Why Me?

CHAPTER 4- UNLUCKY

Sien's POV

Mas lalo akong nawala sa mood simula nung narinig kong may seatmate na ako ngayong taon. All these years being in the homo class, I always suggest my teacher na ayaw ko magkaroon ng seatmate. At first hindi sila pumayag pero napapayag ko rin naman sila somehow. Don't ask, I have my ways.

For sure, this year will be a thousand times worst than my previous years. I hate this. I never liked being next to someone. I don't like share-your-thoughts-to-your-seatmate kind of activities, your-seatmate-is-your-partner activities, tsk. I can't believe it, this is already my last year being in high school and it would end like this? What a cherry on top.

After that sweet early morning treat, huminga nalang ako ng malalim at nagsigh tapos binalik ko na ulit ang tingin ko sa labas ng bintana. Nonstop words were uttered by these chickens to this new boy beside me, first time ata nila nakakita ng new comer. I can feel this new comer's stupid stare at me since I didn't say a word to him.

"Drop that stare, new boy."  I said to him.

He dropped his notebook right after I said that.Wag masyadong kabado, hindi ako nangangagat.

As he was picking his notebook...

"Uh sorry hindi naman ako tumitingin sayo. Uhm hi."

Indenial pa. Hindi ako nag hello back since masyadong maganda ang hangin dito sa bintana para i aksaya ko sa presence nya. I just ignored him.

As soon as the school bell rang for recess, I got up with earphones plugged on my ears going straight to the school aisles and read a book there while bunch of my classmates are hurrying their asses to the canteen, natatakot maubusan ng turon.

I don't like reading in the school aisles , I just went here kasi may seatmate na ako. I also go to the library sometimes pero close pa kasi sa first day of school. After a while, I glanced a bit at my seat to see if that new comer was still there, ang ingay masyado dito. Nang nakita kong wala sya don, bumalik agad ako sa seat ko to read my book.

As I was walking toward my seat, this asshole blocked my way with a creepy smile on his face, it's the new boy. This jerk just pulled off one of my earphones and said..

"Hi again! Hindi tayo nakapagusap ng maayos kanina. Why don't we start this year being frie-"

the heck?

I didn't finish his words and answered "Excuse me? friends? Why don't we start being enemies since you unmannerly took off my earphone or that being said, we should never be friends." I pushed him a bit to go back to my business.

Friends? You wish.

What an unlucky first day to begin with. Ang bagal naman ng oras. I hate first days since it's just all about introductions and orientations. Good thing half day lng ngayon. School is my other place besides my room to escape from my worries kaya hindi ako nag-aabsent.

And finally after decades of all that talkies, the bell rang for dismissal.

As soon as I got up, kinuha ko ang bag ko at lumabas. May tumabi naman kaagad sa akin habang naglalakad. Hanggang sa dismissal ba naman mamalasin ako? And it's this freaking new boy again.

"Uuwi ka na ba?" tanong nya.

Close ba kami? Wow, after ko ba namang ni reject ang friend request nya sa akin kanina. Tibay naman. Hindi ko sya pinansin at tuluyang lumakad pero eto sya napakapersistent nasa tabi ko pa rin. I stopped and faced him.

"What's your deal?" I asked him with one eyebrow raising as high as it could be.

"Uh nothing really, I just want someone to guide me toward the school exit."

The heck is he saying? With all these students going the same direction dito pa talaga sya sa akin? I can't stand this.

"You've been on my nerves since this morning. Tumigil kana kundi-"

"Oh magkasama na pala kayo. Ms. Saldova, I forgot to remind you earlier that I assigned you as Mr. Quivanoz's school tour guide since you violated a rule." my teacher butted in and what?!

A school tour guide? A rule violation? Since when did I ever violated a ru-

She looked down and I snapped out as soon as I realized my skirt was above the knee. But only a minor rule! At ano daw? School tour guide? At dito pa talaga sa new comer na to? I just can't believe it. How is this is even relevant to my minor rule violation, they could have just deducted a point from me or what.

This is so unacceptable.

"Excuse me, Ms. Olivia but a minor rule being violated but punished with such thing as being a school tour guide is so irrelevant. Ask someone else to do it." I was about to walk away but she stopped me.

"Ms. Saldova, being a school tour guide isn't such a big deal too. This could be your opportunity-"

"Opportunity of what exactly, Ms. Saldova? To socialize? To begin something with people? Naawa ka na ba sa akin? Well cut that off, dahil hindi mo ako masyadong kilala para mapunta ka sa puntong awa na yan."

I walked away with my veins almost popping off. This may be so overreacting but I just can't stand it. It was enough to trigger me. I hate that kind of task. Alam na ni Ms. Olivia 'yan, may galit ba sya sa akin na pinapagawa nya sa akin toh?

I left them there hanging. That was disrespectful of me to talk to the teacher like that and just walk away but I don't care.

Eh ako ito eh, ganito ako.