Dating A Neat Freak

Chapter 12: Club Selection Activity

It's 8:30 in the morning, still somewhat a bit early but you can really see how busy the students are here in Exeter. Today will be the club selection activity and students will be given a chance to choose a club they want to partake in.

The club selection will start in about a few minutes or so and here we are in our classrooms, just chilling and waiting for the others to arrive. Since this day is dedicated for the activity, students were told to come to school before 9 in the morning.

Since I don't have anything to do and I'm actually almost free everyday, I just went to school early and guess what? I walked to school from my house. While I was walking a while ago, I honestly considered if I would do it every day since it's much more environmentally-friendly and it has some beneficial health-related gains for my body.

I mean, yes, even if I walk, there still are cars and transportation vehicles going around and about the city but at least, I personally did not contribute to any greenhouse gas in any which way.

"Hindi ka ba napagod?" Austin asked as he scratched his right shoulder.

"Eh hindi naman kasi kita pinilit pero sumama ka." I said to him, eyes still on my phone. It's just the two of us here and the girls and boys are still missing in action.

When I was about to leave the house, I saw Austin waiting outside but when I asked how long, he just said that he just arrived. Together, we walked to school and he does a great job in keeping me occupied, really.

"Ano pala sasalihan mong club?" I asked him after I placed my phone atop my desk. Today will be the last time we are allowed to wear anything casual and starting next week, we are required to wear our school uniforms.

"Music," he just replied casually. I noticed that he somehow fixed his hair without even using a mirror.

"As always," sabi ko naman sa kanya. He really is a lover of music. When I met him, I was intrigued and shocked by how talented he is when it comes to singing and playing the guitar. It's the only instrument he knows how to play but mind you, he's one of the skilled players in our school.

May naramdaman akong biglang lumapit sa likod ko and when I was about to turn for a look, the person used his hands and blocked my eyes, blocking my vision as well. "Hulaan mo." he said.

It's as if this guy was expecting to fool me. I know every single and little thing about him: from his hands, the texture of it, his voice - everything.

"Matt," sabi ko bigla sabay hawak sa kamay niya at kinagat ito.

Dumaing naman sa sakit si Matt and touched my forehead with the goal of separating his hand from my teeth. "Hayop ka ba, ha?" sigaw nito habang natatawa. I saw Austin laughing habang pinapalo-palo ang desk niya.

Tinigilan ko na ang pagkagat sa kanyang kamay at pinunasan ang laway na nandoon gamit ang panyo ko. The one good quality that I like most about him is that he's not maarte. Kahit maputikan pa siya or anything, hindi siya nagrereklamo.

"Tara na sa Gymnasium, nandoon na sila Ella." sabi ni Matt sabay kuha sa bag ko at hinila ako patayo.  Sumunod lang sa amin si Austin na suot-suot sa likod ang kaniyang backpack at nasa magkabilang bulsa ng kanyang pantalon ang kaniyang mga kamay.

We then went straight towards the Gymnasium since it's near 9 and hindi uso dito sa school ang so-called 'Filipino-time' ng karamihan. There were just about a handful of students that you can see since most of them ay nandoon na.

I was wondering what club Lorenzo will join in aside from of course, the Baseball Club. Instead kasi na magkaroon ng Sports Club housing all the different athletes of each sport, gumawa nalang ng kaniya-kaniyang club kasi marami-rami naman ang mga members nito. Their club though isn't really considered an official club since mga players lang naman ang kasali doon. Sa case naman ng swimming club, anyone can join since it's an official one and marami ang gustong matutong lumangoy.