Chapter 10
The 16th Of July
"I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be."
I closed the book after reading that line several times this morning.
Love.
I woke up earlier than ever. I prepared everything. The poems that I'm going to submit as an entry of my section and the game poem that I will give to Rose. I polished it, written it very well with my best penmanship and best paper quality.
Bumaba ako and everything seems normal. I took a bath, ate breakfast, prepared my stuffs and wear my uniform. "I'm off." I said to my mother as I went out from the house and headed to the school.
I'm smiling without any reasons, cherishing the beautiful surroundings while wearing my earphones. This is the first time I've ever lifted my hear just to appreciate the surroundings around me.
"Sebastian!" Kahit naka-earphone ako, I've heard someone shouted my name. I divert my attention to the person waving at me. Ahh. Axel. I waved back at lumapit siya sa'kin.
"You seems happy huh. A very unusual side of Sebastian." He teases na hindi ko nalang pinansin. Am I? I swayed my head as an answer. "Let's just go to school." I said to him diverting the topic.
We went to the school, common scenario occured, such as discussions, group or individual performances, recess, quizzes, lunch breaks and submission of the poem entries.
"The Beautiful Rose." My adviser uttered the title. It was a common one but for me, it's different. It's special. My adviser didn't showed any expression and later on, she started to smile while reading the poem.
"A poem for a girl. Love do really inspires everyone huh." She uttered. Love? Am I? I shaked my head once again as an answer. "I'm afraid I'm not." Yet she refuses my answer as she continues to read the poem.
"No. I can feel the emotion of love here. Thank you for your submission Mr. Hugo, this will be a great opportunity for our section and to you as well. Keep it up." She said and I just smiled. I went out of the picture, thinking what she said earlier.
Emotion of love?
Am I? No. I swayed my head again and just went up to the rooftop to have my peaceful lunch there and also, wanting to see her. But to my surprise, ako lang mag-isa sa rooftop na iyon.
I sighed, eat, read a book while earphones are on, pero may kulang. I'm looking for something or maybe, someone. Her.
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I didn't see her the whole day at the school, and I don't know why. Maybe I will see her again at the park where she waited for me so I walk and just listened to my music.
I stared at the sky as I walk. It's dark, and heavy. Mukhang uulan mamaya. I stopped sa lugar kung saan niya ako inabangan noon, I waited and seeked for her pero wala.
I decided to walk straight to the house, still, nobody welcomed nor startled me at the street. No sign nor shadow of her. I went home straight, ate some snacks at inayos ang sarili sa salamin before seven strikes in the clock.
