[u][i][b]Chapter 4[/b][/i][/u] “Aljay! Nikki! What’s wrong there?” “Ahh, wala po ma’am. Natabig ko po yung kamay ni Nikki pagdaan ko.” I’m so glad na nauna nang sumagot si Aljay because I was obviously in a state of shock. Then, Aljay went back to his group, taking a glance back at me and smiled. Bawal kami pumunta sa ibang groups. No loitering during experiments. Hayzzz, pano kaya ako makakapunta sa kanya. Think. Think. Think. Aha! Naman, ano pa nga ba, edi magsulat! Hey Yabang! What’s with the holding of my hand? -Nikz Teka, pano ko maaabot to. “Uhmm, psst… psst…” Lumingon si Aljay tapos hinagis ko yung paper na may note ko. Kaso pagkasalo niya, “Nikki Saldivar! What is that throwing of paper all about?! Let me see that!” Nakaii! Patay kang bata ka. For sure, babasahin niya yan sa klase .! *dug dug, dug dug, dug dug* “Ma’am, I can explain. Gani--“ “No excuses Nikki. Well, what do we have here? Aha… Nikki and Aljay, does this class seem to be Math? Why are you passing a paper with your Math notes?” Napatingin ako kay Aljay. Math? Bakit naging Math? “Well class, the assigned people to clean today after the Lab experiment will be off duty today. The two of you will be cleaning now.” Patay na talaga. At least di nabasa ni ma’am yung note ko. Mas nakakahiya pag nangyari yun. “Kasi pahawak-hawak pa ng kamay. Tapos susulatan. Buti di ka nabuko.” “Hay naku Cloud, laking pasalamat ko nga rin eh.” After our Lab experiment, naglabasan na yung klase. Last period naming ang Science kaya eto, umuwi na yung iba, kami ni Aljay nandito pa rin. I wasn’t talking to him because I was embarrassed, at the same time confused. “Hey Nikz. Kumusta ka naman, ayaw mo akong kausapin diyan?” “Eh kasi hinawakan mo yung kamay ko eh.” Whaat..? Naku. That’s totally lame. Nadulas pa ako. He’ll definitely think I’m shallow, medyo totoo naman. “Ahaha.. yun na ba yun? Dahil hinawakan ko yung kamay mo?” “Oo, anong nakakatawa dun?” “Wala lang. I mean most girls would rather be flattered than worried, especially when it’s me who touched their hand.” “Well, I’m not one of them. Hindi ko basta basta pinapahawak yung kamay ko, kahit sayo pa.” When I said those words, tumalikod ako sa kanya. Tapos naghugas ako ng dissecting kit habang iniinit niya yung dissecting pan. “Sorry, okay. I didn’t mean to offend you Nikz. Well, sabi ko kasi di ba ang gaan ng kamay mo. Ayaw mo maniwala and so I touched it. ” Eh kumusta naman yung rason niya di ba? So babaw. Sa bagay ako rin naman mababaw. “Oh siya siya, peace na nga tayo.” “Yes!” Lalapit na sana siya sakin, probably to hug me pero… “Ep, ep, ep! No touch!” “Ahaha… okay okay sorry.” “Eh teka, pano naiba ung paper na nabasa ni ma’am?” “Well, I let her read the notes na pinasa sakin ng seatmate ko. I exchanged it with the letter you gave me.” “Oh… I see… expert ka na sa pagpapalusot.” We both laughed at ayun na nga, bati na kami. Little did we know, nandun si Arvhin sa labas ng Lab, nakikinig sa halakhakan namin.