Twisted Fate (TS1)

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"Czai, can I ask you something?", my eyes flew at Jenna, whose face is now frowning.

I stared at her for a couple of seconds before folding my reviewer and then hid it inside my bag. Wala na rin naman akong maintindihan sa binabasa ko. I just wish I'd ace my exams this midterm week. I needed that to maintain my scholarship.

"What is it?"

"About Edzel", her voice was shaking a bit, made me gave my whole attention to her. That's when I noticed how red her eyes were, tears were forming on the sides.

"What about him?"

"Can you help me?", she said with a pleading voice.

My forehead creased, preventing  my eyebrow to shot up. What now? I don't want to think ill of her, pero ganyan na lang ba ang tingin niya sa akin? Lalapitan niya kapag may kailangan?

After letting her borrow my books, hindi niya na ako pinapansin noon. She visited the apartment for a couple of times but it wasn't because of me. Si Edzel lang ang ipinupunta niya doon.

She didn't even care to greet me kahit dumadaan na ako sa harapan nila. Parang hindi niya ako kaibigan at kaklase.

I remained silent and let her speak. Aaminin kong may pagtatampo ako sa kanya hindi dahil hindi pa niya naibabalik ang mga libro ko pero dahil kinalimutan niya ako nung nakilala niya si Edzel. Tapos ngayon...

"Si Edzel kasi...", she trailed off, "He doesn't want to talk to me. Ayaw na rin niya akong pumunta sa apartment niyo. Can you talk to him? For me, please?", her voice started to crack.

Ano bang isasagot ko sa kanya? And how will I even talk to Edzel when we're not even talking as well? As much as I want to comfort her, I also wanted to be honest with her.

"I don't think I can help you with that. I'm sorry Jenna", I said sincerely.

"Why? Housemates naman kayo di ba? And we're friends!", I couldn't hide my frown. Ngayon kaibigan niya ulit ako?, "You can talk to him for me, right?"

Unbelievable!

I sighed louder than what I intended to, patience is slowly drifting away. I guess that phrase 'we're friends' triggered this bitterness inside me.

When did she treat me as a friend? Yung books ko nga hindi pa niya ibinabalik eh ilang linggo na ang lumipas!

Instead na nagre-relax ang utak ko ngayon para sa midterm exams na magsisimula na mamaya, nai-stress naman ako dito kay Jenna! Monday pa naman ngayon. Now, I'm starting to regret that day when I brought her in that apartment. 

"Jenna, I'm really sorry but I can't help you with that. You know that Edzel and I were not in good terms, right?", I twitched my eyes, remembering my housemate, "And yes, we are friends but friendship couldn't be measured with favors", I said a matter of factly.

Her eyes, despite of being teary, started to glare at me. Now, what? Did I say something wrong?

"Are you saying na ginagamit lang kita?", I could feel the acid dripping from her words. My forehead creased more.