Chapter 16

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Zephaniah's POV

Pinapatawag ulit ako ngayon sa Guidance office dahil may sasabihin daw sa akin si Mr. Galliardo kaya pag kapasok ko ng school ay dumiretso agad ako sa kanyang office dahil iyon ang sabi n'ya sa akin kahapon bago ako umuwi.

"Sir, Goodmorning po" sabi ko pag katapos ko pumasok sakan'yang opisina at same parin nung una kinakabahan ako na baka may hindi ako magandang ginawa kaya agad akong umupo buti namna at pag kaupo ko agad din s'yang nag salita, ayoko din naman mag hintay dahil in 20 minutes may klase na ako kelangan ko pa tignan kung sino ang mga hindi pumasok. "I call you here just to let you know that the boards is really thankful to you base in the reports of your section's lecturers the boys has changed a bit they even know how to welcome and say bye to a teacher also this past weeks most of them haven't ditch any class yet specially Mr. Villaflor he used to ditch his classes everyday but now even his quizzes' scores increased you did a very well job" pag bati n'ya pag katapos noon ay nag pasalamat lang ako at hindi na pinahaba pa ang usapan dahil ayokong malate 5 minutes nalang tumakbo na ako dahil sa kabilang building pa ang room naming at nasa fourth floor iyon.

"you're late Amber!" pag sita sa akin ni Miles ang akala ko ay s'ya lang ang nandoon dahil hinahanap ko ang susi ng room sa aking bag ngunit pag angat ng ulo ko ay laking gulat ko ng lahat sila ay nag aantay sa labas ng room at himala hindi sila pakalat kalat mga nakapila pa pati ang bag nila ay nakapila din sa gilid ng kinakaupuan nila 'tsaka ko narealize na oo nga napag bago ko nga sila without even being harsh to them "open the door. Four eyes we've been waiting here for almost 10 minutes and you'll just stare at Miles as if it's your first time to see him?" pag rereklamo ni Xanthus kaya agad kong binuksan ang pinto at para silang mga kinder na sabay sabay pumasok.

"Bakit ka late nakipag breakfast ka ba sa boyfriend mo?" tanong ni Xanthus sa likod kaya naman naisipan kong tumayo ng hindi s'ya pinapansin at dumiretso sa harapan at pinag masdan sila saglit hindi na sila gano'n kagulo noong una maingay parin pero hindi na parang binagyo "ehem! Guys can you lend me your ears for a while?" I ask to caught their attentions. Nakinig din naman sila at itinuon ang atensyon sa akin "first, I want to apologize for being late earlier It's just happened that Mr. Galliardo told me to go to his office first thing in the morning and we had some talk about your changes and the board is really happy that you're now slowly growing up and of course they shouldn't put all the credits to me but I told them that I didn't force you to change it's your own decision. But still they are thankful to me and because of that I am very thankful to all of you for cooperating" napapangiti ako sa bawat pag banggit ko ng salita dahil kung sa star section ay hindi ko ito magagawa hindi ako kumportable sa mga classmate ko doon ngunit dito sa lowest section kung sino pa yung kilala bilang mga walang modo sila pa iyong tumuring sa akin na parang tao kaya sobrang saya ko dahil kumportable ako sakanila 

"they should really put all the credits to you Amber we all changed because of you, we think of you as our little sister since we are all 2 to 3 years older than you and as day goes by you are so nice to us. You even help me and them to catch up the topic we didn't understand and because of you we are obligated to review before the quiz or exam day. We can't be the person who we are right now, without your guidance" napangiti naman ako sa sinabi ni Dominique na little sister pala ang tingin nila sa akin sa sobrang touch ko ay na tears of joy ako at nauwi sa group hug naki yakap din ang apat na tarantado except kay Xanthus na KJ at pinapaalis ang pag gugroup hug namin dahil mabaho daw ako ang epal talaga pero hindi naming siya pinansin at pinag patuloy ang pag g-group hug hanggang sa dumating at lecturer at nag sibalikan kami sa mga upuan.

"Panay ang puri ng mga lecturer sa boys dahil finally may kausap na daw sila sa room at nag rerecite na daw sobrang proud ko nga na nag greet na sila sa teachers tumataas narin ang scores at nag paparticipate narin sa mga group works kala ko nga hindi ko kakayanin makasama sila dahil disaster at sakit sa ulo mali pala kelangan lang pala talaga nila ng mag ga-guide sakanila patungo sa tamang landas" pag kekwento ko kay Sachiko habang nag lalakad kami ngayon sa mall dahil Friday at kelangan naming makapag bonding kahit na papa ano dahil nagiging busy din kami. May IP s'ya at ako naman ay maraming groupings at paper works na inaasikaso. So, we really need to schedule a time for the both of us we maybe sound so cheesy and plastic but hell nah! We just think that a good friendship the secret is to invest a time to each other, just like how relationship works.

