1. Falling for Noah (Completed)

1 // Pilot

Chapter 1

The difference between me and the sassy girls, they were liked by anyone in the school and then there was me who was called a loser for joining a book club. They thought being a smart-ass was just some kind of stupidity because I don't learn to do fun things-which I'm correcting every now and then because books were far more interesting than dumb boys and sassy girls.

I hate being called a loser but I also liked the attention, some may say that it wouldn't do good to me because I was being degraded by owning up that term but I don't see that in my self. May sari-sarili naman tayong buhay and what we do for ourselves is our business. They may judge me, call me fat-loser, nerdy-sucker, and all those things that would definitely hurt someone because their ego is much more important than the feelings of others. I hate them, but on the other hand, I just let them say that too unless they were not stepping the line-like hurting me physically because that's a big no, NO.

I just come off from my math class, I headed to the cafeteria to grab some snacks and paid myself some good stuffs. I just scored perfect on our quiz which doesn't make everyone amazed because they know I can ace it without trying so hard. I love being the center of attention but not when I'm in the same room as Cirie.

I was about to turn around and left the premises when I heard her shoes clicking on the floor and the next thing was her swooning my name. I sighed, rolling my eyes to see her.

"What do you want Cirie?" I asked, not interested to talk with her at all.

"So, I've heard you just got a perfect score in your math class. How do you cheat, Tate? I mean, you've got the nerve to do that?" she scoffs.

I smirked, almost about to laugh at her wrong accusations. "First of all, I would just like to note that I don't cheat my exams and quizzes and I never did think of it. So maybe, you're the one who did it because you have the idea for yourself, am I right?"

"No, you're not." Ganti pa into.

"If you're not gonna say anything good, can you just please leave me alone? And I need to fall in line to grab my food, so excuse me." I was about to pass by her without waiting for her response but she quickly grab my arms. I tried to jerk her hands off of me but she gripped it tightly, ramdam ko ang pagbaon ng kuko niya sa balat ko. I tried not to react, mas lalo niya lang didiinan iyon.

"You know why I keep messing you?" Cirie raised her brow. "Because no one deserves it unless it was you. Do you understand?"

I rolled my eyes, "I do, so please let me go."

"Sure," she hastily let go of me. "Girls, sanitizer please." She demanded to the girl behind her bag. Dali-dali naman no'ng kinuha ang kanyang sanitizer at inabot kay Cirie na agad namang pinaliguan ang kanyang kamay. "That's how you clean your hands when you touch a dirty stuff."

Cirie turned around, isinaboy pa nito ang kanyang buhok sa mukha ko. Kulang na lang ay hablutin ko ang buhok niya at ilampaso sa sahig pero hindi ako kasing sama niya. I still have my patience kaya naman inalis ko na lang ang pagka-bad trip sa kanya at pumili para bumili ng pagkain ko.

Matapos makabili ng foods ay naghanap ako ng vacant table pero hindi naman ako nahirapan dahil may nilaan silang table for losers and that's my usual table. As I'm starting to eat, nakita ko naman ang mga kaibigan ko na dali-daling nakiupo sa loser's table. I look at them weirdly and they did the same thing.

"What are you doing here?" I asked Gwen, the only person who treated me fair. "You can't sit with me. You're not a loser."

"Regina-I mean, you're not the mean queen. You're just Tate." She corrected.