Best Part of Me

22

We went back to the room to get our bags, we already received the invitation to the Dean's office. So Ash and I both went there, we saw the professor as soon as we got there.

"Mr. Chance and Ms. Adisson, take your seat." Ash just boredly sat at the chair in front of our professor so I sat beside him.

"I already heard Mr. Quintos' story, mind telling me your side?" The dean asked us calmly.

"He insulted my parents, which is I believe beyond his profession. He is here to educate and to motivate but he was doing the opposite. He humiliated me, saying shits about my parents so I slapped him." I said honestly. I really don't care of what will happen to me but I was thinking of Ash.

"And you young man?" The dean asked Ash.

"He was about to hurt her back so I stopped him." Malamig at bored na sagot ni Ash na tila mas walang paki sa kahihinatnan ng pag uusap.

Sinulat ng Dean lahat ng sinabi namin at kalaunan ay huminga ng malalim.

"First of all, Mr. Quintos, what you did was very unprofessional of you. We should be the motivators and not the one who bring them down. They're still students what are you thinking?" I was partly relieved when I heard that, now, I was expecting for a fair judgement.

"I was just using it as an example sir." Apela niya.

"Still very unprofessional Mr. Quintos. I'll get your records and behavioral test re-evaluated, you're suspended for 3 months as per school's policy." The prof looked very shocked and angry. May saltik ata talaga sa utak to. Akala ba niya kakampihan siya porket prof siya?

"And Ms. Adisson and Mr. Chance, I understand that there is verbal provocation, but it wasn't right to hit and inflict physical attacks to someone especially inside the school premises. Physical injury as per school's policy will get you expelled but I see that it was a natural human reaction to provocation so I'll just suspend the both of you for 3 months, you can retake the sem or you can catch up by taking the summer class."

"Fair enough, sir."  I answered.

"That's it for now, I'll be going to run a thorough investigation and rest assured everything will be judged fairly."

Ash and I both stood up when the dean dismissed us. I glared at the professor for one last time before I went out of the office. Ash and I went to the parking lot, we were silent the whole time so I sighed when we reached his car.

Hindi muna ako pumasok sa sasakyan niya, sumandal ako sa hood nito at humingang malalim. I crossed my eyes and looked at him, I pressed my lips to stop myself from smiling but I ended up laughing. He creased his forehead, confused of why I was laughing.

"What's so funny?" Nagtatakang tanong niya.

"Did we just fuck up our class?" Natatawang tanong ko. He scoffed and   sat beside me.

"I'm sorry." He said. I raised my brow and held his hand.

"For what? If that was you, I would do the same not minding the consequences." He just smiled and shooked his head, inalis niya ang pagkakahawak ko sa kamay niya at inakbayan ako.

"I want to kill that guy so fucking bad." I chuckled and leaned on his chest.

"I do, too." Natatawang sabi ko.

"At talagang sa parking lot pa nagharutan." Sabay kaming napatingin sa pinanggalingan ng boses, it was Zeph and Jordan. Zeph was smiling but Jordan was just plain worried.

Inalis ni Ash ang pagkakaakbay sa akin at tumayo ng maayos.

"Hey. What are you doing here?" I asked them.

"We wanted to check on you, akala namin nakauwi ka na pupuntahan ka sana namin sa house niyo. But it looks like you have other plans." She answered putting up a teasing smile on her lips.

"What happened?" Jordan asked.

"Why don't we just hang out together at dun na natin pag-usapan." Zeph suggested, tumango ako at tumingin kay Ash.

"That sounds good." I answered.

Zeph and Jordan used Jordan's car and lead the way, we don't know where we are going but we just followed their cars.

"So, is he still your fiance?" Ash asked while he was driving.

I don't know what to say, if I said yes, everything would sound very awkward.

"We were sorting that out with our families." I answered, I saw smirk on his lips.

"Sorting, huh." He said with hints of sarcasm.

"Of course, we both hate that marriage." I said confidently but he just scoffed.

"Are you sure he hates it too?" Napatingin ako sa kanya, he was very sarcastic and it was confusing me. Anong gusto niyang palabasin?

"I'm sure he hates it too." I answered but he smirked even more.

"Let's see." He said like he was anticipating for what was about to happen.

We arrived at an exclusive bar-restaurant, I was surprised Ash wasn't opposing the idea of group lunch considering that he really hates attachment with other people. We entered the restaurant and saw Zeph and Jordan sitting at one of the VIP lounge.

"I already ordered the lunch." Zeph said as soon as we sat down.

"Thanks for that." I answered.

Zeph and Jordan began asking questions regarding to what happened earlier at the dean's office, I was the one answering all of it because Ash was busy sipping his freaking wine.

"That professor is really terrible." Zeph commented. I agreed to her and talked about other things while the two guys remained silent listening to us.

The food arrived so we started eating. Zeph and I talk about everything, kasama na din yung pagpunta sa resort nila Ash, but of course I won't gonna tell her the kissing part.

We finished the lunch at 2pm, we decided to part ways, so I was left alone with Ash.

"Your friend was really talkative." He commented when they were gone. I just chuckled as we both entered his car.

"Where are we going now?" I asked, I still wanted to spend the rest of the day with him but I was worried that he also have plans and I need to tell Jonas that I just got suspended.

"Do you like me to fetch you home?" He asked.

"Sure, I have to do something." I said. He just nodded at me and drove straight to our house.

I arrived some, and I bit goodbye to Ash, I immediately went inside to look for Jonas.

"Jonas!" I called him.

"Oh?" Tanong niya na parang kaibigan niya lang ang kausap niya. For fuck sake, I am his boss! I just decided to ignore that and walked towards him. He was sitting at the couch while reading a magazine.

"I was suspended." Sa sobrang pagkabigla niya ay nabulunan siya sa iniinom niyang kape.

"That's freaking disgusting." I commented when his drink spilled all over the table.

"You're what?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong niya. I rolled my eyes and sat beside him.

"I was suspended because I slapped our professor." I said. Napahawak siya sa kanyang noo na tila hindi makapaniwala sa narinig niya. Why is he acting like this? Napakaarte.

"What? And what am I supposed to do?" He asked.

"Duh! Of course you have to fix my school records and enroll me on summer class." I rolled my eyes at him, he sighed deeply and nodded.

"What if your parents found out about this?" He asked worriedly.

"I was suspended because I defended them, duh." Inis akong tumayo at naglakad na paalis, hindi ko na hinintay ang sasabihin ni Jonas.