Cliche (Love Series # 1)

s i x t y - f i v e

Another

(adjective)

an·oth·er\ə-ˈnə-thər also a- or ā-\
 
: one more in addition
: some other : different from the first or other one
: similar or equal to a particular person or thing

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After our one week break has passed, school had started again which means we're already half way through our senior year.

I can't believe that there's only half a year before we would become college students. Becoming college students with the mentality of a high schooler, with changes surrounding us; new school, new environment and new people. Everything would go back to square one, we'll have to start again and this time, there would be a lot of things to deal with.

A year before I was still thinking which course I should get, now, I'm already thinking about which college I will attend. This time, I already have one in my mind but I'm still unsure of which school I'll attend.

Willmark already knew which school he'll attend and what course he'll take. On the other hand, I have something on my mind but I'm still unsure whether I wanted to take it.

"Attention everyone! Before we clean the streets of pantok, someone should document thier work or else there would be no evidence that you did work, okay?" Janmill, out president announced while we nodded at her words.

We're currently huddled in the back gate of Doña Susana, each holding walis tingting and dustpan since our politics teacher gave a cleaning project for us. Now, every students in layunan is here and is about to sweep the streets of pantok.

"Is everyone here?" Janmill did a head count and wave her hands for us to proceed further.

A bunch of senior high students wearing their red batch t-shirt is now busy stooping down the busy streets of pantok. The sun glared at us with it's heated rays, the crowd buzzed in sounds either from the people chattering around me or the horns from the car.

"Ange your house is just steps away from here" Georgia teased Ange as she stepped on the corner of Darangan street.

"Hey! Don't go there!" The rest continued to teased her while the rest sweep the garbage on their feets.

"Ugh, it's so hot! Why am I cleaning here instead of studying? Ugh!" I groaned out loud as Emil chatted behind me.

"Look jamie, that's your future" he pointed to changne who suddenly spurt out of nowhere.

"Heh! You're the one whose crazy!" He burst out in laughter before I ran to him with a walis tingting in my hand, trying to hack his head off with it.

The day continued to be sweltering hot, I can only drink buko in my hand before we were off to clean the streets again.

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Our research has begun to pop up in our studies as well as the oncoming stress that is about to hit us. So today, here I am waiting for the printer to finish the research papers that was just fresh off from messenger.

"Hurry up, ugh, I'm going to be so late!" I look at my phone and saw the time, frick, it's already eleven.

So I chatted on our gc, Paboy, and told them to check my attendance of make a quiz for me. Well, that's just some perks between friends, I just knew that I'll be able to count on them.

"It's already eleven jamie, you and Willmark will be late today" my mom came downstairs while I frowned my forehead.

"It's fine mom, our first subject teacher just talks about her life, it's fine if I'm late"

"Is it that... you know?" Willmark raised his brows and asked vaguely, I nodded at him and laughed after all we have the same teacher.

Five minutes had passed and it's finally finished, thank goodness, I thought we'll spend Christmas and new year here from the long wait.

"Sorry for letting you wait, are you really sure that it's fine for you to be late?" I asked Willmark as we drove a bit faster than some other day.

"It's fine, don't worry"

Even so, he must feel so tired driving me to school and back to my home after all he still have research papers to revise. Fortunately I already learned some designs and arts and helped him do some of his school works while he work on their research paper.

We arrived at eleven thirty, there's still half an hour before the first subject ended so we decided to have a food trip.

"I'll take that" he took the newly revised research papers in my hand and placed it on the table.

We're currently eating french fries in a small diner, just facing the terminal in mabuhay. I asked my friends if our teacher is still inside the class and they said she already left and lucky me, the next teacher won't be coming since she called for a sick leave.

"Let's get you to class" I said to Willmark as we drove towards the slope of the senior high building.

"Bye!"

"See you after class!" He rubbed my head before pressing a chaste kiss on my forehead and left me stupified at the stairs.

I walked to my class and sat down before berna came to our table. I showed her the revised printed pages and she called for another group meeting since there's no teacher today.

I just spent my weeks busying myself over school related stuff before December arrived with a bang.

Notes:

• Pantok Barangay Hall is a bahay pamahalaan, barangay hall (en) located in Bayan ng Binangonan, Rizal.
• Layunan, formerly Poblacion, is a barangay in the municipality of Binangonan, in the province of Rizal. That's the name of our section when were in senior high.
• The walis-tingting is similar in construction to how Western-style stick brooms are made in the sense of thin sticks being tied up to make a broom, but what distinguishes the Philippine from those in the west is that this has no stick handle.
• Changne, she wanders around the area of pantok and is known as a crazy woman. I really am not sure where her home is or if her name is really Changne, I knew that she's been wandering the pantok area for years even when I was in elementary.
• Coconut water known as buko juice is the liquid endosperm obtained from a young coconut which is pure and nutritious natural beverage.

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Fun fact: We did sweep off the streets of pantok back then and yes, when one of us is absent in the first subject, one will check their attendance and even make another quiz for them. Tsk, tsk, don't do this kids!

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