CHILL’S POV THURSDAY 9:35 PM
“Isa lang masasagot ko… Ako ang future boyfriend ni Jamie Salvacion.”
Oh crap. What was I thinking? Tangina. Am I acting like one of those Wattpad dudes already? It was like the senior prom chapter from Jamie’s Wattpad story where Hercules Ozorio The Third (a.k.a.HOTT) confessed to the girl he secretly likes (and almost raped) that he’s madly in love with her.
Damn. Why am I comparing that cheesy Wattpad story to myself?
Now that I’ve let it out, I felt like pissing all over the stage sa sobrang kaba ko. Parang tumigil yung oras. Nakatitig lang ng diretso sa akin si Jamie. She has this look of disbelief on her face. Then the whole crowd started to cheer. One of Jamie’s classmate, dragged her all the way to the stage para magkatabi kami under the spotlight.
Now everyone’s waiting for Jamie’s response to my ‘confession of love’
Tumingin siya ng diretso sa mga mata ko “Chill…” Medyo nanginginig yung boses niya. Now that I’m inches away from her and I can smell the sweet shampoo on her hair, parang gusto ko nang i-pause ang play button at at i-rewind lahat ng pinagsasabi ko.
“Chill, I…” Jamie looks so uncomfortable “Chill, I’m sorry… Hindi pa ako puwedeng mag-boyfriend. Pinangako ko kasi kay papa na hindi ko magiging priority ang mga ganyan... Sorry talaga.” Then she quickly ran away as fast as she can.
The crowd went dead silent.
This moment felt exactly like the time I got slapped on the face by a Russian girl I fooled around with last LaBoracay. But this time, it hurt so bad, walang panama yung singsing nung Russian girl na bumakat sa pisngi ko kumpara sa rejection ni Jamie. Ngayon alam ko na ang feeling ng mga lalaking na-turn down ng babae after nilang mag-propose sa harap ng maraming tao.
11:00 PM
The party already ended a few minutes ago pero I’m still sulking in the corner habang inaayos ko pabalik sa camera bag at dry box yung mga equipment na ginamit namin kanina para sa mockumentary while secretly downing a flask of whisky Dash gave me a while ago. It was ‘pampatanggal daw ng sama ng loob’ according to him. Jamie and I were supposed to be reviewing the footages we took on my camera pero dahil sa napaka-bobo na ginawa kong ‘confession of love’ kanina, wala siya. But I don’t blame her on not showing up, napaka-awkward naman kasi talaga.
“Need some help?” a voice behind me said. I was secretly wishing it was Jamie pero paglingon ko, it was Trisha.
I smiled at her “No, I’m good. I think you should take a rest already. Maaga daw dadating yung bus natin tomorrow.”
Umiling siya “I insist. I wanna help. And besides, I’m part of the party’s cleanup committee and honestly, I’d rather help you than mop the floor”
“Fine you can help me. Just put those lenses on the dry box” utos ko.
Habang tahimik naming inaayos yung mga equipment, bigla siyang nagulat “Oh my god, is this alcohol?” sabi niya habang hawak yung flask ni Dash.
“Um, that’s…” Habang nag-iisip ng excuse nagulat na lang ako nang bigla niyang binuksan yung flask at tinikman yung laman nito.
Medyo napasimangot siya from the throat burn she got from the drink “Hmm… Whisky. Let me guess, kay Dash galing ito no? I’ve seen him passing this around kanina sa party”
Hindi na ako nakasagot
“Why are you drinking? Dahil ni-reject ka ni James kanina?” dagdag niyang tanong.
I was pretending na hindi ko siya naririnig at patuloy ako sa pag-ayos ng mga equipment pero she kept on talking “Alam mo, buti nga sa’yo.”
Now she got my attention. “Ha?” medyo irita kong tanong
“You kind of deserve this. James made a right decision dumping you in front of everybody”
I let out an irate laugh “Wow. Thanks. I could really use your ‘words of comfort’ right now” I sarcastically said.
“No offense Chill, pero totoo naman eh. Sige nga tell me, when was the last time you got rejected by a girl?”
I spaced out for a moment. Never. I was never rejected by a girl I like.
She continued talking “See? You have never experienced being rejected.”
I was just gonna agree with her para matapos na lang ito pero may natandaan ako bigla. “Wait. Remember way back noong grade school, we were grade 6 back then when Cindy Tantoco dumped me as her graduation party date dahil I look dorky on braces?”
Nanlaki yung mata ni Trisha and she blushed. I have no idea why she suddenly blushed like an overripe tomato then a sudden surge of embarrassing memories came rushing in.
I took a sip, a long sip, from the flask. “Fuck. I almost forgot, ikaw nga pala ang first kiss ko.” I nonchalantly said even though deep inside, I’m really embarrassed.
First of all, back in grade school, I wasn’t the cool guy everyone knows I am today. I was just ‘Achilles the smart boy’. Being the valedictorian of Darthwester’s grade school department, I was stereotyped as the dorky dude. Hindi pa nakatulong na kakalagay lang ng orthodontist ko ng braces noon. Pero nakahanap ako ng ‘karamay’ sa katauhan ni Trisha dahil bukod sa akin, siya lang din ang ‘metal mouth’ noon.
But we didn’t know back then that ‘metal mouths’ like us shouldn’t hangout together especially if we’re a different gender because an embarrassing disaster might happen.
Trisha and I kissed. I don’t know why we did it. Maybe it was peer pressure. I don’t know. All I can remember right now is how we ended up going to my orthodontist together habang naka-stuck yung wire ng brace niya sa brace ko.
“Oh my god that is so embarrassing. Grabe, dalawang beses na pala tayong nag-kiss no?”
“I know right? And each time we did, it’s a complete disaster.” I said
“I have an idea…” Dahan-dahan siyang lumapit sa akin. “…Sabi nila, third time’s a charm…” she seductively said then tiptoed and kissed me.
Note from the author:
Unang-una, happy new year! Pangalawa, sobrang sorry at ngayon lang ako nakapag-update. Napasarap yung holiday vacation ko tapos ang dami ko agad gawain ngayong pagpasok ng 2015. Isang malaking paumanhin talaga sa inyo.
May isa akong reader na nagsabi na sana dalasan ko daw ang pag-uupdate. Alam niyo ba na kung maaari lang ay araw-araw ako mag-update? Sa perpektong mundo magagawa ko iyon pero bukod sa hindi naman ako magaling magsulat ( halos dalawang araw ang ginugugol ko para makaisip ng mga matinong eksena at dialog) marami rin akong inaatupag bukod sa pagwawattpad.
Kaya ang maipapangako ko na lang sa inyo (at sa sarili ko this 2015) Mag-update ako every 2 days. Haha. goodluck sa akin.
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Teen FictionPerfect boy Chill and little miss overachiever James are battling it out for the valedictorian spot of Darthwester School class of 2015. Aside from the academic rivalry going on between them, they have this long-time mutual despise for each other th...