Alas otso narin ng maka uwi kami kaya pag tapos ko tumulong kay inay ay naligo ako at hinayaan ang buhok kong basa hanggang maka tulog ako.

"I agree that smoking in public places should be banned because it affects non-smokers as well. Firstly, being in High School and being surrounded by smoke after school isn't even a little bit pleasant. All of the older kids smoke so the younger kids like to be influenced by the Juniors and Seniors. They will eventually start and get into the habit of smoking. It's also very unhealthy. Secondly, being in a restaurant and having to smell that smoke while eating is not only disrespectful but also disturbing and once again not healthy. I respect those who smoke away. Another reason is smoking will become a tendency, which lures a lot of young people to do so. In fact, according to some reliable surveys, numbers of smokers are rapidly increasing these days. Of course, we can smoke if this will affect no one. We together make some tight and strict regulation for smokers if we don't want to have any adverse influences on our next generations." Sa ngayon ay may debate kami sa this will represent as our peta for our health subject. 18  lang kami sa room so nahati kami into two groups that consist of 9 members, ang kabilang grupo ay pinamumunuan ni Xanthus. Our debate is about 'should smoking be banned in public places? Why and why not?' my group is pro smoking ban and Xanthus' is anti

"It seems clear to me that most people have their opinions against smoking. nevertheless, smoking still has some positive aspect to economic sides. For example, many countries around the world, especially tropical nations, like Cuba as well as England consider cigarette as an important product to export to many other countries to get money or exchange other commodities. therefore, they can use that money to invest in some different kinds of fields. furthermore, here in the Philippines, selling cigarettes is also an easy job that everyone can do to earn more money, no matter how old they are. As a result, this can bring some jobs for people and partially solve rate of unemployment."

"Oh really? Don't use other people to me in fact they can sell other things that is healthier than cigarette like fruits, vegetables, and so many other things. They will profit more there than selling cigarette. For Cuba and England, they can still export tobacco to other countries we are not saying that they should stop selling, the point here is government should ban people smoking in public places they can just put a facility or assign a not so crowded place that smoker can smoke so that they'll not harm other people's health" the nerve of this guy use my countrymen against me! Hindi niya pwedeng gamitin ang mga mamayan ng pilipinas para sa pansarili niyang hilig, yes! Tama kayo he's a chain smoker kaya laban na laban sya!

"Why need to assign a place, it will just hassle the smoker. And if they know that there's someone is smoking it is up to them, if people don't like smoke then, avoid the people who are smoking. Easy right?" he said proudly while smirking. Goodness talaga? Iniisip niya na mahahassle lang ang paninigarilyo nila? Why, does their cigar can't wait to be lit up? As if it has a mouth that saying them "bilisan mo sindihan mon a ako atat na atat na ako!" how ridiculous

"Obviously, the cloud of smoke exactly disturbs other people; especially non-smokers feeling. It should be banned because the percentage of non-smokers is higher than active smokers so non-smokers wants clean air and also second-hand smoke is more dangerous than actually smoking as well." Atake ko sakanya dahil totoo naman kung gusto nilang sunugin ang baga nila at mamatay ng maaga pwes wag silang man dadamay. Panay ang asaran ng mga miyebro ng mag kabilang panig dahil kami lang ni Xanthus ang nag sasagutan.

"Roasted group!" Panunuya ni Aquinas kanila Xanthus dahil anila burn na burn na daw ang mga ito. Patuloy ang sagutan namin habang nag aasaran sila sa huli ay ako ang pinanigan ng panel dahil daw mas may katuturan at hindi pansariling kagustuhan ang aking ipinag lalaban, matapos ng debate ay nag walk out si Xanthus okay lang din naman dahil break time pero ang hindi ko maintindihan ay ano ang ikinagagalit n'ya dahil ba natalo s'ya? Natapakan ba ang ego n'ya? Weird ang babaw.

Buong araw ay naka busangot ang muka niya at walang kumakausap sakan'ya kahit na sino sa mga kaibigan n'ya kahit sa room, ilang beses na itong nangyari simula nung lumipat ako ng section yung buong araw s'yang walag imik at walang kumakausap at palagi s'ya nag di-ditch ng class pag nang yayari iyon sinasabihan ko siya ngunit ngayon ay kaka iba pinabayaan ko nalang s'ya at hindi na pinansin pa.

Crossed Paths Accidentally On PurposeTahanan ng mga kuwento. Tumuklas ngayon