Taste of his lips

(3)

P:"Good afternoon ma'am/sir."

Accreditor(Man): Good afternoon ma'am Ferido, My uhm Dad sent me here as his replacement because he had an emergency meeting with his client.

P:"Its okay, its our pleasure to have the son of the CEO of southeast Company to be part of the accreditation of our school."

Then he took a glance of me. I just can't take my eyes of him. He changed a lot. Then all the memories we had.. All of it came back to me. Soon tears are filling up my eyes so I was the one who looked away

Bakit siya pa? Bakit ngayon pa? Hindi ko inaasahan na after 2 years magkikita ulit kami. Oo siya, Siya yung not-so-ex-boyfriend ko. Si JC. Naging kami nung 3rd year highschool.. Or at least akala ko kami, kasi ginagawa namin lahat ng ginagawa ng nga mag-jowa diyan. Pero nung 4th year na kami nagulat na lang ako sa nabalitaan ko. Sila na ng kaibigan ko. Matagal na daw siyang nanliligaw. Ang nasabi niya lang sakin "Umasa ka ba? Hindi naman kita niligawan ha. Walang tayo, kahit kelan hindi nagkaron ng tayo, Nichole." Sa sobrang sakit ng nangyari napabayaan ko na lahat. Nawala ako sa honors, nawalan ako ng kaibigan, nagaway na kami nila mama kasi wala n akong pake sa mundo. Grumaduate ako na malungkot. Pumasok sa college hanggan sa nakilala ko sila Jo na nagpabago sa buhay ko...

P:"Miss Santiago."

S:"yes maam.?"

P:"Please Guide our Accreditors to your classroom ASAP."

S:"y.. Y-es ma'am."

Ang limang minutong paglalakad na kasama si JC ang pinaka mabigat na oras. Parang ang tagal. Tahimik kami at sila lang ni Miss Dana ang naguusap.

S:"Ma'am... Sir. This is our classroom, please wait for a second we will prepare your chairs." And I left them. I told the proffesor that the accreditors are here so he can take charge instead.

(After class)

Jo:"bakit malungkot ka?"

S:"Wala okay lang ako."

J:"Tara sabay na tayo."

Ng may kumapit sa braso ko.

J:"Excuse me miss, pwede bang hiramin ko ang kaibigan mo?" *insert the most pacute smile*

Jo:"ah... Sige lang"

S:" Wait Jo!"

kaso biglang dumating si Jerome

Je:" Sabay na tayo Jo."

Dahil sa supportive ako sa love team ng Jerline. Hinayaan ko na sila.

Naglakad na ko diretso. Medyo binilisan ko Lakas ko para di makasabay ang taong to.

JC:"Scarlette? Yan na tawag nila sayo?"

*silence*

JC:"Huy *poke*"

JC:" huuuuy *shake shoulders*"

JC:"Kausapin mo ko o bubuhatin kita."

S:" ano ba yun?"

JC:"Kamusta ka na?"

Inirapan ko lang siya sabay lakad.

Kaso nahila niya ko, kinaladkad niya ko papunta sa isang pulang sasakyan.

S:"Kidnapper!"

JC:" manahimik ka nga! SAKAY!"

Dahil sa takot napasakay ako sa passenger's seat. Umupo naman siya sa driver's seat.

JC:" kamusta ka na? *insert smile again*

S:"*sigh* okay lang."

JC:"ang ganda mo na ah."

S:*blush*"Salamat."

JC:"You have a good college. Based on what I saw you ace the accreditation. My dad should be the one grading your college too bad he's not around. Small world by the way I didn't expect to see you there."

S:"Hindi ko din expect na makikita pa kita."

JC:"whoa miss. So how was your school.. You know studies and everything."

S:"Fine"

JC:"your friends, you chose the different kind now. Why? Hate the old friends"

S:"Excuse me?"

JC:"Oh sorry. I forgot. You're now the "mean girls" of University of the South, O believe You're still harmless."

S:"shut up"

And we both laughed. Just like before. He tease me. I lose my temper and we will laugh at each other.

JC:"Nichole we need to talk."

S:*shocked*

JC:"Oh sorry."

S:"Why do we need to talk?"

JC:"catching up I guess? Come on I miss my highschool best friend."

That caught me off guard. I don't know where will I react, the part when he said he missed me or the part when he said I'm his best friend. Umasa lang ba talaga ako noon? Before I finished my daydream we we're in front of my house. He still knows my house, when we were in highschool he used to walk me home everyday.

JC:"ang Lakas mo magonologue. Oo naalala ko pa bahay mo."

S:"Ay sorry. Sige thanks JC."

And I did the second worst mistake in my life. I accidentally kissed him.

We were both shocked, I ended up saying sorry and going inside the house. Ghad I missed those lips. Those soft lips.