener kasi, though I thought at that time na baka di na 'to mangyayari ulit kaya nagkwento rin ako about sa mga friends namin.
Ang ganda ng mga mata niya. Makikita mo talaga kung gaano siya kasaya haha. Lowkey pinasalamatan ko yung traffic. Up until this time, wala pa talagang nakaka-alam sa barkada and sa class namin na crush ko siya. After all, mahirap magkacrush sa kabarkada mo.
It's really hard to take it in na I'm way out of her league. Di ako masyadong sporty. Di rin ako masyadong matalino. Wala rin akong itsura. And it's really hard to bring out these feelings.
Di na ito infatuation eh, it's more than that. I just keep falling for her each and every day. Seeing her work hard in her studies also inspired me to work hard.
If I confess to her, will she accept my feelings? Will our relationship be strained? Will I still work as hard as before?
She was and meant everything to me. Pero masasabi niyo na t@nga ako for not confessing to her. It's really confusing and hard for me.
What am I to her?
[This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental]
BINABASA MO ANG
Un-Fated
Romansa[HIATUS] Sebastian Madrigal has always believed in true love. He believes that love will find its way to his heart, refusing to make a move on the girl that he likes. Anna Jazmine Yulo believes in something else. She believes that one may find true...
