continuation..
“nako, may homework tayo dun ah!” Jhoyce exclaimed.
“bababa nalang ako, babalikan ko” I decided.
“gusto mo samahan ka namin?” Carla offered.
“wag na, nakakahiya naman sa inyo. Umuwi na kayo, ako nalang” I refused.
“para po!”“sige, ingat ka..” Carla said as I went down the jeep.
“kayo din, bye” then I waved goodbye.
Naglakad lang ako pabalik sa school. Kainis naman oh, ba’t ba kasi nakalimutan ko pa! Nung una nga, ayaw pa ‘kong papasukin ng guard eh! Buti nalang napapayag ko din nung sinabi kong kailangan ko talagang balikan yung notebook ko. While I was walking on the corridor in the direction of our room, I heard someone talking.
As I stood at the classroom’s door, I heard the guy murmured something like,
“andyan siya..” though I’m not sure If I heard it right and I don’t have any frigging idea what they’re talking about.
There’s two people, Mike and
--I don’t know his name but I do know him by his face and as far as I can remember, he’s Mike’s bandmate.
I knocked at the door.
“excuse me lang ah?” then I entered.
I went to where my chair is and thankfully, my notebook’s there. I was about to leave when,
“narinig mo ba pinag-uusapan namin?” Mike asked but he’s not looking. He’s staring at the floor and he looks so dead serious, I wonder why.
“don’t worry, I don’t have any clue on what you guys were talking about. Sorry for the interruption..” I began to walk away.
“Hilary!” the guy called so I turned my head.
“bakit?” I’m puzzled. He knows my name but I don’t even know his.
“will you please come over here? kung pwede lang naman” he smiled welcomely so I went where they’re seated and stood in front of them.
“by the way, Paolo nga pala” he extended his hand.
I reached over his hand and smiled at him.
“nice meeting you. Your bandmates, right?”“same here. yeah, we are” he said.
“uhm, so..well..i mean..” I gave him a perplexed look.
He chortled.
“have a seat first” he pulled a chair close to me. Mike’s still looking at the floor.
“okay..” then I seated in front of them.
“Mike!” he called his attention. Mike tilted his head but he was just quiet, very not him. Paolo turned to me.
“I just want to have your opinion about something.” he squinched at Mike.
“pano kung may dapat akong sabihin..” he paused.
“kunwari sa’yo..” then he looked at me.
“tapos?”“would you want to hear it from me?”“sure..”He nodded then looked at the floor. I heard him sigh then he looked at me again.
“I would tell you about it when the right time comes..” he continued.
This whole thing is an enigma. All I managed was a smile but he seems to be waiting for an answer. I looked at Mike then at Paolo.
“but..” I paused.
“..the right time will never come, you just..” I pondered for a while.
“you just make it happen..” I succesfully extracted that from my mind and I’m planning to make it as my
Philosophy #11. Paolo smiled at me which made me more curious.
“see?” Paolo turned to Mike but he just shrugged.
“what’s this all about?” I can’t help but ask.
“let’s say it’s just a situational question..just that” he answered.
“okay? err..actually binalikan ko lang naman ‘tong notebook ko eh so If you don’t mind..uhm..you know..” I made a hand gesture indicating that I need to go.
“oh, I see. okay, thanks anyway” he said. Still, Mike’s silent, not even looking at me. Then I stood up. But before I could make a step, Paolo stood in front of me and impeded my way.
“huh?” He beamed at me and looked at Mike. What’s with the smile? What’s that for?
“ah..sorry” then he stepped aside still looking at the direction of Mike, still with the smile.
“uhm..sige, Pao, bye..” before I could start walking, Paolo obstructed me again.
“hey!” I chortled.
“ano ba talaga?”He chortled along with me, it seems he found it ridiculous too.
“sabay na kayo ni Mike..”“eh hindi pa naman yata kayo tapos mag-usap eh. Okay lang ako” I smiled.
“Mike, una na ko..” I turned my head to look at Mike but he has no reaction.
“Pao, this time it’s for real, I have to go..”“okay, take care”I walked away from the classroom but just a few steps away, napahinto ako.
“tara na, sumabay ka na sa’kin..”
