Elapsed Memories

7. Deduction Freak

Chapter 7.
DEDUCTION FREAK

Ella's POV

He just stare at me after I asked him, we're just staring at each other. No one's breaking the contact.

Anyway, I forgot to tell you I will live as Azalea Bora who's a student from somewhere afar and an independent one. Binilhan kami ng head mistress ng tag iisang condo na malapit lamang sa bahay ng mga babantayan namin para makasigurado. But Azalea Bora is still me, Azalea is my code name and Bora is my middle name or my mom's family name.

Ang tunog ng bell ang nagpabalik sakin sa sarili, tiningnan ko itong nasa harap ko at nakitang nakatulala pa rin siya hanggang ngayon.

I waved my hand in his face at natauhan naman siya agad.

"I'm a transferee here, can you walk me to my room?" Of course, nag maang maangan akong di ko alam ang section niya at dinaan ko lang sa tanong na maingat. We're on a same section kaya magiging madali lang para sakin ang bantayan siya.

"Uhh y-eah, s-ure" he's stuttering HAHA how cute! I suddenly want to pinch his cheeks.

He cleared his throat and let out a heavy breath "Yeah, sure"

Umiling na lang ako at napangiti "Where is this 12-A?" I asked.

Nagulat siya sa sinabi ko at napaawang ang bibig. Nawala na naman siya sa sarili niya kaya pinitik ko ang noo niya, ang dali niya namang mawala sa sarili. San ba napupunta ang isip ng taong to?

"I-it's on the 3rd floor, just f-follow me" he stuttered again. Is he afraid of me? Or....

"Do you have a speech disorder?"

Hindi naman kasi ako katakot takot nung inapproach ko siya kaya imposibleng takot siya sakin.

Umiling lang naman siya at naglakad na. Sumunod na lang din ako sa kanya.

We get in on the elevator and he seems uneasy when we're already alone at the lift. Tahimik lang din namin ako, I don't feel like talking.

Hanggang sa nakarating na kami sa room. Nauna na akong pumasok at sumunod siya sakin but I stopped him.

"You're also here?" I have to act that I didn't know we're classmates.

"Hmm" he replied shortly.

Tinaasan ko lang siya ng kilay at naghanap na ng mauupuan. Umupo siya dun sa pinaka dulo sa bahaging likod. So I seated aligned on him sa likod on the right side and he's on the left side, pinaka dulo din.

We're already on the 2nd subject dahil natagalan kami dun sa nangyari sa hallway.

Maya maya dumating na ang teacher namin and I've learned she is Mrs. Kristine Fuentes and siya daw ang pinaka mabait na math teacher na nakilala ng mga students dito.

Hindi pa siya nakakarating sa table niya ay may dumating na isang student teacher.

"Mrs. Fuentes, the dean would like to talk to you about something"

Kumunot ang noo ni Mrs. Fuentes. She look at us and glance on him and then back to us. Hindi niya pa ata ako napapansin.

"I'll be back, class. Cess, monitor your classmates, no one's allowed to go out during class hours" she told the girl near the door. She's Nathalie Cess Silva.

She's the famous 'Angel of Section A' coz she really looks like an angel plus her kind heart kaya nagtitiwala sa kanya ang mga teachers.

Parang naramdaman niya naman ang titig ko kaya lumingon siya sakin at ngumiti. Pinuntahan niya ako at nagpakilala siya.

"Nathalie Cess, you're a transferee, right?" she asked me. Tumango ako at sinuklian ang ngiti niya. She's really damn pretty

"Would you mind introduce yourself at front?" she asked in a soft tone.

Tumingin ako sa harap at nakitang nakatingin silang lahat sakin at parang naghihintay silang magpakilala ako sa harap.

I rose up from my seat at tutok na tutok ang mga mata nila sakin, hindi na ako nag abala pang pumunta sa harap at nagpakilala na.

"I'm Azalea Bora, hope we'll be fr--" I got cut off by a shout from the door.

"GOOD MORNING MRS. FUENTES, SORRY I'M LATE" at yumuko pa siya, it's Azi, the fashionista. Nagtaka naman siya nang nakarinig siya ng mga tawa at nakitawa na rin si Cess. Mas lalo siyang nagtaka nang makita niya ako, siyempre I'm just a transferee here, hindi niya pa ako kilala.

"Why are you late Azi?" Cess asked her.

"Natagalan ako ng gising" she replied snorting.

I noticed something from her right shoulder and she just said that she got late because of laziness, I doubt it. There's something to do with that thing, it's a pink fur and it looks like it is from a cloth.

By that, I know she's lying.

"No, you're not" nagulat ang lahat ng magsalita ako.

Tinaasan niya ako ng kilay "Who are you? And what are you talking about!?"

"As what I'm saying is, you're lying." I smirked at her.

She smirked back "How can you say so?"

"You're late not because of laziness. But because you stop by on a fashion line boutique. You are late for the first subject so you stay at the boutique and try some fur clothes and you didn't realize that you are also late for the second subject because all you care is all about the clothes. You didn't mind checking the time. On your way here, you just run because the boutique is just one block away from our school."

Gulat na gulat siya sa mga sinabi ko at maya maya ay ngumiti siya ng napaka lapad. She seems amused while others are still on a state of shock, then she slowly clapped her hands.

"I like you naaa! Btw how did you know it?" she asked me, still amused with a slight of puzzlement.

Lumapit ako sa kanya at kinuha ang parang balahibo na sigurado akong galing sa damit yun. Binigay ko sa kanya yun at ibinigay ko na lang rin ang panyo ko kasi pawis na pawis pa siya.

Kinuha niya ang panyo ko at tiningnan niya lang ang balahibo.

"Tapon mo na yan" so tinapon ko na lang yun kahit saan at tumalikod na siya.

Papunta na siya sa upuan niya at lumingon siya pabalik sakin with a grin. "You're my friend na ha? Sabay tayong maglunch mamaya" then she winked at me.

Azi is not what others think of her, she's just a brat kaya ganon siya umasta pero mabait naman daw siya sa mga close niya. I already check each of my classmates background kaya kilalang kilala ko na silang lahat.

Dumating na si Mrs. Fuentes at naabutan niyang tahimik ang lahat. Kaya napangiti siya at hinanap niya si Cess, nahagip ako ng mga mata niya na nasa tabi lang ni Cess, sumunod pala siya sakin sa paglapit kay Azi.

Nagulat siya ng bahagya pero di ko namalayang nasa harap niya na pala si Cess, may sinabi siya kay Mrs. Fuentes at tumango na lamang siya.

Tumingin ulit siya sakin at nginitian, nagpatuloy na lang siya at wala ng tinanong pa.