Defying Faith

Chapter 7

#GrizaldeSeven

"School fest is coming and I can't wait to see outsider boys!"

I scrutinized Kenea with my eyes. Boys are useless, find a man who can stand by their own feet, not only with their flowering words.

"And I still need to fetch the tarp in Center Plaza for Julius."

Jeremy whispered, sounds so problematic with things that he shouldn't not waste of time. My friends are really something. They don't even think of what would they be in future, other than being with their man of dreams.

Cringe.

School intramurals don't excites me at all. School is being crowded, and I hate it. It's rare to arianize my sleeping extrovert soul.

In the middle of my classmate's presentation for our operations audit class, my eyes found the grumpy sky. Uulan na naman ata, and the wind is making me shiver. Four pm when we got dismissed, some looks in hurry because the rain seems about to pour. But some are even excited, which I understand. I love rainy days, but at this moment, being stuck again because of rain might change my perceptions with this weather.

And I found myself closing my eyes because of disappointments, nasa hallway palang kami ay bumuhos na ang ulan. Making us all stop.

"Geez! I forgot to bring my umbrella!" Reklamo ni Jeremy at iritadong pinunasan ang maputing braso na bahagyang natalsikan.

"Ang lakas naman ng ulan, nawawala ang signal!" madami kaming na-tigil sa hallway. Halos mag siksikan nadin kami, I found a great spot na medyo malayo which is nasa hagdanan kaya hinila ko ang dalawa habang binubuksan nadin ang cellphone.

I type a message for Kuya, a little bit annoyed because here I am again. Stucked!

And I don't know why that ass— Zion, suddenly came inside of my head. Huh! There is no way I will let him send me home again.

Well, I'm not expecting that he'll do that nor to see him suddenly appear.

Which was... indeed wrong.

Because in the waves of students forcing their self to hide just not to get reach by the droplets of the rain, just like how Moses divided the water, that's how Zion divided everyone. With his clasped umbrella, he approach me.

Huh, and what does he think of his self? A savior? The edge of my eyebrow met as I watch him, his thick eyebrow and dark aura made everyone to step back and give him space to walk.

"Got you again." He started, his perfume automatically entered my nostrils.

"And?" I challenged, kung nakaya niya akong iuwi noon, not this time. Awang awa lang ako sa sarili ko 'nun because I have no one with me, pero ngayon na kasama ko ang mga kaibigan ko, nakakainis man, I'd rather die being stuck here than to be with him.

Imagining myself riding with his big motor bike again wants me to puke. Never again, as in never!

"I guess I'll be sending you home, again." He added, which made me scoffed.

What a smug.

"Your guess." I smirk, tumaas ang kilay nito. Hindi ko mapigilan pansinin ang mukha niya, medyo basa ang damit nito lalo na sa braso at paa. He's still wearing their departments uniform.

"I have my car, not the last—"

"Kahit eroplano pa 'yan, you will never find me riding them again with you, of course."

I felt my phone vibrated, agad akong nabuhayan with the thought of someone in our house finally replied, only to feel disappointment because it's a warning, my phones battery!