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[i][b]CHAPTER 12
~Part 3~[/b][/i][/u]
Ako. Si Dervin. Si Nathan. At si Lawrence.
“Fine, fine. Dagdag ka pa ng isang set for Lawrence.”
“Thanks Steph. I knew it would be okay with you. Nakita ko kasi si Lawrence nung bumili ako sa labas eh kaya ayan niyaya ko na siya. Kaso lang I didn’t know that your boyfriend will be here.”
“Ayan ka na naman eh. Hindi ko nga siya boyfriend.”
“Hmm… Ayusin mo Steph. ‘Maya d’yan magselos si Lawrence.”
“’Ta mo, humihirit ka pa. ‘Wag mo muna akong asarin, pwede ba?”
“Sheesh. Hot ka masyado. Sige na nga. Tutal pinagluto mo naman kami and pinagbake mo ako ng brownies. Okay. I’ll back off.”
“Thanks, Nathan.”
“Another thing Steph, thanks for this.”

I smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up sign as if to say that it’s okay. Really. It’s fine. This guy may piss me off at times pero his sweet naman. That I cannot resist.
I went to my room first para maghilamos, toothbrush at mga kaek-ekan ng babae. Naman. Nakakahiya, puro lalaki sila tapos hindi ako mag-aayos? But of course, not super duper vain kind-of-way. I just want to be presentable. So there, I changed from my jeans to shorts and a black T-shirt tapos nag-pony tail lang ako. Plus the powder, no make-up or lip gloss, even lip balm. Di ba hindi naman vain?
When I returned, kakaupo lang nila and I raised my eye brows to Nathan. He smirked back at me. Alam kong plinano niya ‘yung seats. Sinadya niyang mapagitnaan ako ni Dervin at Lawrence.
We started eating and I was the first to break the silence.
“Nga pala Lawrence, have you already met Dervin?”
“Yeah. Actually nung game niyo nagkausap kami pero saglit lang. A while ago, we talked a bit rin. You seem close,” he said.
“Oo, freshmen pa lang kasi magkasama na kami sa varsity and now pareho kami team captain.”
Biglang sumingit si Nathan, “speaking of Basketball, I had just been accepted today! ‘Yun nga lang brutal ‘yung team captain. Sino ba ‘yun?! Ehem ehem,” then he laughed.
“I’m sorry it has to be like that. Mahigpit kami sa members eh so medyo mainit ako kanina. Kaya nga pumunta ako dito, to say sorry,” sagot ni Dervin.
The next conversations rounded on Basketball, nakakatuwa naman kasi nagkakasundo kami. Nagka-debate pa over La Salle vs Ateneo, which we later on just shrugged off.
Everything was okay until Lawrence threw a question at Nathan.
“Nga pala Nathan, last time your cousin here told me na ikaw na lang ‘yung tanungin ko, so marami bang naghahabol sa school niyo dito kay Steph?”
Wah. Magbablush ako. I know it.
“Hay naku. Pa’no makakapanligaw sa kanya, eh lalapitan pa lang siya tinataboy na niya, right Dervin?”
Lawrence looked at Dervin as if waiting for his respond.
“Well, hindi naman sa gan’on. Sometimes she’s like that around guys but I guess most of the time she’s just too boyish. She may not realize that a love of boys would like to go out with her but are afraid that she would reject them.”
Teka, galing ba ‘yan kay Dervin? Bago ‘yon ah. I smiled but didn’t say anything. I realized that everyone became serious.
I stood up and announced that I’ll prepare the dessert. That’s when I overheard Nathan returning the question to Dervin,
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“Are you one of those boys as well?”
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