“O-Oh,” he panicked as I moved slightly.
I am so going to die. 8O
I murmured stupid stuffs and relaxed my eyes so that it would not be obvious that I am actually conscious.
He stood up, but then he sat again. Ang gulo din.
“Sleep tight, Margaret,” he whispered in my ear and kissed my forehead.
And thank God, he finally opened the door and closed it gently; the sound of his footsteps faded away.
I opened my eyes and touched my forehead.
He kissed me goodnight. And it was warm; his breath was fragrant and warm.
“Margaret?” Auntie Dae entered the room.
I quickly covered myself with the blanket, “Y-Yes?”
She sat down beside me and touched my hair, “He’s nice and very–”
“Auntie,” I rolled my eyes and looked away, “He’s just my friend.”
I closed my eyes and thought:
Yes, Lord. He is nice. And he is very thoughtful.
—–λ—–
“Who would like to represent this class?” Butch asked.
I immediately raised my hand and asked, “What event, Sir?”
I got curious eh.
“It's the 'High Jump' competition, Miss Willamette,” David whispered.
I glanced at the other side. I guess Aries doesn't care if I would join.

“I'm in, Sir.”
“I’m in, Sir.”
We said simultaneously.
I winced at Aries, who was laughing at me. Oh great, really. Natawa naman si David sa ginawa namin.
“Not you too, David,” I pouted as he tapped my back.
“Good luck, Marge.”
“Mr. San Alvaro? Ms. Willamette? The two of you?” Butch asked calmly.
I heard the whispers and the murmurs of the students. Napaka-ignorante talaga nila. Hindi nalang nila kami pabayaan. Palibhasa kasi hindi sila sanay mag-take ng challenges.
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
I stood up and walked closer to Butch, “When is it?”
“Three in the afternoon.”
Today?! My eyes bulged immediately. 8O
“Wow,” I went outside and banged the door.
David followed me. Lagi naman eh.
“What's wrong?” he asked as we went to the food court.
“Nothing.”
“Then why did you just bang the door awhile ago?”
“I'm hungry,” I murmured and rushed to the cafeteria lady.
“One Soda. Rice and Salad please,” I smiled and handed her my money.
“Me, too.”
We began to talk as we ate our food. Our discussions led to different things. Finally, he changed the topic.
“Aren’t you interested of… like, pageants?”
“Don’t have money, sorry.”
“But are you interested in joining?”
“You wish,” I rolled my eyes and chewed the vegetable.
“Margaret, money isn’t a problem.”
“It is a problem, David. My problem.”
—–λ—–
“Go Margaret! L-O-V-E Margaret!” the girls cheered me as I gave my last high jump.
L-O-V-E talaga no? Naalala ko tuloy yung vintage na television. All time favourite, SLAM DUNK.

I gasped as I landed on to the ground. I felt relieved, knowing that I’d be the winner of this silly competition.
“Eight feet and five inches!” Butch said loudly and my audiences screamed. I grinned at Aries. You’re going to be the next looser, Aries I thought as he walked closer to me.
“Nice jump, Marge.” He whispered and there, he jumped.
Eira was cheering for him – she’s so damn hyper.
“Eight feet and five and a half inches!”
“HALF?!” I screamed at him loudly, “Isn’t that four?!”
“Would you like me to replay, miss Willamette?” he pressed the television to rewind it.
Yeah. Five and a half dummy.
Aries landed beautifully, not like me, very clumsy. At ayon, he just smiled at me.
“Loser,” he smiled.
“Yeah,” I smiled back, and shook his hand.
Eira ran to him and embraced him. I felt weird, parang I’ve been stabbed straight to the pulmonary artery.
I just sighed. I went outside and saw David–waiting for me.
“You did great, Marge.” He gave me a high five.
“Thanks” I forced a smile knowing na hindi naman ako yung winner.
“See, you’re not a loser.”
“Shut up,” I laughed my ass out.

After a second, we were both laughing as we walked to that quiet corridor.
“Aries looks at you as a winner too, if you just knew. You just kept on saying he’s your rival, and your etc. etc.”
That made me stopped laughing.
“Why are you saying this to me, David? I don’t even care what I am to him,” I shook my head in disgust.
“Can’t you get the point?” He held my shoulders, “he likes you, Margaret.”
“I don’t care and it’s not my-,” He suddenly leaned me against the wall.
“And I like you, too.”
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