Never Fade Away

11

"Tapos mo na yung problem solving?" Tanong sa'kin ni Ava.

"Hindi pa, 15 palang yung nasasagutan ko" sagot ko. Tumango lang siya. That was so hard!Gosh! Out of 20 'yon! Grabe pinagpuyatan ko pa 'yon kagabi pero 'di ko pa din tapos! Kasabay ng panggugulo ni Ethan sa isip ko! Naalala ko nanaman yung sinabi niya kagabi! Hih! Ayoko na!

Mabuti nalang, walang math ngayon. Medyo relax lang yung mga subject ngayon kaya hindi ganoon ka-stress yung utak ko. Puro discussion lang tapos nag-lecture kami, 'yon lang! Saya 'di ba haha!

After dismissal, kumain nanaman kaming apat kasi sa friday birthday ni Sophie, kaya libre niya. Libre niya daw kami in this week kaya everyday kaming lumalabas. Hindi lang ako naka-punta kahapon kasi kasabay ko si Ethan.

Pumunta kami sa isang japanese restaurant na tanging si Sophie lang ang nakakaalam. Kaya wala kaming ginawa kundi sumunod sa kanya, libre niya naman e kaya go na! Ito na yung last restaurant na pupuntahan namin this week kasi thursday na ngayon.

"Hoy mag-kwento ka naman about mr. varsity!" Panimula ni Madison nang maka-order na kami. Mr. Varsity nanaman! Baka mamaya, everyday ko na siyang i-kwento sa kanila!

"Ano namang ikwe-kwento ko?!" Iritang tanong ko. Tumawa naman sila ng malakas! Ako talaga 'pag nainis, ipapalaklak ko sa kanila yung sushi mamaya!

"Parang merong hindi ka sinasabi sa'min, huh" sabay tawa ng malakas ni Sophie. "Oo nga!" Tumawa din si Ava at si Madi! Gosh! Sana talaga dumating na yung sushi, para ipalaklak ko na sa kanila 'yon!

Inirapan ko sila at tumingin sa paligid. Naistatwa naman ako nang may makita akong isang lalaki na nakatingin din sa'kin!

Si..Ethan!

He was wearing a plain white oversized shirt, black shorts and white sneakers. He's with others, they are all boys. Tropa, I think. Agad kong iniwas yung tingin ko dahil sa hiya at gulat! Stalker ba siya?! o Ako?! O baka sadyang nandito din siya?! Ah I don't know!

Pero 'di ko pa rin maiwasang kiligin! Sa kilig ko, hindi na alam nila Madi kung nababaliw ba ako o ewan, kasi mag-isa akong tumitili ng silent haha!

"Are you okay?" Nagtatakang tanong ni Madison. Natauhan ako bigla kaya tumango lang ako sa kanya. Siya lang yung nagtanong pero lahat sila nakatingin sa'kin!

Dumating na yung waiter at sinerve yung mga food na in-order namin. Kumain kami at the same time nagdadaldalan.

"Mag-kwento ka na kasi!" Pamimilit sa'kin ni Madison. Gosh! Hindi talaga nila ako titigilan! Buti nalang hindi kami naririnig ni Ethan kasi malayo siya sa table namin. Safe!

"Do not talk if your mouth is full" Pagtataray ko kay Madison. Tumigil naman siya pero natatawa pa din at the same time!

"Oh!" Pagbibiro ni Sophie habang nakatakip ang kamay sa bibig. "Burn!" Sambit naman ni Ava. Tinawanan lang sila ni Madison. Madison was kind. She's not the type to get angry right away. She wasn't immediately. She always thinks before reacting or speaking.

"Speaking of.." sambit bigla ni Ava habang nakatingin sa likod ko, gulat na gulat. Lumingon naman silang lahat sa likod ko at lahat sila gulat na gulat kaya tumingin na din ako. Katingin ko sa likod ko, parang lumabas yung puso ko sa katawan ko! Parang bigla din nag-init yung pisngi ko! Gosh! Is this a sign of.. Ahh no!

"Ethan!" Madison greeted. He slightly waved his right hand on us while smiling. I smiled at him a little but deep inside, I was so..nervous, shocked and.. ahh no! Okay fine I admit na kinikilig ako!

