[align=center][quote]xencia na, e2 n oh.. ang tagal ko nwala eh. hehe... got sick actually. ni-injection nga aq ngaun eh... wla lng share q lng... haha... so this it it. chapter 8, quite l0ng...[/quote] [/align] [u][i][b]Chapter 8[/b][/i][/u] Ok. My mistake. He was referring to me? Tama ba ‘to? Ewan. After our open forum, our facilitator, ate Nina Carmel ask us to stand. (However she prefers us to call her, Ate Ncarmz, cool noh?) She said, yakapin namin ang mga kaklase namin starting sa pinakahindi namin masyado kasundo o kaclose hanggang sa mga importante sa buhay namin yung huli. This was my chance to know whether Aljay likes me or not. Pag last ako, it means he likes me. A background music was played. The lights or the room were dimmed. Not too dark, just enough for us to see faint images of our classmates. I think this is good kasi medyo nakakailang kung maliwanag. About towards the middle of the song, nagyayakapan pa rin kami, inapproach ako ng classmates kong lalaki. Mga barkada ni Lem. Tapos nahiya siguro sila so instead of hug, nag-shake hands lang kami. Biglang pumasok si Aljay and said… “Hey, it’s my turn now” Whoah. I expected him to come as my last partner. Umalis yung classmates ko. “Hmph. Gusto mo lang maka-chansing.” “Sinong nagsabi?” “Ako. Aminin mo.” “Ahaha Well, that’s a good option too but I actually decided to tell you, I want to save the best for last.” Aww… Ewan sa’yong loko ka. Then, he walked away. Patapos na yung song and as I slowly finished reaching all of my classmates, I waited for Aljay, but he never manage to fulfill his promise that he’ll be my last. My last was Arvhin. Before our recollection ended, the Catholics had a special mass. Commentator namin si Cloud and I was assigned for the first reading. Si Ate Ncarmz pa rin ang nag-assist samin. I can’t help but ask her before the mass starts, “Ate, what can you say about an unfulfilled promise by a guy to a girl?” “Well, that’s really disappointing. Pero hindi naman natin dapat i-judge yung tao just because of an unfulfilled promise. He may have his reasons whatever they were. I think what matters is ma-appreciate mo yung naibibigay niya sa’yo kaysa isipin mo yung mga pagkukulang niya sa’yo.” I quite agree with her. San kaya natutunan ni ate yung ganun? The recollection ended well and successful. Before we went home, Cloud, Jae and I took some pictures. Nung pauwi na kami, narinig ko si Arvhin with Lem, whispering in the school garden. “Vhin, pano na yan. Na-gets na siguro ni Nikki na siya yun.” “Ewan ko rin Lem. Kung ako lang, sana di na lang inamin ni Aljay. Pero sa bagay, tingin ko naman masaya si Nikki ngayon dahil alam na niya.” Alam ko alin? Arvhin maling mali ka. Hindi ako masaya. Kasi despite of what Ate Ncarmz told me, I am still disappointed of what your bestfriend did to me. I want to hold on to what Ate Ncarmz told me but it was just so hard. ---- The next week, dito na naisakatuparan yung plano ni Madam Cloud. It was very unexpected. Nagulat na nga lang ako but I managed not to let my jaw drop. “Hey, Vhin and Nikz congrats!” We were going down for our lunch in the canteen. Ako, si Cloud, Jae, Dale, Arvhin at Aljay. Si Lem, nasa barkada niya. Jae doesn’t really want him to sacrifice his time with his barkada just to be with her kaya occasionally lang siya sumasama samin. “Oh? Bakit naman Cloud?” “Come one girl. It’s not like you have to hide it you know.” “Huh?” “Ahaha, playing dumb again.” Ano ba tong si Cloud? Naka-drugs ba to? “Everyone, congratulate ninyo si Arvhin at Nikz. They’re officially on! Right, Vhin?” Nagulat ako kay Arvhin kasi parang ang kalmado niya sumagot. It’s like he knows this was going to happen. But then again, Arvhin was always calm and cool so this isn’t surprising at all. “Yes. We’re officially on. One week na kami. Ayaw sana namin muna paalam pero dahil alam na ni Cloud, then there’s no point hiding it, di ba Nikz?” He put his arms over my shoulder then winked at me. “Uhuh. Yeah. Sorry guys.” “So Nikz, kelan monthsary ninyo?” Hala, nu sasabaihin namin ni Vhin? “18” Sabay pa kami. Eh bakit ba, eh makisabay na lang sa uso sa school. I mentioned dati na maka-18 nga sila di ba? Ayan, whew… “I think this calls for a celebration, don’t you think so too Aljay?” Hala, Cloud! Wag kang ganyan! “N-no. It’s o-okay. No need for that. Gastos lang yan.” “No. I think you deserve the best celebration we could give.” OMG. This is the end of the world.