[quote]@pinkblack08: i'll wait for your drawings @ate kim: tnx. minadali ko lang yan eh. @maree12: tnx din. tambay ka lang d2 lagi. para masaya hehe @cutie gal: no need to wait, e2 na ung update.[/quote] [u][i][b]CHAPTER 5[/b][/i][/u] Saturday and Sunday had passed by swiftly pero di ko pa rin nakalimutan yung message. At last Monday came, Monday distracted me ang took my thoughts away from the weird texter, “Nakakainis 2.” ---- Every Monday, Christian Living ang first period namin. I like our teacher kasi kahit na our topic is about religion and a lot of teens our age find God boring, she can make every student interested in her subject. Parang magic nga eh, with a snap, our class find God not only as a God but also as a friend. Pero while waiting for the teacher, I was doodling my to –do list for the day, at ayun na nga, dumating yung teacher namin. She was explaing our project when she stopped. Eh pano ba naman may nagsuper-enter ng class. I checked my watched. Oopss… 10minutes late. Kung ayos ang mood ni Miss, she’ll let this pass, pero kung mainit ang ulo niya, patay kang bata ka. Tingin ko naman kilala niyo na kung sinong late… “Lem, Good morning!” “Good morning Miss.” Ai may gulay. Walking distance lang ang bahay natin tapos nalate ka pa. It’s not at all surprising. Ganyan talaga siya. Laging late. “You know that I don’t tolerate tardiness, right?” “Yes Miss.” “I need you to report to the Dean’s office.” Hay… Kawawa naman si Lem. Compared sa barkada niya, siya na yung pinakamabait. And in case I didn’t mention, bad boy group and barkada nito. Well, if you know them, mababait naman sila but they really got a bad reputation when it comes to violations and demerits. Siga kasi eh tapos marami pang mga ka-ek-ekan sa buhay. Marami silang navaviolate sa Code of Conduct ng School. Ayan tuloy. Pero in fairness, si Lem, nagkakaviolation lang dahil sa tardiness, sa behavioral record, okay naman siya. Ni wala nga siyang record ng pakikipag-away eh. I guess that is why he kind of stands out from his barkada… and why girls love him so much. After a few minutes, our teacher grouped us for a project. Our project is a documentary about poor people and their faith in God. ”Jaelyn, Cloud, Nikki, Aljay, group 3 kayo. Jaelyn, lead the group.” “Yes Miss.” Super ngiti si Cloud at Nikki sakin. Siyempre naman I’m with my bestfriends kaya ang saya namin. Pinasahan ako ng note ni Nikki. “Ka-group natin si Aljay! Can you believe it? Ang swerte mo, girl!” Aww. Yes. Ang swerte ko nga. Ahahahahayyyy… Si Aljay Lim, Filipino-Chinese. My super crush. I mean crush ko talaga. Ang talino niya kasi eh. Not only that, ang smooth niya maglaro ng Basketball. Parang walang effort pero swak lagi yung tira. Shoot. He’s got a great sense of humor too. Others say medyo green siya mag-joke minsan. Oo nga siguro pero when it comes to me, he never gives green jokes. We were planning already when our teacher suddenly interrupted. “Jaelyn, kindly take care of Lem. I’ll assign him in your group.” WHAAAAT??!! “Okay miss.” Smile lang Jae. Cool it. Nakangiti ako pero I wanted to shout. Ewan ko kung bakit pero feeling ko something wouldn’t be right kung nandito siya sa grupo namin. A few mintues of chatting then pumunta ako kay Aljay. “Can I get you number?” “Interested in me? Haha…” “I’m probably interested or probably kailangan ko lang ng number mo para sa project.” “Ouch. That’s harsh.” OMG. Nakakatunaw yung smile niya. “Just give me your digits. Mahirap gumawa ng project ng walang communication.” “You’re going to have to please me for that.” “Well I guess I would just be using my contacts.” Well that wasn’t so bad for a conversation. Pero parang iba, Parang ang hangin niya. Lumayo na ako then pumunta kay Cloud. “Cloud, Aljay wouldn’t give me his number.” “Don’t worry Jae, I have his number. Bigay ko na lang sayo.” “Thanks girl” A few moments after, pumasok na si Lem ng room from the Dean’s office. “Hi Lem. Uhmm, ka-group kita sa project so I guess we’d be working more. We have a month to work on this.” “Ah okay.” Whoah. That was cold. What’s gotten into him? Parang nung Friday lang, hinatid niya pa ako sa bahay tapos ngayon ni hindi man lang niya ako mabigyan ng ngiti. “Are you okay?” “Oo, Ok lang ako.” He smiled. Pero this time, pilit lang yung ngiti niya. What happened? Why is he ice-cold?