ISTLINYO

VII

"OKAY FROM the top!" The voice echoed at the covered court. Fuck! Im so tired.

"Can we take a break?" I suggested.

Caress look at the others to have their opinion, nagliwanag naman ang kanilang mukha at dali - daling tumungo ang mga ito.

Its saturday and were having a practice for the convocation this friday. And we were practicing like hell, its because we don't have a span of time.

We can't practice toroughly during weekdays because we don't want to miss any class session since the First Quarterly Exam is approching. Di naman pwedeng di namin gawin to kasi hindi kami bibigyan ng marka sa Mapeh if we won't participate.

Fuck! My back hurts.

"Czah!" Lumingon ako.

"Jobee daw mamaya!" sabi ni Angie habang nagpupunas ng likod nito.

"Sinong sasama?"

"Don't worry I invited them " i gave her a questioning look.

"huh?"

She rolled her eyes on me at tinuro ang gawi nina Kane na nagpapractice din.

I get it.

Nginitian ko siya ng matamis " thank you!" She laugh and mouth 'wc'.

Umupo ako sa hagdan ng stage kasama si Angie at tumingin sa mga nagpapractice. Kami lang ang natira sa stage dahil ang iba ay pumunta sa ibang grupo para mangulo.

"Sama si Kirt?" sabi ko

"susunod daw!" sabi nito habang uminom na ng tubig.

We sit there quietly. I was busy looking around, when she spoke.

"Did you decided na?" Basag nito sa katahimikan.

My brows furrowed on what she said.

"What am i going to decide?"

"About your no labeled slash take your time something" while looking at me teasingly.

"Yeah" i sighed then i continue " I decided to wait for him... maybe his not yet ready, lets just dont lose hope" she give me a warm smile.

"Thats love, your willing to do everything kahit na wlang kasiguraduhan sa huli, as long as you fight for it... kaya fighting lang!" she did the 'AJA!' pose and i laugh at her.

"Okay! Times up, lets practice na"

we groan in protest.

"Faster guys! Time is gold" Caress said while clapping her hands to hype us up.

As we gathered, we start adding some dance steps and the choreo.

I was in the middle of dancing when i saw Kane sitting in one of the benches at the covered court with his group watching us while having their water brake.

His looking at me, I can feel it. I didn't met his gaze, cause Im started to get conscious. Hindi ko namalayang iba na pala ang choreo kaya ang resulta nagulo.

"Sabaw ka ghurl?" Natatawang sabi ni Caress na ikinatawa naman nila.

Bat ang hilig kung ipahiya ang sarili ko?

I gave them a peace sign and we started from the top.. again.

I try to focused but i cant, knowing his watching. But i still try to focused. Until we decided to continue it on monday.

"Hoh! Ang sakit ng likod ko ahhh!" sabi ni Angie habang nakapa meywang while bending backwards.

"Let's change! its already twelve na... nagugutom na ako" Macey na naka hawak sa tiyan niya.