Amber Alert (El Vicente Series #1) [COMPLETED]

Kabanata 19

"Oh my god, Alis. Are you okay?"

He's bruised. Again.

Sugat sa kamao ang nakita ko sa kamay niya. I scanned his face for his possible bruises. I didn't see anything but still, nag aalala pa din ako para sa kaniya.

He kept his hands on his side for me to not see it. He smirked at me and raised his eyebrow.

"Concerned ka?" he joked.

Hinampas ko siya. "Syempre! Did you punch someone?"

"Nagpractice lang ako sa dingding," sabi niya at tumawa.

"Seriously, Alis. Sino ang sinuntok mo? Feeling mo ba boxer ka na n'yan?" iritado kong tanong.

Ngumisi siya at umiling iling. He slided his binder to me. Imbis na sagutin ako ay ininguso niya ang binder niya na nasa lamesa ko na.

"Kopyahin mo na. Lecture ko 'yan... hindi ka kasi nagsusulat!"

"Hindi na ako high-school! Malamang nasa flashdrive lahat ng notes ko!"

"I added more informations there. Mas makakascore ka kahit dalawa man lang kapag 'yan ang kinopya mo," mayabang na sabi niya.

Sumimangot ako. "What do you want to say? Huh? I score higher than two!"

"Three?"

Tuluyan na kaming nag ingay sa buong klase. Kahit ganoon ay hindi ko pa din maiwasang mag alala sa lagay ni Alistair. He's being more weird that usual. Kahit na medyo bumalik na siya sa normal ngayon, pakiramdam ko may mali pa din.

Bea and her friends aren't so rude to me these days. I think Alis did something about her last time. She's not talking to me and glaring at me now. But of course, hindi lang naman sila ang kaaway ko rito. I have a lot of haters here.

"Hi, Amber..." the guys called as they walked past me. Bench is one of those guys.

He didn't smile. Blangko lang ang mukha niya sa akin kaya nanibago ako doon. Nilagpasan nila ako. I shrughed and ignored them thinking about Bench and his half-brother. Siguro ngayon, alam na niya ang namamagitan sa amin ng kapatid niya. Hindi ko idedeny iyon.

Nakaupo ako sa batibot at hinihintay si Alistair na bumalik nang matanaw ko si Bench na mag isa. He's holding a book on his hand. Nakita niya ako.

I immediately removed my eyes from him. Nanatili ang mata ko sa binder ni Alistair. Although on my peripheral view, I saw him walking towards me.

"Amber," he called me.

Umangat ang tingin ko sa kaniya. I stared at him and somehow, searched for any resemblance he have with Hunter. Napagtanto kong meron, kahit papaano. Bench's features are soft while Hunter is reckless.

I smiled a bit. "Hey.."

Naupo siya sa tabi ko. Hindi naman ako umangal.

"Are you really going out with Hunter?" he asked.

I fixed my seat. Pinagdikit ko ang tuhod at inunat ang paa ko upang h'wag masilipan sa ilalim.

I nodded. "Yes, Bench."

Ngumisi siya. "I'm very disappointed, Amber. You went from me down to that..." itinawa niya ang mga huling sasabihin.

I gritted my teeth.  

What does he mean by that? In fact, pakiramdam ko si Hunter nga ang mas better kaysa sa kaniya.

H'wag niyang ikumpara ang sarili niya kay Hunter dahil malayo!

"He's not like that, Bench." mariin na sabi ko.

"See?" tumawa siya lalo. "He got you fooled! Ano ba ang sinasabi niya sayo? That he can give you anything? He doesn't have anything, Amber."