Cliche (Love Series # 1)

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Pleasant

(adjective)

pleas·ant\ˈple-zənt\

: causing a feeling of happiness or pleasure
: friendly and likable

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I don't know how it happened but looking at this scene that's filled with both harmony as if they're singing the same song, I can only gape blankly.

Would you look at that? The only thing left is our ambiguous relationship to disperse and let love bloom in our life.

What a pity.

"Oh shush! You really have a way with words!" My mother slapped Willmark's arm before continuing her boisterous laughter.

"It's true Tita, you don't look like a middle aged woman. I think I could even call you my ate and no one would disagree" he sang in accordance to the book on 'How to be like by your mother in law'

"Eh... Sipsip" Bool poked fun at his obvious action of licking someone's boots.

"You can't be bias Tita!" Hanie playfully said making us laugh.

My friends are having another foodtrip in our house, they have excuses such as; it's more windy here, our house is big enough to accommodate them and the most far fetched reason is that they wanted to see my mother again.

I don't think Willmark's the only sipsip in here, I think all of them are too, such hypocrisy.

"They're right Tita, don't be fooled by his charming smile, behind that is a very troublesome figure" Allan chortled as Hao nodded in confirmation.

I think he's too used in saying flowery words to girls, hmph, babaero. But even so, I couldn't help but love the fact that he have a really good relationship with my mother.

My mother would even ask for his well being and I of course would tell her his day, she seems to really like him. I can't decides
whether I should love their close connection or be jealous of it.

"Oh shush you all!" My mom said, her face beaming with smiles as she looked at Willmark again with a big grin.

"Thank you for defending my innocent self Tita, they're just indenial since I've beat them in baseball yesterday"

"Oh really? You're good at basketball? I think you and my older son would get along well"

"I hope so Tita" then he smiled charmingly making my mother become more amused at his adorableness.

Hehe, in school he's a very naughty student who always likes to prank other people but now, I see him acting like a domesticated sheep in front of me. How bemusing.

"So Willmark, you're going to graduate soon right? Along with Jamie, then, have you already decided where you'll attend school?"

I bit my bottom lips and I pushed the hair away from my ear before focusing on what he's about to say.

"I'll just attend the same school, it'll be a hassle if I go to another school"

I immediately sighed in relief, it felt like I was suddenly relieved of a fish bone stuck on my throat.

"Oh, you're right, Jamie will also attend the same school though I still don't know what course she'll take"

"Mom, I still have to think it over before deciding" I interjected while my friends decided to tell my mother their own decisions.

I look at the scene on front of me, maybe when I remember this scene I would feel nostalgic and sad at the same time. Maybe it'll be months before this happen again or maybe it won't, either way, this memory would be surely stored in my mind.

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Another school came and promoted their school, of course they brought their own students and displayed their uniforms. They talked about their own experience in the school, the benefits and the things that are free and mostly, they gave us fans, the never ending takeaway gift of fans, and some were rich enough to offer us notebooks and pens.

My classmates on the other hand didn't really listen to them, some were doing their own thing, half was looking at their phone and the rest well, they were feasting on the piece of eye candys in front of us.

I think it's a very much well known tactic, they would show here with their sophisticated uniforms, half of the students have great communication quality and the rest are just flower vases.

The school gates are open for senior high schools to come and offer vicentian students their own school and will always leave with a smile and words of just contact us.

"We're really graduating huh?" I quietly mutter to myself before folding all the flyers I received from different schools and skip it inside my bag.

"Attention everyone!" Our class president shouted, our eyes were zeroed on her standing infront.

"What is it prez?"

"We'll start the list of participants for the upcoming seniors week, raise your hands if you wanted to be in this game. Also, we will wear our batch t-shirt and any other similar colored shirt" she announced getting all of our classmates hyped up.

Ugh, it means I have to wash my batch t-shirt then, how fun.

"I want to be on the basketball game!"

"I'll be in the volleyball game!"

"Hey! We only need seven people for this- no!"

Because of the announcement, everyone was just too hyped up and wanted to be on the game.

Seniors week is about to start three days after this week. Sports such as basketball and volleyball will be there,  not sure about the rest but we'll see next week.

Oh, it's going to be a tiring week then, I thought senior's week is all about having fun with everyone they didn't tell us we'll work for it, ha.

Notes:

• Babaero, a man who's fond of getting himself another woman; a womanizer.
• Maamong tupa is your Filipino idiom that has nothing to do with the sheep but most likely mirrors how sweet looking these animals are, it means someone playing goody goody.
• Sipsip meaning such up, a person who tries to get the approval of someone in authority by saying and doing helpful and friendly things. We used to say this to our elementary  classmates who have higher grades than us when they're not that great and is a teacher's pet.
• Different schools would go to our school to offer their services. They usually gave us fans, pens and for the rich and affluent schools, notebooks.
• Seniors week is where all seniors that are about to graduate would get players from their class with traditional Filipino games to athletic sports to play and fight with different sections.

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