Best Friends||✔

Chapter Forty-Four

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The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

Mark Twain
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MADDIE

Today was almost the end of the week and also, today was the last day for any kind of auditions.

For the past days, Chelsea and Kelly kept bagging me non-stop for the auditioning but I didn't budge, and today also wasn't going to be any different. Kelly didn't trouble me much on this issue, which made me relieved and a bit suspicious because she'd never been the one to back down.

Maybe it was me being paranoid, but still.

Chelsea has successfully cleared her audition, as predicted and was quite delighted. I was confident about her selection. I mean her tunes and tracks were amazing, so it was no surprise that she got selected.

"Maddie!!!"-sigaw ni Chelsea habang papalapit sa akin. Binibigyan pa siya ng tingin ng ibang estudyante.

" Ayoko."-sagot ko, dahil alam ko na kung saan 'to papunta.

For the past days it has been the same routine for me. Chelsea or Kelly would came up to me, susubokan nilang kombinsihin akong mag-audition pero hindi parin ako nagpapadala sa kanila.

"Please?"-nakangusong sabe ni Chelsea.

" NO. Hindi magbabago ang sagot ko."

"Urg-kailan ba kita makukombinse?"

"The day it rains hamburgers."-napapalibot ang mata na saad ko.

" Talaga?"-tanong niya bago siya kumaripas ng takbo.

Napakunot lang ako ng noo at napakamot dahil sa naboang na siya dahil sa pagkombinse sa akin. Pumunta muna ako ng locker at kinuha ang mga libro ko bago ako tumongo sa klase.

I walked through the decorated hallways to the room of my physics class.

Oh how I hate this period.

The teacher, Mr. Cual was the epitome of boredom. He fought in a monotonous voice and his face was always etched into a frown. Ang tanging oras lang na nakita siya naming hindi nakasimangot ay noong nagkwento siya samin ng mga about sa drama.

I swear, mas mahal niya pa ang drama kesa sa sarili niyang asawa.

Ang sabe ng iba isa raw siyang artista noon na nagpeperform sa stage plays and theatres, pero pinaalis daw siya ng derektor sa hindi namin malaman dahilan. Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit siya naging physics teacher dito.

Anyways, coming back to the present. Muntik na akong mapatili nang makita ko ang isang note na nakadikit sa labas ng pinto niyang nakasarado. Ilang beses ko pa itong paulit-ulit na binasa para lang masiguradong hindi lang ito imahinasyon ko.

Dear Students, Mr. Cual has been asked to help with the drama auditions, hence your class has been cancelled.

Masaya akong umalis doon at pasipol-sipol na naglakad sa hallways, ngunit napatigil ako sa harap ng music room ng makarinig ako ng isang tunog ng gitara. Tila inaakit ako ng tuno kaya lumapit ako sa nakasarado nitong pinto at inilapit ang tenga ko rito para mas marinig ko pa ng mabute. Siguro merong nago-audition.