Night above the City Lights

03

"Cassandra... where have you been?" Fiona, my seatmate, lower her voice para hindi marinig ng professor namin. I just arrived here in our classroom and I'm so sweat kakatakbo. I'm late na nga tapos idagdag mo pa ang haba ng pila sa elevator so I decide na mag stairs na lang. Luckily, hindi ako napansin ng prof ko dahil nagsusulat sya sa whiteboard ng dumating ako. Kasalanan talaga to ng lalaking 'yun eh!

"Is attendance done?" I sighed when she shook his head.

"Hindi pa. Look at your face...pawis na pawis ka," she said while looking straightly at my face. "Magpunas ka oh." Nilabas nya ang panyo nya at inabot sakin.

"No, it's okay. I have my handkerchief here." Pinakita ko iyon sa kanya at ngumiti. "Thank you."

"San ka ba kase galing?" Curious na tanong nya.

"Library." I lied. It's the safest answer because if I said na galing ako sa may field, magtataka sya. "Hindi ko namalayan yung oras."

"Set your alarm next time." I nodded and smile.

Nagdiscuss at nagpanood ng video yung professor namin sa Mental Health Nursing. Nagbigay din sya ng short quiz after and I got a perfect score. Nakinig naman ako sa prof namin and I also did an advance reading about it kaya madali lang ito.

It's time for lunch and I went alone to caferia because kanina pa tapos yung ni class ate Talliyah and she went home na. She's super busy na din lately kase graduating student na sya kaya very focus muna sa studies. Ate Talliyah is my lunch buddy and probably one of my closest friend here in school. She's one year older than me and archi student sya. We met because of Vincent, magpinsan sila.

"Cass!" Dana called me. "Dito ka dali!" She's with our classmates. Sabay sabay kasi silang kumakain every lunch at ako lang yung hindi sumasama dahil kay ate Talliyah ako sumasabay.

"Wala si ate Talliyah?" She asked nung makalapit ako sa table nila.

"She already went home," I shook my head and umupo sa tabi nya. I ordered salad, banana, and one bottle of water for lunch. Nagririce lang ako kapag dinner na dahil nagdidiet ako.

"Sayang, itatanong ko pa naman sana kung kilala nya transferee daw sa archi department." Her cheeks turn red and she looks so cute.

"'Yung nakita natin sa labas ng archi building kanina?" Sarah asked.

Dana nodded. "Yeah."

"I'll ask ate Talliyah na lang pag nagkita kami," I said and she smiled like a kid.

"Thank you, Cass!" I nodded and continue eating.

"Malapit na H. Week ah? Anong balak nyo?" Gino suddenly asked.

"Oo nga pala 'no? Naexcite tuloy ako. " Sarah laughed. "One week na hindi ko makikita yung muka ng mga prof natin!"