"Come here!" Aya ni Sophie. Umiling naman si Ethan at tinignan ako. "Bibigay ko lang 'to hehe" sabay abot sa'kin nung white notebook. That's mine! Paano napunta sa kanya?!

"Nahulog mo kahapon, hahabulin sana kita kaso nakapasok ka na sa bahay niyo e" dagdag pa niya. Oh, yeah! I knew it! Tumakbo ako kasi ayokong makita niyang kinilig ako sa sinabi niya! Oh gosh!

"Thank.." hindi ko na natuloy yung sasabihin ko kasi nagsalita si Madison. "Bahay?" Nagtatakang tanong niya sa'min. Omg! Kanina pa siya nangungulit sa'kin na mag-kwento sa kanya, about kay Ethan! Gosh! What should I do?!

"House, bahay! Yeah! Anong nangyari?!" Tanong naman bigla ni Sophie. Nabigla naman ako doon sa 'Anong nangyari', kung anu-ano na nasa-isip niyan nila! No way! What should I make palusot to them?! Oh! Okay! I know na!

"I went to my aunt's house, may kukunin lang sana ako doon, pero bigla kong nakasalubong si Ethan na may hawak na pusa! Kaya tumakbo ako! You know 'di ba, Allergies" pagpapalusot ko. Buti nalang hindi ako nautal! Tumango naman sila and I think I convinced them! Ahh so proud of myself!

I look at Ethan, when I looked at him, I know what he thinks haha! I'm sure naguguluhan siya sa'kin kaya I gave him a small smile, for him to know that I know what I'm doing. I looked away after that 'cause Sophie changed the topic.

"By the way, come to my birthday tomorrow!ha!" Sophie invited Ethan. My eyes widened for what she said! What the! Invited si Ethan! I thought.. friends lang.. I mean.. close friends.. Ah no.. I mean.. girls! Yeah girls!

"Oh, tomorrow? Advance" he smiled. I'm getting nervous 'cause I didn't know if he will come or not!

"So, you will come?" Sophie asked him. "Sorry, but I have training e" he scratched his head, getting ashamed. Oh no! He will not come! That's so sayang! But it's okay!

"Aww" Sophie pouted. I pouted too 'cause he will not come. "I have to go, bye" Ethan waved at us before leaving. My eyes widened when he stopped and winked at me! Omg! My heart.. no! Just kidding! Ah! No Zoey! Stop it!

Nang matauhan ako. I looked at my friends na but they glared at me. Parang inaasar nila ako! Omg! I thought hindi nila nakita 'yon! Oh gosh!

We already stood up and went home kasi we're all tired lately kasi sobrang dami ng mga pinagawa sa school. So I went to my room immediately and took a skin care night routine and sleep.

Around 5am when I woke up. It's so aga! As if naman na matutulog pa 'ko, so I plan to took an exercise para naman magkalakas ako later. And oh! It's Sophie's birthday na pala! She's already 16!

After exercise, I ate my breakfast and took a shower. I tweeted my greetings for Sophie, and also I posted in IG and Fb. I also messaged her.

As usual, our teachers discussed a new lessons and then take a quiz. Bored but, I'm enjoying naman. Because our teachers are jokers! Haha! So sometimes bored, sometimes not. Fortunately, there was no assignment and teachers have seminars! So we dismissed early.

Around 1pm, we got home muna to changed our clothes. I was wearing a white cami crop top, pink plaid mini skirt and white high heels. Nagpaalam na ako kay nila mommy and they consented! They said they would get me here so I waited a few minutes.

We got Sophie's home. They really prepared for Sophie's birthday and they invited many people, also Sophie's other friends! Madami sila pero mukhang konti sa laki ng bahay nila. It's very simple preparation but it looks so good! I saw tita Helen, Sophie's mom. Lumapit kami kay tita so she will know that we're here!

"Hi tita!" We greeted. "Oh, hey! Glad you're all here!" Tita Helen said with a smile on her face. Since hindi pa start, pumunta muna ako sa restroom para mag-retouch ng konti. When I go out of the restroom, I suddenly bumped into a guy. I was irritated 'cause baka magulo yung kaka-retouch kong make-up! I looked up at him to glared at his face but suddenly changed I saw him!

"Ethan!" I said in a shocked way.

"Surprise!"

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