(Bullet on the pic above - photo grabbed from google)
Naglalakad si Athena papuntang klase nang biglang may umakbay sa kanya mula sa likod.
"Jared" bati ni Athena sa lalaking katabi niya. She yawned. Alas onse na ng gabi nang matapos niyan i-raid niya ang dungeon ng Phoenix kung kaya't antok na antok siya ngayon.
"Mukhang puyat ka kagabi ah. Inabot ka ba ng hatinggabi sa pag aaral. Aba Athena, masama din yan sa katawan at sa utak ha" sermon ni Jared.
'Kung alam mo lang Jared' Athena told herself and they started walking towards their classroom. Nakaakbay pa din si Jared sa kanya. Well, she's already used to it.
"Nga pala, hindi ka na nagtext sakin kagabi kung nakauwi ka na."
Napatigil si Athena. She totally forgot to tell Jared what happened last night. Pero kapag sinabi niya iyon kay Jared, magsisimula na naman ang pagiging overprotective nito.
Kailangan niya bang sabihin?
"Pasensya na. Nawala na sa isip ko." Sinuklay ni Athena ang buhok gamit ang kamay niya.
"Okay lang yan. Basta safe ka nakauwi. Pero seryoso, wag ka na mag paabot ng dilim dito."
"Opo, daig mo pa si papa at kuya eh"
"Syempre, inihabilin ka kaya nila sakin pag nandito sa school." Jared ruffled her hair.
"Jared naman. Sinabing huwag ang buhok ko." Athena forcefully removed Jared's hands in her hair.
Athena and Jared stopped teasing each other when they saw the Zeroth band walking in their direction. Well, almost all students did look at them.
Athena looked at Zaiden Ace. She still can't believe that this poker faced man helped her last night.
Akala ni Athena ay lalampasan lamang sila ng mga nito ngunit nagulat siya nang bigla itong tumigil sa tapat nila at malamig na tumingin sa kanya.
Mukhang nagulat din ang mga kasama nito dahil sa ginawa nitong pagtigil. Nagpalipat lipat ang tingin ng ibang miyembro ng Zeroth band kay Athena at Ace.
Athena became attentive and at the same time, nervous. Jared didn't know what happened last night.
"Don't stay too late at school again," Ace spoke coldly at her pagkatapos ay makahulugang tumingin kay Jared na nakaakbay pa din kay Athena.
Ace continued walking na parang walang nangyari at sumunod naman ang mga kasama niya na tila naguguluhan pa din sa nangyari.
"Hey, kilala mo si Miss pretty?" James asked Ace. He was dumbfounded when he saw their leader talking to a girl.
"Shut up Arabella" Ace said at nauna ng maglakad. James looked at Athena. 'She's really pretty' he thought to himself
Members of Zeroth band looked at each other but they just shrugged their shoulders ang followed Ace. Mason took a glimpse of the girl Ace talked to. She's the same girl he saw at the library yesterday.
Liam noticed Mason's gaze and catched him looking at that girl. He found it interesting. These two guys were always uninterested with everything around them. But it looks like that pretty girl caught their interest. He needs to know that girl personally.
"Anong nangyari kagabi Athena?" Jared removed his hands and looked at Athena seriously.
"It's nothing Red. Let's go." Athena tried to evade the question and pulled Jared pero hindi ito nagpatinag. Athena sighed.
"Okay, I stayed too late kagabi sa library. Hindi ko na namalayan ang oras. Nung lumabas ako madilim na. Naglalakad ako nun when I saw four boys sa daan na mukhang goons. Nilampasan ko sila pero they tried to.." Athena looked at Jared's dimmed expression and continued. "...to harass me"
BINABASA MO ANG
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