Sooner

Chapter 5

Boybestfriend

Zoe's POV

Madaling umaga nanaman akong nagising, it's always like this walang nag-iba, taking a shower, changing, eating breakfast, taking Yuri, and we're in the school.

Dad had a schedule for operation for his patients today, I'm sure Tita Whitney will take us home later.

After classes we had our lunchbreak, and as I can remember we met a boy yesterday so I tried to find and look for him, and yeah he's behind there eating his lunch alone.

"Yuri? Did you remember that boy we met yesterday?" I asked Yuri.

"Ah oo, siya yan? Why he is eating alone?" she answered. We will try to talk to, Ali? Is that his name? I think it is as I can remember, I want to know him better.

As I know he have nobody in this school, like he don't have friends. Being nerd is not easy po talaga, so nilapitan namin siya.

"H-hey, why are you so alone? Why you don't have friends?" he is shocked when he saw me staring at him while eating veggies. "N-nothing. Wait, ikaw yung kahapon diba?" ofcourse! Ako yun duh.

"Ofcourse it was me and Yuri, we wanted to get close to you kasi wala kang friends eh".

"Yeah, it was hard, I don't have anyone here, my school days are boring", school days are not.

He just realized that it's boring if you don't have a friend. "Well, may we sit beside you?" di ko alam kung bakit ko gustong maging kaibigan siya, this boy is very shy.

"May I ask your name again? I'm Zoe and she's Yuri, the daughter of my dad's cousin and you are?" I smiled.

"I'm Ali Davies Taylor" what a unique name, his last name is very unique, ngayon ko lang yun narinig.

"Ang masasabi ko lang sayo is wag kang mahiya Ali, that's why you don't have friends kasi hindi ka madaldal like us haha" what is she talking about!?

"Yuri, be serious naman he is our new friend, kaibigan? Hello?" right. So we started eating, I can see his eyes while looking at us while smiling.

"Why you look so happy?" ugh, what kind of question is that Zoe?

"Hmm, I just realize that you guys are very kind. I thought you'll going to bully me, pero iba pala akala ko" huh? Is he scared of us? Sa ganda naming 'to?

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Well, I always getting bully from my classmates, because I'm a nerd" as I said, being nerd is not easy. He have a glasses, his teeth is not that straight, and his hairstyle didn't suit him. But I love his eyes and nose, the way is matches his glasses.

"It's okay, starting now, you have us! Right Yuri?.

"Y-yes" she can't talk that much, she's hungry.

We ended our conversation when the bell rings.

"Because we have our meeting today class, we will met next week. So class dismissed, see you next week, take care!" my teacher announced.

I was surprised that they will have a meeting today, we have a problem. We said that we will have our dismissal 3:00pm, but it's 1:00pm in the afternoon! How can we wait in here?

"Zoe, what about now? Maya-maya pa dadating si Tita Whitney" right. How can we wait here for an hour?!

"Di'ko rin alam Yuri, what if we will go to the playground?".

"But Tito Arwin–", yeah I forgot dad will get mad if we'll play in the playground. What can we do now?

"Hey, what if we'll go to the canteen? I'm hungry na rin eh" I know, if I'm gonna mention canteen, Yuri don't have to decline because she is always hungry.

"Yeah, sure" she said.

While taking our snack, we saw Ali again, sitting and doing his assignments alone. Well, he is always alone, nothing change.

"Yuri, si Ali oh" nilapitan nanaman namin siya.

"So busy, what's that? Stress paper?" I laugh, I was about to help him but he said "I'm reviewing Zia". Who is? Zia?! He called me Zia after he forgot my name. He didn't even look at me.

"Wow, I have a second name now, beautiful" he started laughing after calling me Zia. "Sorry Zoe, come and sit" mabuti naman.

His eyes reminds me of kuya Zack, not that big, his lashes, and eyebrows got my attention, as his new friend. He got brown eyes.

"Ali, do you play basketball?" I was curious though, he is tall. "No, I don't but I'm starting practicing. I prefer cooking than playing basketball, chief is my dream job" he have a dream.

I'm obsessed with him.

"Zoe? Will you promise me that you'll be my bestfriend 'til 200 years old?" who will live at the age of 200 Ali?!

"Are you joking? 200 years old? Do I have to promise?" his question made me laugh.

"90+? Ugh, just be my bestfriend 'til we'll getting older" wow this boy is kidding right now. "Surely, 90 years old kahit maputi na ang buhok ko, natin, tatandaan parin kita haha" natatawang sabi ko.

"Bakit mo ako tatandaan? Dapat ganito, kahit maputi na ang buhok mo, kikilalanin mo parin akong bestfriend"

I know we are still young but we have a dream that we wanted to achieve.

"Sure" I agreed, why not? He is so kind, especially to us. "Promise? 90+?" should I promise? I can handle friendships but this promise is hard.

"Promise", we did a pinkyswear on our hands. He started to take his paper and he wanted us to write our name with "My friends" on it.

"Write your name here". We wrote our name and he said he will keep it. Having my first boybestfriend is so mean to me, I hope we'll make our promises true.

After an hour, Tita Whitney called us to take us home.

"Zoe, Yuri. Tara na, hapon na oh, itong mga batang to" she's acting like she's our mom, but she's not. She just wanted money! Money of my dad! Life of my dad! I hate her so much.

I hope my mother didn't die, I didn't saw her face, she didn't saw me growing.